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• Flight disaster averted after two jets with SAME flight number spared from almost-certain collision

  15-08-2026 02:14 via dailymail.com
  
  The near miss happened when a pair of American Airlines planes under the same call call sign and on the same frequency spoke with the controller as one arrived into Phoenix and another was leaving.
  
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• Man Utd and Arsenal sent clear message over signing ‘incredible’ £30m star

  16-08-2026 13:05 via metro.co.uk
  Joaquin Seys is valued at £30m by Club Brugge (Photo: Getty)Club Brugge manager Ivan Leko admits he is ‘proud’ to see Joaquin Seys linked with a big money transfer to Manchester United and Arsenal.And Leko has conceded that it would be ‘hard to say no’ to selling his star defender this summer, if the right offer was made.Seys has been tipped to move to the Premier League following an excellent 2025/26 season, in which he won the Belgium Pro League and reached the q
  
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• Is the Burnham bounce already fading? PM's popularity dips amid prisoner early release row

  16-08-2026 13:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Less than a month after Andy Burnham entered No10, a poll suggested his favourability rating has dipped by five points over the past week.
  
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• My honest review of one of the UK’s best woodland retreats that costs £112 a night

  16-08-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  Lincolnshire may not be on your holiday hit list, but this place deserves to be (Picture: Supplied)Hidden among the rolling plains of Lincolnshire is Bainland Lodge, a peaceful oasis with woodland hot tubs, heavenly facials, and rustic cabins, plus bikes and Segway adventures if you fancy.But really, this place is all about switching off. If you wanted, you could spend your entire time at the park without seeing another soul.Last year it was nominated for not one, but three British Travel Award
  
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• A ‘three-headed asteroid’ has been discovered – and we’d be ‘toast if it hit us’

  16-08-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  Not something you want hurtling towards us, that’s for sure (Picture: Getty/MetroThe Cerberus of the asteroid world has been discovered – and let’s hope it won’t crash into Earth anytime soon.
  A lone stargazer discovered 44 Nysa from his flat in 1857, seeing just a pinprick of light in the sky between Mars and Jupiter.But a joint effort by scientists in Arizona and Chile has discovered that Nysa isn’t your average rock – it has not one, not two, but three hea
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after woman in her 90s dies in fire

  16-08-2026 12:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  The suspect was known to the victim, who was a woman in her 90s (Picture: Getty Images)A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a house fire killed a woman in her 90s in Gloucester.Firefighters responded to reports of a fire on Elmgrove Road West in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, shortly before 4am this morning.A woman in her 90s was found unconscious inside and was pronounced dead after emergency services attempted CPR.A woman in her 60s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and
  
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• Water companies could be allowed to charge customers more during droughts as watchdog considers giving green light to 'surge pricing'

  16-08-2026 12:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The Water Services Regulation Authority will allow firms to fluctuate prices in a bid to reduce consumption.
  
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• Cyclists demand better helmets in emotional statement after tragic death of 19-year-old star

  16-08-2026 12:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Finlay Tarling's tragic death at the age of 19 in a crash while racing in the Tour of Portugal has sparked an outpouring of emotion, as well as anger
  
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• Reform UK says ‘mass immigration’ to blame for hosepipe ban affecting millions

  16-08-2026 12:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  The hosepipe ban has been placed on more than 26 million people amid the major drought (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)Reform UK has claimed mass immigration is the reason why millions of people in England and Wales are banned from using their hoses.Both countries recorded their driest July since Met Office records began 190 years ago, with some areas going more than 50 days without a drop of rain.The extreme conditions have led drought to be declared in two-thirds of England and across the wh
  
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• Woman in her 60s arrested for 'murder' after woman in her 90s dies in house fire

  16-08-2026 12:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 60s has been arrested by police on suspicion of murder and arson after a 90-year-old woman died in a house fire in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire
  
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• Heart-racing moment woman jumps from burning building to escape Berlin fire

  16-08-2026 12:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As fire raged at the 21-story high-rise in Berlin, Germany, a woman had to summon the bravery to jump when a firefighter couldn't get close enough to rescue her from a ledge
  
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• One dead after Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii with 91mph winds

  16-08-2026 12:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  A vehicle drives near a downed utility pole dangling above Mamalahoa Highway (Picture: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle/AP)At least one person has died after Hurricane Lala pelted Hawaii with strong winds and torrential rain.The core of the first tropical storm to form in the central Pacific this year ‘brushed’ just south of Big Island yesterday.Lala brought with it winds of up to 91mph, dumped 25 inches of rain and whipped up a 3ft storm surge, a change in sea level.
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• Cheryl Tweedy's killer stalker is moved to secure hospital from prison months after being put back behind bars

  16-08-2026 12:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Daniel Bannister, 51, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act after spending five months behind bars.
  
