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• Fears NHS data plan will expose patients to 'hard sell' tactics

  08-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Privacy campaigners fear plans to give Boots and Tesco access to NHS data could be used to push sales to the vulnerable
  
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• Argentina criticise World Cup final decision after Spain defeat

  20-07-2026 02:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Fernandez was sent off in the World Cup final (Picture: Getty)Lionel Scaloni has accused World Cup final referee Slavko Vincic of making a costly error that contributed to Enzo Fernande’s World Cup final sending off.
  The Chelsea midfielder scored a sensational equaliser that helped rescue his side from the brink of defeat against England earlier this week, but he turned villain on Sunday when he was given his marching orders in the 93rd minute.While there could be no arguments about
  
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• TV property expert at war with council over her own home: Channel 5 star faces paying 'tens of thousands' on £1m house - because roof is FIVE-INCHES too wide

  20-07-2026 02:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Claudia Hearne was embroiled in a planning nightmare after completing her extension, where the future of her rear extension on her £1million west London home hung in the balance.
  
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• Britain's data centre hellscape beckons: Humming warehouses which dwarf the countryside use enough energy to power 10,000 homes and draw on water supplies...and one could be coming next door to you

  20-07-2026 02:40 via dailymail.com
  
  On top of the UK's estimated 477 existing data centres, another 100 are in the planning pipeline, and most are set to be built within the next five years.
  
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• Pensioner, 86, is one of two Brits gored by bull at Spanish festival

  20-07-2026 02:37 via dailymail.com
  
  An 86-year-old Briton became the oldest casualty of this year's San Fermin festival after being gored during the final bull run in Pamplona.
  
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• Winner of nearly $2 BILLION lottery jackpot is embattled Arkansas mayor's brother

  20-07-2026 02:36 via dailymail.com
  
  North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick was investigated earlier this year after he was accused of inappropriate behavior at a high school choir concert.
  
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• Boris Johnson: Ramping up the security for MPs would be 'expensive and pointless'

  20-07-2026 02:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The former Tory PM said the move, championed by Reform UK since Ms Widdecombe was found dead at her Dartmoor home earlier this month, would be 'expensive and pointless'.
  
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• Moonlighting presenters face cuts to salaries, BBC chairman warns

  20-07-2026 02:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Chairman Samir Shah said bosses will now take presenters' lucrative external work into account during salary reviews.
  
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• Ready, set, slow! England wins gold in world championships at the weekend - in snail racing

  20-07-2026 02:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Football may not have come home this year - but one sport England has excelled in this past week is snail racing.
  
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• 'Envy' tax to clobber one million drivers who buy an average car this year

  20-07-2026 02:26 via dailymail.com
  
  The 'expensive vehicle supplement' is an annual £425 levy paid for five years on a car costing more than £40,000.
  
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• Barnaby Joyce doubles down on Pauline Hanson's mass deportation claim - as Labor agrees on one key point

  20-07-2026 02:26 via dailymail.com
  
  A Labor politician has agreed with Pauline Hanson on a key aspect of her deportation plan.
  
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• Argentina media blast four players after World Cup final defeat: ‘His worst game’

  20-07-2026 02:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Argentina lost to Spain in the World Cup final (Picture: Getty)Argentinian TV channel TyC Sports criticised four players after the World Cup final defeat to Spain.Argentina were bidding to win back-to-back World Cups at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday night but suffered a 1-0 defeat to impressive Spain.Lionel Scaloni’s side did not have a single shot on goal in normal time but produced a defiant defensive display to shut out European champions Spain.Argentina’s cause was
  
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• Ey up, Stan, looks like that Kate Garraway's pinched my curlers

  20-07-2026 02:23 via dailymail.com
  
  It is a look that could - and probably should - have vanished with the departure of Hilda Ogden from Coronation Street all those years ago.
  
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• How James Bulger's mother is STILL battling to keep her son's killer locked up and why Jon Venables refuses to face the parole hearing that could see him freed any day, by DAVID JAMES SMITH

  20-07-2026 02:22 via dailymail.com
  
  The two boys who abducted, tortured and murdered James Bulger a month before his third birthday in February 1993 will both turn 44 next month.
  
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• The VERY leaky loopholes in Britain's hosepipe bans... from opening your garden to the public or declaring your fountain spiritually significant to claiming you have ADHD

  20-07-2026 02:21 via dailymail.com
  
  11million customers of Southern, South East, Cambridge and Anglian Water, as well as Affinity Water, have been ordered not to use hosepipes, with threatened fines of up to £1,000.
  
