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• Dinner parties can be a minefield so here’s some tips for impeccable manners

  28-10-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polly Hudson nearly gave herself a nervous breakdown when she had guests round for the evening but at least it left her with some valuable wisdom to pass on
  
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• ‘Such a baby’ – Lionel Messi slammed for trying to get Spain star sent off in World Cup final

  19-07-2026 23:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi tried to get Marc Cucurella sent off (Picture: BBC)Argentina superstar Lionel Messi was branded a ‘baby’ after trying to get Spain defender Marc Cucurella sent off during the World Cup final.Tempers boiled over towards the end of normal time in Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey after Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez was sent off.The Chelsea midfielder received a yellow card for dissent before a late challenge on Pau Cubarsi resulted in his dismissal.Fern
  
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• Fire ‘spreading fast’ through Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh

  19-07-2026 23:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  The hill has been on fire for several hours (Picture: Tasha/@nkrytomp/X)A large fire has broken out on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh as the UK battles a ‘firewave’.The blaze erupted just below Salisbury Crags, near the Palace of Holyrood House, at around 6.40pm.Multiple patches of the iconic beauty spot appear to be alight, according to photographs and video from the scene.
  Plumes of smoke rising from the hillside towered over the city this evening, one witness told Metro, visibl
  
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• Ann Widdecombe murder suspect 'had newspaper clippings about Nigel Farage and Reform UK pinned to walls in his house'

  19-07-2026 23:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Joshua Kerry, 28, was detained by police at his home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on suspicion of the killing of the 78-year-old former Conservative MP.
  
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• Teacher hops on £27 flight to France for lunch — because it's 'cheaper than a UK day out'

  19-07-2026 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Claire Howard, 48, flew from Birmingham to Beauvais, northern France, for a day of food, sightseeing and sunshine — she was back in the UK by midnight and said the whole trip cost just £70
  
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• US military find unidentified remains in search for missing soldier after Iranian attacks

  19-07-2026 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two other service members were confirmed to have died in Jordan on July 17, while another one died in Iraq during a controlled explosion on July 18
  
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• Irish woman is arrested on suspicion of fraud after family 'racked up £2,000 bill' on all-inclusive Spanish holiday before 'fleeing without paying'

  19-07-2026 23:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Police arrested the woman at Gran Canaria airport after she protested there had been problems with the bank card she had used to book the all-inclusive holiday.
  
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• KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'It's time for Andy Burnham to be a naughty boy and become Labour's new messiah'

  19-07-2026 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says new Labour Party leader Andy Burnham needs to be "bold and radical" as a prime minister, challenging "everyone and everything that has gone wrong"
  
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• FIFA breaks promise to Spain and Argentina over World Cup half-time show

  19-07-2026 22:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  FIFA had promised Spain and Argentina that the World Cup half-time show would last 17 minutes (Getty)FIFA went against their promise of a shortened World Cup half-time show with Spain and Argentina’s players forced to spend extra time in the dressing room.In response to concerns that the World Cup half-time show could last for 30 minutes, FIFA contacted the Spanish and Argentinian football associations this week to confirm that the half-time break would last a total of 17 minutes, si
  
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• Doctor and his wife die in small plane crash in Brazil 'after returning from his father's funeral'

  19-07-2026 22:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr Ederson da Silva, 68, and his wife, Roseli Amarilda Pechulo Silva, 62, were returning from the funeral of the doctor's father when tragedy struck.
  
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• Liam Payne's close friend Roger Nores who was charged with manslaughter in the wake of One Direction star's death is cleared

  19-07-2026 22:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Argentinian businessman Rogelio 'Roger' Nores, 38, has now been fully cleared of all criminal charges relating to Payne's fatal fall from a hotel in late 2024.
  
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• Arthur's Seat fire live: Emergency services battle huge blaze at iconic UK city site

  19-07-2026 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A picture of the fire taken from the Scottish Parliament shows a large plume of thick smoke billowing from the area
  
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• Mom crashes car with 1-year-old and 4-year-old hours after posting day-drinking picture

  19-07-2026 22:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The mother was charged with Leandra's Law, a New York State law that makes it an automatic felony to drive drunk with a child passenger. If convicted, she faces up to four years in prison.
  
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• Wayne Rooney slams ‘crap’ World Cup final half-time show featuring Shakira and Justin Bieber

  19-07-2026 22:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shakira’s performance at the World Cup final didn’t impress Wayne Rooney (Picture: Getty / BBC)Wayne Rooney was left less than impressed with FIFA’s first ever World Cup final half-time star-studded show, describing the efforts of Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber as ‘crap’.
  After a largely disappointing goalless opening period between Spain and Argentina, it was hoped that the A-list ensemble would get pulses racing inside the MetLife Stadium.Instead, a confusing
  
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• US reveals THIRD service member killed in Middle East by Iranian drone

  19-07-2026 22:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The US military has announced a third service member has been killed in the Middle East by an Iranian drone and tensions between the two countries continue to hit a peak.
  
