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• Games Inbox: Will GTA 6 have a co-op mode?

  21-09-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  GTA 6 – two characters but only single-player (Rockstar Games)The Monday letters page hopes that GTA 6 will get an online co-op option, as one reader looks forward to Dino Crisis: The Movie.Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
  Partners in crime
  So everyone’s busy looking forward to GTA 6 but I’m still a little put out that despite 25 minutes of gameplay footage
  
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• Emmerdale star confirms big Sarah scenes with Robert and Aaron as major change unfolds

  22-09-2026 16:28 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 PageYou’ve got to feel for Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) in Emmerdale, haven’t you?The poor girl has been through so, so much, and it just when it seemed that grandma Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) could deliver a little ray of hope to her, she of course did a Charity, and handed Sarah a baby that isn’t hers.According to Katie, though, Sarah is about
  
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• Supernanny Jo Frost reveals well-meaning habit can make kids ‘snappy and rude’

  22-09-2026 16:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Supernanny star revealed she suffered from anaphylaxis last year (Picture: Getty)From swimming and horse riding to drama and guitar lessons, when it comes to extracurricular activities for your kids, the options are endless.It’s natural to want to give your little one the opportunity to find their passion — after all, you could have the next piano maestro or England captain in your midst.But in a recent Instagram post, Supernanny Jo Frost said that ‘overscheduling’ a
  
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• The dangerous social media scoreboard ‘game’ every parent needs to know about

  22-09-2026 16:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Police say the ‘game’ is exacerbating gang violence (Picture: Getty Images)While no parent wants to believe their child is caught up in organised crime, an estimated 70,000 young people are involved in gangs throughout the UK.In a recent LBC report, the Metropolitan Police revealed youth violence in Lambeth and Southwark had been on the increase this year — in no small part due to a dangerous new social media ‘game’.Officers working on Operation Gallium, the Met&rs
  
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• Tim Westwood charged with sexually assaulting two teenagers

  22-09-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  The former BBC Radio 1 DJ and presenter is facing 17 charges involving nine women (Picture: PA)Tim Westwood has been charged with two more offences, including an alleged indecent assault of a teenage girl in 1991 and a sexual assault of a teenage woman in 2004.The Metropolitan Police said today that the 68-year-old is accused of indecently assaulting a 16 or 17-year-old girl in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991.In May 2004, he is alleged to have sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman in Wand
  
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• Boy, 14, stabbed girl who rejected him in chilling echo of Adolescence

  22-09-2026 16:16 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 PageA 14-year-old boy repeatedly stabbed a girl in a ‘frenzied’ attack because she would not go out with him.The teenager was ‘obsessed’ with the girl and followed her into a shop in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on March 15.Chilling CCTV footage shows him calmly walking up to her with his hands in his pockets before he pulls out a blade
  
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• Trump explodes at CNN's Kaitlan Collins as he arrives at the UN with Melania

  22-09-2026 16:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump exploded at a female CNN reporter as he arrived alongside Melania a the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
  
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• Bootle house fire - latest: Four dead as 'man smashed windows' in rescue attempt

  22-09-2026 16:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devastated neighbours have told how a man tried to gain entry to the home but was beaten back by flames
  
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• Brothers kidnapped man outside Nando’s and held him at gunpoint for £30k ransom

  22-09-2026 16:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  The brothers kidnapped Ali Almafraji in September 2023 (Picture: SWNS)Two brothers have been jailed after using a fake dating profile to lure a stranger to Nando’s before holding him at gunpoint for hours.Bilal and Zachariya Rakik were both jailed for more than seven years after pleading guilty to kidnapping, blackmail, and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.In September 2023, the pair kidnapped victim Ali Almafraji, a friend of a friend whom they had
  
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• Tony Blair shows off toned arms in new gym photo

  22-09-2026 16:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair was seen in high spirits after a gym session with an Indonesian politician (Picture: Instagram)Tony Blair has shown off his surprisingly toned physique during a gym session with a senior Indonesian politician.The former Prime Minister posed for a picture alongside Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin, speaker of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council.Blair, 72, appeared to be in high spirits after their workout while wearing a tank top.Sharing a picture from their session on Instagra
  
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• Australian accused of murdering Thai teenager and dumping her body in a suitcase says from jail he didn't call an ambulance because he doesn't 'trust the police'

  22-09-2026 16:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Simon Peter Carman, from Perth, is accused of murdering 17-year-old Tunchanok 'Cake' Donhomla in Thailand.
  
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• DJ Tim Westwood, 68, is charged with two more sex assaults: Ex-BBC Radio 1 star now faces 17 charges against nine women

  22-09-2026 16:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The former BBC Radio 1 DJ has already been charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assalt and two counts of sexual assault.
  
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• Rivage review – saving the world, one puzzle at a time

  22-09-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rivage – saving the world, one puzzle at a time (Raw Fury)An indie sci-fi puzzle game attempts to offer a more laidback experience, when compared to the season’s more action-orientated blockbusters.Puzzles have been around for as long as humans have known how to write, it’s just their delivery mechanism that changes. Up until fairly recently that was most likely to be a book or the back pages of a newspaper, the answers to each cryptic clue typically hidden on a different page
  
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• Four people die after fire spreads through house in Bootle, Merseyside

  22-09-2026 15:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fire crews and police attended the house this morning after the overnight fire (Picture: LIVERPOOL ECHO)Four people have died in a fire at a house in Merseyside overnight.Four casualties ‘showing no signs of life’ were found at the semi-detached house in Stone Square in Bootle, Sefton.Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the blaze at about 3.45am this morning.The ‘intense fire’ at the property ‘spread very rapidly’, Chief Fire Officer
  
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• NFL players’ shoes melt during game played in record-breaking heat

