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• Gary Lineker criticises ‘soulless’ BBC over World Cup studio decision

  12-06-2026 18:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  The BBC has unveiled its new World Cup studio in Salford (BBC)Gary Lineker has branded the BBC ‘soulless’ over its decision to not have a studio based in the United States for the World Cup.The BBC has opted to stay at home for this summer’s tournament as its coverage will be broadcast from a studio in Salford.For the opening World Cup game on Thursday night, ITV unveiled its impressive rooftop studio in Brooklyn which includes a stunning backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.Line
  
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• Taskmaster series 21 winner Joanna Page is already planning her comeback

  12-06-2026 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joanna Page has won Taskmaster – but it doesn’t end there (Picture: Channel 4/ Andy Devonshire)In a moment of blazing glory, Joanna Page ‘mounted Greg Davies’ golden head and rode around the stage’ to celebrate her epic Taskmaster series 21 victory.The Gavin and Stacey star, 48, beat out her fellow comedians: Kumail Nanjiani, Joel Dommett, Armando Iannucci and Amy Gledhill after a neck-and-neck race to the end involving chaos with lint rollers and near misses with
  
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• Heartbroken family pick up the pieces after beloved father and son, 10, are crushed to death in horror crash with fire truck

  12-06-2026 22:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Arthur 'Art' Fernandez Jr, 43, was driving his 10-year-old son, Arthur III, and 5-year-old son, Mikey, in Riverside Countywhen they collided with a Cal Fire engine on June 5.
  
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• Floral tributes are left for 'dedicated' police officer, 19, killed after being struck by car while attending crash scene

  12-06-2026 21:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Jess Turnbull, 19, died on Thursday after responding to a crash on the A189 in Cramlington, Northumberland.
  
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• British man who goaded vulnerable American 21-year-old into killing himself with shotgun by urging him to 'push down on the trigger' is jailed for more than six years

  12-06-2026 21:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Dylan Phelan, 21, recorded himself laughing after he told Travis Dyer, also 21, to 'push down on trigger' of a loaded shotgun.
  
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• Kim and ‘sexy’ Graham’s reunion ‘confirmed’ in Emmerdale after touching moment

  12-06-2026 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Graham Foster’s a big softie, really (Picture: ITV)At the end of the day, Emmerdale’s Kim Tate (Claire King) is literally just a girl. She has loads of money, a massive house, has created cunning schemes that have proved she isn’t someone to be messed with, but when she’s standing in front of the man she fancies, the cold demeanour crumbles.So real, honestly.Kim and Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) agreed to end their feud a few weeks ago, when Graham told Kim that he
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Empty seats as Canada vs Bosnia clash as Thomas Partey denied entry

  12-06-2026 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Group B will get underway today in Canada, while the World Cup remains mired in controversy over a visible lack of attendees due to an ongoing ticket price crisis
  
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• Thierry Henry stunned as World Cup pundit calls James Corden a ‘full-kit w****r’ on live TV

  12-06-2026 21:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thierry Henry was in disbelief as Alexi Lalas insulted James Corden live on air (Fox Sports)Thierry Henry was left stunned after his fellow World Cup pundit Alexi Lalas called James Corden a ‘full-kit w****r’ during Fox Sports’ live broadcast.Lalas, who played 96 times for the United States, is one of Fox Sports’ main pundits for the tournament, featuring alongside Arsenal legend Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.Ahead of Friday’s first World Cup match between Canada an
  
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• Moment Britain's only pink £120,000 Ferrari owned by 'Barbie-obsessed' woman is sent flying after being hit by car at junction

  12-06-2026 21:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Barbie-obsessed owner Lisa-Marie Brown says she is hugely out of pocket after insurers refused to pay out following a collision involving her pink Ferrari and another car in Cardiff, in August 2023.
  
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• Our sons are competing in the World Cup! Only one is turning out for Scotland... and the other for Australia

  12-06-2026 21:38 via dailymail.com
  
  No parents want to choose sides when it comes to their children's sibling rivalry.
  
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• World Cup kicks off in Canada with Alanis Morissette and Michael Bublé performing in opening ceremony

  12-06-2026 21:28 via bbc.com
  
  The opening games in Toronto and Los Angeles on Friday include star-studded performances.
  
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• Man 'stabbed in the face' during chaotic mass brawl at Anfield

  12-06-2026 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police raced to a street in Anfield this afternoon following a 'large-scale disturbance' which saw a man taken to hospital after being stabbed in the face
  
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• Palestine Action activists jailed over factory raid

  12-06-2026 21:24 via bbc.com
  
  The case is believed to be the first time that convictions for criminal damage have been classified as terrorism.
  
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• Pouty BMW-driving teen gets pre-trial release REVOKED for allegedly recording himself spinning donuts after killing elderly couple

  12-06-2026 21:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Francesco Rendina, 18, was arrested May 10 and charged with reckless homicide over a horror crash on March 27 in Oak Brook, Illinois , which killed Reid Jacobsen, 72, and his wife Katherine, 67.
  
