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• Dancer Jonathan Ollivier killed hours before final Sadler's Wells performance

  09-08-2015 22:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Jonathan Ollivier who was starring in The Car Man at Sadler's Wells was killed in a road accident just hours before the final performance
  
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• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls open beta start time and character roster

  20-07-2026 14:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Marvel rumble (Sony Interactive Entertainment)You can try out Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls for free this week, so here are all the details on when to jump in. Ahead of its launch on August 6, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is getting one final beta to stress test the servers. Developed by Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works and published by Sony, the upcoming 4v4 Marvel fighter is a new alternative to the classic Marvel Vs. Capcom series – albeit without the Capcom c
  
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• Argentina slam FIFA over ‘insulting’ Lionel Messi decision after World Cup final

  20-07-2026 14:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi after Argentina’s World Cup final defeat (Picture: Getty)Argentinian media have criticised FIFA over their ‘almost insulting’ decision not to give Lionel Messi the World Cup Golden Ball award.Messi’s quest to win a second World Cup trophy fell agonisingly short with Argentina losing 1-0 to Spain in Sunday’s final.Argentina were second best for the entirety of the match, failing to have a single shot on goal in normal time, but retreated even further fo
  
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• Supernanny Jo Frost says the way I parent my child is not ‘healthy’

  20-07-2026 14:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jo Frost recently criticised a common sleep training technique (Picture: Getty/Rachel Moss)When my son was nine months old, I forgot how to drive.I couldn’t remember how to start the Ford Focus I’d owned for three years (clutch down, press the ignition button) and had a complete mind blank about which pedal did what. It took googling ‘which is the brake and which is the accelerator?’ for me to come to my senses, cancel plans and retreat to the sofa.Sleep deprivation
  
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• What's the plan? Burnham vows to 'be better' than Starmer as he hints at Leftward lurch in first speech as PM - but again gives no detail - as Cabinet battle looms

  20-07-2026 14:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham was invited to form a Government at an audience in Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
  
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• NHS issues urgent health alert for people born in these years

  20-07-2026 14:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millions of people across the UK are being urged to check if they qualify
  
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• Mother pays tribute to her daughter, three, who drowned in 'tragic accident' on family holiday in Mallorca

  20-07-2026 14:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Eleri Ellesmere was abroad with parents Joe Ellesmere and Cerys Hemmings when she was found unresponsive in a swimming pool on the evening of June 24.
  
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• Andy Burnham live: New PM vows to END rough sleeping with biggest changes in 40 years

  20-07-2026 14:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has given his maiden speech outside No 10, as he sets out his vision as Prime Minister for the UK
  
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• Eye-popping truth about what REALLY happens on your local allotments. There are so many whispers among middle-aged gardeners about what the veg plots have become notorious for

  20-07-2026 14:20 via dailymail.com
  
  When the chat turned to 'Kirsty and Frank', I nudged the woman next to me and asked who they were. 'You haven't met them yet,' she said enigmatically.
  
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• ‘World’s strongest man’ who can pick up 286kg Atlas stone replaces Giant on Gladiators

  20-07-2026 14:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stoltman has won the World’s Strongest Man three times (Picture: Shutterstock)The World’s Strongest Man champion, Tom Stoltman, has joined the cast of the hit TV show Gladiators.The 6ft 8in athlete, who weighs 400 pounds, will face the contenders in the fourth series of the BBC programme, which will air next year.Stoltman, from Invergordon, Scotland, has won the World Strongest Man competition three times and last triumphed in 2024.He will start filming later this mon
  
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• South East Water announces hosepipe ban for 2.4 million customers after UK heatwaves

  20-07-2026 14:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With much of the UK suffering parched conditions, water companies are resorting to hosepipe bans to preserve supplies
  
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• James Corden jokes Prince Harry 'too posh to play soccer' and royal corrects him with football jibe

  20-07-2026 14:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex made an appearance on James Corden's Fox programme After Hours to discuss the World Cup, where he got fired up over the host calling the game ‘soccer’
  
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• House of the Dragon accused of ‘wasting’ major actor killed off after 4 episodes

  20-07-2026 14:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) discovers one of his allies has been murdered (Picture: HBO)Warning: spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season 3 episode 5.House of the Dragon has dealt another brutal blow by killing off a character played by a well-known actor just a few episodes after he was introduced.Fans are devastated… particularly as they would rather that the devious Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) meet a gruesome end instead.In the latest episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off s
  
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• Man in court after car 'driven at a number of people' in Dublin and teens hospitalised

  20-07-2026 14:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sean McGlone, 29, from Drogheda, has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving following an incident in the north of Dublin
  
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• CCTV images reveal confrontation over a dog moments before Aussie father-of-one was shot dead - as his family deliver heartbreaking message

  20-07-2026 14:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Paul Davy, 43, was fatally shot during an argument over a dog on the doorstep of a home in Kendall on the NSW mid-north coast.
  
