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• BBC licence fee could be means tested under Government charter renewal plans

  15-07-2015 23:00
  
  John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, will publish a green paper which will propose "root and branch reform" of the BBC and suggest a Finnish-style means tested broadcasting levy to pay for the Corporation.
  
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• Salmonella outbreak affecting UK ‘may have spread to chicken’

  24-08-2026 17:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  European health researchers have said a Dutch investigation pointed towards chicken meat as a potential source (Picture: Shutterstock / Matias Rondinella)A Salmonella outbreak affecting the UK and six other countries around Europe may have spread to chicken, experts have suggested.The outbreak, which was first detected in August last year, has already led to one death in the UK while 34 have been hospitalised across all seven countries.There have been a total of 207 confirmed British cases with
  
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• Afghan teenager begs for a divorce but Taliban official says women have ‘deficient intellect’

  24-08-2026 17:14 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 PageA young woman pleaded for a divorce in Afghanistan ruled under the Taliban’s iron fist, but officials laughed at her.
  Afghanistan enters its fifth year under Taliban rule after the militant organisation took over Kabul as the US and NATO forces fled in August 2021.The collapse of the Western-backed government also swept the rug from under women’s
  
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• Teacher accused of having sex with two teenage boys during 1980s says she 'wasn't going to dress like Thatcher' when asked if she wore short skirts in class

  24-08-2026 17:12 via dailymail.com
  
  A teacher accused of wearing short skirts to entice two boys at her north London school into sexual relationships with her told her trial: 'I wasn't going to dress like Margaret Thatcher.'
  
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• 'I'm a doctor and 5 things you do every day could be increasing your blood pressure'

  24-08-2026 17:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to the British Heart Foundation, high blood pressure can stretch your arteries, making them become stiff or narrow. This makes it easier for fatty material to build up
  
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• Socialist 'rich girl' says privileged left-wingers like her are right to foist their politics on others

  24-08-2026 17:06 via dailymail.com
  
  A wealthy Midwestern girl went viral on social media for asking her followers, 'Have y'all never heard of noblesse oblige?'
  
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• Teenager from South Sudan admits piloting super-dinghy full of UK-bound migrants across the Channel

  24-08-2026 17:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Around 160 migrants arrived in the UK on board a small boat piloted by South Sudanese teenager Chan Atak on July 23. He has today pleaded guilty to endangering lives at sea.
  
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• 'UK missile vow risks being token gesture in face of Ukraine's bigger problems'

  24-08-2026 17:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matthew Savill, RUSI's Director of Military Sciences, writes for The Mirror after Prime Minister Andy Burnham agreed to share secret missile technology with Kyiv
  
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• Pilot escapes plane crash after landing in sea in front of shocked families

  24-08-2026 17:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Faith Tenkley managed to get herself out of the wreck after landing in the sea (Picture: Facebook/Faith Tenkley)A 23-year-old pilot walked away from a plane wreck unscathed after deliberately landing her twin-engine plane in the Atlantic Ocean.Faith Tenkley landed in front of shocked beachgoers in Boca Raton, Florida, avoiding people in the sea and buildings in the process.Tenkley had been flying her family’s plane from Page Field Airport in Fort Myers to South Bimini Airport in the Baham
  
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• Daughter paid her parents $550k over 11 years believing she was buying their Perth home. They insist she was only a tenant and it must sell

  24-08-2026 17:03 via dailymail.com
  
  The family ended up in court after the daughter claimed an agreement made more than a decade ago meant the home would eventually be hers, while texts later sent by her father became evidence.
  
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• Psychologist banned for sex with 'profoundly vulnerable' patient breaks silence when the Mail arrives on her doorstep: 'So much more to it'

  24-08-2026 16:57 via dailymail.com
  
  After being banned over a sexual relationship with a vulnerable former client, psychologist Catherine Soukoulis made an extraordinary admission about the man at the centre of the case.
  
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• Martin Keown urges Mikel Arteta not to sell £60m Arsenal star

  24-08-2026 16:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Martin Keown understands why Arsenal want to sell Gabriel Martinelli (Photo: Getty)Martin Keown understands why Arsenal want to sell Gabriel Martinelli but is hopeful that Mikel Arteta keeps the Brazil star at the Emirates.Arsenal have made a fantastic start to the 2026/27 season, beating Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield, before defeating Coventry City by the same scoreline in their opening Premier League clash.Martinelli failed to make the matchday squad for either match however, fu
  
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• Mining worker on $187,000 is forced to return to the office from maternity leave after Fair Work fight

  24-08-2026 16:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Jessica Donnelly, a Brisbane-based data specialist for mining giant Whitehaven Coal, took the mining giant to Fair Work last week.
  
