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• DWP issues Motability update over ‘mileage charges’ as it faces 2 questions

  02-11-2026 07:56 via Mirror - News
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions has faced new questions over Motability after changes were made to the programme, which nearly one million people use
  
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• Dog expert says November ban 'positive step towards reducing alarming numbers of attacks'

  03-11-2026 13:02 via Mirror - News
  
  The ban came into force on November 1 - here's what it means for some owners
  
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• Full list of 2027 bank holidays as seven dates will move

  03-11-2026 13:01 via Mirror - News
  
  The full list of 2027 bank holidays has been confirmed
  
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• Keskine Black Friday sale offers up to 35% off LED face masks and IPL hair removal devices

  03-11-2026 13:00 via Metro
  
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  Black Friday will be landing on November 27 this year, but there’s plenty of discounts dropping early, especially in the weeks leading up to it. What was once a 24-hour flash sale is now practically a month-long event, with retailers and brands slashing prices througho
  
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• Paul Scholes believes Declan Rice can become ‘virtually unplayable’ for Arsenal

  03-11-2026 12:59 via Metro
  
  Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes (Picture: The Good, The Bad and The Football)Paul Scholes believes Declan Rice can become ‘virtually unplayable’ for Arsenal after his performance against Liverpool on Sunday.Rice’s surging run and inch-perfect cross set up Kai Havertz for the winner as Mikel Arteta’s side ground out a hard-fought 1-0 win at Anfield.The Arsenal midfielder was named Player of the Match for his all-action display, with Jamie Carragher suggesting afterwards
  
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• Woman jumps from top floor window to escape flames from suspected arson attack

  03-11-2026 12:56 via Mirror - News
  
  Seven people, including two children, were injured in a suspected arson attack on a home in central Dublin in the early hours of Tuesday
  
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• St Pancras station unveils 36ft pyramid sponsored by German tourist board as its Christmas tree - after raising money for Great Ormond Street last year

  03-11-2026 12:54 via News | Mail Online
  
  London St Pancras International station revealed the elaborate three-tiered creation including 24 'curiosity windows' depicting German destinations and festive traditions.
  
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• Poland sends ‘significant’ security forces to Russian border after ‘disturbing movement’

  03-11-2026 12:52 via Metro
  
  Poland has beefed up its security along the border with Russia in response (Picture: EPA)Polish forces and the Border Guard managed to stop an attempted Russian ‘provocation’ at the border between Poland and Kaliningrad.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that shortly after midnight, he received information from the Border Guard near the Russian enclave that there were individuals moving with flashlights from Kaliningrad.‘We quickly mobilised the appropriate forces and resources there
  
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• Burnham's slavery apology will make Britain look weak says Badenoch as Tory leader rules out saying sorry or paying reparations if she becomes PM

  03-11-2026 12:50 via News | Mail Online
  
  The Conservative leader lashed out at the Prime Minister as he prepares to hand Commonwealth nations £40million and say sorry for the transatlantic slave trade.
  
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• Trump is 'considering nuclear strike on Iran', former CIA agent claims

  03-11-2026 12:49 via News | Mail Online
  
  John Kiriakou, who worked at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1990 to 2004, warned the US President was seeking to 'break' the 'final taboo' around dropping nuclear bombs.
  
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• Tech tycoon's tragic last words to friend before fireball Learjet plane crash in Florida

  03-11-2026 12:46 via Mirror - News
  
  Adam Robinson, 44, who died alongside his wife Helen Sharp, 40, and their two young children, told a close friend life had been going 'too well' just days before the family were killed in a plane crash
  
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• BBC doctor new 'American Covid' specific symptom update as hospitalisations rise

  03-11-2026 12:46 via Mirror - News
  
  Dr Ranj Singh said if people have symptoms the should consider wearing masks, especially if meeting vulnerable people such as pensioners
  
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• US midterms 2026 live: Donald Trump braces for huge election battering as first polls open

  03-11-2026 12:41 via Mirror - News
  
  Donald Trump could be set for a Democrat "blue tsunami" as his Republican party faces up to a humiliating defeat in the midterm elections — with huge losses expected in Texas and Alaska
  
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• The foggy breaktime debate sparking up resentment in UK workplaces

  03-11-2026 12:41 via Metro
  
  Non-smokers can be left feeling short-changed (Picture: Getty Images/Image Source)Across the UK, around 9 million adults smoke or vape — which means a whole lot of trips outside to have ‘a quick puff’.For non-smokers, this seems to be most apparent (and most frustrating) in the workplace.Reddit is full of debate about what Aussies call the ‘smoko’, with many saying they feel they get a raw deal compared to nicotine-addicted colleagues.On one r/AskUK thread, dualdee commented that in t
  
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• Ice was 'certainly a factor' in private jet crash that killed nine people in Florida, investigators say - after co-pilot told traffic control it was 'manageable'

  03-11-2026 12:38 via News | Mail Online
  
  Ice and the weather were 'certainly a factor' in the private jet crash in Florida on Sunday afternoon, according to federal officials.
  
