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• Baby born during Harry Potter screening has 'Cineworld' on birth certificate

  16-09-2026 11:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elsie Lamb was born in the Cineworld at Broughton, Flintshire, about 40 minutes into the film.
  
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• How a broke hospo worker living with his mum and dad secretly built a $2.1m darknet drug empire from his bedroom - and the elaborate police sting that brought him down

  16-09-2026 15:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Living with his parents and struggling financially, Benjamin Sheppard secretly built one of Australia's largest darknet drug businesses before police infiltrated the operation.
  
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• Doomsday prepper ‘encouraged by ChatGPT’ is cleared of bomb plot

  16-09-2026 15:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ben Barnham was found not guilty today at Basildon Crown Court (Picture: SWNS)A Doomsday prepper who was encouraged by ChatGPT to prepare for a disaster has been cleared of a bomb plot after claiming he wanted to protect his family.Ben Barnham, 38, was found not guilty at Basildon Crown Court today of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life or damage property.The Asda manager, from Pitsea in Essex, caused the evacuation of 80 properties when police discovered an improvised explosive
  
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• Jackie O's manager gives cryptic response to relapse rumours... plus, an update on the Silvagnis' marriage - and an insider reveals moment Karl turned on Keshnee Kemp: INSIDE MAIL

  16-09-2026 15:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Jackie O's manager Gemma O'Neill gave an unusual response when we asked her to address rumours Jackie is drinking again. Plus, we reveal insider details about the Karl and Keshnee drama.
  
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• Hundreds of forecourts already charging £2 a litre for fuel as near-record prices threaten to further stoke inflation

  16-09-2026 15:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Analysis of thousands of forecourt prices found 236 were selling diesel at more than £2 a litre, with a further 633 pricing it at 199.9p.
  
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• Holidaymakers run into sea as they watch resort go up in flames

  16-09-2026 15:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageTourists were reportedly told to ‘relax with a drink’ as a fire engulfed a resort in Croatia.Holidaymakers were forced to run into the sea after the Gava Waterman Milna Resort, on the island of Brac, went up in flames on Sunday night.But guests, including those who had booked their holidays through TUI, claim they were ‘abandoned’ by
  
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• LA helicopter crash: Three dead as NBC news chopper goes down in Chatsworth

  16-09-2026 15:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The aircraft came down in the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday night, not far from the scene of a deadly Metro bus crash in Chatsworth that saw an SUV become lodged inside a public bus
  
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• Disgraced cop who created 'toxic' WhatsApp culture jailed over suspect's sex video

  16-09-2026 15:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A TV cop who appeared in a BBC and Channel 4 show was thrown behind bars after he asked for a female suspect's sex video and told officers to 'smash' and 17-year-old's 'head in'
  
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• Enzo Maresca hits out at ‘quite poor’ response to Erling Haaland goal

  16-09-2026 15:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Maresca says his Manchester City team was ‘unbelievable’ at Old Trafford (Picture: Getty Images)Enzo Maresca feels the focus on the officiating around Erling Haaland’s goal in the Manchester derby is ‘quite poor’ and his team deserves more credit.Haaland scored the only goal of the game at Old Trafford on Sunday as Manchester City picked up a controversial win over United.The second half strike from the Norwegian was initially ruled out by the linesman before
  
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• Revealed: How a father-of-two became key figure in Britain's anti-migrant protests after asylum seekers were moved onto military base near his home

  16-09-2026 15:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Liam Tomsett started organising rallies in Crowborough, East Sussex, after hearing that a former military training camp would be used as accommodation for up to 540 men.
  
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• Putney Pusher suspect is found dead: Millionaire HSBC banker, 44, an ex-Army captain with links to royalty was under investigation in hunt for jogger who shoved woman into path of bus

  16-09-2026 15:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicholas Brandram was detained on June 15 at his home in Chiswick, south-west London , for attempted grievous bodily harm.
  
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• Hundreds of forecourts already charging £2 a litre for fuel as near-record prices threaten to further stoke inflation and hammer drivers for months to come, piling pressure on Labour to abandon its planned Fuel Duty hike

  16-09-2026 15:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Analysis of thousands of forecourt prices found 236 were selling diesel at more than £2 a litre, with a further 633 pricing it at 199.9p.
  
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• Meghan Markle’s ‘phone number leaked in shared WhatsApp screenshots’

  16-09-2026 15:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex’s private phone number is understood to have been leaked from a parents’ WhatsApp group (Picture: Getty Images)Meghan Markle’s private phone number is said to have been leaked from parents’ WhatsApp group chat.The Duchess of Sussex’s mobile number was allegedly leaked when screenshots of the conversation were shared outside the Year 3 chat.
  Meghan is said to have joined the conversation shortly before Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet
  
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• The last sighting of missing Noah: CCTV shows non-verbal, partially deaf three-year-old in playground as police divers search lake

  16-09-2026 15:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of volunteers have converged on the tiny village of Brantham in Suffolk as the search for the missing toddler enters its second day.
  
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• Gang who left Heathrow passengers vomiting blood after tear gas attack jailed

  16-09-2026 15:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Omoneke Whyte, Anton Clarke-Butcher, Denzel Eduardo and Tyrone Richards have been jailed after the incident of ‘serious and sustained’ violence at a Heathrow Airport car park (Picture: Met Police)A masked gang who left Heathrow passengers vomiting blood after spraying tear gas while trying to steal suitcases from one of the airport’s car parks have been jailed.Terminal 3 was closed for hours following the episode of ‘serious and sustained’ violence at aro
  
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• Council tax bills in Wandsworth to almost DOUBLE with residents facing £958 a year hike - but local Labour MPs refuse to support challenge to Government's brutal funding cuts

  16-09-2026 15:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Residents in the south London borough are facing the eye-watering increases after the Tory-run council claimed the Labour Government had slashed its funding by £84million a year.
  
