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• Face-to-face GP appointments slashed and patient safety at risk after Labour imposed changes to booking process, doctors warn

  10-08-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Since October 1 last year, all GP practices in England must accept queries and booking requests from an Online form from 8.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
  
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• Pictured: Three sisters left with catastrophic injuries after crash on Irish motorway that killed five teenage boys 'who boasted about joyriding days before smash'

  19-08-2026 01:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Niamh and Alma Kinsella, who are in their 30s, are fighting for their lives in hospital after a gang of joyriders, who were driving the wrong way down the motorway, smashed into them.
  
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• Albanese government announces major superannuation cold calling crackdown: What you need to know

  19-08-2026 01:28 via dailymail.com
  
  The federal government is cracking down on rogue super spruikers in the wake of the billion-dollar Shield and First Guardian collapses.
  
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• Aussie man dies after he was allegedly stabbed to death during tenancy dispute

  19-08-2026 01:17 via dailymail.com
  
  A 66-year-old man was fatally stabbed about 4.45pm on Tuesday in Beenleigh, Queensland.
  
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• Revealed: Fascinating clues about identity of 'wealthy' mystery man who cannot state his name despite three years in hospital

  19-08-2026 01:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Investigators are hunting the identity of a man who is unable to describe who he is after suffering a suspected brain hemorrhage or stroke, according to reports.
  
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• The Morning Poll: Should we press ahead with Labour's net zero targets?

  19-08-2026 01:13 via dailymail.com
  
  The Morning Poll: Should we press ahead with Labour's net zero targets?
  
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• Andy Burnham urged to reject benefit cuts and tougher sanctions to fix 'Neets' crisis

  19-08-2026 01:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a letter to the government today, more than 40 charities urge the government to focus on support and opportunity instead of "the failed punitive approaches of the past"
  
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• Queen Camilla reveals for the first time her private torment over King Charles' cancer diagnosis

  19-08-2026 01:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Queen has spoken for the first time about the difficult emotional experience of keeping the King's cancer a secret before it was announced to the rest of the world
  
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• 'Queen Camilla's private turmoil over Charles' cancer diagnosis shows how she put King and country first'

  19-08-2026 01:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: The Queen has for the first time revealed her private battle following King Charles' cancer diagnosis, in a candid interview to commemorate the charity Maggie's 30th anniversary
  
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• 'Andy Burnham's biggest test will be challenging the deeper problems behind homelessness'

  19-08-2026 01:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest annual national statistics, published by the Government in February, estimated there were 4,793 people sleeping rough on a single night in autumn 2025 in England
  
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• Prostate cancer biopsies are unnecessary for many men, study finds

  19-08-2026 01:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A trial by University College London Hospitals has found that experienced radiologists can diagnose prostate cancer with 100% accuracy just from MRI scans, without the need of a biopsy
  
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• Council try to block travellers from entering field with 'ring of steel' and use tractor to kick up dust and force caravans out

  19-08-2026 01:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Contractors in Gosport, Hampshire, have tried to intimidate travellers away from setting up camp on a field near a school.
  
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• London 'billionaires' row' copes admirably with record-breaking drought as gardens remain an oasis of green

  19-08-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Aerial images show at least a handful of the mega mansions in The Bishops Avenue, in Hampstead, north London,have not succumbed to seeing their lawns turn into dustbowls.
  
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• Home Office 'scared of scrutiny' as it rushes through plan to build one of Europe's biggest immigration detention centres on seafront site

  19-08-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Haslar Immigration Detention Centre in Gosport, Hampshire closed a decade ago but  is set to be reopened and enlarged to house 600 foreign criminals and illegal migrants.
  
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• Daily horoscope August 19, 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  19-08-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)The Moon in Scorpio reveals things that may otherwise have been hidden. Be open to new realisations.
  Virgo, Leo and Cancer, today is all about clarity for you. Use whatever new knowledge this Lunation affords you.Don’t be shocked or set off kilter by the boldness of this cosmic placement. Stay grateful and unruffled, and all will be well.
  Ahead, you’ll find all star signs’ horoscopes for today: Wednes
  
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• The jobs drought: Vacancies are at 12-year low as firms stop hiring amid fears over Labour's 'attacks on business'

  19-08-2026 01:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Britain is enduring a 'jobs drought' under Labour after vacancies fell to a 12-year low and unemployment rose, official figures show.
  
