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• Greedy Brits 'spend third of waking hours thinking about food'

  06-05-2016 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The report claims 48 percent of people now regularly take pictures of their meals, apply on a filter and post them on social media
  
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• ‘I didn’t want to kink shame’: How Olivia Wilde’s erotic thriller flipped the script

  28-08-2026 17:45 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 PageWith its provocative title, hot-pink marketing and Olivia Wilde comanding the screen as a dominatrix, I Want Your Sex has been hard to ignore since its Sundance Film Festival premiere in January.From director Gregg Araki, an icon of cult filmmaking and the New Queer Cinema movement, the erotic thriller is an exploration of BDSM culture and kink that goes hel
  
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• Chancellor John Healey warned plans to shelve his own defence spending target 'akin to surrender' as he's branded 'sell out' and 'hypocrite' over 3 per cent of GDP backtrack

  28-08-2026 17:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Critics said it raised fresh questions about Labour's commitment to defence and security of the nation.
  
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• Bizarre moment BATMOBILE suffers flat tire while driving down Texas freeway

  28-08-2026 17:41 via dailymail.com
  
  It might be time to send the bat signal! The iconic vehicle was spotted on the side of the Gulf Freeway on Thursday afternoon after being stranded with a flat tire.
  
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• Nepal flood LIVE: 600 dead and 2,000 missing as new footage shows people fleeing before floodwaters hit settlement and destroy it in minutes

  28-08-2026 17:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Nepal is facing what officials described as a scene of 'devastation beyond imagination' after a glacier collapse unleashed a 'tsunami from the sky', sending torrents of water crashing through villages,
  
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• British boy, 17, drowns in Swiss lake after trying to swim from island to shore during family holiday

  28-08-2026 17:33 via dailymail.com
  
  A British teenager has drowned in a Swiss lake after trying to swim from an island to shore during a family holiday. 
  
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• The games Jean-Philippe Mateta will miss for Crystal Palace after hamstring injury

  28-08-2026 17:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jean-Philippe Mateta’s hopes of leaving Crystal Palace have taken a huge blow (Photo: Getty)Jean-Philippe Mateta has suffered a painful hamstring injury just hours before Crystal Palace’s Premier League clash against Manchester City.Palace welcome City to Selhurst Park on Friday night for their first home game of the season but will be without their prolific striker.The Athletic report that Mateta sustained the injury in training and is expected to be sidelined for the next four wee
  
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• Middlesbrough - live: Police rule out link between house fire 'murders' and A66 crash

  28-08-2026 17:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police says detectives are not linking a deadly house fire in Grangetown to the A66 crash which claimed seven lives
  
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• Bay Area tech worker, 48, latest American confirmed missing after Nepal floods that have killed more than 500

  28-08-2026 17:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Prabhath Sajeepa, 48, was confirmed by Nepali authorities as one of the dozens of missing Americans after a catastrophic flash flood tore through the region.
  
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• Andy Burnham says he will abstain in assisted dying vote weeks after voicing doubts

  28-08-2026 17:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham said he would abstain when the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is put before MPs next month, having previously said palliative and social care need to be fixed first
  
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• Dr Amir Khan explains warning signs that your tiredness could be a medical issue

  28-08-2026 17:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Amir Khan has shared a video on TikTok explaining the difference between 'busy tired' and 'medically tired' - and knowing the difference could be vital for your health
  
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• Georgia Harrison: ‘Victims of revenge porn need a social media kill switch’

  28-08-2026 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Georgia Harrison wants a new social media law to help victims of intimate image abuse (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)Six years ago former Love Island star Georgia Harrison was secretly filmed by Stephen Bear while they had sex. Then, he posted it to his OnlyFans account.Within a matter of days it was everywhere. ‘Georgia Harrison sex tape’ was a top search on Google. Her life was turned upside down.Stephen was convicted of voyeurism and two counts of
  
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• Transfer news LIVE: Arsenal sign forward, Enzo Fernandez £120m deal, Alvarez and Barcola latest

  28-08-2026 17:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror Football will be here with all of the latest transfer news including the sagas around Bradley Barcola, Manchester United and many more
  
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• Middlesbrough - live: Luxury £80k Porsche burned at memorial after nine killed

  28-08-2026 17:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest dramatic scenes from Teesside show cars burning at a memorial event for Michael Cahill, 23, who died in the crash on the A66
  
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• Georgia driver, 78, dies after his car went AIRBORNE and crashed through roof of house

  28-08-2026 17:14 via dailymail.com
  
  An elderly man met his fateful end after he lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into the roof of a house in Macon, Georgia.
  
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• Burnham says he will sit out new vote on legalising assisted dying to avoid influencing MPs and warns ministers the Government should be neutral

  28-08-2026 17:13 via dailymail.com
  
  In a letter to members of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) ahead of a new attempt to pass the controversial law, he said he wanted to give MPs space to make up their own minds.
  
