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• Blair ‘to step down’ as Middle East peace envoy

  15-03-2015 21:58
  
  Tony Blair has questioned the value of democracy in the Middle East saying “effective government” is more important - amid reports that he is preparing to step down from his high-profile role as peace envoy to the region.
  
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• The TikTok slang terms every parent should know to avoid being ‘cringe’

  28-07-2026 17:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Struggling to translate your teen right now? (Picture: Getty Images)Younger generation have always coined their own era-defining slang, from ‘groovy’ and ‘far out’ in the 60s to ‘talk to the hand’ and ‘as if’ in the 90s.Now though, teenage lexicon is moving faster than ever — to the point many parents struggle to keep up.It seems social media is in part to blame, with one study in the New England Law Review explaining it’s led to
  
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• My beloved vacuum cleaner died after seven years – this Gtech replacement is even better

  28-07-2026 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  My home has never looked cleaner! (Picture: Metro/Scott Da Silva-Wells/Getty)
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  When I hear the words Spring Clean, it’s like music to my ears. I’m a huge fan of popping on a pair of marigolds and getting down and dirty, transforming spaces to make them look sparkling new.One of my favourite parts has to be hoovering; pictu
  
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• ‘I spent £10,000 to build a mini Greece in my backyard’

  28-07-2026 17:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  The brothers have built a miniature Greece in the garden (Picture: Michael Scherrer / SWNS)Ever dreamed of what it must be like to wander through a picture-perfect Greek village without having to also battle against an endless stream of tourists?
  Well, now you can, sort of.
  Michael Scherrer, 48, a content creator and gardener, has spent £20,000 creating a tiny theme park in his garden, alongside his brother, Samuel – complete with a £10,000 miniature Greek village.Featuring al
  
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• EA Sports FC 27 – all special editions and when you can start playing

  28-07-2026 17:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Are you excited for this year’s football game? (EA)Aside from the traditional standard and Ultimate Editions, this year’s EA Sports FC game comes in an Ultimate Plus Edition that’s only available for a limited time.In the wake of the 2026 World Cup, EA has begun talking about its next football game, EA Sports FC 27, having dropped the first gameplay trailer last week, alongside confirmation of who will be starring on the cover.Aside from some gameplay tweaks and improvements,
  
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• Teary-eyed lawmakers give Lindsey Graham somber final salute at the Capitol... as JD Vance lightens mood with jest

  28-07-2026 17:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Lawmakers wiped away tears in the US Capitol Rotunda as Republicans and Democrats alike paid homage to the late Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Labour unveils new £4,500 a year handouts for households on benefits where youngsters taking up an apprenticeship will be worse off

  28-07-2026 17:01 via dailymail.com
  
  In a bid to remove a disincentive to work in the benefits system, the Government has announced a new bursary to target families on Universal Credit.
  
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• Woman dragged from car and punched in face in Tesco car park gang attack

  28-07-2026 17:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A group of men riding electric bikes and a quad bike reportedly targeted a Hyundai Tuscan in a Billingham Tesco car park, with the occupants dragged out and attacked
  
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• Westpac home lenders left 'in tears' by 'humiliating' group chat leaderboard as bank is forced to backflip on 'unfair' targets

  28-07-2026 17:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Inside the Westpac group chats where home lenders were allegedly named, ranked and publicly judged on daily sales performance.
  
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• The car brands disappearing from Aussie suburbs amid dealership 'bloodbath' - with peak body estimating half of all new cars will be made in China within a decade

  28-07-2026 17:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Electric vehicles made up 35.8 per cent of sales in June, spurred on by fuel price uncertainty amid the conflict in the Middle East.
  
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• Stephen Graham’s ‘chilling’ thriller with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes climbs up Amazon Prime top 10

  28-07-2026 17:00 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 PageStephen Graham has given us fabulous performances recently, as ever, in the likes of Adolescence and A Thousand Blows – but one role getting fans’ attention takes him to new, darker depths.The acclaimed actor can now be seen in the creepy-yet-compelling thriller The Good Boy, opposite Anson Boon and Andrea Riseborough, which has now dropped on Am
  
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• Moment gang of youths laugh as they destroy town centre flower bed during summer holidays

  28-07-2026 16:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Video footage captured the moment the youths began kicking the flower buds at each other.
  
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• Holly Willoughby’s new show is all kinds of cringe – but it exposes a darker problem

  28-07-2026 16:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  The show is designed to make viewers feel like they are at home with the TV star (Picture: Holly Willoughby Together)It only took three seconds for Holly Willoughby to drop her first F-bomb on her new YouTube show. I cringed so hard I felt like I was going to shrivel up into a tiny prune.I could see that Holly was trying to take an edgier approach to her TV comeback, complete with (bleeped) swearing that she wouldn’t be able to get away with on pre-watershed TV, and a dash of sexual innue
  
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• Row erupts in club cricket after team accused of cheating to get batsmen out

  28-07-2026 16:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched into Saltburn Cricket Club over alleged cheating (Picture: Google Maps)A club cricket team has been accused of cheating after a video emerged showing a fielder allegedly clicking his fingers to mimic the sound of a ball hitting the bat.An investigation is now underway into a match between Saltburn Cricket Club 2nd XI and Norton Cricket Club 2nd XI in the South Durham League (NYSD).Footage shows what appears to be a Saltburn slip fielder creating a noise with h
  
