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• Hidden camera captures cruel carers 'mocking and abusing dementia gran'

  06-03-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two carers apparently swear and laugh at great grandmother Freda Jobson, who is asked if she is a witch and has ever practised black magic
  
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• Heart-stopping moment mother uses GAS PUMP to defend her child from stranger intent on abducting him from gas station in dead of night

  29-07-2026 19:17 via dailymail.com
  
  The episode unfolded last week at a Shell gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, as suspect Jerahn Tucker allegedly tried to snatch a young child from a car as the mother filled up her tank.
  
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• Dystopian Mad Max scene on LA freeway as car thief in stolen SUV is surrounded by huge gang of illegal dirt bikers

  29-07-2026 19:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The high-speed pursuit lasted for over an hour until the stolen vehicle crashed into a parking structure.
  
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• Boy, 12, falls to his death after climbing on to barn roof with friends

  29-07-2026 19:13 via metro.co.uk
  The boy was treated for his injuries at Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle before he died (Picture: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)A boy has died after climbing onto the roof of a ban with friends and falling off.The 12-year-old – named as Jaxon Robert Hubery – plunged from the building at Woodhouses, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham last Friday.Jaxon sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle, for treatm
  
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• Ukrainian tourists sunbathe as Putin's bombs rain down near Black Sea beach resort

  29-07-2026 19:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Photos taken from the port city of Odesa showed scores of sunbathers looking on in horror as smoke rises from the distance.
  
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• Manchester easyJet flight bound for Copenhagen makes 'urgent' diversion

  29-07-2026 19:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The easyJet flight took off from Manchester Airport and was bound for Copenhagen in Denmark - but a passenger emergency meant it had to divert to Newcastle
  
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• Inside Legacy funeral home of horrors where director Robert Bush left bodies piled up

  29-07-2026 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Police who arrived at Robert Bush's funeral parlour, Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, were shocked after discovering 35 bodies and bags of ashes among a back room of chaos
  
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• Cruel Legacy funeral director Robert Bush laughed as he told police his industry was 'highly unregulated'

  29-07-2026 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Robert Bush, who ran Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, moans at police about his armed arrest, saying he wasn't 'Che Guevara' then laughed at his unregulated industry
  
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• FIFA opens case against Argentina over Falklands banner and World Cup final brawl

  29-07-2026 18:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentinian FA (Picture: Shutterstock/Getty)FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentinian Football Association after their side’s antics against England and Spain in the World Cup.The footballing governing bodywill look at potential breaches of its code by Argentine players in the World Cup semi-finals and final.After beating England in a dramatic semi-final, Argentine players unfurled a banner which read &lsquo
  
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• FIFA charge Argentina over Falklands banner and World Cup final brawl

  29-07-2026 18:55 via metro.co.uk
  FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentinian FA (Picture: Shutterstock/Getty)FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Argentinian Football Association after their side’s antics against England and Spain in the World Cup.The footballing governing bodywill look at potential breaches of its code by Argentine players in the World Cup semi-finals and final.After beating England in a dramatic semi-final, Argentine players unfurled a banner which read &lsquo
  
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• Premier League star ‘keen’ to join Man Utd amid £50m transfer links

  29-07-2026 18:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United have been credited with a strong interest in Lewis Hall (Picture: Getty)Newcastle star Lewis Hall is reportedly ‘keen’ to complete a transfer move from St James’ Park to Manchester United this summer.Hall left Chelsea to join Newcastle in search of regular playing time – following an initial loan move – back in 2024 and has gone on to establish himself as one of the most sought-after left-backs in Premier League football.
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• Dramatic arrest of teenage Norwegian 'hitman' who organised crime gang tasked to kill someone

  29-07-2026 18:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footballer Johannes Natland, 19, travelled to the UK to carry out an assassination and has now been convicted of a conspiracy to commit murder after a Counter Terrorism Police investigation
  
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• Sex killer, 23, is told he will die behind bars for rape and murder of 18-year-old girl days before her high school graduation

  29-07-2026 18:46 via dailymail.com
  
  CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT: Chase Cook, 23, was sentenced to first-degree murder with malice afterthought on Tuesday for the April 2023 murder of his ex-girlfriend Madeline Bills.
  
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• Andy Burnham makes emotional pledge to fix social care for 'my dad and millions like him'

  29-07-2026 18:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham said risks of failing to reform social care were too great, with around 2million people struggling to access care in England while others see their savings wiped out
  
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• Pragmata 2 likelihood is ‘high’ says Capcom as game exceeds expectations

  29-07-2026 18:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  A new Capcom star (Capcom)The chances of a sequel to Pragmata are high according to Capcom, as Resident Evil Requiem surpasses another sales milestone. Between Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, and Onimusha: Way Of The Sword, Capcom looks set for a stellar year in 2026. As noted in Capcom’s latest earnings report, Resident Evil Requiem has surpassed eight million copies sold since it launched in February this year. Pragmata, meanwhile, has sold over 2.5 million copies since April
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by road sweeper in Salford suburb

  29-07-2026 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim, a man aged 64, succumbed to his injuries in hospital following the incident on Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton
  
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• Come for the sushi... stay for the hospitality: How Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay is a perfect spot to relax alongside the island's hectic social scene - and is offering a front-row seat to the August 12 solar eclipse

  29-07-2026 18:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The hotel also makes a great springboard to enjoying the best of Ibiza's nightlife, with the likes of Pacha just a short cab ride away.
  
