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• Eddie Izzard attempts 27 marathons in 27 days

  02-03-2016 19:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard attempts 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief
  
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• Wish you weren't Keir? Starmer endures awkward moment next to Trump at NATO summit - after President renewed jibes over Iran

  08-07-2026 11:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Keir Starmer stood silently alongside the US president for the 'family photo' at the gathering in Turkey.
  
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• Could Farage lose his seat to Count Binface? By-election descends into farce as everyone except comedy candidate pulls out

  08-07-2026 11:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Nigel Farage called for a 'people versus the establishment' contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
  
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• M23 updates as motorway closed near Gatwick Airport after worker killed in crash

  08-07-2026 11:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  National Highways confirmed the M23 is now closed between J8 (M25 junction) and J10 (Crawley) near Gatwick Airport following a fatal collision
  
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• English King Alfred who massacred thousands of Vikings is 'found buried' under Hampshire car park days before England play Norway in World Cup

  08-07-2026 11:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The lost bones of King Alfred - who led English forces to kill thousands of Vikings during his reign - have been traced to a car park in Winchester, Hampshire.
  
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• Fights break out at Russian fuel stations as Ukraine continues to hit Putin's oil refineries and state TV declares 'There is no petrol'

  08-07-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Shortages of petrol and diesel are paralysing Russia with gargantuan queues at filling stations where prices are spiralling, and people are losing patience.
  
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• Nigel Farage throws down the gauntlet with shock Clacton by-election... and I believe he won't just win, he'll double his majority, says ANDREW PIERCE

  08-07-2026 11:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Defiant, unrepentant Nigel Farage taking the fight to his political enemies. 
  
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• The £100k-a-year BMW driving IT expert whose wife and two children were murdered at their £1.3million luxury home - as police hunt suspect who has fled the UK

  08-07-2026 11:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Officers made the grisly discovery of the bodies of a woman and two children yesterday in Great Denham, near Bedford, where homes cost an average of £935,000.
  
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• Brits travelling to European airports face five-hour queues due to new border controls which could bring terminals to a 'complete standstill', aviation chiefs warn

  08-07-2026 11:25 via dailymail.com
  
  There are now urgent calls to pause the new Entry-Exit-System until September as it is 'unsustainable' for the 40million passengers expected to fly to Europe this summer.
  
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• Last known moments of K2 Airways Boeing 737 before it went missing near Karachi

  08-07-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority said search and rescue teams had been deployed to the Arabian Sea after the aircraft went missing late on Tuesday night. The cause of the incident has not yet been established
  
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• Nurse ended up in hospital after putting on TK Maxx sandals

  08-07-2026 11:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hannah Jones has issued a warning to anyone buying 'new' shoes
  
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• One in three girls ‘experience economic abuse by the age of 18’

  08-07-2026 11:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Economic abuse involves the control of a current or ex-partner’s finances (Picture: Getty Images)More than a million girls and young women experienced economic abuse in the past year, shocking new research suggests.One in three girls are estimated to be subject to it before they even reach adulthood, the charity Surviving Economic Abuse said.Economic abuse involves the control of a current or ex-partner’s finances. It can be used to trap someone in a relationship or to continue exer
  
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• UK car firm collapses into liquidation — opened in 2014

  08-07-2026 11:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A UK car firm has collapsed into liquidation in another blow to the UK car industry
  
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• Death of Hollyoaks legend ‘confirmed’ in unexpected murder storyline

  08-07-2026 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  A grisly end for one of Hollyoaks’ biggest characters?(Picture: Lime Pictures)Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Wednesday’s (July 8) episodes that are now available to view on Channel 4 streaming. The episode in question will air on E4 on at 7pm.Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer) has dropped a bombshell so shocking that Leah Barnes’ (Charlotte Alex Riley) response to watching his confession was to allow her bowl of popcorn to fall to the floor.
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• Inside Nigel Farage's scandals that led to bombshell by-election

  08-07-2026 11:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader has lashed out at journalists and the 'establishment' as the pressure builds, leading to his explosive calling of a by-election on Tuesday
  
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• Charli XCX threatens to ‘f**k up’ Peppa Pig in bizarre feud

  08-07-2026 11:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charli XCX isn’t messing around when it comes to Peppa Pig’s shade (Picture: Getty)In a celebrity beef we never saw coming, Charli XCX isn’t impressed with Peppa Pig’s recent interview comments.The children’s TV icon, four, channelled her inner Mariah Carey while playing Pitchfork’s Over/Under game, rating other musicians.While Peppa shared she is a fan of PinkPantheress, The Beatles and more, when it came to rising star Clairo, 27, she declared, ‘I don
  
