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• Devastated Kim in bits as she is forced to say goodbye in Emmerdale

  26-09-2026 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  More devastation (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale’s Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is very much sticking to his decision of getting rid of Baby Tate.The poor kid doesn’t even have a name, yet Joe can’t even bring himself to look at him. Every time he does, he feels burning resentment that Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) died giving birth to him. The baby doesn’t stand a chance against that kind of hatred.Joe’s bitterness towards his son has grown along with his cold attitude, telling
  
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• Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from October despite 'long list of unanswered questions' and fears traffic will be 'pushed to the small streets'

  28-09-2026 19:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The major road in the West End of London is set to be pedestrianised from October 25 - with vehicles barred from almost one kilometre of it.
  
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• Manhunt after British pensioner found dead with ‘violent’ head injuries

  28-09-2026 19:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  The man lived on the outskirts of a small village in France with his wife (Picture: Getty)A murder enquiry has been opened in France after a British retiree was found dead following ‘a very violent beating’.Identified as John A., 85, the married man lived on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Verlus, near Toulouse, in south-west France.Two men were seen fleeing his property – where he was alone because his wife was in hospital – last Friday night after stea
  
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• Trump brutally rebuked by his own State Department after secret China weapons offer

  28-09-2026 19:46 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump pitched an unconventional business proposition directly to Chinese leader Xi Jinping: an invitation to purchase American military hardware.
  
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• New York Times tech executive, 40, killed after his elderly in-laws took TURNS shooting him in Bay Area parking lot, cops say, months after he was arrested for child abuse

  28-09-2026 19:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly fatally shot their son-in-law Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in a parking lot in Dublin, California on Saturday in a brazen broad daylight attack.
  
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• Mother of British woman, 23, shot dead by father over Trump argument demands fresh investigation into her daughter's death

  28-09-2026 19:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Jane Coates travelled more than 4,000 miles to the Collin County District Attorney's Office, where she called for the probe into the shooting of her daughter Lucy Harrison to be reopened.
  
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• Labour conference - live: Andy Burnham chairs COBRA meeting on RAF Fairford 'terror attack'

  28-09-2026 19:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister told LBC this afternoon that he wanted to get the 'full picture' of what happened at the base, and added he would share more details about the upcoming meeting
  
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• 'Weather bomb' could hit as UK faces torrential rain and strong winds with threat of first named storm of the season - after temperatures hit 27C tomorrow

  28-09-2026 19:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Meteorologists are tracking a deep area of low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean which is undergoing explosive cyclogenesis, commonly known as a 'weather bomb'.
  
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• Date Oxford Street will be pedestrianised revealed by Sadiq Khan

  28-09-2026 19:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  A 1km section of Britain’s busiest high street is being made vehicle-free from next month (Picture: Mayor of London/PA Wire)Sadiq Khan has revealed how soon you’ll be able to take a casual stroll down Europe’s busiest shopping street.Cars, buses, taxis and bicycles will all disappear from Oxford Street by October 26, as the London Mayor pushes through his flagship project to transform the thoroughfare.A one-kilometre stretch of the street will go vehicle-free in the initial st
  
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• Wealthy female pilot who owned TWO helicopters is killed in horror crash that has left woman grieving her mother, fiancé and brother

  28-09-2026 19:35 via dailymail.com
  
  A helicopter ride to celebrate a mother's birthday became a flight of unimaginable tragedy when four people plunged to their deaths, including the experienced female pilot
  
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• Woke Georgia Democrat who's running for governor by opposing school choice is caught sending her own children to $38k-a-year private academy

  28-09-2026 19:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Keisha Lance Bottoms, a 56-year-old Democrat running for Georgia Governor, was exposed for sending her children to Woodward Academy in College Park.
  
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• Pete Hegseth accused of covering up carnage from Iranian missile that badly injured 8 US Marines two weeks ago

  28-09-2026 19:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Pete Hegseth is being accused of covering up injuries to eight US service members that occurred in a previously unannounced mission aboard a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Labour minister claims that visions of Britain based on warm ale, pubs, and black Labradors are a 'far-right' fantasy that 'never really existed'

  28-09-2026 19:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Jenny Riddell-Carpenter was blasted by a top Tory who demanded that Andy Burnham make her apologise for the claim.
  
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• Trump asked Xi if China wanted to buy American weapons, US ambassador says

  28-09-2026 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Perdue said the astonishing offer was made after Donald Trump hosted Xi Jinping for a state visit in Washington
  
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• ‘Promising’ baby murder leads after e-fit of mystery woman at grave released

  28-09-2026 19:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  A woman seen at the grave of an unnamed baby discovered dead in a plastic bag more than 30 years ago (Picture: SWNS/Kent Police)Detectives are exploring new lines of inquiry into a newborn found dead three decades ago after releasing an e-fit of a mystery woman spotted at her grave.The computer-generated image was shared in a bid to refresh the case of ‘Baby April’ who was found dead at Singleton Lake, in Ashford, Kent on April 3, 1995.Officers believe the infant, discovered in a Kl
  
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• New York Times tech executive, 40, killed after his elderly in-laws took TURNS shooting him in Bay Area parking lot, cops say

  28-09-2026 19:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly fatally shot their son-in-law Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in the parking lot in California on Saturday in a brazen broad daylight attack.
  
