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• Frog evolution linked to dinosaur asteroid strike

  03-07-2017 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The huge diversity of frogs we see today is mainly a consequence of the asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, a study suggests.
  
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• Katie Hopkins kicked out of East London pub during England match

  20-06-2026 12:37 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 PageKatie Hopkins was dramatically ejected from an east London pub during England’s World Cup clash with Croatia after a heated confrontation with fellow football fans.The controversial media personality reportedly found herself at the centre of an angry stand-off while watching England’s opening tournament fixture at the Dundee Arms in Bethnal Green
  
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• Chelsea stance on signing Ethan Nwaneri revealed with Arsenal star put up for sale

  20-06-2026 12:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nwaneri among those who could leave this summer (Picture: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)Chelsea are unlikely to rekindle their interest in Ethan Nwaneri if Arsenal decide to sell their young star this summer.Nwaneri broke into Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad aged just 15 back in 2022 but struggled to make his mark during the Gunners’ Premier League-winning title campaign last term.Following the signings of Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze, the 19-year-old failed to start a le
  
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• Ian Wright names his World Cup dark horses: ‘They will reach the semi-finals’

  20-06-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright (Picture: Getty)Ian Wright is confident that the United States of America will cause an upset and reach the latter stages of this World Cup.The US followed up their convincing 4-1 win over Paraguay with a 2-0 victory against Australia on Friday to book their place in the tournament’s knockout stages.Mauricio Pochettino’s side went ahead after just 11 minutes when Australian defender Cameron Burgess turned the ball into his own net.And Al
  
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• Full list of Quiz Clothing shops shutting today as chain continues closing down sale

  20-06-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The popular clothing chain is shutting its doors for good today. (Credits: Shutterstock / Tartezy)Clothing chain Quiz has confirmed it is shutting down its final 20 stores after falling into administration earlier this year.
  The Glasgow-founded group owed more than £40million when it called in administrator Interpath at the start of the year.Over a dozen stores have since shut after the retail chain confirmed a ‘phased closure plan’ with an aim to close all units by the end of
  
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• Harry and Meghan offered stay in ‘royal estate’ for first family UK visit in four years

  20-06-2026 12:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to return to the UK for a visit next month (Picture: AFP)Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been offered accommodation on a royal estate for their first family visit to the UK in four years.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will arrive next month with their children, Archie and Lilibet, seven and five.The family may stay in royal accommodation from July 6 for as long as two weeks.This will be the first time King Charles has seen his grandchildren in person s
  
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• Andrew feels he is ‘most at risk royal’ – and wants tax-payers to fund his protection

  20-06-2026 12:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor believes he is the most at-risk member of the Royal Family (Picture: PA)Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is worried he is not getting enough security following an alleged altercation near his home in Sandringham.The disgraced ex-prince fears he is ‘more at risk’ than other royals, having lost his taxpayer-funded protection when his titles were stripped.Andrew feels that there are ‘fixated individuals’, with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, alon
  
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• Sex in your seventies: ‘We’ve tried sex toys and role play to spice things up’ 

  20-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Keith and partner Heather are determined not to let their age get in the way of an exciting sex life (Picture: Supplied)Keith Leech wasn’t looking for love when it found him. Both newly separated, he and friend Heather had always shared an easy camaraderie in the circle they shared in Hastings in the 90s. But one afternoon in the pub, Keith, then in his forties, noticed something shift.‘I felt a really strange feeling. Like some external force was pushing us together,’ he reme
  
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• My love affair with California motels — cheap, comfy and not a shootout in sight

  20-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Every motel worth its salt has a lagoon pool (Picture: Sadie Whitelocks)Thanks to Hollywood, American motels have a branding problem.They’re the backdrop to shootouts, seedy rendezvous and the sort of places where fugitives lie low while detectives ask questions at reception. After years of seeing them on screen, I had a pretty vivid idea of what awaited me on a California road trip: threadbare curtains, questionable carpets and, if the films were to be believed, the possibility of a
  
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• Gary Lineker's spectacular net worth after leaving BBC and landing ITV World Cup role

  20-06-2026 11:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker left the BBC in 2025 after more than two decades as the face of Match of the Day, walking away from a £1.35million-a-year salary - but his net worth shows he is far from struggling
  
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• Heathrow Airport alert for travellers heading to Spain, France and more

  20-06-2026 11:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People heading to Europe for the summer are being warned to account for additional waits
  
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• Emma Hayes faces down her sexist critics as ITV upgrade her World Cup chalkboard with magnets after viewers said it looked like she was presenting from a kitchen

  20-06-2026 11:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Viewers had questioned why the USA women's boss was given a small chalkboard instead of a digital touchscreen to do her tactical analysis of England's win over Croatia.
  
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• Asda makes major change to online deliveries with a new two hour rule

  20-06-2026 11:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Make sure you have the perfect meal during the World Cup (Picture: Getty Images)Whether it’s a half-time pizza, picky bits in front of the TV, or late-night orders celebrating an England win, watching the World Cup is hungry work.But with games kicking off at 10pm or later due to the time difference of the host nations America, Mexico and Canada, it makes popping to the shops for some last minute grub a little challenging.Luckily, Asda has a solution to make sure we’re all ‘ma
  
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• UK heatwave to reach 34C next week as rare amber heat warning issued

  20-06-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to soar to 34C on Monday, with the Met Office warning that there is a 40 per cent chance of exceeding the highest-ever temperature for June
  
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• 'I was only reporter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and two comments surprised me'

  20-06-2026 11:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A journalist who travelled with Andrew-Mountbatten Windsor has written about a couple of comments he made whilst abroad in his role as a special envoy for trade and investment
  
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• 'Act like grown-ups!': Streeting ally demands ex-health secretary takes part in talks with Starmer and Burnham over Labour's leadership crisis - but could he be bought off with a top job?

