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• Going for a walk could help teens develop better emotional regulation, study suggests

  01-10-2026 17:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists say every extra walk to school or trip to the shops can boost teenage mental health and even boost brain areas that regulate emotion
  
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• Prince William’s previous life selling CDs at ‘dodgy car boot’

  01-10-2026 22:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales laughing during a visit to White Castle Farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire (Picture: PA)Prince William was taken down memory lane during a visit to a Welsh village, where he reminisced about a part-time job he had as a young boy selling CDs from a ‘dodgy car boot sale’.The Prince of Wales was reminded of his old role by Rod and Helen Wyatt during a visit to Skenfrith to learn about its flood defences.‘First time I met you, you were this high,’ Mr Wyat
  
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• Britain has an estimated £24,000,000,000 stashed in surprising places

  01-10-2026 22:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  More than half of adults still keep physical cash stashed around the house – for good reason (Picture: Getty)Brits are sitting on a staggering £24 billion in cash at home – with notes stuffed into wallets, safes, jars, bedside drawers and even underneath mattresses. More than half of adults still keep physical cash around the house, with those who do holding an average £822 each. The poll of 2,000 people by Investments by MoneySuperMarket comes just days after
  
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• Dentist who helped save stabbed Flydubai pilot reveals 'extremist hijacker' repeatedly begged 'kill me' - as new footage emerges of him

  01-10-2026 21:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Wednesday's Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv erupted into bloodshed at 34,000ft after a flight captain was knifed by his co-pilot as he fought to protect the jet's controls.
  
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• Sam devastates Nick with a huge secret in Coronation Street – and it’s nothing to do with Eva

  01-10-2026 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Overwhelmed Sam had another confession to make (Picture: ITV)Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) left Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) horrified in Coronation Street tonight as he revealed a major secret, and it had nothing to do with Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley).Last week, Sam snuck into the Rovers Return pub to collect his phone. He was spotted by Eva, who was making her way up the stairs of the cellar.In a panic, Sam shoved Eva, causing her to tumble over and smack her head.
  For a few days, Sam failed to
  
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• Policewoman is chased down the street, kicked to the ground and beaten by mob as riots rock France

  01-10-2026 21:51 via dailymail.com
  
  A policewoman armed with a teargas cannister has been chased and kicked to the ground by a gang of young rioters as social media is flooded with footage of escalating protests across France.
  
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• Spiky-haired woman, 58, told neighbor 'I'm the new Freddy Krueger' then began dancing with pitchfork during menacing interaction over chickens, cops say

  01-10-2026 21:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Susan Shea, 58, was charged after she was filmed by her neighbor dragging a pitchfork outside and shouting: 'I'm the new Freddy Krueger!'
  
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• Celebrity Traitors fans convinced one star has made huge blunder: ‘Guilty as hell’

  01-10-2026 21:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  The murderous game has begun! (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PA Wire)Warning: spoilers ahead for Celebrity Traitors season 2 episode 1.Celebrity Traitors season 2 has only just begun – but one star has apparently already caused a major slip-up in the castle.Tonight, one of the BBC’s most popular shows finally returned following last year’s enormously successful debut, which saw Alan Carr crowned the winner after giggling his way to the top of the turret as a tre
  
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• Prisoners walk free early as man with 360 convictions admits 'I’m addicted to stealing'

  01-10-2026 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 700 prisoners serving sentences of up to 19 months were released across the country under the early release scheme, which the government said will free up space and tackle overcrowding
  
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• Christa Pike health update after botched execution as lawyer says 'she helped them find the vein'

  01-10-2026 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Murderer Christa Pike survived her execution, despite being given two doses of the lethal pentobarbital injection, sparking an urgent investigation
  
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• Algerian teenager who tried to rob Bridgerton star and threatened to decapitate Aled Jones is jailed for two years over machete Rolex robberies

  01-10-2026 21:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Zacariah Boulares, 19, who threatened the Songs of Praise star has been jailed for two years after admitting to arming himself with a machete to steal luxury watches.
  
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• 'This country is run by clowns': Outrage as domestic abusers are released early from prison by Labour as Jess Phillips admits there will be 'huge recalls' in the coming weeks

  01-10-2026 21:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Around 700 criminals serving sentences of up to 19 months were released today in the first stage of the scheme, which is set to free more than 4,500 in total by June.
  
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• Police issue stern warning after urban explorers break into former zoo Living Coasts and set fires

  01-10-2026 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Devon and Cornwall Police inspector has warned would-be urban explorers to avoid the former Living Coasts project in Torquay and not to encourage others after it was damaged in multiple incidents
  
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• Family torn apart after confession as Coronation Street spoilers reveal what happens next

  01-10-2026 21:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  What does Corrie still have in store this week? (Picture: ITV/Danielle Baguley/Shutterstock)Sparks flew in Coronation Street this evening as the truth about Eva Price’s (Catherine Tyldesley) attack was revealed.Eva didn’t want to involve the police, and gave Leanne and Toyah Battersby (Jane Danson and Georgia Taylor) a heads-up that Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) was responsible for pushing her down the stairs.This obviously came as a huge shock to them, but they reacted considerably b
  
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• George Santos exposes full extent of GOP midterm panic: The two Republican candidates now desperate to quit... as knives come out for Mike Johnson

  01-10-2026 21:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Despite the expelled House Republican insisting he is now 'so done with politics,' Santos did not hold back when sharing his election prognosis for the party with the Daily Mail.
  