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• Nearly 80 adorable ragdoll kittens with piercing blue eyes are rescued from house of horrors

  12-06-2026 21:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Hidden among floor-to-ceiling trash and animal waste, 78 ragdoll cats and kittens were rescued from a Pennsylvania home and are now beginning their recovery.
  
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• Whether a huge earthquake will hit California could come down to this one thing

  12-06-2026 21:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  San Francisco after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit in 1989 (Picture: Rich Pilling/Getty Images)With so much going on in the world, we wouldn’t blame you for feeling a bit stressed.
  Things are so stressful, apparently, that even the faults that slice through California are under record-breaking stress, a study has found.The Los Angeles region sits in the tension-wracked meeting point of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates, making earthquakes common.New models found that tectonic
  
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• King leads tributes to 'giant of the art world' David Hockney

  12-06-2026 21:10 via bbc.com
  
  The artist, who has died at the age of 88, "was one of life's true originals", King Charles says.
  
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• 'Reform is using Britain's constitution as a toy to be tossed around whenever they don't get their own way'

  12-06-2026 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "Reform's Zia Yusuf, who has not been elected to any government position, insists his plans would not provoke division, but threatening constitutional upheaval while dismissing opponents as activists and enemies risks doing precisely that"
  
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• 'Charlatan' TV psychic jailed for sexually assaulting two women

  12-06-2026 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Starkey, 74, who claimed was an 'internationally renowned clairvoyant' with 40 years of experience, has been jailed for sexually assaulting two women
  
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• Lee Andrews ‘released from prison’ after Katie Price insists she won’t pay £140,000 bail

  12-06-2026 20:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lee Andrews has reportedly been released from prison in Dubai (Picture: wesleeeandrews)Katie Price’s estranged husband Lee Andrews ‘is out’ after disappearing and spending weeks locked up in Dubai’s Al Awir jail.
  The former glamour model, 48, flew out to the UAE last week to secure her husband’s freedom, only to discover how much was needed for his bail.She refused to cough up the £140,000 nexessary to free him but said she wasn’t just go
  
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• Labour MPs brand Keir Starmer 'insane' after his interview claiming a leadership challenge would plunge Britain into chaos

  12-06-2026 20:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Keir Starmer claimed that a leadership challenge against him would plunge Britain into 'chaos', sparking fury and ridicule from his own MPs.
  
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• Judge rejects last-minute bid to block Trump's White House UFC birthday bash

  12-06-2026 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A judge ruled that the decision to host the upcoming 'UFC Freedom 250' event on the White House lawn did not overstep the Trump administration's authority.
  
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• Trump hands Iran a major nuclear concession as US and regime get closer to peace deal

  12-06-2026 20:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump has agreed to a major concession to end the war in Iran.
  
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• Bellingham set to start, but no Guehi - England's expected team

  12-06-2026 20:46 via bbc.com
  
  Jude Bellingham is expected to start England's opening game of the 2026 World Cup, as Marc Guehi could start on the bench.
  
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• Four Palestine Action activists jailed for over 26 years over Elbit raid

  12-06-2026 20:41 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 PageFour Palestine Action activists who carried out a raid inflicting £1.2 million worth of damage at the Elbit defence firm have been jailed.
  Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, crashed an old prison van into the Israeli-linked Elbit Systems factory in Bristol on August 6, 2024.
  The raid left a police officer wi
  
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• Dead Connecticut girl, 13, named as victim of Benadryl overdose crisis: Mother reveals her anguish and tells horrifying full story... as cluster of child deaths sparks panic across America

  12-06-2026 20:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Larayah 'Rayah' Taylor, 13, died on May 11 from taking too much of the common allergy medication, according to her heartbroken mother.
  
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• SNP accused of 'working hand in glove' with trans radicals to scrap single-sex spaces and 'undermine women's rights'

  12-06-2026 20:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The SNP has been accused of 'working hand in glove' with radical trans activists in a bid to scrap new guidance on protecting women-only spaces.
  
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• Horror as 29 unborn babies found buried beneath family home

  12-06-2026 20:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Construction workers have discovered the bodies of 29 unborn babies while digging at a family home in Lutory, near Krakow, in Poland - with officers arresting a 52-year-old woman
  
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• Silver-spooned Cornell student who told employer 'I'm not interested in working for a Jew' is unmasked

  12-06-2026 20:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Cornell student Austin Franco, 19, sparked outrage after his response to a job offer was shared on social media.
  
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• Small-boat migrant who raped woman after she refused to marry him so he could stay in UK is jailed

  12-06-2026 20:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Afeez Salau, 31, attacked the woman at his Lewisham flat in February 2024 after she turned down his marriage proposal over concerns he only wanted to improve his immigration status.
  
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