  20-06-2026 11:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Jess Phillips, a former Home Office minister, called on the three men to 'act like grown-ups' amid the party's civil war over who should be prime minister.
  
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• MLS side mock BBC after World Cup viewers spot glaring error in studio

  20-06-2026 11:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One MLS side couldn't help but poke fun at the BBC after an obvious error during their live coverage of the 2026 World Cup, taking to social media to troll the broadcaster
  
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• It’s naff to bring prosecco to a party, darling — take these English wines instead

  20-06-2026 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  These drinks will make you the talk of the party (Picture: Getty Images)It’s the first day of English Wine Week.Okay, but what the heck is that? It’s a week of, well, drinking English wine.Forget showing up anywhere with a bottle of Prosecco, that’s naff. It really should be about celebrating the home-grown stuff. Particularly within the designated week for English wine.To be fair, we should be doing that anyway. Particularly as, over the next seven days, vineyards, restaurant
  
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• 'Vape explosion in my pocket burned the skin off my leg - I'd to be airlifted to hospital'

  20-06-2026 10:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: A hissing sound turned into a nightmare for Gavin Sutherland after a vape battery suddenly exploded in his pocket, leaving him needing a skin graft
  
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• Naga Munchetty’s dig at Carol Kirkwood sparks official BBC complaints

  20-06-2026 10:53 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 PageWhat was intended as a light-hearted farewell between friends has ended up generating more than 100 complaints to the BBC.BBC Breakfast viewers formally complained after presenter Naga Munchetty appeared to make a cheeky remark to departing weather star Carol Kirkwood during her final appearance on the programme.Carol, 63, signed off from BBC Breakfast earli
  
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• 'Disabled' suspect's carers 'were 10 metres behind him, on their phones and not paying much attention' at crocodile zoo before he 'hurled three-year-old boy into enclosure'

  20-06-2026 10:52 via dailymail.com
  
  The boy sustained critical injuries at Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, following the incident Thursday lunchtime.
  
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• 'I became addicted to weight-loss jabs and used them three times a week - I missed crucial warning signs'

  20-06-2026 10:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING SENSITIVE CONTENT: Hayleigh Davis turned to jabs to help her lose weight - but she became quickly became addicted and has since been diagnosed with anorexia
  
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• Sleep expert names 'common' mistake people make as Met Office predicts 'extreme heat'

  20-06-2026 10:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has forecast temperatures up to 34C in the coming days with an amber weather warning for 'extreme heat' in force on Monday and Tuesday
  
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• Brazil suffer World Cup injury blow as teammate gives worrying update

  20-06-2026 10:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Vinicius Jr was concerned for his teammate (Picture: Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)Brazil got their first win of the World Cup against Haiti but suffered a potentially significant injury blow with Raphinha forced off.The Selecao eased to a 3-0 victory in the early hours of Saturday morning with Manchester United star Matheus Cunha, deployed up front, scoring a first-half brace.Vinicius Jr scored his second of the competition just before half-time, coolly slotting past the Haiti goalkeeper to
  
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• Suspect’s carers ‘on their phones’ when boy, 3, was thrown into crocodile pit

  20-06-2026 10:38 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 PageThe carers of a man suspected of throwing a child inside a crocodile enclosure were ‘on their phone’ earlier in the day, according to a report.The three-year-old was injured at Johnsons of Old Hurst in Huntingdon, a family-run zoo outside Cambridge, on Thursday afternoon.
  His family watched as the boy was thrown 15 feet into the croc enclosure, b
  
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• Edinburgh airport facing major disruption after bomb scare prompts evacuation

  20-06-2026 10:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers are facing long queues at Edinburgh Airport after parts of the terminal building were evacuated on Friday evening following a bomb scare
  
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• Nicky Campbell’s ‘badly injured’ daughter victim of hospital nightmare after e-bike hit-and-run

  20-06-2026 10:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nicky Campbell’s daughter Lilla ‘was badly injured’ in the incident (Picture: X/@NickyAACampbell)Nicky Campbell’s daughter Lilla was rushed to the hospital after being hit by an e-bike in London.Campbell announced the news on Instagram on Saturday morning, explaining that Lilla, 26, had been with her sisters in Peckham when the incident occurred.
  ‘It’s been a long and emotional night,’ he wrote. ‘My daughter Lilla was hit by an e-bike hit and run
  
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• Now even Keir Starmer's loyalists lose faith and demand he quit to hand over to Andy Burnham... as pressure grows on 'lame duck' PM to agree to leave No10 within a month

  20-06-2026 10:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Sir Keir has repeatedly vowed to fight any challenge to his leadership and insisted he will not 'walk away'.
  
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• Venezuela Fury's new home that husband called 'tiny' after leaving Tyson's £8m mansion

  20-06-2026 10:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Venezuela Fury has swapped Tyson Fury's £8m Isle of Man mansion for a static caravan in Yorkshire – and her new husband has already complained the new home is "tiny"
  
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• At least one dead and 1,700 evacuated after fire at luxury beach resort

  20-06-2026 10:14 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 one holidaymaker has died in a fire which engulfed a popular hotel in the Dominican Republic.Some 1,700 guests were evacuated from the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach hotel in the southeastern resort of Bayahibe.Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian, was killed in the blaze.Three people were taken to medical centres, while another six were treated
  
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