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• Roberto De Zerbi slammed by former Tottenham manager

  24-08-2026 16:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Roberto De Zerbi did not get what he wanted from his team at Brentford (Picture: Shutterstock)Roberto De Zerbi has come under fire from former Tottenham manager and player Tim Sherwood, saying the buck stops with him after huge investment in his squad.Spurs started the Premier League season in nightmare fashion as they were hammered 3-0 at Brentford in their opening game of the campaign.There was plenty of optimism among the fanbase after big-money signings over the summer and more new arrivals
  
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• Teenager allegedly stabbed boy to death in dispute over a girl he dated for a week, jury hears

  24-08-2026 16:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Oscar Hamilton was fatally stabbed at 16 years old on September 24, 2024.
  
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• Motorcyclist who lost leg when his Harley-Davidson flipped in the air as firetruck hit him wins $28m payout

  24-08-2026 16:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Robert Danbom won $28 million after he was crushed by a firetruck while headed through an intersection in East Hollywood on September 2, 2021.
  
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• First Brit 'dies' fighting for Russia in Ukraine after he's 'killed in drone strike'

  24-08-2026 16:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bradley Townsend, 33, a fisherman from Barnsley in South Yorkshire left the UK in April to fight alongside Putin’s armed forces before being killed in a drone attack in the Donetsk region of Ukraine
  
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• Calls for windfill tax grow as banks 'cash in on obscene profits while we face mortgage misery'

  24-08-2026 16:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A poll by trade union body the TUC has found overwhelming public support for Chancellor John Healey to tax banks more - including among Tory and Reform voters
  
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• Girl, 19, reveals her heartbreaking bucket list after deciding to stop treatment for terminal cancer

  24-08-2026 16:40 via dailymail.com
  
  19-year-old Alexa Gourneau decided to stop care for her leukemia and live out her days doing the things she loves.
  
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• Waitrose joins locals in battle with Andy Burnham ally over his plans to renovate shopping centre in Georgian spa town

  24-08-2026 16:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Middle class grocer Waitrose has joined hundreds of locals in a Georgian spa town fighting a £100m redevelopment by a property developer close to the Prime Minister.
  
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• Twelve arrested over A66 wrong-way crash amid probe into 'second car' : Nine men and three women held after seven died including two police officers

  24-08-2026 16:39 via dailymail.com
  
  PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, died on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down a dual carriageway near Middlesbrough crashed into their car.
  
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• Trump explodes at Mark Carney as he announces 50 percent tariff on cars in trade war with Canada

  24-08-2026 16:36 via dailymail.com
  
  After negotiators on both sides said a deal was imminent, the US imposed a staggering 50 percent tariff on some Canadian goods, kicking off a fresh trade war that could cause economic havoc.
  
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• Notorious Colorado police department ignored 911 calls about man destroying community garden and bee hives... but quickly raced to scene to help HIM after he collapsed

  24-08-2026 16:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Worku Woldemariam, 42, allegedly ripped apart an urban garden on E 16th Avenue in Aurora, Colorado on August 8 after he was accused of several other cases of vandalism.
  
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• Pedestrians who cross the road while staring at their phone will be fined under new rules in Italy

  24-08-2026 16:34 via dailymail.com
  
  As of autumn, careless crossers will be fined up to £64 (€75) or more if they are caught violating the new guidelines.
  
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• Mother, 31, and one of her toddler twin daughters both killed after being struck by lightning during Florida thunderstorm

  24-08-2026 16:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Kenya Glasgow was walking down the street in Margate, close to Fort Lauderdale, with her two-year-old daughter Kennedi when a thunderstorm unfolded on Sunday.
  
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• 1 in 10 Brits still anxious about 'accent bias' at work

  24-08-2026 16:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research has found that 1 in 10 Brits feel self-conscious about their accents at work while other believe it has held them back from promotions - but one person wishes her regional accent was stronger
  
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• More than £500k raised for families of hero police officers killed in horror A66 crash

  24-08-2026 16:31 via dailymail.com
  
  PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down the A66 crashed head-on into their police car.
  
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• House of the Dragon star James Norton says show is 'sexiest circus in the world'

  24-08-2026 16:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BAFTA-nominated actor James Norton lifts the lid on House of the Dragon's epic set, and shares what it's really like behind the scenes on Sam Mendes's upcoming Beatles biopic
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's 'scandals' to be dramatized in new film

  24-08-2026 16:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were reportedly contacted by the production, who are creating a film set to dramatize the former prince's withdrawal from public life
  
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• Forget Paris v Milan, it's North West fashionistas at war as Cheshire Fashion Week takes legal action against council for hosting own event

  24-08-2026 16:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The company behind Cheshire Fashion Week has launched legal action after the town council in affluent Knutsford held their own Fashion Week earlier this year.
  
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