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• Booby trapped backpack explodes injuring Ukrainian family walking in Monaco

  29-06-2026 23:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  An explosion has rocked Monaco, injuring three people walking out of a building.The victims are reportedly a Ukrainian couple and their 13-year-old son.
  The two adults are in critical condition in a Monaco hospital.CCTV allegedly shows a suspect dropping off bags shortly before the blast at around 10pm on Monday. An image of a man running away from the bomb attack has been circulated through FranceThe explosion destroyed the entrance of the Cuomo Foundation a self-described philanthropic organi
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown still ‘respects’ co-star Henry Cavill’s boundaries in their relationship

  30-06-2026 14:30 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 PageMillie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge are back and poised to dominate Netflix ratings once again when Enola Holmes 3, the newest sequel in the streamer’s enduringly popular film franchise, drops later this week.One of the most powerful figures in Hollywood – let alone as a younger woman – Millie is an actively involved producer on the fran
  
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• Ruben Amorim wants to sign second £56m Man Utd star with Mason Mount decision made

  30-06-2026 14:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Amorim is now in charge at AC Milan (Picture: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)Former Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is keen to sign Lisandro Martinez for AC Milan.Six months on from leaving his post at Old Trafford, Amorim took the reigns at the Rossoneri earlier this month and hopes to oversee a major recruitment drive this summer.Goncalo Ramos is reportedly in talks to leave Paris Saint-Germain for the Italian giants with the Portuguese head coach also eager to strengthen his
  
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• Blind people given fresh hope after scientific breakthrough

  30-06-2026 14:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  A mouse’s retina with conditions similar to diabetic retinopathy, before (right) and after (left) receiving the new treatment (Picture: Duke University / SWNS)A scientific breakthrough has offered new hope in treating blindness and vision loss.Lab-grown cells have restored function in the retina – a layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eyeball crucial to sight – in mice.Biomedical engineers at Duke University, North Carolina, used induced pluripotent stem cells (i
  
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• England fan goes missing on the way to the World Cup after losing contact with family during stop-over in Spain

  30-06-2026 14:19 via dailymail.com
  
  An England fan who vanished on his way to the World Cup last spoke to his family more than a week ago as they launch an urgent public appeal to help find him.
  
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• Caroline Flack's brother is found hanged six years after she took her own life

  30-06-2026 14:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Paul Flack, 55, was found unresponsive at his home in Norwich nine days ago, on June 21.
  
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• Heathrow Airport traffic live: A4 closed as police swarm after serious incident

  30-06-2026 14:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have rushed to the A4 in Cranford, London, after a serious incident with multiple forensics tents now put up at the scene
  
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• UK airport rule could see your holiday 'ruined'

  30-06-2026 14:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You could also be hit with some severe penalties
  
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• We rent in the UK’s most unaffordable city — and it’s not London

  30-06-2026 14:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  You’ll pay a premium for this view (Picture: Getty Images)Bristol has overtaken London as the least affordable city for renters in the UK, with tenants now paying £1,883 per month on average.That might sound like a steal to some forking out upwards of £2,000 in the capital, but let’s not forget workers are entitled to London Weighting and the London Living Wage.Without the paycheque boost, rent in Bristol amounts to 45% of the average salary for someone working there, ac
  
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• GTA 6 and Nintendo rumoured to be making a Switch 2 port happen

  30-06-2026 14:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Do you think GTA 6 will ever come to Switch 2? (Rockstar Games)Rumours say Nintendo and Rockstar are working together on a Switch 2 port of GTA 6, but there are conflicting claims on whether it’ll actually release.Although a PC version of GTA 6 hasn’t been formally announced, it’s guaranteed to arrive sooner or later. After all, Rockstar’s last two games also saw PC releases; people just had to wait a really long time for them (19 months for GTA 5 and 13 months for Red D
  
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• Monaco explosion live: Ukrainian oligarch's wife has 'legs blown off' in Monaco bomb blast

  30-06-2026 14:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The wife of a Ukrainian billionaire Vadim Ermolaev is fighting for her life in hospital and is understood to have lost both her legs after a bomb attack in Monaco
  
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• Heinous brother of Massachusetts' attorney general to rot in jail for raping multiple women while posing as fake Uber driver

  30-06-2026 14:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Alvin Campbell, the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, was sentenced to life in jail after being convicted of raping multiple women posing as a fake Uber driver in Boston.
  
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• Scientists in horror eyesight warning as common pet parasite 'infecting up to third of world's population'

  30-06-2026 14:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists publishing a new, global study have called for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to recognise the dangers posed by a common parasite that infects cats
  
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• Caroline Flack’s brother found dead aged 55

  30-06-2026 14:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Flack has been found dead six years after Caroline Flack took her own life (Picture: Instagram)Caroline Flack’s brother has been found dead six years after the former Love Island host took her own life.Paul Flack, 55, was found unresponsive at his Sandringham Road home in Norwich on June 21 before later dying at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.A provisional post-mortem has given the cause of death as cardiac arrest due to hanging.An inquest into his death was opened at Norfolk Coron
  
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• Owners of Blackpool hotel fined £120,000 for failings after boy, 10, was fatally electrocuted in lobby on seaside holiday

  30-06-2026 14:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Jack Piper-Sheach, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, was on a family holiday at the seaside Tiffany's Hotel on North Promenade on the evening of September 3, 2023, when he suffered an electric shock.
  
