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• Downpours to continue for UK with risk of flash flooding

  20-08-2026 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prolonged dry spell has come to an end with heavy, thundery showers continuing to sweep across the UK, as Ben Rich explains.
  
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• Woman, 47, arrested over KFC incident filmed telling cops 'I can't breathe' as she was booked into jail... moments later she was dead

  22-08-2026 03:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Gerlinde Spring Lynch, 47, died as she was booked into the Clackamas County Jail in Oregon City for allegedly damaging property at a KFC parking lot about an hour earlier.
  
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• Teen, 15, fights for life after he knocked on a stranger's door for help following a stabbing

  22-08-2026 03:40 via dailymail.com
  
  A 15-year-old boy is fighting for life after being stabbed while out in Terrigal on the Central Coast.
  
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• ANDREW LOWNIE: The question is no longer how the Monarchy deals with its bad apples, but whether it can survive so many of them

  22-08-2026 03:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Every family has its bad apples. But the Royal Family is becoming overrun with them. The execrable Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the worst of them.
  
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• Teacher at £56,000-a-year boarding school is banned after failing to disclose fiancé's child sex convictions

  22-08-2026 03:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Thomas Ridgway, 31, (left) was suspended from Heathfield, an independent girls' school in Ascot, Berkshire, after his partner Matthew Linfield (right) was jailed for six-and-a-half years for his crimes.
  
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• Footballer, 19, among four dead in horror crash as club pay tribute

  22-08-2026 03:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Djedy Sidibe died when the car he was travelling in collided with a lorry on Monday August 17. Four young people aged between 18 and 21 died in the collision, while a fifth occupant was seriously injured
  
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• Afghans who risked their lives alongside British troops hit by ANOTHER personal data breach - the 50th in five years

  22-08-2026 03:07 via dailymail.com
  
  News of yet another breach of details entrusted to the UK government at a time when the Taliban continues.
  
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• Tinder date spirals into deadly face-off as woman's ex-boyfriend is shot by new lover on his doorstep, prosecutors say

  22-08-2026 03:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Drake Alexander Ingalls, 24, allegedly shot Jason Greene dead after driving 90 miles to meet a woman he had matched with on Tinder.
  
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• The most anticipated video games of 2026 and whether they’ll be hits or not – Reader’s Feature

  22-08-2026 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  GTA 6 – it’ll probably be quite successful (Rockstar)There are lots of very promising games coming up in the next few months, from GTA 6 to Control Resonant, and a reader has ranked their chances of being a smash hit or unfortunate flop.The recent previews of upcoming games has further empathised how absolutely stacked the next few months are for games. It seems crazy that in order to avoid GTA 6, companies have instead opted to commit some kind of video game chicken by releasing al
  
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• The most anticipated video games of 2026 and whether there’ll be hits or not – Reader’s Feature

  22-08-2026 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  GTA 6 – it’ll probably be quite successful (Rockstar)There are lots of very promising games coming up in the next few months, from GTA 6 to Control Resonant, and a reader has ranked their chances of being a smash hit or unfortunate flop.The recent previews of upcoming games has further empathised how absolutely stacked the next few months are for games. It seems crazy that in order to avoid GTA 6, companies have instead opted to commit some kind of video game chicken by releasing al
  
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• Ryanair offers £29.99 'rescue fares' as rival easyJet axes all flights from busy UK airport

  22-08-2026 02:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EasyJet announced this week that it will axe all its flights from Leeds Bradford Airport early next year - routes cut include Paris, Barcelona and Malaga
  
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• Theo Walcott claims Mikel Arteta ‘won’t be happy’ with Arsenal star after Coventry win

  22-08-2026 02:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Theo Walcott believes ‘little details’ will influence Mikel Arteta’s selection decisions for Arsenal (Premier League)Theo Walcott believes Mikel Arteta will not be happy with Eberechi Eze after Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Coventry City on Friday night.The Premier League champions made an excellent start to the new season as goals from Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard sealed the victory at the Emirates Stadium.Eze, meanwhile, started the game as a substitute and ca
  
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• Pauline Hanson vows to take free-speech battle against discrimination laws to Australia's High Court

  22-08-2026 02:50 via dailymail.com
  
  It comes just under a month since Hanson lost an appeal against a court ruling that found she made a racist remark about Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi.
  
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• Two suspended Swans stars seen partying in Adelaide at 4am just weeks before hotel scandal

  22-08-2026 02:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Two of the suspended Sydney Swans players were seen out drinking until 4am in Adelaide earlier in the AFL season.
  
