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• Fury at soft sentence for paedophile who RAPED five-year-old

  08-10-2015 22:25
  
  A PAEDOPHILE who raped a girl of five after being freed from jail could be back on the streets in just six-and-a-half years.
  
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• Rebel Wilson wins defamation case over ‘bizarre’ sexual harassment situation

  22-07-2026 11:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rebel Wilson has been cleared of defamation accusations (Picture: Don Arnold/Getty Images)Rebel Wilson has been cleared of defamation claims after court clash with co-star Charlotte MacInnes.The Pitch Perfect actress, 46, was sued by MacInnes for alleged harm to her reputation over Instagram posts Wilson shared in 2024 and 2025.The pair had worked together on The Deb, a musical comedy written and directed by Wilson, in which MacInnes, 28, was one of the leading roles.After the film was released
  
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• Everyone is loving Coronation Street’s Ryan after important and impactful scene

  22-07-2026 11:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘Ryan’s character is evolving so well. Wonderful acting!’ (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street fans have been full of praise for Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott) after Tuesday night’s episode, with many saying he was exactly what Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) needed following Betsy Swain’s (Sydney Martin) devastating stroke.The ITV soap shared a clip from the emotional scene on Instagram after the episode aired, captioning it: ‘Dylan’s face as he finally accepts w
  
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• Ryanair passenger sucked out of window only remembers ‘the explosion’

  22-07-2026 11:28 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 PageLjubiša Karović, a Ryanair passenger who was partly sucked out of a plane window mid-flight, says all he remembers is the ‘explosion’.Ljubiša, 61, was sound asleep when the cabin window next to his seat shattered, jolting him awake and sending his head out the plane.He only survived because his wife, Svetlana Grković, clun
  
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• Man Utd stance on selling Marcus Rashford to Arsenal as transfer ‘priority’ emerges

  22-07-2026 11:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford faces an uncertain future at Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Manchester United are reportedly reluctant to sell Marcus Rashford to a direct rival and Arsenal should be prepared for disappointment if they step up their interest in the forward.Rashford returned home from the World Cup on Sunday and now faces an uncertain future following a season-long loan spell at Barcelona last term, where he registered 14 goals and 14 assists in 49 appearances.The England international enjoye
  
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• Kelly Osbourne ‘aching every single day’ one year after death of dad Ozzy

  22-07-2026 11:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ozzy Osbourne’s family have been remembering him on the first anniversary of his death (Picture: Shutterstock)Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Kelly Osbourne has said she ‘aches every single day’ and misses her father ‘with every part of my soul’ on the first anniversary of his death.The singer, known as the Prince of Darkness, died aged 76 in July last year just over two weeks after his Back to the Beginning farewell concert, where he was reun
  
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• Courtney Stodden blasts Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander for ‘rubbing phone across her breasts when she was 17’

  22-07-2026 11:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Courtney Stodden has called out Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander for a sketch they made in 2012 (Picture: Win McNamee/Getty Images/ Andrew Eccles/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal)Reality star Courtney Stodden has called out Jason Alexander for his behaviour when they worked together when she was 17 years old.
  Specifically, Stodden, 31,has asked how anyone thought a 2012 Funny or Die comedy sketch where the Seinfeld star rubbed a phone across his breasts was allowed to be made.
  ‘I was 17 years
  
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• ‘Wants to play’ – Mikel Arteta warned that £28m Arsenal star could demand transfer exit

  22-07-2026 11:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta has been given a warning (Picture: Getty)Mikel Arteta has been warned that Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino may seek a transfer exit after winning the World Cup with Spain this summer.Merino played a pivotal role off the bench for La Roja, scoring match-winning goals against Portugal and Belgium to help guide his nation to their second World Cup trophy.The Spaniard will return to Arsenal in the coming weeks as the Gunners ramp up preparations to begin the defence of their Premier Le
  
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• Emmerdale’s Lucy Pargeter ‘expecting triplets’ as she makes unexpected announcement

  22-07-2026 11:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  What’s Chas been up to now? (Picture: ITV)It’s an Emmerdale story in the making. Expecting the arrival of triplets is exactly the kind of hijinks you’d expect from Chas Dingle. However, this time, Lucy Pargeter is the source of the baby drama.The actress, who has played the brassy, sassy member of the Dingle clan since her debut in 2002, recently took to Instagram to announce that her family is expecting not one, not two, but THREE new arrivals.Lucy posted a picture of an ultr
  
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• Woman in her 20s 'denied entry to Gourmet Burger Kitchen' due to little-known rule

  22-07-2026 11:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old woman was denied entry to Gourmet Burger Kitchen at the Trafford Centre due to a little-known rule - and the restaurant has doubled down on its controversial policy
  
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• Mass brawl involving 10 passengers forces UK-bound easyJet plane to return to Tenerife

  22-07-2026 11:11 via dailymail.com
  
  An easyJet flight bound for the UK has had to turn back to Tenerife after a mass brawl broke out mid-air. 
  
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• Kai Rooney's younger brother, 8, lands first job as Coleen's pay soars above Wayne's

  22-07-2026 11:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coleen Rooney has gained a lucrative new deal that has overshadowed Wayne Rooney's with the BBC
  
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• NHS trust that discharged Nottingham killer despite his history of violence investigated for corporate manslaughter

  22-07-2026 11:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust discharged Valdo Calocane despite his history of violence, threats to kill and refusal to take medication.
  
