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• Crackdown on high-strength laser pens

  19-03-2016 21:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A Government crackdown has been announced after a seven year old boy was left with permanent damage to his retina
  
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• Bedrooms feel cooler in 20 minutes using 2 items to sleep better in heatwave

  08-07-2026 12:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is currently experiencing its third heatwave of the year, with temperatures reaching 34-35C and many people are struggling to sleep
  
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• Company director stole £550,000 of her elderly stepfather's life savings to fund luxury Caribbean holidays, supplies for her horses and her daughter's wedding

  08-07-2026 12:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Mary Jane Haigh, 63, lived in a £500,000 converted barn, keeping horses and llamas and enjoyed regular international holidays to exotic locations.
  
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• Male nurse's unspeakably vile acts to struggling women patients are revealed - and his sickening claim one was hallucinating: 'Oh God, don't tell my wife'

  08-07-2026 12:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A male Registered Nurse working across two Sydney hospitals was on Tuesday found guilty of professional misconduct stemming from sexual interactions with three vulnerable female patients.
  
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• Millions at risk from overseas roaming fees - even if they don't leave the UK

  08-07-2026 12:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts say people holidaying in certain popular staycation areas are at risk of 'phantom roaming' charges even though they never went abroad
  
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• Starmer warned his EU love-in is bugging farmers as red tape cuts allowing them to feed livestock eco-friendly insects and human food waste are held up while Labour woos Brussels

  08-07-2026 12:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Currently up to 40 per cent of arable farmland in the UK is used to grow animal feed using thousands of tonnes of pesticides.
  
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• Mum among 3 killed in horror Spain holiday incident as husband fights for life

  08-07-2026 12:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-three Amy McCullagh from County Westmeath in Ireland died alongside two others when the car they were travelling in plunged 100 feet into a ravine in Malaga
  
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• Full list of 13 UK airports affected by new travel rules ahead of summer holidays

  08-07-2026 12:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Set to make travel easier for thousands of families, a new rule has been launched across 13 airports today (Wednesday, 8 July) - and in perfect time ahead of the summer holidays
  
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• Green council plans to force people to cycle to work by charging employers who provide free parking for staff

  08-07-2026 12:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Employers in the city would need to obtain a licence for any spaces on their premises under the new plans - these would cost anywhere between £300 and £1,250 per space, per year.
  
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• Controlling husband who murdered estranged wife and tried to fake it as suicide is found guilty

  08-07-2026 12:10 via dailymail.com
  
  'Coercive and controlling' Michael Thompson, 56, attacked Kimberley Thompson, 43, after 'stewing' over her new relationship and a demand for an inflated divorce settlement.
  
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• Labour benefits review 'calls for disability assessments to be scrapped instead of made tougher'

  08-07-2026 12:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Stephen Timms, the disability minister, is expected to recommend a 'radical' and 'bold' overhaul of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after deeming it 'not fit for purpose'.
  
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• Donald Trump's petrol-bomb diplomacy adds fuel to Middle East blaze

  08-07-2026 12:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the US President pours petrol on fires in the Middle East Iran pokes the blaze, displaying a terrifying appetite to soak up punishment and the spectre of another war beckons for the region
  
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• Australian woman who has legally lived in the US for 30 years is indicted on federal charges after allegedly voting in two presidential elections

  08-07-2026 12:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Denise Nataly Migliore was arrested last week after allegedly illegally voting in two elections.
  
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• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review – a pirate’s life renewed

  08-07-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced – a pirate’s life for thee (Ubisoft)Ubisoft remake one of the most popular games in the Assassin’s Creed universe but how does it fare when compared against today’s modern titles?Along with the rest of the business world, video games have been getting increasingly focused on delivering shareholder value above absolutely everything else, the sector’s powerful aversion to risk becoming almost pathological. That’s spurr
  
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• UK's biggest student landlord struggles as young people stay at home

  08-07-2026 11:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain’s biggest student landlord is struggling to fill its university halls of residence as more young people stay at home to save money.
  
