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• BBC series watched by 11,800,000 returns with ‘stakes higher than ever’

  22-08-2026 13:24 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 PageDavid Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin are back to solve more crimes with their record-breaking BBC murder mystery.The first season of comedy drama Ludwig stormed screens as a cosy crime show that captured the nation, becoming the broadcaster’s biggest scripted series since 2024 with a total of 11.8million viewers and counting so far.Not only has the s
  
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• Cheryl to make major TV comeback as judge 16 years after X Factor

  22-08-2026 14:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cheryl may be poised for a major return to the spotlight (Picture: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)Cheryl could be preparing for a major return to Saturday night television, with the singer reportedly in advanced talks to join The Voice UK.
  The Girls Aloud star, 43, is said to be close to signing up as a coach on the ITV competition, marking her first prime-time TV role in six years.Filming on the new series is due to begin in Manchester on September 11, with negotiations reportedly having taken
  
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• Two more people killed on roads overnight after crash involving three Seat Leons

  22-08-2026 14:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two men have died and three people were arrested after the fatal crash in Surrey (Picture: Google)Two young men have died after three Seat Leons crashed on an A road in Surrey overnight.
  The UK’s roads saw several tragedies last night after fatal crashes claimed lives across the country.In Surrey, the alarm was raised after a multi-vehicle collision on Epsom Road in East Clandon shortly after 11pm.
  The emergency services found that a white, black and grey Seat Leon had smashed on the A246
  
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• Trump official calls for academic who was suspended by his university over plagiarism allegations against Jason Arday to be reinstated

  22-08-2026 14:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Nathan Cofnas, an academic specialising in the philosophy of biology, was stood down from his position at Ghent University on Thursday.
  
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• Hospice EVICTED man for dying too slowly... now he's out picking blueberries with his wife

  22-08-2026 14:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Mike Salmon is back to baking his signature lattice-topped blueberry cinnamon pies after being discharged from hospice in May after a long six months.
  
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• How Harry Potter lost its magic: This Victorian bridge is Scotland's third most popular attraction... but locals are near breaking point

  22-08-2026 14:03 via dailymail.com
  
  The 'Harry Potter effect' has placed a massive strain on the area's fragile environment and left despairing locals fearing that overtourism has reached dangerous levels.
  
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• Stand By Me remains a one-of-a-kind Stephen King adaptation

  22-08-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stand By ME turns 40 this year – and remains untouched by the Hollywood remake machine (Picture: Columbia/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)Stand By Me is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and it is something of a rarity when it comes to Stephen King adaptations.Hollywood is no stranger to adapting the works of King, particularly when it comes to his more horror-and-thriller titles.It’s a well that producers and filmmakers keep coming back to, and they even return to the same ones, w
  
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• Third arrest in Leicester 'murder' probe as 'much loved' man punched while cycling

  22-08-2026 13:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Clover was attacked as he cycled in Leicester and later died at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham due to his injuries
  
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• My divorce left me renting at 56. Should I buy again or forget about home ownership? VANESSA STOYKOV

  22-08-2026 13:52 via dailymail.com
  
  After a divorce left her renting at 56, Michelle fears she's missed her chance to own a home again. Vanessa Stoykov explains the questions every older renter should ask.
  
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• The uncomfortable truth about Australia's lost decade: How three leaders chose survival over reform - and the nation paid the price: PVO

  22-08-2026 13:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Australia didn't lose a decade because we lacked resources or opportunities. We lost it because politicians stopped believing voters could be persuaded to accept meaningful reform.
  
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• Chaos at Manchester Airport after trespasser 'enters airfield' causing seven flights to be diverted and 17 held in sky

  22-08-2026 13:42 via dailymail.com
  
  The trespasser breached security in a 'mental-health related' incident at around 11.20pm on Friday, police said.
  
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• Moment reckless daredevils defy police to 'tombstone' into sea from charity's roof

  22-08-2026 13:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Police warned the youngsters in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, that they were risking their lives by 'tombstoning', where thrill-seekers jump vertically into water from a high cliff or ledge.
  
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• All the ways Putin could attack Britain from cyber chaos to full-scale drone strikes after ambassador warned London of 'consequences' for helping Ukraine

  22-08-2026 13:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Four years and six months into the Russia-Ukraine war, Moscow has plunged Britain into its crosshairs by delivering a chilling warning.
  
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• Wildfires burning across Europe are setting off old WWI and WWII bombs

  22-08-2026 13:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Members of a bomb disposal unit sit next to 1.8 ton World War II bomb after defusing it in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2017 (Picture: AP)Emergency crews battling wildfires across Europe have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the scorched surface – rusty old wartime bombs and mines.The intense heat has already set off explosions in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, where a bomb-disposal team was dispatched to check a forest threatened by flames near a site of fierc
  
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• Wrong-way crash survivor 'can't believe it happened again' after deadly M9 joyride

  22-08-2026 13:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Róisín Stakelum survived a strikingly similar collision than the one that claimed the lives of five teenagers on the M9 in Ireland and left a family in hospital
  
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• Woman baffled as man tries to sit next to her on empty bus and launches a barrage of abuse

  22-08-2026 13:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman was trying to get "from A to B" on an empty bus when a "weird" and "dodgy" man chose to sit next to her and lost his temper when she got up and moved away from him
  
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• Ed Sheeran wants to build ANOTHER wildlife pond: Superstar risks wrath of residents at his £1.1million 'Sheeran-ville II' recording studio... but will this pool be just for newts and tadpoles?

