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• Darkode hacking site forced offline

  15-07-2015 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An internet forum used by Lizard Squad and other hackers has been forced offline following arrests in the US, UK and other countries.
  
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• Chelsea receive £25m offer for England star after finalising Maxence Lacroix transfer

  24-07-2026 16:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea have been busy in the transfer market (Picture: Getty)Como have tabled an improved offer for Trevoh Chalobah as Chelsea look to finalise a deal for Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix, according to reports.Lacroix signalled his intention to leave Selhurst Park at the end of last season with Chelsea quickly moving to the front of the queue for his services.Talks have progressed quickly over the last week with the France international now poised to complete a £52million move acr
  
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• Brits flee from French cape inferno: Tourists describe 'enormous' flames during escape from wildfire as 60,000 are evacuated from burning peninsula

  24-07-2026 16:24 via dailymail.com
  
  British tourists who fled from the French cape inferno have described escaping from 'enormous' flames after being woken in the night with emergency texts.
  
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• World Health Organisation warns about deadly West Nile virus rapidly spreading through European countries popular with British holidaymakers

  24-07-2026 16:22 via dailymail.com
  
  There is no licensed vaccine for humans and no specific antiviral drugs, with care limited to managing symptoms and supportive treatment in hospital for severe cases.
  
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• Playstation down updates: Thousands of gamers frustrated as unable to connect to server

  24-07-2026 16:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Almost 6,000 people have reported issues with PlayStation on Downdetector, with more than half of reports relating to server connection
  
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• Breathtaking arrogance of vile French squatter after he moved into female poker champ's $1.9m California Airbnb and refused to leave while chain-smoking inside

  24-07-2026 16:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Wendy Weissman, 60, faced every homeowner's nightmare after unwanted tenant Ehvan Lemarck moved in and refused to leave her Hermosa Beach townhouse.
  
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• Trump suffers humiliating legal blow in $10bn BBC lawsuit

  24-07-2026 16:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The defamation case spins on a 12-second edit of his January 6, 2021 address, spliced together for a Panorama film broadcast weeks out from the 2024 election.
  
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• Raging wildfires force residents to flee their homes by boat

  24-07-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aerial view of the wildfire spreading toward Lege-Cap-Ferret, in Gironde (Picture: First Eye/ABACA/Shutterstock)More than 80,000 people have had to flee their homes because of ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires burning across France and Spain.Some even fled by boat when flames swept through the touristic Cap Ferret peninsula on France’s Atlantic coast.Authorities ordered the total evacuation of the peninsula, a tourism hotspot busy for the summer season, as smoke and flames drew closer t
  
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• Police intercept ‘extremely significant’ bomb on way to Northern Ireland

  24-07-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Police have seized an ‘advanced’ device near the Irish border (Picture: Artur Widak/NurPhoto)The most significant car bomb found in the Republic of Ireland in a decade has been intercepted by police, who believe it was being moved with the intention of using it in the North.Described by Gardaí sources as ‘advanced’ and ‘highly sophisticated’, the bomb was seized in transit near the Irish border in an operation targeting dissident republicans.The intell
  
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• Shocking cause of death for female hiker, 37, found dead on Big Sur trail with cut on her forehead and marks on her neck

  24-07-2026 16:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Joanna Shields, 37, was found dead along a remote Big Sur trail, where a group of fellow walkers discovered her, undressed and lying face down in a pool of water.
  
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• Teen accused of killing four friends in crash asks judge to dismiss case

  24-07-2026 16:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Four teens lost their lives in a fatal crash (Picture: ABC7 News Bay Area)A 17-year-old accused of killing four of her friends in a car crash has asked the judge to dismiss her case.Elsa Laremont Stranczek was just 16 when her Volkswagen Tiguan SUV ran off the road and smashed into a tree last year.Following the collision, which happened near Woodacre, California, the vehicle burst into flames and claimed the lives of four passengers: Olive Koren, 14, Sienna Katz, 15, Josalynn ‘Josy&
  
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• Man who strangled theatregoer for singing too loudly in We Will Rock You is revealed as ex-Scottish laird who once hired a hitman to murder woman

  24-07-2026 16:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Malcolm Potier, 74, put his hands around the neck of Kirsty O'Donnell, 51, after she sang along to the show at the London Coliseum on June 7, 2023.
  
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• Four men in their 20s killed in 2am car crash after smashing into lamppost - with fifth passenger rushed to hospital and 11 roads forced to shut in huge emergency response

  24-07-2026 16:16 via dailymail.com
  
  The tragic incident happened at just before 2am when the black Seat Cupra came off the road and collided with a lamppost in the Huyton area of Merseyside.
  
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• Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose anything other than the Trainspotting musical

  24-07-2026 16:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  A talented cast can’t save this Trainspotting derailment (Picture: Matt Crockett)It’s time someone took every West End producer by the hand, invited them to take a deep, steadying breath, and asked them to chant the mantra: ‘Not everything can or should be a musical.’ If only that intervention had happened before somebody looked at Trainspotting — a story about heroin addiction, poverty, AIDS, and dead babies — and thought: you know what this n
  
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• Tourist is seriously injured with 'extensive blood loss' after 'deep bite' while swimming in the Med off Italian holiday resort

  24-07-2026 16:12 via dailymail.com
  
  A Swiss tourist has been left seriously injured after suffering a serious bite while swimming on a Mediterranean beach.
  