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• Buy a luxury home if you want to keep using famous coastal path, say millionaire developer who has blocked Cornwall tourist attraction

  30-06-2026 14:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Seamus Redmond installed wooden barriers on a set of steps leading off Porth beach, Cornwall, to block the path leading to Lusty Glaze beach, which residents said they had walked for centuries.
  
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• British man uses controversial new tactic to reignite sunbed wars

  30-06-2026 14:02 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 holidaymaker has secretly sprinkled itching powder on towels left on poolside loungers by guests reserving them before sunrise.Fed up with early risers bagging the best spots and then disappearing for hours, Tom Caunce decided to take matters into his own hands during a family holiday in Majorca.The 31-year-old filmed the prank and shared the footage onlin
  
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• Morrisons to close 100 stores in the UK with full list of 7 sites named

  30-06-2026 14:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Morrisons has announced it will close 100 stores in the coming months, with loss-making Morrisons Daily convenience stores among those affected already named.
  
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• 'I heard my spine and body split': Pedestrian hospitalised for month with serious injuries after smash with child e-bike rider calls on London Mayor to clamp down on Lime bikes

  30-06-2026 14:00 via dailymail.com
  
  A woman who suffered spinal fractures after a child crashed into her on a Lime bike has called on the mayor of London to crack down on the 'Wild West' E-bike industry.
  
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• Boy, 11, dies of rabies 19 days after waking with bat lying on his mouth

  30-06-2026 13:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bats usually spread rabies through bites or scratches (Picture: Getty Images)An 11-year-old boy died from rabies less than three weeks after he woke up with a bat lying over his nose and mouth.The child contracted the lethal virus despite not having any apparent bite or scratch marks from the interaction, a report has shown.Nineteen days after the incident, the boy started presenting with symptoms consistent with the disease, including vomiting, facial ‘pins and needles’, and numbne
  
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• Where £80,000,000,000 a year will be spent in the UK’s Defence Investment Plan

  30-06-2026 13:55 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 PageAfter months of delay and the resignations of two defence ministers, Sir Keir Starmer has finally announced his investment plan for the British armed forces.It doesn’t include quite as much money as the Ministry of Defence was asking for – a key reason why John Healey and Al Carns stepped down – but the PM says its impact will be transforma
  
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• Extreme weather warning for England training camp as 'heatdome' to engulf World Cup

  30-06-2026 13:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  England's World Cup base in Kansas City is set to be hit by a dangerous heatwave with temperatures on the rise as they gear up to face DR Congo on Wednesday in the round of 32
  
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• Coldplay’s ‘not very good’ James Bond theme song unearthed after 27 years

  30-06-2026 13:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chris Martin admitted the songs weren’t ‘very good’ (Picture: Getty)A demo recording of a Coldplay song intended for a James Bond film is set to go under the hammer after being forgotten for more than 26 years.Chris Martin previously said Coldplay wrote five potential Bond themes but never submitted them as they weren’t very good.The Fix You singer said they were eventually forced to accept defeat, and said James Bond probably wouldn’t be into their music
  
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• Lily Allen isn’t ripping you off – her show makes perfect sense

  30-06-2026 13:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Criticism of Lily Allen’s West End Girl tour has been endless (Picture: Corinne Cumming)Lily Allen’s West End Girl tour has become the most divisive of the year for no reason.The main complaints include that she has no ‘real’ support act, only performs for an hour, doesn’t speak to the audience, and tickets are too expensive.
  Fans are claiming they’ve been ‘robbed’.Having seen her show twice now, once in a freezing cold and small theatre in Glasgo
  
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• Expert explains 'only credible path' to cheaper energy bills ahead of £221 Ofgem rise

  30-06-2026 13:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ofgem energy price cap is going up, despite the Iran and US agreeing to a ceasefire
  
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• 'I thought I wanted to murder my mum, but it was actually OCD'

  30-06-2026 13:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. EXCLUSIVE: Graeme Currie was just a teenager when he started suffering intrusive thoughts of harm and violence caused by a harrowing subtype of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  
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• 'I lost my incredible sister at just 33 - I didn't see the signs'

  30-06-2026 13:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jennifer's death left her family heartbroken
  
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• French national accused of importing drugs into Australia on flight from Thailand - days after arrest of Thai Airways cabin crew member

  30-06-2026 13:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Two people arriving from Thailand have recently faced legal action after allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs through two Australian airports.
  
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• Nicola Peltz drops most savage dig at Beckham family yet – aimed at sister-in-law Harper

  30-06-2026 13:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nicola Peltz has apparently shaded sister-in-law Harper in dedication to other sister (Picture: Instagram/Getty)Nicola Peltz appeared to take a swipe at Brooklyn Beckham’s little sister, Harper, in her new post celebrating her ‘dream sister’.The American heiress, 31, shared an emotional post celebrating her brother Will Peltz, 40, as he tied the knot with Kenya Kinski-Jones, 33.Model Kenya, the daughter of record producer Quincy Jones and actress Nastassja Kinski, has app
  
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• ‘I’d love him’ – Wayne Rooney tells England star to complete Man Utd transfer

  30-06-2026 13:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane should snub Barcelona and consider Manchester United, says Wayne Rooney (Picture: Getty)Wayne Rooney has urged Harry Kane to turn down interest from Barcelona and complete a move to Manchester United to break Alan Shearer’s goalscoring record in the Premier League.Kane has taken German football by storm since leaving Tottenham to join Bayern Munich back in 2023, scoring 146 goals in 147 appearances and helping the club win back-to-back titles in the Bundesliga.However, there is
  
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