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• I tried newest Instagram food trend but there's one horrifying issue

  28-08-2026 17:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new influencer fad is ready to hit Instagram and TikTok by storm, three years after the croissant XXL by acclaimed French pastry chef Philippe Conticini won our hearts
  
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• The one question to ask a pet sitter before leaving your dog, according to a vet

  28-08-2026 17:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  The influencer’s beloved dog has sadly passed away (Picture: madeleinecwhite/METROGRAB)Many Brits will have used kennels and doggy day care services to look after their pets while they were away this summer.It’s a decision that model and influencer, Madeleine White Fedyk, took, when she handed over her dog, Dunkin, to a dog-sitting and training service.But Madeline took to Instagram this week, where she claimed that Dunkin died while in the care of the company.Details of the inciden
  
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• Man jailed after ordering 300 pizzas to a stranger’s house

  28-08-2026 17:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Polish police arrested a suspected prankster who could end up serving eight years over bogus orders (Pictures: Getty Images)A suspected prankster faces an unappetising eight years in prison after hundreds of unwanted food deliveries were ordered to strangers’ homes. One particularly ambitious request called for 300 pizzas.According to a report by Euronews, the 23-year-old was arrested at his home in northwestern Poland, following an investigation into what authorities are treating as a ca
  
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• Nepal floods - live: Brit family including girl, 13, and beauty queen mum among missing

  28-08-2026 17:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A British teenage girl and former Mrs India UK are among a family of four who have gone missing after flash floods in Nepal earlier this week
  
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• Morocco-born influencer who 'helped to rob' A-list fashion designer of his £170,000 diamond-encrusted watch in Mayfair 'had no idea' attack was going to happen

  28-08-2026 17:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Abdel El Habchi, 30, Ali Eldahouzze, 22, and Younes Djoudi allegedly cut the luxury Richard Mille-branded item off the wrist of A-list Romanian fashion designer Catalin Botezatu on January 28.
  
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• Pakistan tells Miliband: We're not taking back Rochdale grooming gang leader, during first meet

  28-08-2026 17:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, informed Mr Miliband in a meeting on Thursday Pakistan would not accept Shabir Ahmed back.
  
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• Giant Ronnie O’Sullivan mural compared to a zombie after leaving fans terrified

  28-08-2026 17:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  A new mural of Ronnie O’Sullivan in Sheffield has received mixed reviews (Picture: Charley Atkins/SWNS)A giant mural of Ronnie O’Sullivan didn’t quite get the reaction the artist was hoping for.Instead of wowing people with its likeness to the snooker ace, it’s left fans in hysterics and been compared to a ‘zombie’.The 30ft-high mural appeared on the side of Spot On Snooker & Pool Club close to snooker’s famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.Club own
  
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• 7 English pub walks worth lacing up your boots for this Bank Holiday weekend

  28-08-2026 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Charming villages, waterfalls and mountain peaks (Picture: Getty Images)As the blistering heat of summer starts to dissipate, there’s no better time to lace up your walking boots and hit the hills.And, there’s nothing more quintessentially British than a scenic stroll followed by a bev. In fact, searches for pub walks have surged by 129% over the past month.We’ve hunted down seven pub walks worth wandering this autumn, after Beavertown ranked England’s top-rated walking
  
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• Wembley fire - live: 'Explosion' near stadium with 125 firefighters in Neasden

  28-08-2026 16:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 125 firefighters and 25 engines have raced to a street near Wembley Stadium in Neasden, northwest London, where a massive fire has broken out
  
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• Manhole explodes on high street pavement narrowly missing shoppers

  28-08-2026 16:56 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 PagePedestrians walking down a busy UK street had a narrow escape as the pavement literally exploded in front of them.Video of the shocking near-disaster in Boston, Lincolnshire, was captured on CCTV, with Boston Borough Council releasing the footage on its Facebook page this week.An underground electrical fire caused an explosion that can be seen rocking the st
  
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• Dishoom launches new lunch deal with ‘plentiful spreads’ from £16 per person — and no queuing

  28-08-2026 16:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dishoom is famous for the queues snaking down the street (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)If there are two things Dishoom is known for, it’s a banging dish of gunpowder potatoes – and those infamous queues.Londoners will often snake around the block, chai in hand, waiting for a spot at one of the capital’s favourite Indian restaurant chains.It was founded in 2010 and sought to recreate the magic of the old Irani cafés dotted around Bombay, now known as Mumbai.
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• Top Burnham minister defends sending her children to private school saying it doesn't make her any less Labour

  28-08-2026 16:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Energy Secretary Mattia Fahnbulleh, 46, said it was perfectly fine for people to choose fee-paying schools if they were 'good' or offered specific opportunities not available at state schools.
  
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• Doctor who kissed patient and removed ovaries without consent faces new tribunal

  28-08-2026 16:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Ali Shokouh-Amiri admitted removing two women's ovaries without their consent, but a panel ruled his fitness to practise was not impaired
  
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• King Charles writes to families of police officers killed in A66 crash who 'made the ultimate sacrifice'

  28-08-2026 16:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The King has been in touch with the families of Pc Matthew Blades, 37, and Pc Tom Clough, 38, who died in a head-on collision with a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way on the A66
  
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