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• Social media firms failing to protect users from misleading and harmful health adverts, regulator warns

  01-10-2026 21:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Advertising Standards Authority said online advertising had 'amplified harms' and called on the likes of Google and Meta to do more to stop dangerous health claims reaching users.
  
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• Baby girl died in hotel from cocaine in mum's breast milk - parents spared jail

  01-10-2026 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Maunder and Rochelle Thomas 'entirely failed' their nine-day-old baby Darcey, exposing her to the class-A drug even before she was born, a judge said
  
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• The 11 minutes that changed America: Las Vegas massacre survivors reveal dark theories… and untold horrors from the night the music stopped but the bullets didn't

  01-10-2026 21:04 via dailymail.com
  
  In just 11 minutes, Stephen Paddock turned a Las Vegas music festival into a killing field. From his 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel, he fired more than 1,000 rounds.
  
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• Traditional Aunt Bessie is killed off in woke modern redesign - with a MUCH younger woman now the face of the brand

  01-10-2026 20:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Gone are Aunt Bessie's apple cheeks and the large bowl of batter she is holding in favour of a 'more contemporary' and 'welcoming' character with open arms.
  
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• New York newlywed couple, bride's brother and his pregnant girlfriend ID'd as four killed in Greece building collapse

  01-10-2026 20:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Florida Hoxha, 34, was on vacation with her new husband Ian Kirkpatrick, 37, her brother Florin, 36, and his pregnant girlfriend Eris Cani, 39, when their building in Athens collapsed.
  
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• Devastation in Walford as ailing Denise in EastEnders collapses and is rushed to hospital

  01-10-2026 20:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Things are so tough (Picture: BBC)Denise Fox’s (Diane Parish) family was left in a panic in EastEnders today as she collapsed.The character was diagnosed with blood cancer earlier this year.A few weeks ago, when Denise became resistant to treatment, she had to be placed in a medically induced coma. After this, she learnt that a stem cell transplant could place her on the road to recovery.
  Her family got tested, but none of them were a match. Kim Fox’s (Tameka Empson) search for a di
  
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• UK weather maps capture 551-mile band of rain stretching from Scotland to Devon

  01-10-2026 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WXCharts forecast maps suggest a 551-mile band of rain could stretch from Scotland to Devon on Friday, October 9 — with snow also possible in parts of Scotland
  
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• Doctor who lied about a demotion and failing life support course is struck off the medical register

  01-10-2026 20:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr Surrayya Najeeb, who worked as a locum consultant at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals did not tell bosses at her next job at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Norfolk, that she failed a life support course.
  
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• 'Heartbroken' British father fears he'll never see his six-year-old son again after boy's mother took him to Peru - and authorities say they are powerless to act

  01-10-2026 20:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Asim Hanif, 48, from West London, has described feeling 'emotionally wrecked' since Aidan, six, was effectively abducted from the UK by his Peruvian-born mother, Karen Perales in 2024.
  
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• White female cop convicted of shooting black neighbor dead after mistaking his apartment for her own is freed from prison after seven years

  01-10-2026 20:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer, was granted parole on Thursday after being sentenced to 10 years behind bars over the death of Botham Jean.
  
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• No.10 issues statement after Andy Burnham slammed for 'backing' Man City owners

  01-10-2026 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has been criticised for saying that he'd be 'really concerned' if Manchester City's owners sold the club after they were found guilty of breaching Premier League rules
  
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• Aunt Bessie gets 'glow-up' in rebrand as it replaces lady on logo with 'more contemporary' younger woman

  01-10-2026 20:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Gone are Aunt Bessie's apple cheeks and the large bowl of batter she is holding in favour of a 'more contemporary' and 'welcoming' character with open arms.
  
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• ‘Callous’ Joe obliterated as Emmerdale spoilers reveal what happens next

  01-10-2026 20:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joe believed he was making the right decision (Picture: ITV)Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) faces another angry Emmerdale resident in tomorrow’s episode as news begins to spread about Baby Tate’s adoption.The character entered Home Farm in today’s instalment with his little son in his arms.
  Kim Tate (Claire King) quickly got her hopes up, believing that Joe had changed his mind and decided to be a dad after all.Sadly, this wasn’t the case. Joe had brought Baby Tate home so that
  
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• JOHN MACLEOD: Happy 80th birthday to the Waverley! How a bunch of nerds bought the grand old lady of the Clyde for £1... and saved her from the scrapheap

  01-10-2026 20:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Essentially, the beloved paddle steamer Waverley - launched at the A & J Inglis shipyard, by the Kelvin estuary, 80 years ago today - is in the happiness business.
  
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• I Swear's John Davidson asks to watch Scots Baftas ceremony in room via video link after racial slur row

  01-10-2026 20:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Tourette's campaigner John Davidson has asked if he can watch next month's Scottish Baftas via video link in a private room after he involuntarily shouted a racial slur during an awards ceremony earlier this year.
  
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