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• ‘Dr Survival’ reveals what you need to do to ‘sensibly’ prep for the end of the world

  03-11-2026 12:35 via Metro
  
  Supermarket refrigeration systems in Europe went haywire yesterday (Picture: AFP)In August, refrigeration systems at six US military bases malfunctioned at the same time, spoiling food and emptying shelves.
  Then in October, thousands of freezers were cranked up to 55°C in supermarkets in France. Once again, spoiling food and emptying shelves.That same month, the UK government told Brits to ‘Be Ready’ by stockpiling essentials, hand-cranked radios and solar-powered flashlights.On Monday, co
  
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• AI will ‘enslave us like The Matrix’ and ‘humans on treadmills will power data centres’

  03-11-2026 12:34 via Metro
  
  Your future boss, maybe (Picture: Getty)Tim Coulson has always been fascinated by what happens to ecosystems when their apex predator changes.The biologist at the University of Oxford says humans, long the top of the food chain, could also be demoted – and be replaced with AI.Professor Coulson, as he also wrote in The European yesterday, doubts AI will wipe humans out, as machines need us to maintain its infrastructure.Instead, a future AI system could create a situation not unlike The Matrix
  
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• Bungalow where Ann Widdecombe was murdered goes on the market for £900,000

  03-11-2026 12:33 via News | Mail Online
  
  Four months after Reform spokeswoman Ms Widdecombe was blugeoned to death in the kitchen of her bungalow in Haytor Vale, Devon, the property is up for sale.
  
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• Passenger attacked in front of terrified families on London bus

  03-11-2026 12:32 via Metro
  
  The attack took place on a U1 bus (Picture: John Dunne)A manhunt is underway after a passenger was attacked on a bus in west London in front of horrified families.The victim was left with life-changing injuries following the incident on the U1 bus near Uxbridge town centre on Monday afternoon.The attack is said to have taken place after an argument broke out between the victim and two young men, according to witnesses.The bus pulled up at a stop on Belmont Road and police were called to the sce
  
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• Teenage golfer, 15, is killed and caddy is injured by lightning strike during tournament in Thailand

  03-11-2026 12:30 via News | Mail Online
  
  A teenage golfer was killed, and her caddy was injured after they were struck by lightning during a tournament in Thailand.
  
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• 10,000 strangers flock to Chinese wedding after groom makes online plea for people to attend

  03-11-2026 12:23 via News | Mail Online
  
  Xu Chenghong feared guests would be put off from attending his wedding to bride Luo Chui due to it being held in a rural village in the province of Yunnan.
  
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• New Nationwide announcement as customers 'can get £175 and £100 payments'

  03-11-2026 12:22 via Mirror - News
  
  It has launched a new account today
  
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• Murder of schoolgirl, 15, stabbed to death by her jealous ex-boyfriend sparks a change in law around abusive teenage relationships

  03-11-2026 12:18 via News | Mail Online
  
  Holly Newton, 15, was murdered after school in Hexham, Northumberland, in January 2023 by Logan MacPhail, now 19, who lured her into an alleyway before knifing her 36 times.
  
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• Dad died in house fire after 'invaders' wrecked his home and turned it into a 'bombsite'

  03-11-2026 12:15 via Mirror - News
  
  The family and friends of 'vulnerable' Mark Vernal, 42, who died in hospital after a house fire in Wigan, believe he was the victim of 'cuckooing' in the months leading up to his death
  
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• 'I’m paying £1,000 a year for a garage I can’t use because someone’s filled it with rubbish'

  03-11-2026 12:10 via Mirror - News
  
  Granddad Martyn de Young, aged 68, has said his rent has been increased despite being having been unable to access the nearly £1,000-a-year garage in Larkfield, Kent, for more than one year
  
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• Bomb threat alerts hit two flights to Poland including one from Heathrow a day after fighter jet escorted Wizz Air flight from London

  03-11-2026 12:02 via News | Mail Online
  
  Warsaw's international airport has closed after a flight from London was forced to land there due to a bomb threat.
  
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• Sony is copying Xbox with weird £300 PS5 console trade-in deal

  03-11-2026 12:00 via Metro
  
  A stunted generation (Sony Interactive Entertainment)In a bleak sign of the times, PlayStation is mimicking Xbox by encouraging dormant players to trade-in their PS5 consoles.The memory crisis and soaring prices have made this a very peculiar console generation, and this is reflected in Sony and Microsoft’s increasingly odd business strategies. Last month, Xbox ran a promotion encouraging players to trade-in their Xbox Series X/S consoles, if they’re no longer using them. They never explai
  
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• Tory revival gathers pace as poll shows Kemi Badenoch's party closing in on Labour

  03-11-2026 11:55 via News | Mail Online
  
  Kemi Badenoch's party was on 24 per cent support in the latest YouGov research - up two points in a week.
  
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• Dementia study calls on doctors to prescribe exercise for 'brain health'

  03-11-2026 11:47 via Mirror - News
  
  Doctors say that "we should take its potential impact far more seriously"
  
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• Burnham's 'surrender' deal with EU 'is done': UK to accept Brussels' rules on food, allow youth 'free movement' and slash fees for European students

  03-11-2026 11:47 via News | Mail Online
  
  Ahead of an UK-EU summit, a 200-page draft text for a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement is reportedly being shared among the bloc's members.
  
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