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• Energy bills could be lower - Which?

  02-02-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recent cuts in consumer energy bills could have been much bigger and made much earlier, research from consumer body Which? has found.
  
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• Now this 'professional' pickpocket who targeted the elderly is spared jail as prisons are too

  16-08-2026 23:46 via dailymail.com
  
  In one offence, Stefka Gishanova, 55, took £1,900 cash a pensioner had withdrawn to spend on family Christmas presents.
  
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• Insane $28 price at fish and chip shop sparks outrage - as a restaurant owner defends it

  16-08-2026 23:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The northern Sydney fish and chip shop was labelled 'greedy' by angry customers.
  
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• Rishi Sunak and Nigel Farage earn huge sums on top of MP salary as campaigners demand ban

  16-08-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak and Nigel Farage have the highest outside earnings among the current crop of MPs, new figures reveal, as ministers face pressure to outlaw second jobs
  
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• 'Cowardly' Reform UK blasted over welfare plot 'that would spark new Brexit clash'

  16-08-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage's Reform UK has been savaged over 'cowardly' welfare plans to strip foreign nationals of their rights and breach the terms of the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union
  
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• Miracle for little girl, 2, after horrified mom found her drowned in basement during devastating Indiana floods that killed at least 7 others

  16-08-2026 23:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Alayna, a two-year-old from Indiana, was found drowning in the basement of her home while intense floodwater took over. At least seven others died in the disaster.
  
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• Residents of England's 'prettiest village' rage at overtourism and block new developments

  16-08-2026 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Locals in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bibury have been left sp furious by developments on their land that they clubbed together to oppose new developments
  
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• One-time boss of Haddara crime gang is shot in his driveway - as Melbourne's underbelly reels following tobacco kingpin's Iraq arrest

  16-08-2026 22:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Fadi Haddara was shot while sitting in his car on the driveway of his home shortly before 8pm on Sunday night.
  
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• Outrage as Attorney General Todd Blanche refuses to say he will be independent of Trump... but claims president has 'never' demanded he prosecute targets

  16-08-2026 22:41 via dailymail.com
  
  United States Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to pledge that the Justice Department under his leadership would always act independently of President Donald Trump .
  
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• New Attorney General Todd Blanche hints that the FBI will NOT take over search for Nancy Guthrie despite heavy criticism of local police... six months after her disappearance

  16-08-2026 22:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was recently appointed by President Trump sat down with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker six months after Guthrie was last seen.
  
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• ‘They are gone!’ – Arsenal fans convinced duo are moving after they are left out of celebrations

  16-08-2026 22:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri watched on from a distance as Arsenal celebrated the win (Picture: X)Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri were seen awkwardly watching on as the rest of Arsenal’s squad celebrated winning the Community Shield – leaving many fans convinced that their days at the club are numbered.There was some surprise as the two attackers were left out of Arsenal’s clash against Manchester City, with the duo failing to even make the substitutes bench in Ca
  
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• ‘They are gone!’ – Arsenal fans convinced duo are leaving after they are left out of celebrations

  16-08-2026 22:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri watched on from a distance as Arsenal celebrated the win (Picture: X)Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri were seen awkwardly watching on as the rest of Arsenal’s squad celebrated winning the Community Shield – leaving many fans convinced that their days at the club are numbered.There was some surprise as the two attackers were left out of Arsenal’s clash against Manchester City, with the duo failing to even make the substitutes bench in Ca
  
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• Influencers warned to stop taking selfies with sharks after series of attacks

  16-08-2026 22:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Cases of sharks biting humans are admittedly rare, but in the last year, at least three influencers have been attacked.
  
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• Flooding victims identified as great-grandmother who died with her dog and teen football star after 'once-in-a-lifetime' floods... as death toll rises to seven including boy, 4

  16-08-2026 22:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Morey, 18, Stephanie Jo Sallee, 58, and James Briar, 31, have been identified as three of the seven people who died in the floods in Indiana.
  
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• Emergency Government phone alert 'put domestic abuse victims at risk'

  16-08-2026 22:11 via dailymail.com
  
  After the blaring warning sounded from phones across the country on Friday, charities and survivors said it could have put victims who keep secret second phones at risk.
  
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• Extraordinary moment bloodied fighter pilot casually greets police officer moments after miracle escape from F-18 Hornet jet that plowed into Washington mountainside

  16-08-2026 22:09 via dailymail.com
  
  The narrowly spared pilot was flying an F/A-18 Hornet during routine training on June 13, when he experienced a 'non-fatal aviation mishap' that sent the jet crashing into a mountainside.
  
