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• Google's mind-blowing finger control technology could change the way we interact with gadgets

  02-06-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It looks like something from science fiction, but it actually uses radar to pick up tiny gestures
  
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• Moment robot hilariously collapses mid-presentation... before being covered up like a corpse

  26-07-2026 23:37 via dailymail.com
  
  You might be worried that robots and AI will take your job, or even take over the world.
  
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• Have Labour learned nothing from the Post Office scandal? Shamed firm Fujitsu is STILL allowed to bid for Government contracts

  26-07-2026 23:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The Horizon scandal - which took place between 1999 and 2015 - is regarded as Britain's biggest miscarriage of justice after hundreds of people were wrongly prosecuted
  
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• Andy Burnham to meet Volodymyr Zelensky as Ukraine President becomes first world leader to visit PM in UK

  26-07-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Volodymyr Zelensky and Andy Burnham are going to meet on a British naval base on Monday - as Britain shares vital know-how on how to make state-of-the-art Stone Cloak jammers to prevent Russia tracking drones
  
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• Nationwide 'Australia Alert' emergency test to sound on every mobile phone - with warning issued to those cheating on partners

  26-07-2026 23:26 via dailymail.com
  
  A nationwide test of a new emergency warning system will see a 10-second siren sound on mobile phones across the country.
  
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• Bride-to-be begs Andy Burnham not to 'ruin her wedding' - before Prime Minister responds

  26-07-2026 23:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Saz Burwin asked the new premier to hold off on visiting the office on August 21 amid fears she would be unable to get 'nice photos'.
  
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• Cruel owner made three dogs live in house of horror in smashed glass and broken furniture

  26-07-2026 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Connor Stewart pleaded guilty to breaching animal welfare legislation after his three dogs were found living in "appalling" conditions and were underweight with visible ribs showing
  
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• Sick leave in the Whitehall blob surges under Labour, analysis shows

  26-07-2026 23:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Absence rates jumped by up to nearly a fifth in major government departments last year.
  
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• Iran vows revenge on ‘freeloading’ Zelensky Ukraine in WW3 threat to drag ‘Europe into war’

  26-07-2026 23:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi called Zelensky a freeloader (Picture: REUTERS)Ukraine launched a strike on an Iranian tanker in an attack that threatens to ‘drag Europe’ into the Middle East conflict.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed strikes against sanctioned ships transporting military cargo between Iran and Russia in the Caspian Sea on Saturday.Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi hit back: ‘Zelensky has attacked an Iranian commercial
  
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• Drivers face being clobbered by tax on workplace parking spaces backed by Andy Burnham, with nearly a dozen town halls drawing up plans to bring in the levy

  26-07-2026 23:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Analysis found nearly a dozen cash-strapped town halls have drawn up plans to bring in the levy for people who drive to work, with growing fears many more will start looking to them.
  
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• 'Future of Andy Burnham's mission to transform Britain rests on dodging Starmer's destructive defence targets'

  26-07-2026 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "The blunt choice is between prioritising higher living standards, social care and council houses or throwing away good money after bad without any proof Britain would be better protected militarily"
  
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• Police being 'hampered by too much focus on diversity, equality and inclusion', powerful think-tank warns, citing Southport, Nottingham and Henry Nowak killers as examples

  26-07-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Vickrum Digwa, Axel Rudakubana and Valdo Calocane are all referenced in the Policy Exchange's report.
  
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• FINLAY CARSON: The SNP government was WARNED about Highland wildfires but DIDN'T act before disaster struck

  26-07-2026 22:47 via dailymail.com
  
  As smoke continues to hang over the Cairngorms and firefighters battle one of the largest wildfires Scotland has ever seen, the SNP Government has been scrambling.
  
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• Baby girl among four killed after car smashes into trees in Derby

  26-07-2026 22:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  A driver has been arrested after a car crash killed four people including a baby girl on the A38 in Derby.Emergency services were called to the scene on a stretch of the road between the A50 Toyota Island and the A516 at about 11pm on Saturday (25 July).Officers responded to reports that a red Hyundai car, containing five people, had left the carriageway and crashed into trees.Two women, aged 18 and 30, along with a 36-year-old man, were declared dead at the scene.A baby girl was taken to hospi
  
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• DNC chairman accused of throwing PHONE at young staffer during fit of rage as turmoil seeps through Democrat ranks ahead of midterms

  26-07-2026 22:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin has been facing an uphill battle since being elected to head the party's operations after Kamala Harris' defeat.
  