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• Deranged woman caught by kid allegedly trying to DROWN child in pool

  19-07-2026 22:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Mikaylee Rae Beirne, 31, of Johnson City, was arrested Wednesday after deputies say she was caught allegedly holding a child underwater.
  
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• United Airlines worker filmed threatening to call ICE on US-Mexican citizen in viral rant

  19-07-2026 22:10 via dailymail.com
  
  An unidentified United Airlines employee threatened to call ICE on an US-Mexican traveler after his tickets got mistakenly canceled.
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: Perhaps Burnham will surprise us all, but I doubt it. A PM with a clue? We'd have heard about it sooner, surely

  19-07-2026 22:02 via dailymail.com
  
  You've read this column before. Not this exact one, mind. I've not started repeating myself yet.
  
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• Olympian, 50, dies after bike crash during race

  19-07-2026 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Toshiaki Fushimi made his debut in the 1990s (Picture: Getty Images/Matsusaka Keirin)One of Japan’s most successful cyclists has died aged 50.Toshiaki Fushimi was racing in the Matsusaka Keirin tournament in Matsusaka, a town in Mie Prefecture, when he crashed on Saturday.
  While making his way from the back of the pack, the Olympic silver medallist was forced to swerve after riders ahead of him collided.He crashed into a safety barrier and suffered fractures to his cervical vertebrae
  
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• Andy Burnham expected to announce more North Sea drilling as he replaces Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

  19-07-2026 21:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The vital North Sea industry has suffered a blow after Labour's deputy leader downplayed any prospect of Andy Burnham fully ditching the ban on new drilling licences.
  
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• Person is rushed to hospital after a ship crashes into a crane at port - as pictures show mangled wreckage

  19-07-2026 21:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Pictures showed the crumpled dockside crane leaning on a cargo ship at the Port of Tyne in South Shields, County Durham, after emergency services were called at 1.02pm this afternoon.
  
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• Big Issue founder urges Andy Burnham to give councils stronger powers to buy-up empty homes

  19-07-2026 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The call from Big Issue founder Lord John Bird comes as more than one million families languish on waiting lists and record levels of children are forced to live in temporary accommodation
  
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• 'Andy Burnham must turn his hope into policies that actually change lives'

  19-07-2026 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham, the new Labour leader, will set out his domestic priorities in his first speech from Downing Street on Monday after formally taking over from Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• France is facing an ONION shortage as heatwaves threaten country's crops

  19-07-2026 21:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Farmers could lose thousands of tonnes of vegetables, and some sectors could see 50 per cent of their annual tonnage wiped out as 40C temperatures ravage farm produce.
  
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• Spain's hottest week of summer as 45C scorcher hits Brit tourist spots next week

  19-07-2026 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The high temperatures will affect southeastern Spain, Guadalquivir valley, Ebro valley, northeastern depressions, Pyrenees valleys and inland Mallorca
  
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• Shona and David get massive news they’ve been waiting for in Coronation Street – but it’s ruined

  19-07-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Don’t get used to them being happy. It won’t last long. (Picture: ITV)The moment that Shona (Julia Goulding) and David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) have been dreaming of is finally here, and nothing can spoil it… except for Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown), obviously.The Platts have had the year from Hell, and that’s before they even invited a pound shop version of Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction to stay.The arrival of their baby daughter Harper has caused the
  
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• Cheating Lauren caught in EastEnders as her secretive behaviour is sussed

  19-07-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Does Ian know what’s going on? (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)Just as sure as water is wet and the sun is hot, Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) was always going to give in and cop of with Mark Fowler Jr (Stephen Aaron-Sipple) in EastEnders, wasn’t she?It was heavily suggested, back in the halcyon days of January when Mark was merely ‘man’, that Lauren had been cheating on husband Peter Beale (Thomas Law) in the New Year’s Day f
  
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• Following the findings of our exclusive poll on the changes in Downing Street...it's the new PM and a VERY sceptical public

  19-07-2026 20:56 via dailymail.com
  
  The results of an exclusive Daily Mail poll show that only one in three believes Andy Burnham has a legitimate claim to power
  
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• Fugitive doctor on run for 20 years found with how-to books on evading law enforcement

  19-07-2026 20:51 via dailymail.com
  
  A fugitive doctor from Rhode Island who spent more than 20 years on the run after fleeing during his own rape trial has finally been captured after being found living aboard a sailboat off the US coast.
  
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• 'Andy Burnham tackling cost of living is the way to stop UK doom-scrolling through PMs'

  19-07-2026 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Andy Burnham will be given he chance to introduce himself to the country as Prime Minister on Monday and set the tone of his government for years to come. The stakes couldn't be higher'
  
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