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• Greenfield fire - live: Firefighters warn 'stay away' as Tesco forced to close

  16-08-2026 12:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Multiple fire crews are tackling a huge fire on an industrial site in Greenfield, Greater Manchester, with flames and smoke visible for miles around
  
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• An IED tore off ex-Gurkha Hari Budha Magar's legs but the hero fought back and conquered Everest

  16-08-2026 12:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Gurkha Hari Budha Magar lost both legs above the knee in Afghanistan. After fighting PTSD and alcoholism he fought back and broke world records for climbing the Seven Summits
  
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• Katie Price asks newly-single reality star if she’s his type after taking off wedding ring

  16-08-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘Am I your type or not?’ Katie Price asked Jake Quickenden on stage (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)Katie Price got on stage over the weekend to tell a gathered crowd – and prove it in the moment – that she’s a woman who says what’s on her mind.The former glamour model attended The Hair and Beauty Awards to present an award at The AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday.Just days after she was photographed having taken off her wedding ring with husband Lee Andr
  
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• I’ve been bullied over my name all my life – but I refuse to change it

  16-08-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I didn’t change my name because I didn’t want the racist bullies to win (Picture: Yashi Banymadhub)‘Your name’s got s**t in it,’ goaded one of my best friends.We were 14 and on a school trip in Normandy; five girls sharing a room. It should have been a treat – but hearing those words, the ugly pink walls closed in on me. This wasn’t the first taunt I’d received about my name, Yashita. I’d had it thrown in my face by jeeri
  
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• Frank Lampard targets deal for second Chelsea star after Mykhailo Mudryk approach

  16-08-2026 11:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Coventry manager and Chelsea legend Frank Lampard (Picture: Getty)Frank Lampard has expressed interest in signing a second Chelsea star for Coventry City after making an approach for Mykhailo Mudryk.Lampard is keen to bolster his Coventry squad further as he prepares for their return to the Premier League.Coventry face Premier League champions Arsenal in their opening fixture of the new season after storming to the Championship title last term.The Sky Blues have signed Caleb Yirenkyi, Carl Rush
  
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• 'Pins and needles turned out to be deadly spiderweb in my brain'

  16-08-2026 11:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Mum-of-five Bryony Hill from Selston, Nottinghamshire, is living on borrowed time after receiving a devastating diagnosis after what initially seemed to be a minor problem
  
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• Man, 19, arrested after shooting rampage on university campus left five injured

  16-08-2026 11:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Camron Harris was arrested after the shooting (Picture: Chesterfield County Police via A)A suspected gunman has been arrested after a shooting spree on a university campus left five people injured.Camron Harris, 19, was detained after reportedly being found hiding in a dorm closet 14 hours after the attack at Virginia State University.The shooting in the early hours of Saturday morning triggered an hours-long campus wide lockdown that was lifted seven hours later.Five wounded aged 17 to 23
  
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• Revealed: Influencer is accused of helping run 'sextortion' racket targeting wealthy married men with honey trap 'dates' - as TikTok star girlfriend dumps him

  16-08-2026 11:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Kane Samms, 35, faces two lawsuits after allegedly luring wealthy men into online relationships via the luxury dating site Seeking - with some claiming they were blackmailed with intimate materials.
  
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• ‘I weighed 14st aged nine - losing 15st showed the real battle was after the weight came off'

  16-08-2026 11:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Susan McGinnis weighs less now at 28 than she did at just nine years old
  
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• Sydney mum's Kmart warning after her six-year-old son 'finds a syringe and needle' in a pair of just-bought pants

  16-08-2026 11:39 via dailymail.com
  
  She said her son had already put on the trousers when he made the alarming discovery.
  
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• Virgin Atlantic engineer, 23, killed after explosion at Heathrow was 'beautiful son'

  16-08-2026 11:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Virgin engineer Georgie Buxton died from a traumatic brain injury after an explosion as he worked inside a plane fuel tank
  
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• Multiple people dead after car drives wrong way on motorway

  16-08-2026 11:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the scene in the early hours of this morning (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)A number of people are dead and four have been taken to hospital after a car drove the wrong way along a motorway in Ireland.Among the passengers injured in the crash in Co Kildare early this morning was a child, who remains in a serious condition.Gardaí, the Irish police force, said the ‘head-on collision’ took place on the northbound stretch of the M9 road at around 3a
  
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• Hollywood star Shane Ryan Gledhill faces 24 child sex abuse charges after 'using cast calls as bait'

  16-08-2026 11:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actor and producer Shane Ryan Gledhill has been hit with a total of 24 felony charges relating to allegations of child sexual abuse and has been accused of using casting calls to lure his victims
  
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• Amanda Abbington 'receives substantial settlement' over Strictly Come Dancing bullying row

  16-08-2026 11:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amanda Abbington has reportedly received a settlement over her Strictly Come Dancing bullying row, which saw the BBC launch an official investigation into the alleged behaviour of her partner Giovanni Pernice in 2023
  
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• Our siblings have been keeping our mum's body in an undertaker's drawer for FOUR YEARS… now we've sued them for £60,000 but our nightmare goes on: JANE FRYER meets a family at war

  16-08-2026 11:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Laura died on July 29, 2022, in London's Charing Cross Hospital, six months after contracting Covid. Ever since Laura's body has been in a metal drawer in an undertaker's mortuary in London.
  
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• Why DID Agatha Christie vanish for 11 days, sparkling huge manhunt? After her car was found by 600ft drop, many feared suicide. Now a new book reveals the astonishing truth

  16-08-2026 11:23 via dailymail.com
  
  The abandoned Morris Cowley was the first clue. With its headlights still blazing in the morning mist, the car was discovered in bushes at a Surrey beauty spot, 500 yards down a steep slope.
  
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• Twelve dead after tourist bus crashes in Hungary

  16-08-2026 11:23 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 PageAt least 12 people were killed after a packed tourist bus crashed into a ditch in Hungary.
  The fatal collision happened at about 1am local time today when the bus travelling on Hungary’s M3 motorway veered into the ditch.
  The bus, carrying dozens of Polish holidaymakers, was near the town of Mezokeresztes, around 90 miles east of Budapest, when the tra
  
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