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• Blue Badge hack may help holders avoid fine - or having theirs confiscated

  07-10-2026 11:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Simple renewal trick could mean yours doesn't expire
  
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• Christa Pike live: Hospital staff in bid to unshackle botched execution killer

  07-10-2026 19:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike was scheduled to be execution on September 30 via lethal injection but somehow survived despite being given two doses of pentobarbital - she is now awake
  
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• Boots sold to former Selfridge’s owner for £6,700,000,000

  07-10-2026 19:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  The high street giant Boots has been sold for £6.7billion (Picture: Shutterstock/Tony Baggett)Boots is being bought by the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family for £6.7 billion.Wittington Investments, the family’s holding company, has agreed to buy the high street giant from majority owner Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family.The deal comes just a year after Sycamore took control of Boots through its acquisition of parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance, befor
  
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• Man is charged with 13 counts of attempted murder after playground 'knife attack' in French Alps that left British toddler hurt

  07-10-2026 19:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Abdalmasih Hanoun is also charged with the attempted murder of 12 other people after the knife attack at a lakeside park in Le Paquier, Annecy, south-east France, in June 2023.
  
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• Man who 'stabbed Brit toddler in Alps and tried to kill 12 others' faces trial

  07-10-2026 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abdalmasih Hanoun will go on trial for attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a British toddler at a playground in the French Alps - he is also charged with the attempted murder of 12 others
  
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• 80,000 five-star reviews later and this mascara is still one of Amazon’s bestsellers

  07-10-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The affordable mascara beauty editors genuinely rate is now even cheaper. (Picture: Metro/Amazon/Getty)
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  If you’re a makeup lover, you’re in luck: Amazon Prime Big Deals Day is here, with huge discounts on everything from skincare and makeup to devices and hair tools. One of Amazon’s biggest beauty bestsellers i
  
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• Christa Pike speaks for first time but has no memory of botched execution

  07-10-2026 18:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pike, 50, was taken to hospital and put on a ventilator after she somehow survived two doses of the lethal injection on Wednesday (Picture: Reuters)Murderer Christa Pike has said her first words in hospital after she was given two lethal injections which failed to kill her.
  Pike, 50, was taken to hospital and put on a ventilator after she somehow survived two doses of the lethal injection on Wednesday.
  She is now awake and speaking, with her representative saying she is able to communicate in a
  
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• Moment Russian supply trucks speed away in flames from Ukrainian drone strikes

  07-10-2026 18:49 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 PageUkraine has not let up on its strikes on Russian infrastructure as theyhope to cripple Vladimir Putin’s war machine.The latest drone strikes appear to have hit Russian cargo lorries carrying supplies to the frontlines of occupied Crimea.One lorry, engulfed in a ball of flames, tries to speed away from the attack caught on camera posted on Wednesday.At
  
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• 'Woke' school sparks row after replacing 'Christmas cards' with 'winter cards'

  07-10-2026 18:44 via dailymail.com
  
  A 'woke' Scots school has caused a row after replacing traditional Christmas cards with Winter ones.
  
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• Claudia Winkleman's Traitors wardrobe revealed: Inside her fabulous Highlands-inspired looks

  07-10-2026 18:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Alongside betrayals and backstabbing, The Traitors has the nation religiously tuning in each week for another source of wonder: Claudia Winkleman's outfits.
  
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• Christa Pike 'speaking limitedly' as lawyers appear in court over botched execution – latest

  07-10-2026 18:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike was scheduled to be execution on September 30 via lethal injection but somehow survived despite being given two doses of pentobarbital - she is now awake
  
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• Serial violent offender jailed for murdering ex days after early prison release

  07-10-2026 18:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Sabat, 60, was handed a minimum term of 17 years and one month for murdering ex-partner Dickiesha Nurse, 42, at her flat days after being sentenced to a year in jail
  
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• New AI tool to speed up court cases 'could be a gamechanger'

  07-10-2026 18:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Justice minister Sarah Sackman said a new Case Readiness Assistant, being trialed at Inner London Crown Court this month, could help victims secure justice faster
  
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• American accused of helping transgender school shooter maximize death toll, hide her tracks and broadcast massacre live

  07-10-2026 18:33 via dailymail.com
  
  James Cody Bryant has been charged after allegedly spending six months helping an 18-year-old plan the devastating Tumbler Ridge school massacre.
  
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• Amazon shoppers are racing to buy these discounted air fryers before midnight

  07-10-2026 18:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Looking for an air fryer? These are the Amazon deals worth your money. (Picture: Metro/Amazon/Getty)The Amazon Big Deals Day sale is here, and until 11:59pm this evening (October 7), you can bag a bargain on homeware, beauty, fashion and tech, but there’s one buy that’s top of our shopping list. It is, of course, an airfryer. This year, there are no shortage of offers from big-name brands like Ninja, Philips, Tefal and more, and shoppers have been snapping them up. These c
  
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• Edinburgh v Glasgow rivalry has a new winner... as one is named Britain's friendliest city

  07-10-2026 18:25 via dailymail.com
  
  It is a rivalry that has been going on for centuries. But now Edinburgh has overtaken Glasgow to become the friendliest city in the UK.
  
