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• Brian May: I could support Ukip candidates at the election

  23-03-2015 21:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Queen guitarist has launched a campaign calling for MPs to be free-minded and not to be swayed by party whips
  
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• Tesco is giving away free bags of food today — full list of those eligible

  29-07-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tesco is giving away free bags of groceries today (Picture: Shutterstock / Alastair Wallace)Tesco is giving away free bags of grocery essentials today (July 29).But while you might expect this to be a move to combat rising costs and help those struggling to afford the weekly shop, the actual reason might surprise you.The retailer will be gifting the essentials to holidaymakers touching down in the UK today, at London Southend Airport.And only people arriving on certain flights will be eligible
  
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• Cops visited Helena Wright's house hours before she plunged to her death from clifftop with her two infant children - as police confirm she spoke to them the day before and share harrowing update on search for her baby

  29-07-2026 12:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The bodies of Helena Wright, 36, and her 23-month-old daughter were found in waters near Cape Northumberland on South Australia's southeast coast.
  
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• Manchester live: Man 'trapped by tram' suffers possible life-changing injuries

  29-07-2026 12:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident has happened on Market Street, one of Manchester city centre's busiest shopping areas, with police and paramedics spotted at the scene
  
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• Andy Burnham signals tax rises are to come as he warns of 'difficult decisions' on social care funding

  29-07-2026 12:17 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister used a speech on Wednesday to decry a 'major dereliction of public duty' by politicians for not resolving the country's social care crisis.
  
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• France wildfires live: Astonishing arrests as 42C heatwave threatens Bordeaux

  29-07-2026 12:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A handful of people have been arrested for allegedly taking advantage of those affected by wildfires in south-west France, which have forced more than 220,000 people to flee
  
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• New driver who killed two people in 100mph crash has sentence increased

  29-07-2026 12:11 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 cleaner who filmed Snapchat videos of herself driving at nearly 100mph before a crash that left two people dead has had her prison sentence increased by nearly three years.Liberty Mitchell, 21, had only passed her test weeks before killing taxi driver Octavian Codreanu and his passenger Moyra Whelan in December 2022.She was driving at nearly 100mph in a 60
  
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• Sous chef at Tom Kerridge's Harrods fish and chips restaurant who left almost £700 worth of seafood out to spoil tries to sue for unfair dismissal

  29-07-2026 12:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Giresse Mbala (not pictured) left 10kg of lobster and 150 scallops out in the kitchen for a week without refrigeration in the middle of summer, a tribunal heard.
  
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• Leicester church fire: 'Shut windows' warning as smoke rises in city centre

  29-07-2026 12:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters tackled a large blaze at St Andrew's Church in Leicester city centre overnight, with local residents warned to close all doors and windows
  
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• Iran 'considered attacking Ukrainian port in revenge for strikes on Caspian Sea ships heading for Russia' as two wars continue to merge

  29-07-2026 12:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Tehran considered attacking a seaport in Ukraine in revenge for strikes on an Iranian ship heading for Russia, but a flurry of diplomacy has calmed the situation.
  
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• Andy Burnham explains humble reason he always wears black

  29-07-2026 12:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been in office for a few weeks now, and he's been busy answering the nation's burning questions - including the reason he always wears black
  
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• Four things a heart surgeon never touches — including popular 'liquid death' drink

  29-07-2026 12:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heart surgeon Dr Jeremy London has laid bare the habits he believes are silently destroying our health, hailing one of them as a 'big no-no'.
  
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• Xbox still not making a profit on console sales despite price rise says report

  29-07-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  X marks the flop (Microsoft)An insider claims the Xbox Series X/S is still selling at a significant loss, and the August price hike still won’t push it into profit.Video game consoles are typically sold at a loss at launch, with sales of peripherals, games, and online services like PlayStation Plus helping to recoup the costs. 
  As we’ve seen with Sony’s PlayStation 5, consoles usually become profitable over time. However, with the current generation, the memory shortage h
  
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• Ricky Gervais wants to keep making one TV show ‘until he dies’

  29-07-2026 11:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ricky Gervais has threatened to keep making Alley Cats forever (Picture: Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)Ricky Gervais knows that all good things must come to an end.That’s why he ended The Office and Extras after just two seasons and a Christmas special, while After Life ran for three.
  Still, turns out that the 65-year-old comedian wants one of his shows to go on ‘forever’.
  Specifically, Stephen Merchant’s former co-writer would be quite happy if his new Netflix animated se
  
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• Population of England and Wales reaches record 62million despite more than 600,000 people emigrating abroad - while births hit lowest level since 1978

  29-07-2026 11:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Figures reveal a 224,000 increase in the population over the year to June 2025, equivalent to growth of just under half a per cent.
  
