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• Climate emission killer: construction begins on world’s biggest liquid air battery

  18-06-2020 09:45
  
  Exclusive: project will store renewable energy and reduce climate-heating emissions Construction is beginning on the world’s largest liquid air battery, which will store renewable electricity and reduce carbon emissions from fossil-fuel power plants.The project near Manchester, UK, will use spare green energy to compress air into a liquid and store it. When demand is higher, the liquid air is released back into a gas, powering a turbine that puts the green energy back into the grid. Contin
  
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• British businessman ‘stabbed to death with zombie knife by wife’ in Thailand

  03-07-2026 18:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  A British woman has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of killing her husband with a zombie knife at their luxury home (Picture: Asia Pacific Press via ViralPress)A British woman has been arrested in Thailand after allegedly stabbing her husband to death with a ‘zombie knife’.Authorities discovered the huge 20-inch blade at the couple’s luxury holiday home in Pattaya City, Bang Lamung district.Officers were alerted when a friend sounded the alarm after failing to reach the
  
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• After line judges are axed in favour of AI, could Wimbledon eventually replace Rufus the hawk with AI drones?

  03-07-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  As artificial intelligence transforms everything from umpiring to security, handler Donna Davis refused to rule out whether Rufus could be replaced by a high-tech successor.
  
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• Germany bans staff members from calling in sick without doctors’ note

  03-07-2026 17:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  The tough new rules have been proposed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz to boost the economy (Picture: Latkun/imageBROKER/Shutterstock)Germans will have to get a sick note from a doctor for the very first day they call off sick from work under strict proposals from Friedrich Merz.The tough new rules have been proposed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz to boost the economy. Workers currently only need a note from their third day of sick leave.Mr Merz said: ‘The number of sick days is too high. We a
  
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• Pastor who pushed wife to her death off cliff had his MISTRESS next to him at her memorial just a week later, shocked witness says

  03-07-2026 17:57 via dailymail.com
  
  David Vander Meer, 49, was charged with murder and insurance fraud 20 years after his wife, Bernadette Vander Meer, 28, fell from Angel's Landing in Zion National Park in 2006.
  
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• England superfan returns to Azteca stadium for Mexico World Cup tie 40 years after infamous 'Hand of God' game

  03-07-2026 17:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: England fan Peter Robinson who inside the Azteca when we last played forty years ago and got lift back to his hotel in the back of a police pick-up has shared his incredible memories
  
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• 'Psycho' who butchered a child killer: David Taylor earned instant infamy when he and two other convicts brutalised a baby murderer. Now we reveal his past for first time - and why his friends say he's an 'absolute monster'

  03-07-2026 17:47 via dailymail.com
  
  No matter how Taylor, now 64, glossed over his criminality - attacking other thugs he deemed to be below him, such as paedophiles, was a lifelong speciality - the truth was much darker.
  
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• My passionate five-year love affair with Prince Edward: Everything you could possibly want to know about Ruthie Henshall's wirlwind romance with the young Royal

  03-07-2026 17:47 via dailymail.com
  
  I had been performing for just two months in the musical Cats when a rumour went flying round backstage: a certain Edward Windsor was joining the production company.
  
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• Laura Woods's fiancé Adam Collard 'had his shirt ripped and was grabbed by his millionaire property tycoon father in row over cottage'

  03-07-2026 17:46 via dailymail.com
  
  William 'Billy' Collard, a multi-millionaire property developer, will go on trial in August over a confrontation last September.
  
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• Lady Louise Windsor joined by boyfriend as dad Edward presents Duke of Edinburgh award in Palace celebration

  03-07-2026 17:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lady Louise Windsor, who graduated from the University of St Andrews yesterday, today picked up her Duke of Edinburgh gold award from her dad, Prince Edward in an event at the Palce of Holyroodhouse
  
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• Judge warns female police call handlers they are 'looking at prison' as they admit accessing restricted material in the police computer system

  03-07-2026 17:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Ellie-Mae Doherty and Jessica Fitzhugh, both 22, worked as call handlers in the Derbyshire Constabulary control room when they committed the offences in 2023 and 2024.
  
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• Donald Trump has looted America – we need to change the rules

  03-07-2026 17:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  The President has used his office to enrich himself (Picture: Getty)By the time you finish reading this sentence, Donald Trump is a few hundred dollars richer. Give it a minute and he’s cleared what you’ll spend on a summer holiday. By the end of the day he’s banked around $4m.That’s what the average American family earns in 45 years of getting up, clocking in and paying the bills.Because the 47th President has turned the White House into the world’s most lucr
  
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• Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee

  03-07-2026 17:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 38, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, have been found not guilty of the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who died while observing disturbances in Derry in 2019
  
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• British teenager, 17, falls head-first from hotel balcony on holiday

  03-07-2026 17:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old British tourist is in a critical condition after plunging from a hotel balcony in the outskirts of Athens (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)A British tourist has been declared brain dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Athens.The 17-year-old boy sustained critical injuries after falling head-first at around 5am this morning from the first floor of the property in the suburb of Halandri, north of the Greek capital.He was taken to Erythros Stavros (Red Cross) Hospital, where
  
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• WATCH: Defence Forces release BIZARRE video featuring a soldier with a machine gun in a helicopter chasing a small unmanned plane...  as State assumes EU Presidency amid threat of high-tech Russian drones

  03-07-2026 17:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The State's only anti-drone technology still does not have the capability to 'blow drones out of the sky', just days before Ireland takes over the presidency of the European Council.
  