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• Bonnie Greer dead at 77 as husband leads tributes to acclaimed writer and broadcaster

  16-09-2026 15:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bonnie Greer was born in Chicago and lived in New York City before moving to Britain in 1986 where she wrote the play Munda Negra and her acclaimed novels Hanging By Her Teeth and Entropy
  
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• Bonnie Greer dies aged 77: Acclaimed British-American playwright and author passes away after brief illness

  16-09-2026 15:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Greer was awarded the Verity Bargate Award for best play for Munda Negra (1993) and she was also the author of the novels Hanging By Her Teeth (1994) and Entropy (2009).
  
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• 'Long-suffering households should buckle up and prepare for new bout of cost of living pain'

  16-09-2026 15:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Families will be looking to the government for help, whether with energy bills, fuel duty or, at the very least, no tax rises in the Budget that would be another blow to their wallets
  
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• Alleged killer’s chilling joke before shooting three men dead on surfing holiday

  16-09-2026 15:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Callum and Jake Robinson were shot dead alongside their friend Jack Carter Rhoad in April 2024 (Picture: Instagram)A man accused of fatally shooting two Australian brothers and their friend allegedly joked about the trio begging for their lives before he killed them.Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, and their American friend, Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, were enjoying a surfing trip on Mexico’s Pacific coast when they were shot dead in April 2024.Each was found with
  
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• Lindsay Clancy judge seals juror names indefinitely due to ‘real and present risk’

  16-09-2026 15:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial gained international attention this summer (Picture: AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)It’s been almost two weeks since Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder case was declared a mistrial, after one holdout juror refused to acquit the Massachusetts mother of legal responsibility for killing her three children.Now, Judge William Sullivan, who presided over Clancy’s case, has sealed the jurors’ identities, claiming that they face a ‘real
  
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• Putney Pusher suspect, 44, 'found dead at home' nine years after woman shoved under bus

  16-09-2026 15:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The body of a banker, who was the prime suspect in the Putney Pusher case, was found at his home in Chiswick, London
  
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• Jade Thirlwall reveals rare condition after growing ‘sick’ of weight comments

  16-09-2026 15:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jade Thirlwall has been diagnosed with a rare syndrome (Picture: Getty Images)Jade Thirlwall has revealed the impact of a rare condition that she has been suffering from for years. The former Little Mix singer, 33, felt relief after stumbling upon a TikTok community of others also diagnosed with the condition. Retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction – also known as R-CPD – means Jade is unable to burp due to a muscle in her neck not relaxing. Jade has opened up about t
  
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• Putney Pusher suspect found dead after being released under investigation

  16-09-2026 14:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageThe millionaire suspect involved in the Putney Pusher cold case has been found dead in his London home.Last week, detectives said Nicholas Brandram was released under investigation while ‘outstanding enquiries were being completed’.Today, the Metropolitan Police said the man, 44, was found dead at his home in Chiswick.His name had previously not
  
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• Playwright and author Bonnie Greer dies aged 77 after a ‘brief illness’

  16-09-2026 14:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bonnie Greer, the writer of Obama Music, has died after a brief illness (Picture: Getty Images Europe)Bonnie Greer, an American and British playwright and critic, has died at the age of 77, her husband confirmed.
  Greer, who was awarded an OBE for her works, died after facing a brief illness.
  The Chicago-born author was best known for penning Hanging by Her Teeth and Obama Music, along with short stories, films, documentaries and musicals.
  Her husband, David Hutchins, announced the death today:
  
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• Obama family devastated after their adorable dog Sunny dies... as Barack shares heartbreaking tribute to their 'perfect' pet

  16-09-2026 14:55 via dailymail.com
  
  The former president said the dog died Tuesday, writing in an Instagram post that he had 'lost a cherished member of our family.'
  
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• Heartbreaking on-air moment reporter sees helicopter crash on LA street - without knowing his own crew were inside

  16-09-2026 14:55 via dailymail.com
  
  NBC 4 reporter Robert Kovacik was covering a bus crash in LA's Chatsworth neighborhood Tuesday night when the helicopter went down in a parking lot.
  
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• Woman stabbed banker boyfriend to death and left his corpse to decompose for nine days after he flirted with work colleague, court hears

  16-09-2026 14:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Joanna Cierpka, 51, is accused of stabbing Henrik Slotsaa, 52, to death before leaving his corpse decomposing at their home in Newington Causeway, Elephant and Castle, on March 15.
  
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• Putney Pusher suspect is found dead: Millionaire HSBC banker, 44, an ex-Army captain with links to royalty was under investigation in hunt for jogger who shoved woman into bus

  16-09-2026 14:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicholas Brandram was detained on June 15 at his home in Chiswick, south-west London , for attempted grievous bodily harm.
  
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• Landlord allegedly shot plumber in the head, buried him in forest, and torched his car over $2,000 rent, jury told

  16-09-2026 14:53 via dailymail.com
  
  A plumber was abducted, blasted in the ear at point blank range with a starter pistol before being beaten to death with a baseball bat over a rent dispute, a court has heard.  
  
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