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• Teacher wanted pupil ‘to carry his baby after raping her in science cupboard’

  28-09-2026 19:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  The trial is continuing this week (Picture: Stock)A science teacher accused of raping a schoolgirl in a storeroom said he wanted her to carry his baby, a court has heard.Darlington Nuwertey, 32, is accused of attacking the girl after meeting her while he was a teacher at Oasis Academy Silvertown in Newham, east London.Nuwertey is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court charged with nine counts of rape and one count of adult abuse of position of trust by engaging in sexual activity with a girl aged
  
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• Delia Smith's husband Michael Wynn Jones passes away aged 85 as Norwich pay tribute

  28-09-2026 19:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Wynn Jones, the husband of TV chef Delia Smith, has passed away aged 85, with Norwich City paying tribute to their former majority shareholder in a statement
  
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• Delia Smith's husband Michael Wynn Jones dies aged 85 as Norwich pay tribute

  28-09-2026 19:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Wynn Jones, the husband of TV chef Delia Smith, has died aged 85, with Norwich City paying tribute to their former majority shareholder in a statement
  
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• New Scottish Labour leader's eyebrow-raising verdict on the SNP

  28-09-2026 19:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The new leader of Scottish Labour has claimed Scots voters knew the SNP were 'crap' but didn't switch to his party because they didn't believe it was a good alternative.
  
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• Jim-jams the latest Scottish word to enter the Oxford English Dictionary

  28-09-2026 19:02 via dailymail.com
  
  It is a childish way of saying pyjamas and is used by parents across the country.
  
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• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered release time, specs, and file size

  28-09-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Witcher 3 Remastered – almost a new game (CD Projekt Red)CD Projekt’s remaster of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launches this week, so here’s exactly when you can check out Geralt’s revamped makeover. Before the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077, developer CD Projekt had a lofty reputation thanks to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The role-playing sequel cleaned up at the game of the year awards when it launched in 2015, and is often cited as one of the greatest gam
  
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• King Charles 'got it wrong' with 'angry' response to Earl Spencer's Diana book claims, says royal biographer

  28-09-2026 18:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A royal biographer has claimed the monarch made a mistake when he issued a statement in response to Earl Spencer's claims in his newly released book about the late Princess Diana
  
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• Child sex killer who snatched victim, 10, from her bike is granted 60 days unescorted leave from prison so he can take COOKERY classes

  28-09-2026 18:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Shane Ertmoed, who was sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault and murder of ten-year-old Heather Thomas, has been granted permission to leave prison for 60 days.
  
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• Globe-trotting couple exploring world in their 80s say ‘why wait for adventure?’

  28-09-2026 18:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maria and Aldo Marcangelo have been married for 62 years and still love to travel together. (Picture: Aldo and Maria Marcangelo / Heathrow Express)When Aldo and Maria Marcangelo married 62 years ago, Beatlemania was at its height, and Concorde had yet to take flight.Now aged 88 and 84, the couple are still blissfully happy, having fun and determined to make the most of every moment. Instead of a fancy dinner and bottle of champagne to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, the c
  
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• RAF Fairford farmer who called 999 about 'terror plot' reveals dramatic WhatsApp text she sent neighbours

  28-09-2026 18:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The farmer told locals in her village that 'something very odd' was going on before police swooped into Welford and arrested five men from London, who have now been bailed
  
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• Elderly Bay Area couple took TURNS shooting son-in-law, 40, until he died, prosecutors say

  28-09-2026 18:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly fatally shot their son-in-law Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in the parking lot in California on Saturday in a brazen broad daylight attack.
  
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• Pokémon Winds and Waves leak reveals ‘most complete version’ of game’s map

  28-09-2026 18:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  An island retreat (Nintendo)A bunch of leaks have revealed new characters and locations from the next mainline Pokémon game, including an early look at the Grass gym. Despite the recent announcements of Metroid Ravenous and Kirby And The World Beyond, Pokémon Winds and Waves is still set to be the biggest Nintendo Switch 2 game of 2027. At this point, it’s unclear when exactly in 2027 it will launch, but it could be at the end of the year, unless Nintendo has anoth
  
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• Moment police cause outrage by 'escorting' a static caravan on to an illegal site where travellers paved over a village's protected field

  28-09-2026 18:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Last month, travellers ripped up a pristine plot of green land in Irby, Merseyside with a fleet of diggers and a forklift.
  
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• Builder 'too drunk to stand up' jailed for 10 years after he drove his van into coned-off area of motorway and killed highways worker

  28-09-2026 18:43 via dailymail.com
  
  A builder who was 'too drunk to stand' has been jailed for ten years after he drove his van into a coned-off area on a motorway and killed a highways worker.
  
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