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• Flooding victims identified as great-grandmother who died with her dog and teen football star after 'once-in-a-lifetime'... as death toll rises to seven including boy, 4

  16-08-2026 22:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Morey, 18, Stephanie Jo Sallee, 58, and James Briar, 31, have been identified as three of the seven people who died in the floods in Indiana.
  
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• Nigella Lawson pictured with Paul Hollywood for first time amid Bake Off rift rumours

  16-08-2026 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: Channel 4/Patch Dolan/Love Productions)Nigella Lawson has been pictured alongside all her Great British Bake Off co-stars for the first time.The 66-year-old TV chef is replacing Dame Prue Leith as a judge on the Channel 4 baking show after the 86-year-old announced in January she was stepping down.In a picture taken on her first day of filming in the Bake Off tent, Lawson is wearing a black zipped dress and standing between presenters Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, with her fellow
  
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• Somali man, 22, is charged with attempted murder after migrant hotel worker is stabbed

  16-08-2026 21:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Police rushed to the Stanwell Hotel in west London at around 6.30pm on Saturday evening after reports of a stabbing.
  
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• Extraordinary moment bloodied fighter pilot casually greets police officer moments after miracle escape from F-18 Hornet jet that ploughed into Washington mountainside

  16-08-2026 21:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The narrowly spared pilot was flying an F/A-18 Hornet during routine training on June 13, when he experienced a 'non-fatal aviation mishap' that sent the jet crashing into a mountainside.
  
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• Iran unveils sick cash prize to anyone who captures or kills American troops...as panic mounts in DC over plots to assassinate Trump

  16-08-2026 21:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Iran announced a chilling cash prize for anyone who captures or kills American troops, and some can get double the reward as tensions remain high between the two countries amid the ongoing war.
  
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• Amy Hunt makes European Championships history as Team GB star caps off stunning week

  16-08-2026 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amy Hunt had enjoyed a spectacular European Athletics Championship, but the Team GB ace had the opportunity to make history in Birmingham
  
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• Kevin Maguire: 'Cost of ignoring cause of climate crisis would be needlessly high price for Burnham to pay'

  16-08-2026 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Andy Burnham is capable of owning the future – and recovering more Labour lost votes to the Greens – instead of appeasing fossil fools living in the past
  
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• 'Cost of ignoring cause of climate crisis would be a needlessly high price for Burnham to pay'

  16-08-2026 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Andy Burnham is capable of owning the future – and recovering more Labour lost votes to the Greens – instead of appeasing fossil fools living in the past
  
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• Self-branded MAGA loyalist who voted for Trump three times in support of his immigration policies is left raging after ICE agents take his Russian wife away in handcuffs

  16-08-2026 21:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Brent Jindra considered himself a MAGA patriot until his wife, Galina Bobreneva, 40, was detained by ICE at an airport in Burbank, California, on July 13.
  
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• Woman in her 60s is arrested on suspicion of murder after OAP in her 90s dies in house fire

  16-08-2026 21:27 via dailymail.com
  
  A woman in her 90s was found unconscious inside the property in Gloucestershire, and later pronounced dead.
  
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• Beatles biopics stars seen faithfully recreating iconic moment we’ve all been waiting for

  16-08-2026 21:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  The most famous shot of the Beatles has been recreated for their four-part biopic (Picture: JBurns/MCPIX)Pictures from the set of the Beatles biopics have shown stars Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn recreating one of the most iconic photos ever taken of the band.The actors were snapped in full costume shooting in London on Sunday as they lined up to walk together across the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing.Situated outside the renowned Abbey Road Studios in St John
  
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• Four Renaissance paintings of 'extraordinary value' are stolen from museum in Sicily

  16-08-2026 21:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The paintings by Antonello da Messina were taken under cover of a huge religious festival that sees 100,000 people flock to the city of Messina.
  
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• Bloodied fighter pilot casually greets cop on side of the road after EJECTING from F-18 Hornet that crashed into Washington mountainside

  16-08-2026 21:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The narrowly spared pilot was flying an F/A-18 Hornet during routine training on June 13, when he experienced a 'non-fatal aviation mishap' that sent the jet crashing into a mountainside.
  
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• They've blown it! Scotland loses to Canada at World's biggest bagpipe championships

  16-08-2026 21:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland faced a devastating blow after it lost out to Canada at the World Pipe Band championships this weekend.
  
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