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• Gary prepares his goodbyes in Coronation Street and it’s devastating for Jake

  07-10-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Windass is facing a prison stretch (Picture: ITV)Sarah Platt’s (Tina O’Brien) murder trial kicks off next week in Coronation Street, but she’s not the only one at risk of spending time behind bars.Gary Windass’ (Mikey North) fate is also set to be decided, and next week he tells Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) that he’s been given a date for his hearing.Viewers will know that Sarah called Gary for help after killing Theo Silverton by hitting him with a metal
  
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• You will be able to watch Fort Hood killer be executed by firing squad on a livestream, Pentagon says

  09-10-2026 00:00 via metro.co.uk
  Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree (Picture: Reuters)A mass shooter who used a laser pistol to kill 13 people will be executed by firing squad in public, Pete Hegseth told morning television.In 2009, Nidal Malik Hasan, a former US Army major, fatally shot 13 unarmed people, including 12 soldiers, and injured over 30 others.He is one of only four inmates on the American military’s death row and would be the first US soldier to be e
  
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• Pentagon reveals firing squad execution of Fort Hood terrorist will be livestreamed

  08-10-2026 23:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The US government will broadcast the execution of a terrorist convicted of murdering over a dozen US soldiers in 2009, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday.
  
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• Robert Jenrick says 'millions and millions' of people in England are not 'culturally or ethnically' English as identity row between Reform and Tories escalates

  08-10-2026 23:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch used her party conference speech on Wednesday to declare herself a 'proud black Briton' as she accused Reform of wanting to take the UK backwards with outdated views on race.
  
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• ICE-involved shooting in NYC leaves one person injured

  08-10-2026 23:44 via dailymail.com
  
  One person was left injured following an interaction with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New York City on Thursday.
  
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• Treasury's inheritance tax windfall to double in five years - as polling reveals public support for Kemi Badenoch's plan to cut it

  08-10-2026 23:41 via dailymail.com
  
  A study by the think tank Onward reveals that the taxman is expected to take £15 billion in inheritance tax by 2031 - up from £7 billion last year - unless urgent reforms are introduced.
  
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• Hell breaks loose at council after Satanic prayer read

  08-10-2026 23:39 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 US city council meeting descended into chaos after an attendee delivered a Satanic prayer from the podium.Matt Dalbey, a former member of Ottumwa City Council in Iowa, opened up the meeting by addressing the ‘dark father’ and declaring: ‘Hail Satan.’He then went on to call for people to embrace the ‘Luciferian impulse’ a
  
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• Andy Burnham sets UK scientists crucial challenge to find a cure for dementia

  08-10-2026 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has voiced his hope that Britain can be the place where a cure for dementia is finally delivered as he vowed to make it a top priority with millions of pounds of research investment
  
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• Read the uncensored 'Cornell 7' Snapchat messages: Inside fraternity brothers' group chat... and Jane Doe's texts that came later

  08-10-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Jane Doe has claimed that seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity coerced her into taking drugs before gang raping her at an off-campus house in October 2024.
  
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• Female prison officer exchanged more than 5,000 illicit Snapchat messages with inmate at maximum security jail

  08-10-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Jade Morris, 37, and Jerome Nunes, 35, exchanged over 5,000 messages with each other during their 'intimate relationship' between July 2022 and January 2023.
  
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• Andy Burnham responds after Premier League clubs left 'astonished' by Man City comments

  08-10-2026 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham received criticism for his initial response to the Premier League's announcement that Manchester City had been found guilty of breaching its financial rules over a nine-year period
  
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• Polanski's make-or-break moment: Polls close in Holborn by-election that could make him latest Green MP or trigger campaign to oust him as leader

  08-10-2026 23:11 via dailymail.com
  
  The under-pressure 'eco-populist' is standing to replace Sir Keir Starmer in the north London seat but is forecast to be defeated by Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election - live: Polls close as Labour and Greens go head-to-head in Starmer's ex-seat

  08-10-2026 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Voters are today casting their ballots in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to elect a new MP in Keir Starmer's old seat - follow live updates as polls close at 10pm
  
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• Furious river cruise passenger says itinerary on $15,400 trip was changed last minute to less desirable locations... and that he has been refused a refund

  08-10-2026 23:09 via dailymail.com
  
  A Canadian man who spent $22,000 CAD (around $15,400 USD) on a high-end European river cruise has been left furious that his entire itinerary was changed with less than a 24-hour notice.
  
