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• Greville Janner case: Alison Saunders faces mounting pressure to resign

  28-06-2015 20:17
  
  The Director of Public Prosecutions will be forced to perform embarrassing U-turn over decision not to charge Labour peer with child sex abuse allegations
  
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• My wife died five years after we married – I was just 25 when I became a widower

  29-08-2026 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  John lost his wife, Fliss in 2019 (Picture: John Ball)‘I thought I was unlovable,’ says 33-year-old John Ball. Sitting in his house as he chats to Metro over Zoom, he smiles warmly. But seven years ago, John lost his wife, Fliss, to breast cancer.He was just 25, and his life was turned upside down.The couple first became friends at school when they attended sixth form together. Soon, they became inseparable and began dating three years later. At 20, they decided to get eng
  
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• Hundreds of bodies are 'no longer' identifiable, say Nepal officials as flood death toll rises to 675 with 2,426 missing - including 33 Brits

  29-08-2026 14:44 via dailymail.com
  
  LIVE: The death toll following devastating floods in Nepal has risen to at least 675 as nearly 2,500 people remain missing as the search for survivors enters its fourth day. 
  
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• Man was killed when 'Everything's Unmissable' sign fell on him in high winds at Christian music festival as eyewitness reveals horrific scene as he ran to help

  29-08-2026 14:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services were called to Big Church Festival held on the Wiston Estate near Steyning in West Sussex following the incident at around 3.38pm on Friday.
  
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• Children's fears of isolation after social media ban spark calls for guidance for parents

  29-08-2026 14:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Leading children’s charity the NSPCC warned its hotline Childline is already receiving calls from kids worried 'they will struggle to stay connected with friends after the ban'
  
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• Vladimir Putin shows off his driving skills as he gets behind the wheel to test new Russian motor

  29-08-2026 14:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The president, whose barrage of Kyiv continued into a third day on Saturday, test-drove the Volga K50 SUV in Nizhny Novgorod.
  
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• Jamie Foxx reveals how daughter saved his life after 2023 stroke

  29-08-2026 14:36 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 PageJamie Foxx grew emotional as he recalled how his daughter ‘saved his life’ following his stroke in 2023.The Hollywood star, 58, has very few memories of suffering the near-fatal medical emergency or the immediate aftermath of his surgery in an Atlanta hospital.The actor has seldom spoken about the extreme health scare, which required extensive re
  
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• Putin shows off Brit 'traitor' fighting against Ukraine on Russian TV

  29-08-2026 14:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Another 'traitor' Brit has emerged following the death of Bradley Townsend, who is believed to be the first citizen to be killed in Ukraine while fighting for Russia
  
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• Middlesbrough football fans pay tribute to police officers killed in A66 crash with minute's applause before match

  29-08-2026 14:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Supporters applauded Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough, who died while on duty last weekend, before the 12.30pm home game against West Bromwich Albion today.
  
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• Britain's longest living child liver transplant patient is loving life - 36 years after op

  29-08-2026 14:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Blades had two liver transplants in 1989 when he was a child and is now the longest surviving child to have had operations in that field - it's a chance he hasn't failed to grasp
  
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• Middlesbrough - live: Football fans honour cops killed in wrong-way A66 crash at home game

  29-08-2026 14:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough FC supporters have paid tribute to two police officers killed in the A66 crash as Cleveland Police continues an operation against organised crime.
  
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• Car salesman Clément Vandenkerckhove enjoyed a modest upbringing in Flanders until he took a DNA test that changed his life forever. Here, in a world first, he tells the remarkable story of how he's become the newest Prince of Belgium

  29-08-2026 14:22 via dailymail.com
  
  The Royal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha has had its share of scandals in its long history - but few have been as unlikely as the one that has become the talk of Belgium.
  
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• The incredible transformation of Mia Schem: Young Israeli is now a stunning model after going through Hell as an October 7 hostage

  29-08-2026 14:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Mia Shem was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival when Hamas launched its devastating attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and spent 54 days as a hostage in Gaza.
  
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• Arsenal make decision on loaning out wonderkid after £55m transfer

  29-08-2026 14:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marli Salmon has signed his first professional contract with Arsenal (Photo: Getty)Marli Salmon has signed his first professional contract with Arsenal, but there is a chance the highly-rated teenager leaves the Emirates on loan.The Gunners confirmed the exciting news on Saturday as Salmon celebrated his 17th birthday, with the defender saying: ‘A lot of hard work that went into this, a lot of ups and downs, but I’m so proud.‘I’m looking forward to attacking the season.
  