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• Covid fraudster who scammed millions from PPE deals and bought house is jailed

  07-10-2026 18:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Craig Morris, 43, and his boss Jogesh Bhandari, 60, splashed out hundreds of thousands of pounds on luxury goods following a PPE scam during the Covid pandemic
  
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• Fury at Trump's midterms masterminds for cashing in on 'random a**' Putin ally's election as Republicans brace for election bloodbath

  07-10-2026 18:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Two of the president's top midterm election advisors were reportedly paid hundreds of thousands to advise a pro-Russian group in the Balkans with a month until Election Day.
  
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• Trump launches biggest citizenship purge in modern history as DOJ moves to strip 250 Americans of their status in a month

  07-10-2026 18:09 via dailymail.com
  
  The Trump administration is in the process of revoking the citizenship of dozens of Americans - a lofty goal that far outpaces denaturalization efforts seen under former presidents.
  
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• Rockstar wants physical intimacy ‘done right’ in GTA 6 as it confirms nude scene

  07-10-2026 18:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  A romantic rebirth (Rockstar)GTA 6 is aiming to deliver a relationship role-player through Jason and Lucia, as Rockstar confirms the former will bare all in the shower. Aside from its incomprehensibly large Florida-inspired sandbox, the most exciting aspect of GTA 6 is its dual protagonists. Jason and Lucia are the first couple to lead a GTA game – Lucia is the first female protagonist of any kind – and their relationship looks set to play a key role in the story and gamep
  
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• Female judge will be punished with a public shaming after she broke impartiality rules in four different ways while running for re-election

  07-10-2026 18:05 via dailymail.com
  
  A Florida judge is set for public humiliation after breaking impartiality rules in four different ways during a campaign that secured her re-election by less than 1,000 votes.
  
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• The inside story of why farming charity Macra Na Feirme had to pay back over €100k to the taxman - and the row between two executives at the centre of it all

  07-10-2026 18:04 via dailymail.com
  
  MACRA na Feirme was ordered to pay back more than €100,000 to the taxman after the farming charity wrongly claimed government Covid-19 supports, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
  
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• Leap second that crashed Reddit and LinkedIn plus knocked out Qantas's booking system

  07-10-2026 18:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Few people have heard of the leap second, yet it is so important that timekeepers from across the world are meeting next week to vote on whether to keep it for, it seems, things are not always as sure as the day is long
  
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• Best Ninja deals in Amazon Prime Day sale with up to 40% off air fryers, Creami and coffee machines

  07-10-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Amazon has reduced some of Ninja’s most popular kitchen appliances in its Prime Day sale. (Picture: Metro/Ninja/Amazon/Getty)
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  The Amazon Big Deals Day sale is in full swing, and while we’ve got our eye on the many, many savings across fashion, beauty, home and tech, there’s certain deals you won’t want to miss
  
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• Pupil, 15, with a 'dangerous interest in serial killers' stabbed girl in the back at his school after writing notes on his 'hatred of women', court hears

  07-10-2026 17:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The teenager allegedly recorded the 'motive' as 'misanthropy, misogyny, suicide, bullying'. He is also said to have had a 'dangerous interest in killers and killing'.
  
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• ‘Does Andrew feel above the law?’ - Why desperate new court fight is beyond the pale

  07-10-2026 17:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With the former Duke of York launching legal action against Thames Valley Police and the Central Criminal Court, the Mirror’s Pod Save the King has exposed Andrew’s entitlement with the shocking move
  
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• Man sentenced to death over Facebook comment as family makes tearful plea

  07-10-2026 17:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anojan Sivarasa, 24, has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after comments he made during a Facebook row over a video of a young man kicking a dog
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 'not feeling sorry for himself' as he spends time with 'loyal' friends

  07-10-2026 17:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A source close to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has shared that despite remaining under investigation, the former prince is ‘having a very nice time’ while keeping a low profile in Sandringham
  
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• October 7 attacks remembered three years on as Israel pays tribute to 1,200 dead in Hamas attacks

  07-10-2026 17:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mourners attend the Nova Music Festival site which saw so many people killed on October 7th 2023.
  
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• Fresh humiliation for 'Cornell 7' student accused of sending Snapchat message inviting other frat brothers to join alleged gang rape… as his attempt at new life falls apart

  07-10-2026 17:45 via dailymail.com
  
  A civil suit was filed against Cornell University and seven former frat brothers by a female student who alleges she was the victim of a drug-fueled gang rape in 2024.
  
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