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• Criminal with 500 offences avoids jail sentence

  04-07-2015 22:36
  
  Career criminal has committed 506 offences but has avoided prison for each of his latest crimes
  
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• Meghan Markle 'is in talks to star in Guy Ritchie's Netflix show The Gentlemen' when she and Harry return to the UK after six years

  21-08-2026 20:10 via dailymail.com
  
  The Duchess of Sussex is rumoured to be making a return to showbusiness after it was revealed she and Prince Harry will be moving back to the UK later this month.
  
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• Cheerleader Laken Snelling's chilling courtroom revelation about how she killed newborn baby as she pleads guilty to his manslaughter

  21-08-2026 20:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Laken Snelling, 22, initially pleaded not guilty after being indicted on several charges after being arrested last August.
  
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• Two teens seriously injured after sword attack on first day back at school

  21-08-2026 19:50 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 PageTwo teenagers have been left with severe injuries after being attacked by a man with a sword at a Swedish high school.The pupils had just returned to the Brinell High School in the small town of Fagersta, central Sweden, following their summer break.A massive emergency response was triggered when a man armed with a sword entered this afternoon, with two boys
  
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• Syrian refugee, 19, who raped drunk young woman in Bournemouth beach toilet as she tried to get home from a night out is jailed for six years

  21-08-2026 19:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Mohammed Abdullah initially offered the young woman a ride home on the back of a bike he had rented before launching an attack on the victim.
  
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• 'Fat and happy' and fatally unready: Trump insiders' brutal warning about 'tsunami' barreling at West Wing

  21-08-2026 19:44 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump and his allies face an onslaught of Congressional hearings, investigations, subpoenas, if Democrats seize the majority in the next Congress.
  
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• Woman, 19, raped on Bournemouth seafront had desperately fought her attacker

  21-08-2026 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Abdullah, 19, has been jailed for raping a 19-year-old woman in a terrifying attack in a Bournemouth seafront toilet
  
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• Marco Rubio overtakes JD Vance by shocking figure in new poll as 2028 momentum builds

  21-08-2026 19:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has surged past Vice President JD Vance in early 2028 White House testing.
  
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• Eight killed in plane crash near ultra-remote Alaska radar station

  21-08-2026 19:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The Cessna 441, which left from Anchorage, crashed shortly after 12:15pm local time on Thursday while headed to Cape Newenham Long Range Radar site.
  
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• Arsenal vs Coventry LIVE: Premier League latest score and confirmed lineups as Guimaraes injured

  21-08-2026 19:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal host Coventry City at the Emirates (Picture: Getty)Arsenal will get their Premier League title defence underway tonight against newly-promoted Coventry City at the Emirates.After winning their first league title in 22 years, the Gunners will be keen to lay down an early marker to their rivals against Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues.Summer signing Christos Tzolis could make his league debut for Mikel Arteta’s side tonight, but there are doubts over Bruno Guimara
  
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• Arsenal vs Coventry LIVE: Premier League latest score and confirmed lineups

  21-08-2026 19:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal host Coventry City at the Emirates (Picture: Getty)Arsenal will get their Premier League title defence underway tonight against newly-promoted Coventry City at the Emirates.After winning their first league title in 22 years, the Gunners will be keen to lay down an early marker to their rivals against Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues.Summer signing Christos Tzolis could make his league debut for Mikel Arteta’s side tonight, but there are doubts over Bruno Guimara
  
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• Baby killer Constance Marten granted permission to appeal her 14-year sentence over the death of her fifth child following nationwide manhunt with her rapist lover

  21-08-2026 19:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Constance Marten, pictured, has been granted permission to appeal her sentence over the death of her baby Victoria. Marten and partner Mark Gordon went on the run when the baby was born.
  
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• Glasgow Tesco evacuated as huge blaze sparks 'total panic' and thick smoke pours out

  21-08-2026 19:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers and staff were evacuated from a Tesco in Glasgow after a fire broke out in its underground car park.
  
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• Six men deny being involved in South Wales grooming gang that 'raped and sexually abused children over 11-year period'

  21-08-2026 19:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Nine men, aged between 54 and 76, were arrested in July as part of an investigation into allegations of abuse against victims between 1985 and 1996.
  
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• Female teacher shows cops areas of her classroom where she sexually abused boy, 17

  21-08-2026 19:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Heather Mashburn-Smith, 37, was arrested in April after deputies investigated allegations that she subjected the boy to unlawful sexual activity twice at Port Charlotte High School.
  
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• Who was Liv Flaherty in Emmerdale?

