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• How DOES Macron's wife Brigitte Trogneux defy her age?

  08-05-2017 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  She may be more than 24 years older than her husband, France's president-elect, but Macron’s wife Brigitte looks much younger than her 64 years.
  
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• Rodri takes swipe at Cape Verde after Spain stumble in World Cup opener

  15-06-2026 20:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Spain midfielder Rodri was unimpressed with Cape Verde’s tactics (Picture: La 1)Rodri poured scorn on Cape Verde’s tactical approach after Spain were held to a 0-0 draw in their World Cup opener, claiming the opposition ‘sat back’ and had no interest in ‘getting past the midfield’.Cape Verde entered the Group H contest as massive underdogs, with 65 places separating the two teams in the FIFA rankings ahead of kick-off.
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• Teenage boy Googled 'what happens if you kill?' minutes after he stabbed nine-year-old schoolgirl to death, court hears

  15-06-2026 20:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Aria Thorpe died after being stabbed once through the heart at an address in the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare, North Somserset, last December, jurors were told.
  
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• Real Madrid considered two Arsenal stars before signing Marc Cucurella from Chelsea

  15-06-2026 19:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid wrapped up a £51.8m transfer deal for Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella (Picture: Getty)Arsenal duo Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapie were both on Real Madrid’s transfer shortlist before Marc Cucurella completed a move to the Bernabeu, according to reports in Spain.Madrid have wasted little time strengthening their squad on the back of a desperately disappointing season last term, with Jose Mourinho’s return as manager sparking a flurry of transfer activity.It&r
  
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• Moment young mother, 19, is pushed by older boyfriend's truck seconds before 'she was murdered when she was crushed against lamppost'

  15-06-2026 19:50 via dailymail.com
  
  CCTV showing the seconds before Lily Whitehouse, 19, was allegedly fatally crushed against a lamppost were released by police today, along with the moment of Mohammed Azim's arrest.
  
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• Eric Trump embroiled in 'rigged' UFC fight allegations after shock DMs revealed: 'Completely fake!'

  15-06-2026 19:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Eric Trump is speaking out after 'fake' leaked messages between him and ex-UFC star Daniel Cormier asking if any of the White House fights were 'rigged' went viral.
  
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• Holidaymaker accused of battering seagull to death boasts how he 'f****** knocked out' the bird for stealing his £9 fish burger - and says the backlash is a 'gross overreaction'

  15-06-2026 19:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Witnesses saw Jonathan 'Jonny' Roberts grab and punch the protected bird, leaving it with suspected fatal injuries last week.
  
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• Brooklyn Beckham LIVE: Brooklyn says 'it's complicated' as he breaks silence after Harper snub

  15-06-2026 19:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brooklyn Beckham has returned to social media after his younger sister, Harper, was spotted outside his home in Los Angeles, while he didn't address his family feud, he said 'it's complicated'
  
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• Readers weigh in on government plans to ban social media for under 16s

  15-06-2026 19:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Readers discuss Tommy Robinson returning from Russia, regional issues and the government’s plans to enforce a social media ban for children (Picture: EPA)Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments Tommy Robinson 'went to a dictatorship and known hostile state'Tommy Robinson will encourage his supporters to believe he is being politically persecuted because he was detained for a few hours at Heathrow under counter-terrorism laws after re
  
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• Cruel video shows 'evil' teacher deliberately keeping baby boy awake and shouting 'Boo,' days before he sexually assaulted and murdered him

  15-06-2026 19:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have released a video of Jamie Varley, 37, psychologically torturing Preston, six weeks before he died.
  
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• Former Olympic runner, 54, admits throwing pillow at his GP wife during row over noisy electric toothbrush but denies using it to suffocate her

  15-06-2026 19:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Curtis Robb today denied suffocating his wife Sarah during a family holiday in the Lake District in 2023, telling a court: 'There's no way I would want to harm the mother of my children.'
  
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• Parents of teenage police officer who was killed after being hit by a car while attending a suspicious crash are 'absolutely devastated' by the death of their 'beautiful' only child

  15-06-2026 19:24 via dailymail.com
  
  PC Jess Turnbull, 19, was the only child of Janice and Andy Turnbull and it had been her dream to follow her father into the police force.
  
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• Princess of Wales issues heartfelt statement as she marks poignant week close to royal role

  15-06-2026 19:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Today, the Princess of Wales sent a new message in support of Children’s Hospice Week - praising the ‘remarkable’ role they play in helping children and families
  
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• Girl, 15, fighting for her life after dad says she swallowed too much Benadryl in twisted 'challenge'

  15-06-2026 19:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Leah Presson, 15, has been left brain dead in an Oklahoma hospital as doctors sound the alarm over a disturbing new online trend.
  
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• ‘Maverick’ ex-police sergeant called himself 'Daddy' in toxic team WhatsApp chat, court told

  15-06-2026 19:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-police sergeant Paul Street, 41, asked for a sex clip from a 'fit' female suspect's phone, punched a suspect and bullied a teenage detainee while leading a Cambridgeshire team, a court heard
  
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• Two Just Stop Oil activists damaged varnish on £100m Rokeby Venus oil painting in National Gallery after smashing glass with hammer, court hears

  15-06-2026 19:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Harrison Donnelly, 23, and Hanan Ameur, 25, attacked Diego Velázquez's 17th-century masterpiece in the National Gallery while wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts, it was said.
  
