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• 'Cowardly' Reform UK blasted over welfare plot 'that would spark new Brexit clash'

  16-08-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage's Reform UK has been savaged over 'cowardly' welfare plans to strip foreign nationals of their rights and breach the terms of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union
  
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• Hayden Panettiere described little brother's death aged 28 as 'biggest heartbreak of her life' just three years before her own tragic passing

  17-08-2026 07:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Hayden Panettiere, the 36-year-old actress known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, said the death of her little brother, Jansen, was the 'biggest heartbreak' of her life.
  
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• UK weather maps plunge to 6C before possible sixth heatwave in September

  17-08-2026 07:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is expected to fast a chilly period at the end of the month before forecasters predict another heatwave to return to the nation at the beginning of September
  
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• For years, Fadi Haddara was the man others feared in Melbourne... then the gunmen came for him

  17-08-2026 06:53 via dailymail.com
  
  It's a near miracle he made it this long, given his propensity for extreme violence.
  
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• Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere dies aged 36

  17-08-2026 06:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Actress Hayden Panettiere has died aged 36 (Picture: WireImage)Actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died aged 36.A representative confirmed her death to ABC News on Sunday, saying she brought ‘immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her’.A statement from her father Skip said: ‘It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden.‘She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immea
  
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• Disturbing moment Australian-Jewish tourists are targeted in vile antisemitic attack while shopping in France

  17-08-2026 06:32 via dailymail.com
  
  A Jewish-Australian couple who were allegedly told, 'It's a shame Hitler didn't finish the job' in a vile antisemitic tirade while holidaying in France have been left 'shaken' by the ordeal.
  
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• The 3 best places to travel when you just want a bargain

  17-08-2026 06:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Budva beach days look like heaven on Earth (Picture: Shutterstock / Nikiforov Alexander)Aarya Patil loves to travel. In her 26 years, has already visited some pretty epic destinations in Europe and beyond.But the Bristol-based content creator insists that travel doesn’t need to be expensive.In fact, she’s earned quite the reputation online for curating luxury-looking experiences at budget-friendly prices.Here, she shares her favourite destinations for when you’re short on cash
  
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• Actress Hayden Panettiere dead at 36: Hollywood star known for roles on Heroes and Nashville remembered for bringing 'joy to all who knew her' after shock passing

  17-08-2026 06:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Panettiere, known for her roles on the hit NBC series Heroes and musical drama Nashville, was remembered as 'an incredible light and a force of nature.'
  
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• Bethenny Frankel causes stir in quiet Hamptons town as her new cafe is ALREADY reprimanded by local marshals

  17-08-2026 05:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Bethenny Frankel, 55, saw over 700 people through the doors of her Hamptons cafe on opening day, only for a 'stop work' order to be plastered on the window by local marshals.
  
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• Trump gushes about Kim Jong Un as he orders scaled-back US military exercises with South Korea... after country's two-word snub over Iran war

  17-08-2026 05:51 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back its planned joint military exercises with South Korea.
  
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• Hayden Panettiere dead: Hollywood actress in 'Heroes' and 'Nashville' dies age 36

  17-08-2026 05:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The star of 'Heroes' and 'Nashville' has died at age 36, her agent has confirmed, with her family issuing a statement to ask for privacy after they navigate their shock loss
  
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• Mum is charged after her four-year-old daughter was killed in horror crash at Canning Vale

  17-08-2026 05:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Saoirse Wynne, 33, was driving her daughter Layna Leavy and her son inside a Holden Astra when it crashed into a Ford Mustang in Canning Vale on June 3.
  
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• Aussie pilot quits his job after more than 40 years to become a baker due to climate change fears: 'How can I justify this?'

  17-08-2026 05:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Geoff Collis, in his 60s, had always wanted to fly since the age of 10 and spent over four decades in the air despite hearing about 'the greenhouse effect' in the 80s.
  
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• Loganair closes all operations from UK airport from October - 'unsustainable'

  17-08-2026 05:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A UK airline is set to withdraw all of its operations from a UK airport from October due to being "financially unsustainable" withh customers impacted to be contacted
  
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• Hayden Panettiere dead at age 36

  17-08-2026 05:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Actress Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36, her representative announced on Sunday night.
  