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• Female firefighter, 35, who was sent vile text messages by her boss as her dream job became a nightmare receives life-changing settlement

  08-10-2026 23:07 via dailymail.com
  
  A firefighter from Ohio was awarded $1.7 million in court after she sued her boss for sexual harassment and abuse. 
  
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• Met Office says snow could fall this weekend as UK braces for colder weather

  08-10-2026 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Plunging temperatures this weekend could see showers turn wintry and bring snow in some areas, the Met Office has warned.
  
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• Green activist who said she was 'naive' to oppose Hamas is now handling party discipline - while Polanski faces his moment of truth in Holborn

  08-10-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Halima Brewer was elected to sit on the party's disciplinary committee at the Greens' annual conference in Brighton last weekend.
  
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• Bay Area lawmaker accused of catfight and infuriating co-workers says critics are picking on her for being an outspoken Italian-American

  08-10-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Pamela DiGiovanni was accused of attacking a female colleague, the committee said in a meeting that took place on September 28.
  
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• BBC is forced to pay damages to bosses of world's largest LGBT news website over false sexual misconduct allegations

  08-10-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  A programme added to iPlayer in December 2024 accused Benjamin Cohen and his husband Anthony James, the site's chief operating officer, of sexual misconduct towards junior staff at the company.
  
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• Husband wrote out murder journal saying realtor wife 'was to be killed on Tuesday,' then shot her dead exactly as planned at $1.4m mansion, cops say

  08-10-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Roger Bradford, 60, was carrying the alleged 'hit list' when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Mother deliberately hurled 42-day-old baby to ground, leaving her terribly brain damaged, cops say

  08-10-2026 22:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Kayleigh Lowe, 20, is also accused of throwing her 42-day-old daughter in the air and squeezing her ribs at her Lincoln home.
  
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• Hospital wards forced to close after Victorian disease scabies outbreak spreads across country

  08-10-2026 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scabies infections have been confirmed at hospital wards after patients were found to have been infected with the parasitic disease
  
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• Huge black smoke billows from Riyadh airport as passenger jet wrecked during Houthi attack

  08-10-2026 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Saudia Airlines aircraft has been pictured in flames with smoke rising from it at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, in Saudi Arabia, with the Houthi claiming responsibility for an attack
  
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• Pete Hegseth says firing squad execution of Fort Hood terrorist will be made 'public'

  08-10-2026 22:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The US government will broadcast the execution of a terrorist convicted of murdering over a dozen US soldiers in 2009, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday.
  
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• Stephen Flynn WAS told of ferry gas leak before shambolic
denials to MSPs

  08-10-2026 22:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Stephen Flynn was sent a briefing about a gas leak on a ferry despite telling a Holyrood committee he knew nothing about it, emails have revealed.
  
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• Youth pastor, 24, collapses and dies while running Portland marathon a mile after stopping to kiss his wife

  08-10-2026 22:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The young man's death came as a shock to his wife, as she said he had no underlying medical conditions and was an avid runner who was well prepared for the marathon.
  
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• US Army brass knew Black Hawk helicopters were dangerously faulty before DC collision with airliner that killed 67, report shows

  08-10-2026 22:36 via dailymail.com
  
  An American Airlines flight and a US Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport in the nation's capital last year, killing 67 people.
  
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• Prison officer had secret 'intimate' romance with inmate and sent him sexually explicit photos

  08-10-2026 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jade Morris, 37, and Jerome Nunes, 35, exchanged more than 5,000 messages as well as sexually explicit photos with one another at a category A prison
  
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• Trump's DOJ demands criminal indictment for glamorous ex-aide Cassidy Hutchinson who gave explosive January 6 testimony

  08-10-2026 22:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The Justice Department has been probing whether 29-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson lied to Congress in her testimony about Trump's actions on January 6.
  
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• Mom arrived for custody handover to discover ex had killed their daughter, 5, son, 7, and himself

  08-10-2026 22:29 via dailymail.com
  
  A Florida mother discovered her children, seven and five, dead alongside their father around 12.40pm on Wednesday in Cocoa, about 46 miles outside of Orlando, police said.
  
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