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• DWP PIP changes update as 'timeline' explained for 'all customers'

  18-09-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an update with new changes now in effect
  
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• Astonishing moment female lawmaker has diva meltdown at public meeting... before giving VERY unladylike gesture to colleagues

  18-09-2026 17:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Chair of the Washington County governing board, Kathryn Harrington, flipped off a fellow council member during an otherwise normal meeting.
  
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• Female corrections officer fired and arrested over claims she sneaked her home cooked meals into jail to give to inmates

  18-09-2026 17:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Female corrections officer fired and arrested over claims of sneaking home cooked meals to inmates
  
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• ‘We fled to the sea to escape wildfire surrounding us – ash fell in people’s drinks’

  18-09-2026 16:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Terrifying wildfires gripped Croatia where Stephen and Anna Saunders were staying (Picture: Cover Images)A British couple were forced to flee towards the sea after raging wildfires surrounded their holiday resort in Croatia.Stephen and Anna Saunders were staying at the Gava Waterman resort on Brač for a week-long holiday.
  Guests at the all-inclusive four-star waterfront hotel were initially reassured the fires were ‘nothing to worry about’, despite ash falling from the sky and
  
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• Newbuild estate residents say living in shadow of 50ft-high rollercoaster has its ups and downs

  18-09-2026 16:57 via dailymail.com
  
  The site is a testing area for theme park rides that get built and sent to buyers, but locals in Sandford Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, say it has been looming over their homes for 18 months.
  
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• Army's first female Master Tailor acquitted of repeatedly pinching subordinate's bum

  18-09-2026 16:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Warrant Officer Emma Colton, 39, was the British Army's first ever female Master Tailor - a fully trained frontline soldier who also specialises as a senior bespoke tailor.
  
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• First international leader visits No10 North days after Donald Trump united Ireland row

  18-09-2026 16:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin became the first world leader to visit Andy Burnham at No10 North before visiting the oldest Irish club in the UK, days after Donald Trump sparked a diplomatic flashpoint
  
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• Brit dad held in India for nearly nine years without being charged to finally be released

  18-09-2026 16:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jagtar Singh Johal, 39, who was arrested in the country in 2017 over alleged terrorism offences, just weeks after his wedding, will be coming home after judge orders his release
  
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• Billionaire tycoon embroiled in divorce quietly bought a lavish $72m waterfront mansion with younger girlfriend...after estranged wife accused him of hiding assets

  18-09-2026 16:51 via dailymail.com
  
  John Overdeck, the co-founder of Two Sigma Investments, used a Delaware LLC to purchase the estate in Palm Beach, Florida as his high-stakes divorce trial plays out, the Daily Mail can reveal.
  
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• Kurt Angle reveals the dream WrestleMania match Vince McMahon refused to make

  18-09-2026 16:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Angle looks back on his best memories from his time in the ring (Picture: 2025 WWE)WWE legend Kurt Angle mixed it up with the very best professional wrestling had to offer during his storied career in the ring. But there is always one that got away.As you might recall him mentioning, Angle won Olympic gold in 1996 ‘with a broken freakin’ neck’ before he was thrust into the world of WWE (then WWF) in late 1999, winning his first world title within a year of making his debut for
  
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• Disabled girl, 7, dies in freak SEAT BELT accident while riding school bus

  18-09-2026 16:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Ngone Talla, 7, died on Wednesday after she was found unresponsive on her school bus by her sister.
  
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• Coronation Street star Stephanie Cole dies aged 84

  18-09-2026 16:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Actress Stephanie Cole has died aged 84 (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)Stephanie Cole, known for playing Roy Cropper’s mother in Coronation Street, has died aged 84, her agent has confirmed.The actress also starred in 1980s series Tenko as Dr Beatrice (Bea) Mason and as Dr Martin’s aunt, Joan Norton, in Doc Martin, from 2004 to 2009.Her career spanned decades in TV, film, theatre, and radio, with other high-profile jobs including appearances in A Bit of a Do, Waiting for God, Keeping Mu
  
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• Top prosecutor, 53, dies by suicide in COURT, with building now sealed off so cops can investigate

  18-09-2026 16:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd, 53, was found dead inside the county courthouse on Thursday afternoon, the local sheriff's office confirmed.
  
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• UK weather maps show 30C heat surge with 10 counties at 28C or more – full list

  18-09-2026 16:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures could soon reach 30C again as people in some parts of England face a heat surge before the end of this month, weather forecasting models suggest
  
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• Mom, 20, gave birth to baby at CHILDCARE facility where she worked, then dumped infant in trash where it was found dead, cops say

  18-09-2026 16:28 via dailymail.com
  
  The girl told the police that she delivered the infant in the bathroom of the child care facility.
  