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• ICE agent shoots and kills Mexican man who ‘ignored stop order’

  08-07-2026 11:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  A construction worker was shot and killed during an ICE traffic stop in Houston, Texas (Picture: Jacob Lujan/Houston Chronicle)An ICE agent fatally shot a father-of-three during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas.
  An officer for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fired at the man after he allegedly tried to evade arrest yesterday.
  He is accused of ramming an ICE vehicle and trying to run over an officer before the shooting at about 6.50am local time.
  The officer is said to have used
  
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• Drink driver hit 119mph before killing teen who sent chilling text moments before

  08-07-2026 11:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Erin Slane, 19, was a passenger in 23-year-old Kyle Patrick’s Ford Fiesta when she died in a high speed crash in Perthshire, Scotland
  
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• 'I swapped £750 weekend pub binges for the gym and lost 3st to become ripped'

  08-07-2026 11:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nathan Knight is unrecognisable after losing 3stone in 20months
  
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• Wish you weren't Keir? Starmer endures awkward moment next to Trump at NATO summit - after President renewed jibes over Iran

  08-07-2026 11:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Keir Starmer stood silently alongside the US president for the 'family photo' at the gathering in Turkey.
  
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• Heatwave 'mutant' bed bug warning as blood-suckers invade UK homes

  08-07-2026 11:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Bed bug infestations are soaring in the UK thanks to hot weather and an increase in travel, with experts warning that the current batch have mutated to resist pest control
  
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• Could Farage lose his seat to Count Binface? By-election descends into farce as everyone except comedy candidate pulls out

  08-07-2026 11:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Nigel Farage called for a 'people versus the establishment' contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
  
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• M23 updates as motorway closed near Gatwick Airport after worker killed in crash

  08-07-2026 11:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  National Highways confirmed the M23 is now closed between J8 (M25 junction) and J10 (Crawley) near Gatwick Airport following a fatal collision
  
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• English King Alfred who massacred thousands of Vikings is 'found buried' under Hampshire car park days before England play Norway in World Cup

  08-07-2026 11:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The lost bones of King Alfred - who led English forces to kill thousands of Vikings during his reign - have been traced to a car park in Winchester, Hampshire.
  
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• Fights break out at Russian fuel stations as Ukraine continues to hit Putin's oil refineries and state TV declares 'There is no petrol'

  08-07-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Shortages of petrol and diesel are paralysing Russia with gargantuan queues at filling stations where prices are spiralling, and people are losing patience.
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6 will be lucky to be out by 2028 says insider

  08-07-2026 11:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  A borderline mythical sequel (Microsoft/Bethesda)A top insider has claimed The Elder Scrolls 6 is still at least two to three years away, as Bethesda Game Studios is impacted by Xbox layoffs. The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced eight years ago, in 2018, and we still haven’t seen one second of footage – or even a screenshot – outside of its original logo reveal. Although everyone wants to see some real gameplay, the big question is when it will launch. Rumours have sugg
  
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• Nigel Farage throws down the gauntlet with shock Clacton by-election... and I believe he won't just win, he'll double his majority, says ANDREW PIERCE

  08-07-2026 11:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Defiant, unrepentant Nigel Farage taking the fight to his political enemies. 
  
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• The £100k-a-year BMW driving IT expert whose wife and two children were murdered at their £1.3million luxury home - as police hunt suspect who has fled the UK

  08-07-2026 11:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Officers made the grisly discovery of the bodies of a woman and two children yesterday in Great Denham, near Bedford, where homes cost an average of £935,000.
  
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• Brits travelling to European airports face five-hour queues due to new border controls which could bring terminals to a 'complete standstill', aviation chiefs warn

  08-07-2026 11:25 via dailymail.com
  
  There are now urgent calls to pause the new Entry-Exit-System until September as it is 'unsustainable' for the 40million passengers expected to fly to Europe this summer.
  
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• Neptune Retrograde reveals what you’ve refused to see until now — your star sign’s tarot horoscope forecast

  08-07-2026 11:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  The transit lasts until December 10 (Picture: Getty/Metro)Neptune Retrograde — which started on July 4 and lasts until to December 10, 2026 — is one of astrology’s most illuminating cosmic events.
  During this transit, the planet of dreams, intuition, fantasy and illusion appears to move backwards through the sky, encouraging us to look behind the veil, under the façade, beneath the surface.
  This is a time to dispel secrets, delusions and blind spots, even those of our o
  
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• Last known moments of K2 Airways Boeing 737 before it went missing near Karachi

  08-07-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority said search and rescue teams had been deployed to the Arabian Sea after the aircraft went missing late on Tuesday night. The cause of the incident has not yet been established
  
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