  22-08-2026 13:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The pop star wants to dig up farm land to create the feature which is described in planning documents as 'a small habitat pond' to boost biodiversity at his £1.1 million studios.
  
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• Terrible parking lot etiquette rocks America's ritziest mountain town as hikers get up at crack of dawn to take on famed trail

  22-08-2026 13:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Groggy hikers are being forced to rise with the sun to secure parking by 7am before cars line roads' shoulder for up to a mile near popular trailheads in the US's wealthiest county.
  
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• Outrage as woke music festival 'normalizes drug use' with on-site lab for free purity testing: 'This isn't going to end well'

  22-08-2026 13:20 via dailymail.com
  
  The electronic dance music festival l hosted more than 50,000 people, with plenty of festivalgoers indulging in illicit drug use.
  
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• Alaskan senator caught spending campaign funds lavishly hasn't learned as he drops $13,000 on not-yet-open DC steakhouse and checks himself into ANOTHER luxury resort ahead of tight primary

  22-08-2026 13:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Alaskan Senator Dan Sullivan, who is desperately trying to hold onto his congressional seat, has been living large outside of the Last Frontier as he barrels toward a very tight general election.
  
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• Andy Burham says rough sleeping pledge 'may not succeed' but he 'has to try'

  22-08-2026 13:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new PM vowed on the streets of Downing Street to try and end rough sleeping, and said he wanted everyone living on the streets to be given an offer of accommodation by Winter
  
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• 'Despicable' teacher jailed for sexual activity with boy 'on numerous occasions'

  22-08-2026 13:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emily Drury, of Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, has been jailed after engaging in sexual activity with a boy, also buying him clothes and making him trust her
  
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• My date booked a barbershop quartet – it was excruciating

  22-08-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  Until that point, I’d never had a proper boyfriend (Picture: Amanda Page Photography)‘Oh my god, look,’ I said, tapping my date, John*, on the shoulder.We were 17 years old, sitting at a table for two in an upmarket pub. It was Valentine’s Day 1996, and there were red roses and decorations everywhere. At that age, it felt like the height of romantic sophistication.Even so – I hadn’t expected to see four elderly men in red tuxedos and straw boaters walk throug
  
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• Doctors missed by small baby’s 2kg tumour six times, then it spread

  22-08-2026 12:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Anna Chattaway and Dom Wilde, with their daughter Florence (Picture: Anna Chattaway / SWNS)In 2024, parents Anna Chattaway and Dom Wilde were pleading with doctors to do a blood test on their baby girl Florence.Their one-year old’s belly had ballooned over the course of three weeks, but doctors told them six times over that she was simply constipated.But Anna and Dom, 32, knew something wasn’t right and were vindicated when their daughter was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in November
  
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• The dark story behind Balamory: The scenes shot in a disused morgue, why locals were left enraged and a VERY risque audition... all revealed by its original creator

  22-08-2026 12:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The tone of the call that came out of the blue seemed entirely at odds with its subject matter.
  
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• Heatwaves' sting in the tail as insect bites soar during hot weather

  22-08-2026 12:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hospital visits for insect and spider bites more than doubled in May compared to earlier this month and there were some 121,976 visits to hospitals during July
  
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• Hailey Bieber’s sister avoids jail after bizarre ‘used tampon’ assault arrest

  22-08-2026 12:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alaia Baldwin, Hailey Bieber’s sister, has managed to avoid jail time for a 2024 incident (Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Endometriosis Foundation of America )Hailey Bieber’s older sister Alaia Baldwin Aronow will reportedly avoid jail after being accused of assaulting three members of staff during a chaotic night out.The 33-year-old was arrested in Savannah, Georgia, in February 2024 following an incident at Club Elan which allegedly involved hair-pulling, a kick to
  
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• Aldi's easy breakfast recipe that helps lower cholesterol and manage diabetes

  22-08-2026 12:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This is easy to make - and you may already have all the ingredients in your kitchen
  
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• Why Amad Diallo misses out for Man Utd against Hull City today

  22-08-2026 12:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Amad Diallo is not in the matchday squad today (Picture: Sportimage)Amad Diallo has been left out of the Manchester United squad for their opening match of the new Premier League season.The Ivory Coast international started all four of United’s pre-season matches in August following his post-World Cup break and was not considered an injury doubt this week.But he does not make the squad today at the MKM Stadium.Bryan Mbeumo starts on the right of United’s attack alongside Bruno Ferna
  
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• Dad demands new trial after teenager who stabbed girl, 9, walks free

  22-08-2026 12:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aria Thorpe was stabbed to death in her own home in December (Picture: Family Handout/PA Wire)A dad is appealing to have a re-trial after a teenager who stabbed his daughter in the heart walked free from court.
  Tom Thorpe, the dad of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe, is launching a campaign after his daughter was killed in her own home in December in Weston-super-Mare.She was stabbed by a 15-year-old who admitted waving a knife ‘ninja-style’ at her, plunging it 3 inches into her chest and
  
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