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• British Airways crack down on hand luggage

  01-08-2015 20:09
  
  The airline claims that cabin bags were getting so big that flights were regularly delayed
  
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• Pro-Israel groups 'are not welcome' at arch to remember blackshirts battle

  04-10-2026 01:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Pro-Israel Jewish groups have been branded 'fascists' and told they are not welcome at an anniversary march by hard-Left activists being held today.
  
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• UK hands out 1,000 hijabs to channel migrants

  04-10-2026 01:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Internal government figures show that officials have been handing over Muslim head coverings to those illegally landing on our shores at a rate of 162 a month.
  
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• Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'drew up secret will on Everest trek after wife vetoed his divorce plan', friend says amid speculation about whereabouts of world's greatest living explorer

  04-10-2026 01:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Michael Kobold, a friend of the explorer for 30 years, told The Mail on Sunday that Sir Ranulph wrote the document by hand in his tent the night before an unsuccessful bid to reach Everest's 29,000ft summit.
  
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• Ruff ride? Why dogs should buckle up as death rate for fluffy friends in car accidents is high, research finds

  04-10-2026 01:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Man's best friend should have their own bespoke version when riding in a car, academics have said.
  
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• Andy Burnham praised for axing controversial plan to curb jury trials

  04-10-2026 01:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The proposals had been pushed by former PM Keir Starmer to tackle the court backlog, but met furious opposition, including from Labour MPs and legal professionals
  
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• Daily horoscope October 4, 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  04-10-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)With the Sun in opposition to Saturn, hidden pressures and tensions could rise to the surface. Don’t shy away from conflict.
  Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, your ambitions could require a little extra focus today. Careful planning and preparation will see you achieve all you put your mind to.Try to engage in big picture thinking today. Visualise solutions and goals you want to reach, and make them happen.
  Ahead,
  
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• What we know about Coronation Street’s ‘bleak’ Christmas storylines so far

  04-10-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Some things might bring joy – but others, not so much… (Picture: Metro/ITV)It’s October, which can only mean one thing to a soap journalist – it’s time to start spoiling Christmas.
  Sorry, I mean previewing – always get those two mixed up.
  The cast and crew are currently wearing thick coats, hats and scarves despite autumn being unseasonably warm and, by the time those Christmas specials air, the mince pies and Bailey’s (the drink, not the family) will
  
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• Sir Ranulph 'drew up secret will on Everest trek after wife vetoed his plan to divorce her'

  04-10-2026 00:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Michael Kobold, a friend of the explorer for 30 years, told The Mail on Sunday that Sir Ranulph wrote the document by hand in his tent the night before an unsuccessful bid to reach Everest's 29,000ft summit.
  
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• Cornell president speaks out for the first time on alleged gang rape saying his 'heart aches' over 'troubling issues'... as Jane Doe's lawyer reveals she's 'hanging on by a string'

  04-10-2026 00:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Governor Kathy Hochul appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor in the case earlier this week.
  
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• Cornell president speaks out for the first time on alleged gang rape saying his 'heart aches' over 'troubling issues'... while adding he supports Letitia James's investigation into 'deeply disturbing' case

  04-10-2026 00:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Governor Kathy Hochul appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor in the case earlier this week.
  
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• Prison chief stands down over botched execution after killer, 50, survived lethal sedatives and was left on life support

  04-10-2026 00:32 via dailymail.com
  
  The US state's Commissioner of Correction stepped down on Saturday following the failed killing of Christa Pike (pictured), who survived two lethal doses of the sedative pentobarbital.
  
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• Boy, 15, arrested for burning woman's face with makeshift flame-thrower as student riots continue to rock France

  04-10-2026 00:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The attack was captured on video as thousands of youngsters went on the rampage over poor conditions in their schools.
  
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• Baking soda could halve odds of getting dementia, study suggests

  04-10-2026 00:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The baking ingredient (pictured) may slash the likelihood of getting the incurable brain disease by an astonishing 51 per cent.
  
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• Prison chief stands down over botched execution

  04-10-2026 00:12 via dailymail.com
  
  The US state's Commissioner of Correction stepped down on Saturday following the failed killing of Christa Pike (pictured), who survived two lethal doses of the sedative pentobarbital.
  