  21-08-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Liv Flaherty was mentioned in tonight’s Emmerdale (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)The beauty of soap is that we get to follow characters over whole lifetimes – from birth to death and beyond – and every so often we get to relive memories along with our favourite characters.
  In tonight’s (Friday, August 21) Emmerdale, we were treated to one of these moments, as Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) told Kev Barton (Chris Coghill) about his late wife, Liv Flaherty.While on a walk,
  
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• I slept with my new partner and his ex – it was amazing

  21-08-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  They had both made me orgasm (Picture: Getty Images)As I wrap myself around my boyfriend, Peter*, in bed, he puts one arm around my shoulders and, with the other, he looks at his phone.Meanwhile, a third hand moves from my hips and grabs me by the waist.A woman whispers into my ear from behind: ‘You’re amazing.’Peter looks over at us both – and smiles at a successful threesome.But that wasn’t even the strangest part of this moment. Because I wasn’t just in be
  
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• Mother in drug mule gang is facing jail for helping smuggle £13m worth of cannabis into Britain in 22 suitcases after they paid for extra baggage charges

  21-08-2026 18:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Paige Crisp and her accomplices were stopped by Birmingham Airport border with a staggering 460 kilograms of the Class-B drug on August 9, 2024.
  
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• JD Vance’s diet doctor has ‘orgasmic’ three-second poos — but you really don’t need to

  21-08-2026 18:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s less about what’s ‘normal’ and more about what’s normal for you (Picture: Getty/Metro)All sorts of questionable medical claims have been circulated by the White House in recent years, from ‘taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism’ to ‘99% of Covid-19 cases are totally harmless’.While he’s not part of the Trump administration, Dr Sean O’Mara counts a number of the President’s cabinet — including Robert F Kenne
  
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• Patient safety tsar says health boards are more concerned about image amid claims of cover-ups

  21-08-2026 18:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Patients with complaints are being turned away by the NHS with some health boards insisting on 'nothing to see here' culture, Scotland's patient safety chief has warned.
  
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• Judge rules crucial evidence was wrongly blocked in councillor's misconduct hearing

  21-08-2026 18:44 via dailymail.com
  
  A councillor accused of breaching the code of conduct after attacking local authority officials on social media has scored a key courtroom victory after a judge ruled crucial evidence was wrongly blocked from her defence.
  
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• Tragedy as body is found in hunt for passenger who fell overboard from cruise ship

  21-08-2026 18:42 via dailymail.com
  
  A body has been found after a cruise ship passenger was reported to have gone overboard off Scotland on Friday.
  
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• Danniella Westbrook reveals her ribs will support her nose after next operation

  21-08-2026 18:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Danniella Westbrook is set to undergo her seventh surgery in which doctors will take part of her ribs and put them into her face, as she laments having 'nothing left'
  
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• Snooker world champion Graeme Dott “subjected vulnerable children to the worst kind of abuse", court told

  21-08-2026 18:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graeme Dott denies two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour involving two primary school-age children.
  
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• Sword-wielding man launches attack on School in Sweden - several injured

  21-08-2026 18:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A person with a sword has wounded several people at a school in central Sweden, officials said - this is a breaking story
  
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• The Pitt’s chillingly intense season 3 trailer will give you heart palpitations

  21-08-2026 18:37 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 PageThe Pitt has finally released the first official teaser trailer for season 3 – and my heart is already racing.The critically acclaimed medical drama has quickly become a worldwide phenomenon since it premiered in 2025, introducing viewers to Dr Michael Robinavitch, aka Dr Robby (Noah Wyle) and his team of emergency room doctors and nurses.The show
  
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• Fresh blow for Brad Pitt as ‘alienation’ from children continues with legal notice

  21-08-2026 18:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brad Pitt’s daughter Vivienne has taken another step towards officially removing his surname from her name (Picture: Getty/AP)Brad Pitt’s daughter Vivienne has moved one step closer to legally dropping her famous father’s surname, as the estrangement between the Hollywood actor and his children continues.The 18-year-old, who is the youngest daughter of Pitt, 62, and ex-wife Angelina Jolie, 51, filed a petition last month asking to change her name from Vivienne Jolie-Pitt to si
  
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• Boy, 7, left alone on Mount Fuji by his own dad

  21-08-2026 18:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  A schoolboy’s father was scolded by police after abandoning him on Mount Fuji (Picture: Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images)‘Wait here,’ is what a dad told his seven-year-old son before leaving him alone on Mount Fuji and continuing his hike.The boy had been making his way to the summit with his father and older brother on Thursday morning via the Fujinomiya Trail.He complained of feeling tired at the sixth station, which is at an altitude of approximately 2,490 metres and
  
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• California city removed bike lanes... then tragedy struck after heavily pregnant mother, 36, went cycling with family and driver, 87, came into view

  21-08-2026 18:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Graham was riding beside his wife, 36-year-old Regan Cole-Graham, in Playa del Rey in January when an 87-year-old man allegedly struck her as they neared an intersection.
  
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• PlayStation fans prepare for PS5 boycott – here’s when to switch off

  21-08-2026 18:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  A collective shut down (Metro)As Sony continues its death march against physical discs, a group of gamers are calling on everyone to put down their PlayStation controllers for an entire week. 
  Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, you’re probably aware of Sony’s decision to stop producing PlayStation game discs after 2027. Unsurprisingly, it’s been met with enraged responses – leading to online petitions, more concerns over the future
  
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