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• Council tax could DOUBLE in central London borough after Labour 'fiddle' diverted cash to traditional heartlands

  03-07-2026 17:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Westminster City Council has warned of 'stark and very tough choices' due to its central grant being slashed from £219million a year to £119million by 2029-30.
  
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• Strictly's Neil Jones, 44, and Love Island's Chyna Mills, 27, get married in London after dancer 'banned his family from attending over racism row'

  03-07-2026 17:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The couple tied the knot in a low-key ceremony at London's Marylebone Town Hall on Wednesday sharing pictures of their happy day on Instagram on Friday.
  
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• Corrections & Clarifications: Bedford train crash – an apology

  03-07-2026 17:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  An initial version of our June 21 article about the Bedford train crash briefly carried the headline ‘‘Signal fault’ caused Bedford train crash that killed driver and injured 100’.While this reflected one line of enquiry being examined at the time, the cause of the crash had not been established.We are happy to clarify that the cause of the incident was, and remains, under investigation. We apologise for any confusion caused. Comment nowCommentsAdd Metro as a Preferred So
  
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• Moment benefits cheat who said he couldn't walk 20 metres is caught riding a motorbike and smoking a cigarette - as he avoids prison for £9,000 fraud

  03-07-2026 17:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Tony Rose, 32, fraudulently claimed almost £9,000 in personal independence payments, or PIP, after saying he needed help washing, cleaning, cooking, and dressing.
  
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• Kjell Nilsson dead at 76: Mad Max star dies after 'long and painful' health battle as tributes pour in

  03-07-2026 17:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Kjell Nilsson, the Swedish actor who terrified audiences as the fearsome Lord Humungus in Mad Max 2, has died at the age of 76 following a lengthy battle with kidney disease.
  
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• Angry Novak Djokovic punches himself 11 times in huge Wimbledon tantrum

  03-07-2026 17:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic seemed in control of his Wimbledon second-round match against Arthur Rinderknech but soon found himself in a fit of rage
  
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• The Prince and the Showgirl: Dinner with Sophie and why I still text him now

  03-07-2026 17:24 via dailymail.com
  
  At first I didn't mind my relationship with Prince Edward being secret. But as time went on, I started to fret about being the hidden girlfriend.
  
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• The Prince and the Showgirl - Part Two: Martini-fuelled frolics at Balmoral and Windsor

  03-07-2026 17:23 via dailymail.com
  
  In 1992, nearly four years after we started dating, Prince Edward asked if I'd accompany him to Balmoral for the weekend.
  
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• Assassination fears gripped White House as Israel staged plot to kill Iran's peace negotiators

  03-07-2026 17:21 via dailymail.com
  
  US officials were gripped by fears that Israel was plotting to assassinate Iran's top negotiators during highly sensitive, secret peace talks with the administration.
  
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• Drug testers find traces of banned bodybuilding substance in EIGHT Tunisia players' samples at the World Cup 'from contaminated meat' in Mexico - where England are flying in their own chefs

  03-07-2026 17:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Tunisia's disastrous World Cup campaign was rocked after a number of players - including some who ply their trade in the UK - showed traces of a banned drug in doping tests.
  
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• Russia planning attack on Poland to test NATO resolve, US claims

  03-07-2026 17:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US has warned that Russia is planning an armed 'provocation' against Poland to test NATO's resolve, according to reports
  
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• The Jeopardy question that brought down a 12-game champion — can you get it right?

  03-07-2026 17:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Could you have got the final Jeopardy right? (Picture: Jeopardy Productions, Inc)There’s no denying that Jeopardy! has become a staple of US television over the past several decades — with an unusual game show format that keeps viewers guessing.The daytime favourite, which has been gracing screens since 1964, differs from similar shows in that it gives players the answers and invites them to guess the questions, rather than the other way round.
  Those who take part stand to win thous
  
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• Teen who took laughing gas before mowing down mum-of-three jailed for life

  03-07-2026 17:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kian Bateman, 19, was high on laughing gas when he drove into and killed mum-of-three Shelley Davies, 38, while also injuring her partner David Bratcher
  
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• Women ‘sexually assaulted at London Bridge station in queue to play organ’

  03-07-2026 17:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Police have released a picture of a man they want to speak to following reports that two women were sexually assaulted at London Bridge station (Picture: BTP)An appeal has been launched after two women were allegedly sexually assaulted in the middle of a busy London railway station.The women were at London Bridge, queuing up to play the hub’s famous Victorian pipe organ, when they were allegedly approached by a man.He started speaking to the pair at around 11pm on Saturday May 30 before p
  
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• Wimbledon star's wife in a flood of tears as he breaks down on court

  03-07-2026 17:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This Wimbledon player broke down on court and his wife was moved to tears as she watched on from the stands
  
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