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• Moment speeding driver squeals for help as he is hunted down by police dog while trying to flee on foot after 80mph chase

  22-07-2026 11:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Body-cam footage shows Godfrey Forster-Davies, 26, screaming in terror and begging 'please help me!' when he was hunted down by the pooch called Yolo.
  
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• Origin Energy admits to cyber hack that has compromised millions of Aussie customers' data

  22-07-2026 11:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Origin Energy admitted to an incident where unauthorised access to customer data may have been granted.
  
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• Burnham's bus shambles: Minister admits £450m funding for £2 fare cap 'not worked out yet' - a day after PM told Cabinet ALL policies must be costed

  22-07-2026 11:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham has been boasting about his decision to cap single bus fares at £2 across the country - instead of £3 typically now.
  
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• British Airways pilots are struck down by food poisoning after India stopover - with one 'incapacitated' and put on oxygen at 30,000 feet

  22-07-2026 11:07 via dailymail.com
  
  One officer was 'incapacitated' and put on oxygen at 30,000 feet on the 10-and-a-half-hour flight to Heathrow.
  
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• 'Hamas sleeper cell terrorist' is found working at luxury Crete hotel 'while preparing cruise ship attack' - as plot to carry out 'second October 7' in Europe is foiled

  22-07-2026 11:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Greek police discovered chemicals, a precision scale and other specialist equipment used to make bombs inside his apartment in Athens.
  
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• 'It upsets me that my children still see their stepdad'

  22-07-2026 11:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coleen advises a reader whose children have continued to see her ex after their breakup, often doing so behind her back. Is she right to feel down about it? Should she have it out with the kids?
  
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• 'Highly sophisticated' cannabis factory found in disused chicken farm with people 'living on site'

  22-07-2026 11:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A shocking video shared by police showed the inside of a former chicken farm turned into a cannabis factory holding £500,000 worth of the drug, near a small UK village
  
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• Zendaya sparks fury after wearing 3,000-year-old gold earrings to promote The Odysey as historians condemn 'hijacking' of ancient treasures

  22-07-2026 10:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Zendaya has sparked fury after she wore 3,000-year-old earrings during her press tour for The Odyssey. 
  
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• Emmerdale’s Charity can’t hold in her agony after getting more bad news about Dr Todd

  22-07-2026 10:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  The hope quickly vanished (Picture: ITV)The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Emmerdale dated July 22. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX and YouTube.Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) dared to hope after meeting another one of Dr Caitlin Todd’s (Caroline Harker) victims in Emmerdale.After learning from DS Reid (Angela Lonsdale) that the CPS would be dropping the case against Dr Todd, a devastated Charity believed her fight for justice was over.De
  
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• Beauty queen and partner shot dead in roadside execution with killer at large

  22-07-2026 10:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Influencer Ulissias Marcelli Couto Flores Cardial, 30, was found on a rural street in Brazil - a few metres from the dead body of her partner Vinícius Souza de Carvalho
  
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• Wes Streeting apologises for hot mic joke about prisoners being released early

  22-07-2026 10:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wes Streeting was heard jokingly branding new Justice Secretary Alex Norris 'the enemy' and saying he 'wants to let them all out' - a reference to the government's early prisoner release scheme
  
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• Only Fools icon David Jason appears in controversial new BBC TV licence advert alongside Romesh Ranganathan despite making major barbs about channel

  22-07-2026 10:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The Only Fools And Horses legend, 86, appeared in the BBC's controversial new TV licence advert, despite making barbs about the broadcaster.
  
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• Prince William and Kate Middleton release new photo of Prince George on 13th birthday

  22-07-2026 10:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince George is also starting secondary school in SeptemberA new photo has been released of Prince George as he becomes a teenager.Kensington Palace released the picture of the young royal to mark his 13th birthday.The Palace posted the photo on their social media page ‘Happy 13th birthday, George!’ alongside a party popper emoji.The picture was taken after Trooping the Colour last month, by photographer Matt Porteous.George is the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales and
  
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• The habits Brits save for when the rest of the house is asleep

  22-07-2026 10:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research by EDF ahead of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games has uncovered how Brits carve out time to take part in their favourite pursuits - and there are ways to save money while doing so
  
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• 'I was bitten by venomous snake that was hiding under my sofa'

  22-07-2026 10:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daniel Case says he felt a searing pain before looking down to see the 'whopping' snake hanging off his foot
  
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• EastEnders’ Joel left to die in horrendous attack as the teens strike back

  22-07-2026 10:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joel’s life hangs in the balance after a shocking turn of events (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)EastEnders spoilers follow for Wednesday’s (July 22) episode, which can now be streamed on BBC iPlayer. The episode in question will air at 7:30pm.Joel Marshall’s (Max Murray) fate has been left up in the air after he was found unconscious and alone – not long after the teens took revenge.The incel, as viewers know, horrified the residents of the Square last yea
  
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• Most single bus fares will be capped at £2 from January

  22-07-2026 10:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham already set a £2 limit for bus fares in Manchester while he was mayor (Picture: PA)Single bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January, Andy Burnham has anounced.The new Prime Minister has pledged to cut the nationwide cap for single tickets from £3 in one of his first measures in office.Areas like the North East already have a cap lower than £3, while Burnham set a £2 maximum in Greater Manchester while he was mayor.Mr Burnham said: &lsq
  
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