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• Fare-dodging has ‘wiped out’ TfL’s £168,000,000 price increase

  28-07-2026 16:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  The network raised fares across bus and tube journeys in March to raise an estimated £168 million to maintain and improve services (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)Transport for London has been accused of ‘sheer incompetence’ as ticket rises have been ‘wiped out’ by constant fare dodgers.The network raised fares across bus and tube journeys in March to raise an estimated £168 million to maintain and improve services.
  But the Centre for Government Reform s
  
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• Serial drunk driver given huge sentence after fifth offence

  28-07-2026 16:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Eugenio Les Zavala had four previous drink driving convictionsA serial drunk driver has been sentenced to an enormous 50 years in prison after he was caught driving under the influence for the fifth time.Eugenio Les Zavala, 34, was found guilty by a jury in Texas last week after he was arrested and charged in Montgomery County in February 2025.Zavala was detained during a traffic stop by local authorities, during which he refused to leave his vehicle, became ‘argumentative’ and &lsq
  
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• Japan earthquake live: 'Many fatalities' as mall explodes during 7.1-mag quake

  28-07-2026 16:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Multiple people have died while more are missing after a shopping centre collapsed following a huge 7.1 magnitude earthquake on the Japanese island of Kyushu
  
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• Dramatic moment bolt of lightning form heart shape over Cannon Beach

  28-07-2026 16:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Boren, 33, only realised she captured the romantic act of nature when she was going through her phone after taking several snaps at the beach during a storm
  
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• Ukraine turns key Crimean waterway into Russia's own Strait of Hormuz after relentless strikes on shadow fleet - as 200th ship is hit in three weeks

  28-07-2026 16:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Ukraine has turned the Kerch Strait into Russia's own Strait of Hormuz - hunting ships around the crucial maritime bottleneck.
  
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• Wilting in the heatwave? So are your condoms — avoid this common mistake

  28-07-2026 16:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  With a heatwave just around the corner, it’s time to think about condom storage (Picture: Getty Images)Whether it’s a casual fling or some X-rated action with your partner, the heatwave horn is real.But with both the weather and your love life hotting up, it’s worth bearing in mind that your contraception may not be able to stand the heat.This week, the UK is braced for yet another heatwave, with the Met Office predicting highs of 33°C in London, and averages of around 27&
  
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• Principal of posh private school whose former students include F Scott Fitzgerald resigns after series of scandals

  28-07-2026 16:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The embattled principal had been accused last month of expelling a model ninth-grade student after his father criticized the elite school's leadership.
  
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• Teacher 'tied young boy to bed before sex act' and 'called out husband's name'

  28-07-2026 16:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Deborah Franklin taught at a preparatory school in Hertfordshire at the time of the alleged offences in the 1990s, when the boy would have been aged between nine and 12
  
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• Gianni Infantino plots to SELL World Cup after Donald Trump talks in ‘nuclear bomb’ for football

  28-07-2026 16:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Plans for selling stakes in FIFA to private investors have emerged under a highly controversial scheme, with UEFA condemning the proposals
  
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• New Education Secretary Lucy Powell says student loan interest rate 'needs looking at'

  28-07-2026 16:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell was an outspoken critic of the student loan interest rate before taking on the role, and has now backed a review of how much students are asked to fork out
  
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• Fears for British professional surfer, 28, after he disappeared during paddle boarding excursion off Portuguese coast

  28-07-2026 16:37 via dailymail.com
  
  A British professional surfer has gone missing during a stand-up paddle boarding excursion off the coast of Portugal.
  
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• 'Neighbour from hell keeps badgering me at night over TV noise and I feel uneasy'

  28-07-2026 16:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The homeowner revealed how the situation has left them "uneasy and unsafe" after their neighbour began harassing them quite late at night over the volume of their TV
  
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• Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd admits attacking new partner with barbecue tongs

  28-07-2026 16:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jack Shepherd pictured at an extradition hearing at a court in Tbilisi on January 25, 2019 (Picture: AFP via Getty)Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has admitted violently attacking a new partner following his release from prison.The 38-year-old was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey for killing 24-year-old Charlotte Brown in December 2015.They had met on a dating website before Shepherd took her for a champagne-fuelled meal at the Shard ending in a high-speed ride up the River Thames.But
  
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• Love Island final LIVE: Jasmine answers speculation she was fuming over Julia's win

  28-07-2026 16:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tonight's final of Love Island will crown the 13th season's winners as Priya responds to 'job-shaming' allegations after Elicia comment
  
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• Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd pleads guilty to attacking woman with barbecue tongs

  28-07-2026 16:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jack Shepherd, 38, previously went on the run in Georgia while facing jail for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, 24, who died in a speedboat crash on the River Thames in central London
  
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• Lifeguards warn beautiful beach is one of America's most dangerous thanks to powerful currents that can easily suck swimmers to their deaths

  28-07-2026 16:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Hurricane Genevieve has brought intense winds off the Pacific coast, resulting in powerful rip currents and dangerous swimming conditions at San Diego beaches.
  
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