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• Study suggests sleeping well keeps middle-aged people fit to stay in work longer

  19-08-2026 00:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sleeping longer than the NHS advises - more than nine hours - or waking regularly in the night is linked to having to leave the workforce earlier, new research has suggested
  
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• Dubai residents sent missile alert after Iran launches fresh strikes on UAE

  19-08-2026 00:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US and Iran have been in repeated bouts of conflict since February 28, when the US and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites - Iran retaliated and struck sites across the Middle East, including the UAE
  
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• 'Cookout killer' Death Row inmate William Silvia executed for murder of wife

  19-08-2026 00:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops
  
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• 'Hostile' witness erupts on stand in Tupac murder trial and makes shocking admission: 'I would have shot him': Live updates

  19-08-2026 00:37 via dailymail.com
  
  A former security guard for Death Row Records testified in court that he would have shot Tupac Shakur if the rapper had ever tried to fight him.
  
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• Mother saw son walking down the road with teacher who was abusing him and found photobooth pictures of them together, court told

  19-08-2026 00:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, was spotted walking down a north London road with the then-teenage boy by his mother.
  
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• Autopsy reveals cause of death of Thai teenager, 17, allegedly killed by Aussie - as cops claim his DNA was found on her body

  19-08-2026 00:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Simon Peter Carman, 45, from Perth's southern suburbs, could face the death penalty over the alleged murder of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla, also known as Cake.
  
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• UK weather maps show exact time violent thunderstorms and rain to batter nation

  19-08-2026 00:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New weather forecast maps show a deluge day incoming for most of the UK this week, with heavy rain, some hail, and a massive band of thunder streaking across every home nation
  
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• Masked schoolboys are caught raiding honesty box cake shed... before being sent back red-faced with £20 in hand

  19-08-2026 00:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Three masked schoolboy 'gangsters' were spottedentering The Capel Cake Shed in Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, on Sunday afternoon, and taking 11 items worth £27.50.
  
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• Andy Burnham says Britain 'supports Ukraine 100%' after Putin warned 'there will be a price to pay' for supplying Kyiv with drones

  19-08-2026 00:04 via dailymail.com
  
  'We are not fair-weather friends, we will be there in Ukraine's hour of need and that won't change,' the Prime Minister said.
  
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• Criminal's tail-wagging Labrador leads police to his hiding spot after he abandoned pooch while fleeing officers

  19-08-2026 00:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Charles Foy, 41, was spotted riding an e-scooter - a vehicle that can't be insured and is illegal to use on public roads - by a patrol officer in February 2026.
  
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• Return of the Vicar of Tiddly: Disgraced priest who drunkenly crashed Bishop of Lincoln's car lands new role at London church

  18-08-2026 23:57 via dailymail.com
  
  A vicar who caused havoc by crashing his bishop's car while three times over the drink drive limit has been given a new job by the Church of England at a Grade II listed church in Chiswick, west London.
  
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• Narcos expert who placed US sanctions on notorious Kinahan trio reveals KEY strategy the State must implement immediately to stop Cartel rivals' plans to fill inevitable vacuum

  18-08-2026 23:54 via dailymail.com
  
  'My worry would be… it's going to affect the pipelines of those drugs. How do we prevent anyone from stepping in and filling that?'
  
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• Inside Andy Burnham's mission to continue Manchester's homelessness success across the whole of England

  18-08-2026 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Andy Burnham prepares to apply the lessons learned from his Manchester 'A Bed Every Night' scheme, local groups say it has become a victim of its own success
  
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• Drunk Jet2 passenger 'ruined holidays' of 300 passengers with what he said to crew

  18-08-2026 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jason Mulhern, 57, forced a Jet2 flight to Dalaman in Turkey to be cancelled at Manchester Airport after he became abusive to cabin crew during a drunken tirade, a court heard
  
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