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• Andy Burnham's speech in full - new PM sets out 'moment Britain starts to believe again'

  20-07-2026 14:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking outside No10, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowed to set out a 10-year plan and bring in new measures to give people 'breathing space' with the cost of living
  
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• Wayne Rooney's dramatic body transformation and alcohol ban as wife 'fancies him more than ever'

  20-07-2026 14:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wayne Rooney took the World Cup by storm as a BBC pundit and the Manchester United legend's candid takes were accompanied by a trim figure
  
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• Teacher at £30,000-a-year private school is struck off after abusing child he groomed on Snapchat

  20-07-2026 14:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Jacques Du Plessis arranged to pick up the boy and then sexually assaulted him on several occasions - even recording one on his phone.
  
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• All 37 World Cup pundits ranked as BBC vs ITV winner decided and unexpected star emerges

  20-07-2026 13:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  World Cup 2026 is now in the books and it's safe to say some pundits proved their value, while others left fans utterly underwhelmed over the past five weeks
  
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• Moment boy, 10, ploughs into moving car he didn't hear as he was blaring music loudly - as father says he is 'lucky to be alive'

  20-07-2026 13:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Lewis Cope was riding without a helmet and playing songs on his speaker when he sped up to a junction in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on the evening of June 24.
  
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• How Argentina's toothless shooting attempts set barely believable World Cup record as Lionel Messi and Co. are left humiliated in final defeat

  20-07-2026 13:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Argentina wrote their names into the history books for all the wrong reasons by setting an unwanted tournament record following their dismal 1-0 defeat to Spain on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Coronation Street reveals the smoking gun that will ‘seal’ Sarah’s devastating fate

  20-07-2026 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sarah Platt has been arrested for Theo’s murder (Picture: ITV)This article contains spoilers for tonight’s (Monday, July 20) Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on YouTube and ITVX.Police stormed Coronation Street in tonight’s episode and finally made an arrest in Theo Silverton’s murder case, and it’s bad news for Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien).Viewers know that Sarah killed Theo earlier this year, after a confrontation
  
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• Elizabeth line passenger spits in TfL worker's face after being confronted for fare dodging

  20-07-2026 13:45 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman was challenged by a member of staff during the rush-hour when she walked through ticket barriers without paying at Ilford station on the Elizabeth line in east London.
  
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• SBS issues pointed message about multiculturalism as its World Cup coverage ends - after Pauline Hanson pledged to shut it down and called for a monoculture

  20-07-2026 13:44 via dailymail.com
  
  An SBS host ended the broadcaster's FIFA World Cup coverage with a message celebrating multiculturalism, weeks after Pauline Hanson criticised the network.
  
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• Meteorite that crashed into home in New York ‘shows signs of how life came to Earth’

  20-07-2026 13:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  This meteorite produced a sonic boom before crash-landing through the roof of a home in New Jersey (Picture: SETI Institute/Cover Images)A meteorite that lit up the skies above New York City before crash-landing through someone’s roof contains evidence of how life was originally brought to Earth from alien worlds.
  The space rock produced a sonic boom when it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty on July 16, 2024, before fragments began falling to Earth.One meteorite weighing more tha
  
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• Londoners say new £600,000 railway bridge makeover looks more like Ikea paintjob

  20-07-2026 13:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Wandsworth Council spent £600,000 painting and carrying out upgrades (Picture: SWNS)A council has been blasted after a railway bridge was given an ‘IKEA’ paint job in a bid to ‘pigeon-proof’ the area.Wandsworth Council spent £600,000 painting and carrying out upgrades such as ‘pigeon-proofing’ two railway bridges at East Putney tube station.The paint job, carried out in March under the body’s previous administra
  
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• I'm not a failure, insists Keir Starmer: Outgoing PM declares 'my work is done' in farewell speech before handing resignation to the King after little more than two years in No10

  20-07-2026 13:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Keir Starmer has given a farewell address outside the famous black door of No10, just two years after winning an extraordinary election landslide.
  
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• World Cup fans defend Robbie Williams after small object ‘falls out mouth on live TV’

  20-07-2026 13:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robbie Williams had a ‘stinker’ live on air while at the World Cup Final (Picture: Magenta Sport)Have you ever had that nightmare where you’re giving a speech and something is on your face but you have no idea until after? Robbie Williams just lived that nightmare.As a big football fan, he opened the Men’s World Cup Final by singing Desire alongside Laura Pausini and Nicole Scherzinger.While his bedazzled blue tracksuit has caused a stir, it’s his appearance later
  
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• Two US troops killed by Iran are identified as Trump moves closer to all-out WAR in blistering revenge

  20-07-2026 13:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Two US soldiers killed by Iranian strikes in Jordan have been identified on Monday as Donald Trump prepares to expand his war against the regime.
  
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• Burnham begins! New PM is officially installed by the King after Starmer bows out... and must now appoint Cabinet without sparking Labour civil war

  20-07-2026 13:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham was invited to form a Government at an audience in Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
  
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