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• Mystery as body of British woman, 38, is found in a suitcase in Athens with US Interpol office helping to identify her

  29-07-2026 11:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Investigators established that she flew to Greece on June 29 from the United States after travelling via Cyprus.
  
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• Farage: Offensive Greens post makes me and colleagues targets for violence

  29-07-2026 11:56 via dailymail.com
  
  The Reform leader accused Mr Polanski of inciting violence by sharing a post glorifying Mr Farage's murder on his social media, for which he is yet to apologise.
  
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• Hero father who stepped in to protect passengers during Huntingdon train mass stabbing is left paralysed and unable to work

  29-07-2026 11:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Raza Aslam, 44, was one of eleven people treated in hospital following the mass stabbing on the 6.25pm Doncaster to London King's Cross LNER service on November 1 last year.
  
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• Joe Tate makes utterly bizarre announcement in Emmerdale

  29-07-2026 11:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joe Tate made a very unexpected announcement (Picture: ITV)The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Emmerdale dated July 29. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX and YouTube.When Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) organises a family lunch in Emmerdale, you know something is up.This is the view Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) had when he made the announcement in today’s episode, and she had a perfectly good reason to feel worried.Yesterday, Dawn’s ex Bill
  
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• More European tourism destinations are hit by wildfires as villages are evacuated on top Greek holiday island and France battles flare ups in 40C heat

  29-07-2026 11:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Footage shared on social media shows bright orange flames rising above the mountains as dark clouds of smoke engulf the island.
  
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• Backflip from the ABC after outrage over activist's violent Gina Rinehart segment the taxpayer-funded broadcaster defended as 'satirical'

  29-07-2026 11:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The ABC aired a graphic description of violence against Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person, last week.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's alleged stalker to stand trial in December

  29-07-2026 11:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Prosecutors claim Alex Jenkinson, 39, threatened the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on 6 May near Marsh Farm, on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Andrew is due give evidence later today.
  
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• DJ Kavinsky, who performed at the Olympics, found dead at his home aged 50

  29-07-2026 11:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  DJ Kavinsky has died aged 50 (Picture: Thibaud Moritz / AFP via Getty Images)French musician Vincent Belorgey – better known as DJ Kavinsky – has died aged 50 at his home in Paris.The electropop legend was best known for his song Nightcall, which featured as the title track for 2011’s Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.He performed the track at the 2024 Olympic Games closing ceremony, alongside Belgian singer Angèle.‘An inquiry into the cause of death has been opened to
  
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• Andy Burnham speech live: Emotional PM makes THREE key pledges to finally fix social care crisis

  29-07-2026 11:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham is outlining how he will fix the creaking social care sector in a major speech this morning, and even invited Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey into cross-party talks
  
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• Manchester incident live: Huge city centre cordon as trams halted and police swarm

  29-07-2026 11:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident has happened on Market Street, one of Manchester city centre's busiest shopping areas, with police and paramedics spotted at the scene
  
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• How old are the actors playing EastEnders’ teens?

  29-07-2026 11:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  One storyline has put Walford’s younger generation centre stage (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)EastEnders’ younger cast have become the talk of Albert Square as the soap’s gripping Joel Marshall mystery continues to unfold.Amy Mitchell, Avani Nandra-Hart, Barney Mitchell, Joel Marshall and Lily Slater have all found themselves at the centre of EastEnders’ latest storyline, as the fallout from Joel’s attack continues to unfold.After Joel was left badly hu
  
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• Binman's trick to stop maggots taking over your food waste bin

  29-07-2026 11:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As many people in the UK start using their food waste bins for the first time, a binman has shared how to keep maggots from making themselves at home inside
  
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• What happened in Naga Munchetty’s bullying probe? Inside scandal before BBC Breakfast exit

  29-07-2026 11:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Naga Munchetty is leaving BBC Breakfast for Radio 5 Live (Picture: BBC Breakfast)It was reported as long ago as last summer that Naga Munchetty was considering quitting BBC Breakfast, which she this week announced.It came after the broadcaster’s flagship morning programme was hit with bullying allegations, including against the TV presenter, which reportedly resulted in a formal investigation. The BBC last year drafted in a PwC consultant to help review the culture around the famous
  
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• Britain sees biggest rise in antisemitic incidents out of major countries as report warns anti-Jewish attitudes are becoming more widespread

  29-07-2026 11:40 via dailymail.com
  
  A task force has told of its 'alarm about the deadly reality of antisemitism that Jewish communities worldwide confront at levels unprecedented since World War II'.
  
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• Boy, 9, fighting for life after horror Birmingham crash as police arrest two

  29-07-2026 11:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Masshouse Lane in Kings Norton at around 5.55pm on Tuesday where a child was found with serious injuries
  
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