  22-09-2026 15:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  It wasn’t only the players that felt the heat as the air temperature reached 35°C with a 41°C heat index (Picture: AP Photo/George Walker IV)NFL players were left with burning feet and even melting shoes after the artificial field beneath them reached a reported temperature of 156°F (69°C).Some needed water poured over their footwear during the Tennessee Titans’ game against the Philadelphia Eagles, while one player went through two different pairs.The extraordinary
  
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• Trump explodes at female CNN reporter as he arrives at the UN with Melania

  22-09-2026 15:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump exploded at a female CNN reporter as he arrived alongside Melania a the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
  
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• Jessie Cave thinks handling one child is harder than 4 – here’s what parents think

  22-09-2026 15:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Parenting is hard no matter how many kids you have – but is there an optimum number? (Picture: Getty Images)Basic maths would suggest that having fewer children makes for a slightly easier life than dealing with an entire brood — but not everyone agrees.Speaking on an episode of their podcast, Before We Break Up Again, hosts Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown, who are married with four kids, say that one child is actually ‘more difficult’ to parent, than multiple kids.Alfie sai
  
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• Greens at war over Gaza as Polanski struggles to stop activists pushing for destruction of Israel

  22-09-2026 15:53 via dailymail.com
  
  The Green leader hit out at a motion to be presented at the party conference next week which advocates for 'a single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine'.
  
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• Four people dead in house fire: Tragedy after blaze tore through property in early hours

  22-09-2026 15:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Six fire engines and eight firefighters scrambled to the scene of an 'intense fire which was spreading rapidly' at a semi-detached property in Bootle at 3.38am.
  
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• Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler reveals key to beating Arsenal in style

  22-09-2026 15:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fabian Hurzeler’s team stunned the Premier League champions on Saturday (Picture: Getty Images)Brighton pulled off a stunning 3-0 win over Premier League champions Arsenal on Saturday and manager Fabian Hurzeler has credited their ‘old school’ principles.Pascal Gross, Charalampos Kostoulas and Chema Andres scored the goals in a dominant win for the Seagulls over the previously unbeaten Gunners.A victory for Hurzeler’s side was not a monumental shock, but the nature of it
  
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• Kenneth left everything to the son who cared for him for decades. His brother's fight for a share of the $1.3m estate exposed Thailand trips, infidelity and a stunning mistake about his late mother

  22-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  He said he was homeless, sleeping on a mattress and entitled to part of his father's estate. What emerged during the court fight was a very different picture.
  
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• Nigel Farage accused of using 'division and fear' to make himself richer

  22-09-2026 15:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Ed Davey accused the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of trying to create 'division and fear', and warned about turning Britain into the 'worst of Trump's America'
  
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• Bootle house fire - latest: Four dead in horror Merseyside blaze as woman cries in street

  22-09-2026 15:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Forensics teams can be seen outside the family home in Bootle, Merseyside, which caught fire this morning
  
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• Mum's terrifying ordeal as cosmetic surgery in Turkey left her clinging to life

  22-09-2026 15:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aimee Carr, 29, from Manchester, says she was left fighting for her life after a £3,000 breast uplift and implants procedure
  
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• Chelsea star breaks silence after claims he could leave over Xabi Alonso decision

  22-09-2026 15:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alonso has not started the Chelsea star in the Premier League this season (Picture: Shutterstock)Estevao Willian says he will do all he can to force his way into Xabi Alonso’s first-team plans at Chelsea.  The Brazil international has not started a Premier League game since Alonso took the reins, managing just 23 minutes of action across four games as a late substitute.Chelsea’s new-look attack started the season impressively but drew a blank in their 3-0 defeat to Brentford on
  
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• Bungie to revive Destiny 2 and ‘evolve’ Marathon as it admits losing fans’ trust

  22-09-2026 15:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Destiny 2’s early content is making a comeback (Bungie)After the outcry over Destiny 2’s final update, Bungie is looking to win back players by restoring old raids and campaigns to the game. 
  Between multiple rounds of layoffs and Marathon’s struggles in attracting an audience, the future of Bungie has been a worrying unknown for some time. 
  This was only compounded when the studio announced it will no longer support Destiny 2 with new updates after June this year. T
  
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• Man with massive marrow invites others to show off theirs

  22-09-2026 15:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mike Libby, Ted Critchley, Lindsay Critchley, Sarah Critchley and Tony Gelsthorpe with their marrows (Picture: Cover Images)An enormous 30kg marrow and a metre-long carrot have netted their grower two coveted prizes at a local vegetable competition.Mike Libby won the categories of longest carrot and heaviest marrow during judging at Stubton Village Hall in Lincolnshire.Eleven hopefuls entered the competitive carrot category, with entries ranging in length from 170mm to an entire metre.
  Mike too
  
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• Four people dead in house fire after six engines tackled early morning blaze

  22-09-2026 15:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Six fire engines and eight firefighters scrambled to the scene of a 'well alight' semi-detached property in Bootle at 3.38am.
  
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• Andy Burnham meets Trump live: UN leader issues warning to world as PM faces biggest test

  22-09-2026 15:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham will today meet Donald Trump - whose politics he previously branded 'poisonous' - in New York in a high-stakes one-to-one, the first time they have met in person
  
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• Matthew McConaughey exposed himself to Jimmy Kimmel: ‘I’m going to rub it against you’

  22-09-2026 15:22 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 PageThere are plenty of ways to console a grieving friend. Matthew McConaughey apparently prefers to take an intimate approach.
  Jimmy Kimmel has revealed the extraordinarily intimate moment the Oscar winner attempted to cheer him up at the Emmys – while still very much in the middle of using a urinal.The late-night host shared the story during an appearanc
  
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