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• Trump unleashes NINTH night of Iran strikes after attacks killed at least three US soldiers

  20-07-2026 02:18 via dailymail.com
  
  United States forces have launched strikes on Iran for a ninth consecutive night, hours after the military confirmed a third soldier was killed in the combat.
  
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• The Morning Poll: Should it be made easier to extradite those accused of crimes to the UK?

  20-07-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service has requested the extradition of Andrew and Tristan Tate to face trial in the UK.
  
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• How Donkey Kong Bananza is both a Switch 2 smash hit yet underappreciated

  20-07-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  What did you think of Donkey Kong Bananza? (Nintendo)As Donkey Kong Bananza turns one year old, GameCentral looks back at its launch, its longevity, and what Nintendo could have in store for the franchise going forward.Donkey Kong Bananza, one of the first Nintendo exclusives for the Switch 2, has now celebrated its first anniversary. While it was surprising to see Nintendo give DK the spotlight rather than Mario, the game has undoubtedly been a success.It was amongst the Game of the Year nomin
  
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• So will Donald Trump help to free the Tates after their Miami arrest? Brothers' lawyers claim President will halt 'persecution' by UK

  20-07-2026 01:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Influencer Andrew Tate tried to get Donald Trump's help yesterday as he was arrested in Miami on new sex abuse charges.
  
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• Argentina players turn their backs on Spain squad during World Cup trophy lift

  20-07-2026 01:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Argentina’s players stood far away from Spain’s World Cup trophy ceremony (AP Photo)Argentina’s players turned their backs on Spain as they lifted the World Cup trophy.Spain sealed a 1-0 victory over Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday with Ferran Torres scoring the winner in the first half of extra time.After the full-time whistle, tensions boiled over as Argentina defender Nahuel Molina sparked a brawl by punching Spain captain Rodri in the chest as he ran over t
  
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• BBC and ITV pundits unite after spotting 'disgusting' Argentina World Cup move

  20-07-2026 01:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in New Jersey, but celebrations were marred when two Argentinian defenders clashed with Spanish stars, prompting an outcry from pundits on the BBC and ITV
  
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• US launches ninth night of strikes on Iran after death of third soldier confirmed

  20-07-2026 01:48 via dailymail.com
  
  United States forces have launched strikes on Iran for a ninth consecutive night, hours after the military confirmed a third soldier was killed in the combat.
  
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• Chinese satellites are being 'used by Iran to hit American bases in the Middle East'

  20-07-2026 01:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Beijing is orchestrating a proxy war by targeting deadly strikes on US bases throughout the Middle East, a former UK intelligence officer revealed.
  
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• Why Middle East hostilities could spell trouble at home for Andy Burnham

  20-07-2026 01:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Mortgage rates are creeping up as the resumption of hostilities between the US and Iran sends fresh shocks through the global economy just as Andy Burnham takes office.
  
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• Foreign aid could be doubled and Thames Water taken over in blizzard of politics

  20-07-2026 01:38 via dailymail.com
  
  New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has drawn up plans for a string of eye-catching announcements in the coming days.
  
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• Weeks before he died, Derryn Hinch took my call about a lurid secret book buried for 50 years. What he said about the most awkward chapter of his career revealed everything about the journalist he was

  20-07-2026 01:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Journalists interviewing journalists can be a curious exercise. The one asking the questions knows the one answering them will not just be wary but trying to predict or pre-empt the next move.
  
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• Andy Burnham doesn't speak for us, say voters in South: Mail poll shows new PM faces a legitimacy crisis

  20-07-2026 01:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham faces an extraordinary crisis of legitimacy when he enters Downing Street today.
  
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• Lammy's ministry paid £176,000 to social media influencers to promote Labour policies - including soft justice measures

  20-07-2026 01:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Online 'content creators' were handed taxpayers' money to promote Labour's policies in the department, including its soft justice measures.
  
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• 'Thriving' personal trainer freed from prison after 20 years thrown back in after release date error

  20-07-2026 01:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Billy Hailey was incarcerated at the Colorado Department of Corrections for decades after he was found guilty on two counts of felony assault.
  
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• Donald Trump sends message to Andy Burnham as he brands UK 'poverty-stricken disaster'

  20-07-2026 01:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  US President Donald Trump claimed that further drilling in the North Sea will take the UK "from a Poverty Stricken Disaster" to one of the world's richest countries
  
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