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• Bungee jump staff claim to have 'blacked out' when woman plunged 130ft to death without rope

  15-06-2026 19:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, was bungee jumping off Skeleton Bridge in Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil, when she fell 130ft to her death after allegedly being pushed off without a safety rope
  
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• Paul Pogba makes bold Manchester United Premier League title prediction

  15-06-2026 19:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Pogba made 154 Premier League appearances for Manchester United (Picture: Getty)Paul Pogba has made a bold prediction and believes Manchester United will win the Premier League title within the next three years.United looked destined for another hugely underwhelming season when Ruben Amorim was sacked in January and replaced by an interim coach in Michael Carrick.
  Pogba’s former teammate, however, presided over a stunning change in fortunes which culminated in Champions League qualif
  
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• Katie Price fans who lost thousands invested with scam artist she promoted are still waiting for money back

  15-06-2026 19:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie Price vowed to seek justice for victims of a rogue trader who she urged her fans to invest in - but those affected have not been paid, and are furious at the former model
  
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• GRAHAM GRANT: Shoe-gate yet another example of why the Minister for Cover-ups must be brought to heel over an inquiry

  15-06-2026 18:59 via dailymail.com
  
  There have been some memorable controversies in political history but Shoe-gate is a surprise entry.
  
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• American man arrested for heinous child sex crimes on balcony after being caught in video that outraged Colombia

  15-06-2026 18:58 via dailymail.com
  
  The suspect, a 36-year-old man from Texas, was seen allegedly sexually abusing a seven-year-old boy on a balcony in the Colombian capital Bogota in broad daylight.
  
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• Teen ‘doesn’t know why’ he fatally stabbed nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in chest

  15-06-2026 18:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aria Thorpe was stabbed once in the chest (Picture: Avon & Somerset police)A teenage boy told a group of youths ‘you will see it on the news later’ after stabbing a nine-year-old girl to death, a court heard.The 16-year-old confessed to stabbing Aria Thorpe once in the chest at a house in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, in December last year.After fleeing the property, he walked to a nearby railway station where he told young people gathered there that he had stabbed a child,
  
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• New The Witcher spin-off in development claims report but not for consoles

  15-06-2026 18:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Witcher 4 is still a while off (CD Projekt)Another game set in The Witcher universe is in development according to reports, and it isn’t Project Sirius. Between The Witcher 4, The Witcher 1 remake and the recently announced expansion for The Witcher 3, fans of Geralt and Ciri are set to be well served over the coming years. Developer CD Projekt has even more games in the oven than that, all set within Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy universe The Witcher 4 is the start of a
  
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• Police SWAT team responds to 'serious' incident near England's World Cup venue

  15-06-2026 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A huge number of armed police and a SWAT team have responded to a domestic incident in Arlington, Texas, just over a mile from the AT&T Stadium where England kick off their World Cup campaign against Croatia, according to Arlington Police Department
  
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• Car rams into ICE agent and flees as gunshots are fired in wild New Jersey scene

  15-06-2026 18:46 via dailymail.com
  
  An ICE agent was struck by a suspect fleeing arrest in New Jersey on Monday.
  
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• Reform UK councillor QUITS as Nigel Farage's party is 'unfit to govern' with 'toxic infighting'

  15-06-2026 18:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robbie Lammas, the former deputy leader of Reform UK on Medway Council in Kent, has resigned from his new role after just eight months - saying he "felt misled" by Nigel Farage's party
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Spain vs Cape Verde updates after manager sack shock

  15-06-2026 18:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  World Cup favourites Spain kick off their campaign against Cape Verde without Lamine Yamal or Inaki Williams in their starting XI against the tournament debutants
  
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• Gladiator II didn’t ‘fail’ but Russell Crowe is right about one thing

  15-06-2026 18:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Russell Crowe has come for Gladiator II, which he wasn’t involved with, again (Picture: Dreamworks/Universal/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock)Gladiator actor Russell Crowe has decided an appropriate enough amount of time has passed that he can now rip into the 2024 sequel of the film that cemented him as a Hollywood A-Lister, more than a quarter of a century ago.The New Zealander famously played the titular gladiator, Maximus, in Sir Ridley Scott’s original film; he was a Roman general on a q
  
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• UFC fight-fatigued Trump sounds hoarse during uncomfortable meeting with Macron as Iran deal hangs over G7 summit

  15-06-2026 18:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump did not appear pleased when he met with French President Emmanuel Macron in France on Monday.
  
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• 'Kind soul' killed in 'shocking incident' in Essex park as two teens arrested

  15-06-2026 18:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Radwan Shakur, 21, was found with fatal stab wounds at Central Park in Chelmsford, Essex, on Friday evening, and two teenagers have been charged with his murder
  
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