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• UK’s sex crime capital revealed as huge surge in sexual offences recorded

  24-07-2026 16:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Damning new data from the Home Office shows where sex crimes are on the rise as it is announced that 217,567 offences were recorded across England and Wales last year
  
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• Emmerdale’s Danny Miller pens beautiful poem to wife Steph and yep, we’re in bits

  24-07-2026 16:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Emmerdale actor wrote a heartwarming tribute to his wife. (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)I’m not crying, you’re crying. Or at least you will be once you’ve read Emmerdale star Danny Miller’s gorgeous poem, dedicated to his wife.The actor, who plays dales heartthrob Aaron Dingle, celebrated his wedding anniversary in style with a moving tribute to his wife Steph written in verse.
  Sharing the sweet gesture on Instagram, Danny captioned his post with&rsqu
  
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• Mystery over death of IT expert found by gardener 20 years after vanishing - as family are left with 'more questions than answers'

  24-07-2026 16:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Russell Scozzi's skeletal remains were accidentally discovered by a gardener clearing out overgrown bushes behind his house in Mumbles, Swansea.
  
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• Husband pays tribute to 'amazing' wife and mum killed in freak horse riding accident

  24-07-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experienced equestrian Kerry Donoghue, 42, suffered a fall at the Penrith Horse Trials in Cumbria and could not be saved despite medics treating her at the scene
  
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• Vladimir Putin shamed as home town hit in Ukraine's latest Wildberries strike

  24-07-2026 15:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian drone and missile teams have brought shame to the Russian President by blitzing another 'Amazon' style Wildberries " outlet - this time in his home city of St Petersburg
  
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• ‘I’ve spent over £75,000 on plastic surgery and had six ribs removed’

  24-07-2026 15:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  The 29-year-old has had six ribs removed (Picture: anakaliyah.goddess/Cover Images)‘I want to be a walking, living fantasy.’Most people would spend £75,000 on a new car or a house deposit. But for one woman, Anakaliyah Mooi, she has spent years – and an eye-watering sum – altering her body.What started as a breast augmentation in her teens – after what she describes as a conservative, Catholic upbringing – has resulted in years of cosmetic procedures an
  
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• Johnny Depp’s manipulative Ebenezer trailer has me worried

  24-07-2026 15:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Only then did Depp appear, hidden beneath Ebenezer Scrooge’s towering top hat (Picture: Daniel Knighton/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)Watching the first trailer for Johnny Depp’s latest movie, Ebenezer, I was immediately sold. Unfortunately, I was sold on films like Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands, and Alice in Wonderland rather than the film it was actually supposed to be promoting.Before Johnny Depp appears for a single frame, Paramount reminds us exactly
  
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• Sally Anne Bowman's mum reveals horror after cop shared photos of murdered teen's dead body

  24-07-2026 15:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Linda Bowman said ex-Met Police Det Sgt Jason Grafham's 'unforgivable' actions had taken her daughter's dignity after he was banned from policing for keeping the shocking images in his desk
  
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• EastEnders teens thick as thieves in loving pictures despite soap incel attack

  24-07-2026 15:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  All friends behind the scenes! (Picture: Instagram/maxmuray.official)Let’s face it, Joel Marshall’s return to Walford has gone down about as well as a bout of norovirus, but it looks as though Max Murray, the actor behind the grim teenager, has been welcomed back to EastEnders with open arms.Regardless of how sympathetic he might now appear, Joel has done some truly heinous things, and fans continue mull over if the character can ever be truly redeemed, but while said mulling is occ
  
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• 'I refused to swap plane seats and passenger's 10-word response gave me chills'

  24-07-2026 15:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman who refused to swap seats on a plane with the woman sitting next to her was horrified when her fellow passenger whispered a chilling 10-word response in her ear
  
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• Charli XCX casts controversial Hollywood actor in video as fans beg ‘not him’

  24-07-2026 15:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charli XCX has been criticised for her latest music video casting (Picture: WWD via Getty Images)Charli XCX’s Brat follow-up is finally out, but it’s not the chorus of mixed reviews that has upset fans – it’s her choice of collaborators.Music, Fashion, Film is the British singer’s latest album, declaring itself ‘rock music’ while still firmly using those familiar pop and dance sounds.Days before the full album, Charli, 33, released the single Camera, co
  
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• 'I turned down Love Island – now I'm competing in the Commonwealth Games'

  24-07-2026 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A pair of boxers were offered interviews to appear on the popular reality show
  
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• Tim's family were heartbroken following the double-amputee's sudden death at 59. Then the NDIS delivered a devastating blow about their home: 'Weeks to leave'

  24-07-2026 15:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Tim Nielsen, the long-serving Australian technical director of the National Hot Rod Association died from a heart attack at his Sydney home on July 7, aged 59.
  
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• Man, 67, is arrested 35 years after the death of 58-year-old after police launched murder probe

  24-07-2026 15:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Bentley Mathias, 92, was believed to have suffered a brain haemorrhage when he died in 1991.
  
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• Man Utd hold new talks to sign £100m star after agreeing terms with Arsenal target

  24-07-2026 15:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carrick wants a third midfielder this summer (Picture: Visionhaus/Getty Images)Carlos Baleba’s representatives have reached out to Manchester United in an attempt to revive a move to Old Trafford this summer.United have signed two midfielders as part of their rebuild with Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans joining from Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively.But Michael Carrick is eager to bring in a third option with the club back competing in the Champions League this coming season, having
  
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