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• Fauci pleads the FIFTH more than 100 times in fiery COVID grilling as he erupts over Republicans' 'obsession' with him

  29-07-2026 18:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr Anthony Fauci is refusing to answer any questions during an explosive hearing on COVID-19 origins.
  
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• When I met $980m coal heir on a yacht I thought I'd found my soul mate. I had no idea of the hell that would unfold in our $25m marital home... it was all caught on camera

  29-07-2026 18:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher was heir to the richest family in Alabama - and oozed southern charm. But things quickly took a dark turn, Alexis alleges, and now she has bared all to the Daily Mail.
  
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• The 1950s industrial town where dogs are mysteriously dying, cancer cases are rocketing and residents are too scared to go into their own gardens

  29-07-2026 18:15 via dailymail.com
  
  'You think you're doing the right thing,' says mother-of-five Sam Hammond from a small town north of Blackpool. 'But I've been teaching my kids to eat poisoned fruit, poisoned veg and poisoned eggs.'
  
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• London MP calls for ‘unsettling’ Union flags to be taken down from lamp posts

  29-07-2026 18:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sarah Sackman is Labour’s Minister for Courts (Picture: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire)A London Labour MP has said she is ‘calling full time on flags’ following the end of the 2026 World Cup, urging people to remove them from lamp posts.Sarah Sackman, who is the government’s Minister for Courts and Legal Services, said people in her community have described the flags as ‘unsettling, intimidating and othering’.Writing in her local newspaper, she said:
  
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• Sainsbury's makes major change to Nectar rewards as shoppers save more money

  29-07-2026 18:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sainsbury's shoppers can now collect one Nectar point for every £1 spent on Sainsbury’s products through Uber Eats in a major expansion of the loyalty scheme
  
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• Anthony Bourdain’s biopic Tony is like a punch in the gut

  29-07-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tony showcases Anthony Bourdain’s younger years before he became a household name (Credits: Bob Gruen)‘Skills can be taught. Character you either have, or you don’t have,’ Anthony Bourdain once told us. And boy, did that man have character.Growing up in North America, Bourdain was a constant in my life. I vividly remember watching an episode of Parts Unknown as a teenager, mesmerised by his magnetic narration.His charisma oozed from the TV even while ice fishing in Canad
  
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• Violin teacher who 'undid woman's trousers' claims he was demonstrating 'exercises'

  29-07-2026 17:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jan Repko, 68, a former violin teacher at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in west London, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a lesson
  
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• First nation supports Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell the World Cup

  29-07-2026 17:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gianni Infantino has received backing from the Czech Republic over FIFA’s plan to sell parts of the World Cup (EPA)The president of the Czech Republic’s football association has backed FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his World Cup sell-off plan.Infantino has unveiled a proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup by setting up a new company called FIFA Forward Enterprise, which would oversee commercial rights for every tournament.FIFA’s 211 member associations have been promi
  
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• Premier League wades into FIFA row after Gianni Infantino's threat to sell World Cup

  29-07-2026 17:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With Gianni Infantino plotting to turn the World Cup into a business where shares can be bought and sold, the Premier League have issued their response
  
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• BREAKING: Premier League wades into FIFA row after Gianni Infantino's threat to sell World Cup

  29-07-2026 17:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With Gianni Infantino plotting to turn the World Cup into a business where shares can be bought and sold, the Premier League have issued their response
  
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• Zero-deposit mortgages actually cost homeowners thousands more

  29-07-2026 17:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Zero-deposit mortgages can be an easier way onto the ladder – but they aren’t cheaper (Picture: Getty Images)When it comes to buying a home these days, cobbling together a deposit takes some serious saving.Many first-time buyers end up relying on the Bank of Mum and Dad. One 2026 study from Barclays found four in 10 homeowners (39%) received a financial contribution from their parents towards their first home.Against such a gruelling backdrop, it’s tempting to consider schemes
  
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• Woke Portland mayor accused of demeaning insult to Abraham Lincoln amid plans to restore statue toppled during 2020 George Floyd riots

  29-07-2026 17:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Furious Portlanders have urged Mayor Keith Wilson to intervene in the city's plans for a new statue or Abraham Lincoln after it was toppled over in 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
  
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• Benidorm police issue statement after man arrested for 'fleeing hotels without paying bills'

  29-07-2026 17:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 50-year-old Icelandic man was arrested in Benidorm on allegations of fraud after he allegedly spent 10 days in the Spanish city without paying for his food and accommodation, reportedly running up bills of around £1,300
  
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