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• Brit becomes the most successful maths olympiad ever after getting perfect score in toughest school-age exam

  26-07-2026 22:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Alex Chui, a Year 13 pupil from Tonbridge School in Kent, beat more than 600 participants at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) to claim first place.
  
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• Two decomposing bodies are found murdered on gorgeous nature trail just days apart... as police rush to arrest suspects

  26-07-2026 22:26 via dailymail.com
  
  A pair of decomposing bodies were found within days of each other at a stunning natrue trail in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, police said.
  
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• Berlin Pride suspect shot dead by police after man 'rams van into crowd with 1 killed and 16 injured'

  26-07-2026 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The attack occurred at round 10pm on Saturday a few hundred yards from a party near the Brandenburg Gate that was supposed to close out the city’s Pride festival, as a white van drove into the Tiergarten Park and hit several people in a crowd
  
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• Women 'are at risk' in mixed-sex NHS wards and accommodation, report reveals

  26-07-2026 22:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Figures show a record 53,874 patients were treated in mixed-sex accommodation last year - more than double the 19,700 recorded in the year before the pandemic.
  
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• British expat's France home 'smells like really strong burning' as entire city has smokey stench

  26-07-2026 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Holidaymakers have been urged to avoid visiting Bordeaux and the surrounding area, after thousands of people were evacuated away from a massive and "unpredictable" wildfire near the iconic French city
  
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• Insane moment baseball fans are left fleeing stands for their lives after firework display malfunctions

  26-07-2026 21:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Chaos ensued at a Virginia baseball stadium when a fireworks display went horribly wrong. Fans fled for their lives as fireworks and smoke spewed towards the stands.
  
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• The horrifying lethal danger lurking in vacation paradises... putting millions of Americans at risk as they relax this summer

  26-07-2026 21:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Tourists often let down their guard while they are letting their hair down, unwittingly rolling the dice in a deadly game of chance that can have harrowing consequences.
  
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• Millionaire Gary Stevenson 'is quitting YouTube because he's tired'

  26-07-2026 21:29 via dailymail.com
  
  He announced that he would retreat from the public eye on Sunday to his 1.6million YouTube subscribers because of health concerns.
  
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• Man dies after getting into difficulty in sea off West Wittering beach

  26-07-2026 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man has died this afternoon after getting into trouble in the sea at West Wittering beach near Portsmouth - emergency services were called to reports of two adults in difficulty
  
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• Warnings years of police cuts have left 'officers overstretched and communities paying the price' after ugly scenes in Glasgow

  26-07-2026 21:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Concerns have been raised police officers have been too thinly spread to deal with rival protesters after ugly scenes in Commonwealth Games host city Glasgow.
  
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• Influencer's haunting final screams and cries heard on 911 call moments before husband shot her after outing him as pedophile online

  26-07-2026 21:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Sara Gilson, 43, was fatally shot by her husband, Jeremiah 'Shawn' Duffey, 47, after he broke into her home in Owasso, Oklahoma on Thursday, the police said.
  
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• Emmerdale star confirms Serena and Robert future as another problematic lie is added

  26-07-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  More trouble for the cousins? (Picture: ITV/Metro)Emmerdale’s slippery Serena Sugden (Casey Al-Shaqsy) has been around for a short while now, and there’s still far more questions than answers surrounding her.She emerged as Charity Dingle’s (Emma Atkins) time of need, as she suffocated under the weight of her own emotion following her vile rape, perpetrated by Dr Todd (Caroline Harker).She treated her with empathy and kindness as she unburdened herself about the rape
  
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• Debbie left devastated on Coronation Street after wrongly accusing a friend of being a pervert

  26-07-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Poor Debbie is taking a turn for the worse. (Picture: ITV)Why won’t the writers of Coronation Street give poor Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) a break?First, her world was rocked by a heartbreaking dementia diagnosis last year.Then her fairytale wedding to doting hubby Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) was ruined by the Corriedale crash. A crash by the way, caused by her drunk-driving lying snake of a son, Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard) – who was quite happy to slid
  
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• Terrifying horror movie that ‘should never have been made’ cracks Netflix top 10

  26-07-2026 20:51 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 PageHave you ever been to a friend’s house and almost immediately wanted to leave?Maybe their sofa was wrapped in plastic, maybe they’d built an idol to Taylor Swift in the boiler cupboard, perhaps it just smelled weird?
  Whatever the reason, you knew you wanted to skedaddle as soon as you went through the front door.If you answered yes, then boy oh b
  
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• Baby girl is among four killed in crash in Derby: Driver, 33, is arrested

  26-07-2026 20:45 via dailymail.com
  
  A baby girl is among four people to have been killed in a crash on a major road in Derby.
  
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