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• Girl, 5, dies in horror Swansea house fire as woman, 87, suffers serious burns

  22-08-2026 02:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New South Wales Police has confirmed a five-year-old girl has sadly died in a house fire in Swansea, Australia - an 87-year-old woman remains in hospital in a serious condition
  
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• Two fishermen rescued from Pacific after clinging onto cool box with no food or water for five days

  22-08-2026 02:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Daniel Guerrero Martinez and Jose Luis Portela Villegas were recovered by Mexican Navy personnel in waters off the municipality of Tonala, Chiapas, after disappearing on a fishing trip days earlier.
  
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• Heir is paying ex-wife $1m-a-year after his alleged affair ended their marriage... but now she has infuriated him by 'meddling' in his golden goose artisanal jigsaw business. So, whose side are YOU on?

  22-08-2026 02:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Chris Wirth, 58, has been sued by his ex-wife Sage , 57, over claims he has failed to formalize her 20 percent stake in Liberty Puzzles following their divorce in 2022.
  
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• Fresh mystery over Kurt Cobain's death as astonishing error is uncovered from aftermath of Nirvana frontman's suicide

  22-08-2026 02:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The discrepancy is raising fresh questions about why the record of one of music's most scrutinized deaths was never corrected.
  
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• Former Scotland rugby captain's retirement takes off in style as he becomes a Jet2 pilot

  22-08-2026 02:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Stuart McInally represented Scotland on 47 occasions, initially as a flanker before moving to the position of hooker (pictured).
  
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• Iconic UK sandwich chain vanishes from Southern California as expansion plan backfires and shops mysteriously close

  22-08-2026 02:30 via dailymail.com
  
  A beloved UK-based lunch spot has abandoned its Southern California expansion in surprising reversal of 2022's ambitious plans.
  
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• STEPHEN GLOVER: Is it too much to hope that Prince Harry will accept that people who don't like the Press in this country won't be allowed to destroy it?

  22-08-2026 02:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Powerful people who don't like what newspapers write about them must not be permitted to destroy those newspapers.
  
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• Mandelson investigation 'at risk of collapse': Met detectives 'fear prosecution is unlikely without US handing over unredacted Epstein files'

  22-08-2026 02:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland Yard detectives believe they may need the unredacted Epstein Files to secure a misconduct in public office charge against the former Labour grandee.
  
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• Debra Byrne's allegations about what happened behind the scenes at Young Talent Time resurface after Johnny Young's death

  22-08-2026 02:18 via dailymail.com
  
  While Young Talent Time graduates Dannii Minogue and Tina Arena both paid public homage to Johnny Young following his death aged 79, their predecessor Debra Byrne has remained largely silent.
  
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• Another Aussie territory signs up for Albanese's gun buyback scheme after Bondi Beach shooting

  22-08-2026 02:18 via dailymail.com
  
  National cabinet agreed to tackle antisemitism and strengthen firearms restrictions across the nation following the deadly December 2025 shootings.
  
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• Trump cheekily tells crowd in South Carolina to 'pretend I'M on the ballot' in scramble to save legacy GOP candidate

  22-08-2026 02:15 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump headed to Myrtle Beach for a high-stakes rally with Darline Graham, making a last-minute push to save his chosen candidate from a potential upset.
  
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• Number of men living with prostate cancer in the UK has surged by 100,000 since 2020 - with one diagnosed every eight minutes

  22-08-2026 02:12 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 68,000 cases are diagnosed each year - the equivalent of one every eight minutes, says Macmillan Cancer Support.
  
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• The 'Lucky Dip Gang' causing carnage for clicks: After five thugs were killed speeding in the wrong direction on a motorway, GUY ADAMS investigates a sick new trend... and why police aren't even allowed to pursue them

  22-08-2026 02:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Two very different tribes gathered in Carlow, a market town just over an hour's drive south of Dublin, last night.
  
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• Clubbing helps middle-aged women stay happy and healthy, study finds

  22-08-2026 02:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Of 130 women aged 40-65 asked about their experiences at electronic dance music events, 91 per cent said clubbing contributes positively to their wellbeing.
  
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• Mutiny at Match Of The Day: Explosive feud between Alan Shearer and his boss revealed as insiders tell KATIE HIND about 'whining' remark that left him furious, why fellow pundits are stepping back... and Gary Lineker's 'meddling'

  22-08-2026 02:06 via dailymail.com
  
  There was a notable lack of food for the hard-working BBC sport production staff in their shiny new studio at their Salford HQ during the World Cup this summer.
  
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• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Harry's lawsuit was a sorry masquerade staged at huge cost

  22-08-2026 02:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The disastrous legal action brought by Prince Harry and other litigants levelled pernicious, unfounded slurs against the repute of the Daily Mail and its journalists.
  
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