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• Every Dogue has its day: Underdog magazine takes on owners of Vogue in bitter tit-for-tat copycat legal fight

  29-08-2026 14:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The underdog online publication, whose handful of print sales are dwarfed by that of Vogue, has refused to roll over to legal action launched by Vogue's billionaire publisher Condé Nast.
  
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• AEW All In London 2026 UK start time and surprises for Wembley show

  29-08-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Are you ready for AEW at Wembley Stadium? (Picture: Ricky Havlik)For wrestling fans in the UK, it doesn’t get much bigger than AEW at Wembley Stadium.
  After swapping to The O2 for last year’s Forbidden Door show, All Elite Wrestling is bringing All In back to London this weekend for a stacked show.
  Some of the best wrestlers in the world will be descending on the capital city, with championship bouts, grudge matches and some surprises.
  There have been reports suggesting a pair of WW
  
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• Gordon Brown says Ireland will be united after Andy Burnham says border poll 'off table'

  29-08-2026 13:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former PM Gordon Brown said there would need to be a 'long process' to bring people together on Irish unification but suggested it would happen in the long term
  
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• Fight against racism 'more important today than ever before', say campaigners

  29-08-2026 13:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Union leaders and sporting stars joined forces to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Show Racism the Red Card. The charity was founded in 1996 when Newcastle United goalkeeper Shaka Hislop was racially abused by youths on a garage forecourt
  
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• Abusive Jason Arday posts published every 10 minutes on X after resignation, study finds

  29-08-2026 13:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: An abusive post about Jason Arday was posted every 10 minutes on X in the five days after he resigned from Cambridge University, new research shows
  
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• Women's groups plan to protest HSE-backed breastfeeding conference as 'perverse' details of controversial US male lactation expert's previous talks revealed

  29-08-2026 13:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Jacob Engelsman has spoken several times at Frolicon, an adult lifestyle and fetish convention in the US - with one talk in particular sounding alarm bells with activists here.
  
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• ICE arrests explode as Trump hands cops sweeping new powers - map shows the surprise states leading crackdown

  29-08-2026 13:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The arrest spike comes after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin promised to shift the administration's approach to mass deportations.
  
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• Prisoners 'found with banned fat jabs and glow-up shots' behind bars

  29-08-2026 13:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Independent Monitoring Board said unregulated weight-loss injections and skin improvers were found inside HMP Thorn Cross near Warrington, Cheshire
  
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• Body found in search for missing Brit who disappeared on Greek island

  29-08-2026 13:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A search operation was launched with emergency workers and volunteers combing part of the Greek island of Kefalonia after the 55-year-old Brit went missing on Tuesday
  
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• Donald Trump boasts as US makes oil move after deposing Venezuela's Maduro

  29-08-2026 13:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US president boasted in a block capital post on Truth Social that the country would see its oil reserves 'more than double' as his administration plunders Venezuela
  
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• At least 27 dead and hundreds evacuated after Russian strike on warehouse near Kyiv

  29-08-2026 13:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Statements from Ukraine's leadership seemed to imply the Russian strike had hit a warehouse storing military hardware, causing a blast and fire that damaged homes, businesses and a care home
  
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• Jewel thieves steal £3million royal necklace containing 673 diamonds in daring smash-and-grab Vienna museum heist

  29-08-2026 13:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Brazen jewel thieves are being hunted after swiping a £3million Van Cleef and Arpels platinum necklace featuring 673 diamonds from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.
  
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• Labour mayor denies Middlesbrough is 'lawless', police are 'doing a sterling job' and youth clubs are the answer - but is that enough in town where drugs gangs are more violent than the IRA?

  29-08-2026 13:03 via dailymail.com
  
  It follows a week of escalating violence thought to be linked to a gangland war between two factions of a local organised crime group in the town.
  
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• The date was already a disaster – then he brought out the tomato

  29-08-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I was looking to broaden my pool, have some fun dates, and hopefully, find love (Picture: Eleanor Biggs)It was a sweltering evening in early August 2021 and my date and I were standing on the edge of a busy road in Peckham.We could smell BBQ grilling nearby, and hear the shouts of happy revellers, drunk on cheap beer and sunshine. I wished I was one of them. My date with Fabio* had been a total disaster, and I was ready to go home.I thought we were poised to say our goodbyes. But then
  
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• Smartphone owners warned over 'harmless' apps in hacking surge

  29-08-2026 12:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts at Which? say the vast majority of cases involving hacked phones dealt with by its technical support team can be traced back to a dodgy app
  
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• Man was killed when 'Everything's Unmissable' sign fell on him in high winds at Christian music festival as eye witness reveals horrific scene as he ran to help

  29-08-2026 12:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services were called to Big Church Festival held on the Wiston Estate near Steyning in West Sussex following the incident at around 3.38pm on Friday.
  
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