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• Tories pledge to fix £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge' that forces parents to work less

  04-10-2026 00:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch will vow that a Tory government would stop couples losing access to free childcare once one parent earns more than £100,000 at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
  
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• Baking soda 'could halve odds of getting dementia'

  04-10-2026 00:04 via dailymail.com
  
  The baking ingredient (pictured) may slash the likelihood of getting the incurable brain disease by an astonishing 51 per cent.
  
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• Boy, 15, held for burning woman with makeshift flame-thrower in riots

  03-10-2026 23:53 via dailymail.com
  
  The attack was captured on video as thousands of youngsters went on the rampage over poor conditions in their schools.
  
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• Kathleen Turner says she 'looks forward' to reading Michael Douglas explosive memoir which admits their secret affair after decades of rumours

  03-10-2026 23:47 via dailymail.com
  
  For years Michael Douglas, the very much married star of the film, denied rumours that he and co-star Kathleen Turner (pictured) had enjoyed a torrid full-blown affair on set.
  
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• Air ambulance heading to Boston with six people onboard vanishes after plunging 10,000ft

  03-10-2026 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The aircraft, which was carrying six people, had taken off from Bermuda this morning and was heading to Boston, Massachusetts, on the east coast of the United States
  
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• Defectors to Reform 'will be let back into Tories after six-month quarantine'

  03-10-2026 23:44 via dailymail.com
  
  The Mail on Sunday understands MPs who want to ditch Nigel Farage in favour of Kemi Badenoch must first sit as independents in the Commons.
  
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• Defectors 'will be let back in after six-month quarantine'

  03-10-2026 23:38 via dailymail.com
  
  The Mail on Sunday understands MPs who want to ditch Nigel Farage in favour of Kemi Badenoch must first sit as independents in the Commons.
  
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• Palestinian illegal immigrant who called for death to Jews and posed with guns begs to deported - 'but Home Office can't remove him'

  03-10-2026 23:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Abu Wadee, full name Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, currently cannot be sent back to Gaza - because the Home Office has no safe means of getting him there.
  
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• FlyDubai - live: Pilot's 'twist of fate and faith' as PM hails hero captain

  03-10-2026 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national, is alleged to have tried to hijack a FlyDubai plane with 182 people on board after attacking the captain before passengers helped to subdue him
  
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• What loyalist rapper, who has supported Kneecap, has to say about the spiralling situation in Drumcree is not going to please either side of the worsening dispute

  03-10-2026 23:34 via dailymail.com
  
  A rapper from Belfast's loyalist Shankill Road insists the North has come a long way from its relatively recent troubled past.
  
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• Mega-rich HSBC banker banned from the City for almost £6,000 thousands in train fares

  03-10-2026 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joseph Molloy, 53, saved almost £6,000 over a number of years by buying tickets covering only the beginning and end of his journeys from his home in south London to Canary Wharf
  
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• Yes, I DID sleep with Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas admits in new memoir. I look forward to enjoying his book, she laughs

  03-10-2026 23:31 via dailymail.com
  
  For years Michael Douglas, the very much married star of the film, denied rumours that he and co-star Kathleen Turner (pictured) had enjoyed a torrid full-blown affair on set.
  
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• Andy Carroll names Fame Academy star Kevin Adams as man who sexually abused him

  03-10-2026 23:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andy Carroll has confirmed his abuser’s identity as Kevin Adams (Picture: Instagram/@andytcarroll/Shutterstock)Andy Carroll has confirmed the identity of his abuser after he was named publicly in court documents.The former England, Liverpool, and Newcastle footballer revealed in his new autobiography, Owning It: In My Own Words, that he was sexually assaulted by a ‘male celebrity’ in 2021.Carroll, 37, did not name the attacker and said ‘only a few’ of his loved one
  
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• Wine mom buddy of GOP governor got very light sentence for drunkenly maiming teenager with her Escalade. Now a suspected revenge plot has backfired spectacularly and returned her to jail

  03-10-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  She served just 73 days of an eight-year prison sentence for smashing her car into a woman's Kia and maiming her. But well-connected lawyer's wife Sara Polston now finds herself back behind bars.
  
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• Trump turns on GOP ally and shares his personal PHONE NUMBER demanding Americans call him in fight over change to daylight saving time

  03-10-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The President spent much of Saturday speaking out in favor of The Sunshine Protection Act, a bill opposed by Cotton which would make daylight savings time permanent.
  
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