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• Jet-setting CEO who wrote book about making his finances 'bulletproof' is sentenced for conning thousands of people out of $380MILLION

  17-08-2026 04:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The CEO spent millions of dollars of investor funds on a yacht, multiple luxury vehicles, clothing, jewelry, luxury travel and a luxury condo in Mexico before being sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Aussie delivery drivers to get pay rise: What you need to know

  17-08-2026 04:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Uber Eats drivers can no longer be paid 'whatever the app decides' as historic Fair Work ruling kicks in.
  
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• Alleged Hollywood killer Nick Reiner makes most entitled trust fund request yet as he scrambles for cash to pay his lawyer

  17-08-2026 04:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Nick Reiner, 32, demanded access to the trust fund his parents, Rob and Michele, left him, as he stands trial for their murders. He had pleaded not guilty.
  
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• Now this 'professional' Bulgarian pickpocket who targeted the elderly is spared jail as prisons are too full

  17-08-2026 04:00 via dailymail.com
  
  In one offence, Stefka Gishanova, 55, took £1,900 cash a pensioner had withdrawn to spend on family Christmas presents.
  
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• Met Office maps show 60 UK areas drenched by heavy rain on Tuesday - full list

  17-08-2026 03:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After a balmy heatwave week, Tuesday is set to be a washout for millions as rain comes to help alleviate the drought seen across the country caused by Britain's hottest ever summer
  
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• Trump cites friendship with Kim Jong-Un as he scales back military drills with South Korea

  17-08-2026 03:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bizarre post came as the US and South Korea are set to start their annual military exercises next Monday
  
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• Commonwealth Bank CEO under fire over GST change that would increase the price of everything in Australia

  17-08-2026 03:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Matt Comyn made the endorsement, arguing the country relied too much on income tax.
  
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• Albanese's wish list for our hard-earned superannuation is a much more serious threat than anything Pauline Hanson is proposing

  17-08-2026 03:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Pauline Hanson is right about at least one thing when it comes to your super… it is your super, writes PETER VAN ONSELEN.
  
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• DANIEL HANNAN: At last there's talk of slashing welfare. Reform want to save £50bn, the Tories £23bn. So will Andy Burnham do what's needed?

  17-08-2026 03:41 via dailymail.com
  
  What a benign revolution. Suddenly, all the main parties are talking of constraining the welfare budget. First the Conservatives came up with a plan for £23billion in savings.
  
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• Indian business leader launches extraordinary attack on Pauline Hanson: 'Have some butter chicken and count the numbers again'

  17-08-2026 03:38 via dailymail.com
  
  An Indian-business leader launched an extraordinary attack on Pauline Hanson.
  
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• Brit, 56, who vanished while on holiday with fiancee in Rome is found

  17-08-2026 03:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Colin Alexander Ross, from Elgin, vanished on Friday, August 14, just hours after he and Annabella Mcallister arrived for their 'dream' trip to the Italian capital.
  
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• Moment fisherman, 31, is rescued alive after 15 days trapped in an underwater cave

  17-08-2026 03:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Erasto Crisanto Valdez disappeared in July while fishing with his father in a cenote, a natural sinkhole, in San Francisco La Paz, Mexico.
  
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• Grim fears Sydney suburb will be turned into a 'data centre wasteland' as plans for a seventh eyesore spark backlash

  17-08-2026 03:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Macquarie Data Centres already operates two sites, and has a third under construction, while Stockland owns one and NextDC oversees two.
  
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• Desperate search continues for Aussie teen who vanished without a trace five days ago - as her dad makes an emotional plea

  17-08-2026 02:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Lily Hooper, 18, vanished on Wednesday after setting off for a hike in a national park in the NSW Southern Highlands.
  
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• Get your trousers back on, you're nicked! Moment riot police pull wanted man's pants down as they haul him off a roof

  17-08-2026 02:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Footage shows riot police using a ladder to reach the man who was sleeping on the roof of a back porch at a property in Salford, before a struggle ensued.
  
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