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• Harry Styles suffers wardrobe malfunction giving fans ‘free view of package’

  08-07-2026 11:11 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 PageHarry Styles has survived screaming fans, 12 sold-out Wembley Stadium shows, many questionable haircuts, and enough confetti to bury a small village.
  But in the end, it was one tiny zip that nearly stole the show.Fresh off performing his smash hit As It Was during the final night of his record-breaking Wembley residency on Saturday, the 32-year-old dropped d
  
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• Millionaire trader-turned-campaigner Gary Stevenson's wealth tax plan is 'absolute populist claptrap' and will ruin Britain, say experts

  08-07-2026 11:10 via dailymail.com
  
  The former Citibank trader put his controversial plans to entrepreneurs, tax experts, wealthy estate owners and online finance gurus while filming his new Channel 4 programme 'How to Get Filthy Rich'.
  
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• Britain's worst speeders revealed after 300,000 were caught excessively over 20mph and 30mph limits last year

  08-07-2026 10:59 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 30,000 motorists were caught driving at 30mph or faster on 20mph roads and over 275,000 clocked more than 10mph over 30 limits last year, a shock new investigation has found.
  
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• The children who talk to AI about their feelings - and never confide in an adult

  08-07-2026 10:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research by tutor platform GoStudent has revealed a host of concerns children and young people have about raising their concerns directly with adults, frequently preferring an online conversation
  
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• Donald Trump cuts all trade with Spain in shocking tirade at NATO summit

  08-07-2026 10:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain while speaking at the NATO summit this morning
  
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• 'Any room looks luxurious' with £10 B&M item like £50 Dunelm and Next versions

  08-07-2026 10:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  B&M's grey Lara Velvet Storage Footstool has been reduced from £15 to £10 and looks similar to pricier versions at Dunelm and Next
  
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• Major UK airport e-gate change affecting 1,500,000 Brits comes into effect today

  08-07-2026 10:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Passport checks could look different for families with younger children (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)If you’re heading on holidays, there’s a significant change coming to major UK airports that you should know about.Holidaymakers have already had to deal with the chaos of the new EU biometric entry and exit checks which were rolled out last month, causing significant delays.
  But in a welcome change, this new rule should make navigating airports a little easier.The age requireme
  
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• Farage’s ‘Binface by-election’ could cost taxpayers more than £275,000

  08-07-2026 10:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage announced the unusual move in a lengthy speech yesterday (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Nigel Farage’s ‘people versus the establishment’ by-election in Clacton will be paid for with taxpayers’ cash, officials have confirmed.The Reform leader is set to go head-to-head with Count Binface and the Official Monster Raving Loony Party after resigning from his seat yesterday.None of the major parties are fielding candidates for a race they describe as a ‘
  
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• Trump trolls Netanyahu as he makes staggering offer to Islamic despot

  08-07-2026 10:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump is considering selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey despite the loud objections from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warned that it would 'destroy' regional peace.
  
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• 56ft 'Welcome to Wales' dragon carved into the roadside disappears after being covered in grass due to 'lack of maintenance'

  08-07-2026 10:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The white dragon, built on the A494 near Shotwick on the Wales-England border, vanished less than 20 years after being installed in 2009.
  
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• ‘You’ve changed my life’: Coronation Street star pays tribute as she confirms final scenes

  08-07-2026 10:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Time to say goodbye (Picture: ITV/Metro/Shutterstock)Megan Walsh will go down in history as one of the most hideous Coronation Street villains ever, thanks, in large part, to the flawless performance of Beth Nixon.A character like Megan, by her very nature, has to wear multiple faces.Saccharine school teacher and sports coach, manipulative and Machiavellian sexual predator, fearsome and vicious enemy, Beth embodied every facet of Megan, sometimes within the space of a single scene and proved he
  
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• 'We ordered £4.50 cheesy chips from Wetherspoons and what arrived left us horrified'

  08-07-2026 10:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Two friends were left in stitches after ordering £4.50 cheesy chips at a Wetherspoons pub in Nottingham - only to be handed something "deconstructed"
  
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• Farage's by-election gamble descends into farce: NO major party will stand against him because he faces another contest after sleaze probe

  08-07-2026 10:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Nigel Farage called for a 'people versus the establishment' contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
  
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• Donald Trump says ceasefire with Iran ‘is over’ after exchange of fire

  08-07-2026 10:39 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 PageDonald Trump has said the ceasefire between the US and Iran is ‘over’ after the warring countries attacked each other overnight.The US President said at the NATO Summit in Turkey this morning that it was ‘a waste of time’ dealing with Iran and called them ‘evil, sick people’.The tentative Memorandum of Understanding appear
  
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