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• Bear prowls into garden and mauls woman, 66, to death

  18-09-2026 16:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lyudmila was killed by a brown bear outside her house (Pictures: east2west news)A woman in her sixties was mauled to death by a brown bear outside her home on the edge of a remote forest.The victim, identified by Russian media only as Lyudmila T, was found around 50ft from her house in Verkhniy Kebezh, in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region. She’d died at the scene from injuries that investigators said were consistent with an attack by a wild animal.Local reports said that she lived alone i
  
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• Flu 'super K' strain already in UK causes surge in Australia - symptoms

  18-09-2026 16:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flu season down under usually gives advanced warning of what will hit the UK - and strain is 'highly infectious'
  
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• Defiant thumbs-up of US airman who cheated death: Hero shot down over Iran smiles in selfie after dramatic 50-hour rescue from enemy territory

  18-09-2026 16:23 via dailymail.com
  
  An exclusive Daily Mail image reveals the tough-as-nails hero reclining in a stretcher seat in the belly of a C-17 aircraft, his face marked with swelling, scratches and unmistakable relief.
  
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• The real Lizzie Borden behind gory new Netflix show from actress romance to sister rift

  18-09-2026 16:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Netflix viewers tune into Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the Mirror takes a look at the wealthy Victorian heiress at the heart of the 'trial of the century', who remains a question mark to this day
  
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• Vile clip shows up to TWELVE girls attacking college student and dragging her by hair after being asked to leave property

  18-09-2026 16:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A Pennsylvania college student was brutally attacked by a violent mob after telling the group to leave her property.
  
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• David Walliams’s back catalogue ‘dropped by publisher’

  18-09-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Walliams’s book catalogue will reportedly be phased out by a major publisher (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)A major publisher is said to have dropped comedian David Walliams’s back catalogue after accusations of inappropriate behaviour.
  Walliams reportedly faces having his remaining books phased out by publishing house HarperCollins.
  The Little Britain actor and comedian has written popular children’s books, which have gone on to sell around 60 million copies globa
  
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• Russia declares British sites are 'legitimate targets' in direct threat to UK

  18-09-2026 16:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The warning stated that Russia reserves its right to take 'necessary retaliatory measures' in self-defence, with any British facilities in Ukraine to be considered 'legitimate targets'
  
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• Afghan boat migrant who travelled 150 miles to stab shop worker to death because he had been messaging his cousin's wife is jailed for life

  18-09-2026 16:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Sulaiman Tajzai, 18, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey earlier this month to the murder of 26-year-old Farmanullah Sherzad because he had been messaging his cousin's wife.
  
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• CCTV appeal for two men after girl, 13, raped in park in east London

  18-09-2026 16:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageDetectives have released CCTV two men they want to speak to after the rape of a teenage girl in east London.The victim, 13, was attacked in Bethnal Green in August 2024. A £10,000 reward has been put up for information leading to a conviction. The victim reported seeing two men on Whitechapel Road who led her into Weavers Fields where she was
  
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• Brookside actor who ran a network of fake modelling agencies is arrested in Spain after a year on Britain's most wanted list

  18-09-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Barry Philip Foster, 51, was held on an international arrest warrant in the town of Torrevieja, south of Alicante.
  
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• Ex-Brookside actor Philip Foster arrested in Spain after fleeing UK and £13.6m fraud

  18-09-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, has been arrested in Alicante and is wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence after being convicted of a £13.6m fraud
  
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• Ex-Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, arrested in Spain after £13.6m fraud

  18-09-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, has been arrested in Alicante and is wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence after being convicted of fraud
  
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• Ex-Brookside actor arrested in Spain after fleeing UK and £13.6m fraud

  18-09-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, has been arrested in Alicante and is wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence
  
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• World's worst hitmen whose ambush plot failed when one shot the other by mistake are jailed for total of 15 years

  18-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Bungling Adam Liaqat, 19, of Sandwell, mistakenly fired his weapon on accomplice Asad Khan (pictured), 23, of West Bromwich, leaving him with life-changing injuries.
  
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• Top universities should be able to charge students more, says head of Russell Group

  18-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Libby Hackett, chief executive of leading universities including Oxford and Cambridge, suggested that courses that benefit society, such as nursing and teaching, should be cheaper.
  
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