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• I know exactly who the next BBC Doctor Who boss should be

  11-06-2026 16:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  With a new era of Doctor Who on the horizon, here’s my pick for showrunner (Picture: BBC)As the dust settles on yesterday’s bombshell statements from the BBC and Russell T Davies over the future of Doctor Who, there’s one person I would love to take charge.Earlier this week, the BBC confirmed there would be no Christmas special this year despite a previous announcement confirming its festive return with Russell at the helm.Shortly after, the legendary showrunner himself hopped
  
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• Taskmaster confirms series 22 line-up including Matt Lucas and Richard Ayoade

  11-06-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Taskmaster is coming back after another successful series with a new line-up (Picture: James Brey)Spoilers for Taskmaster series 21 ahead.As Taskmaster comes to a flourishing end once again, another cohort of comedians is just around the corner.The long-running Channel 4 competition series, which pits five comedians against each other to execute a series of absurd tasks set by little Alex Horne and judged by the titular tyrant, Greg Davies, is coming back.Thursday night saw the heated finale fo
  
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• FIFA Fan Festival evacuated midway through World Cup opening game

  11-06-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  FIFA’s Fan Festival in Toronto was halted due to ‘risk of lightning’FIFA’s Fan Festival in Toronto was forced to carry out an emergency evacuation midway through Mexico’s World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday night.Thousands of people had turned up to watch the first match of the World Cup on the big screen in the Fort York grounds in Toronto.However, shortly before half-time, the game was abruptly stopped on the big screen and replaced with a message w
  
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• Emmerdale’s Kerry and Archie exposed as the police are called

  11-06-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Well, that didn’t last long (Picture: ITV)Kerry Wyatt’s (Laura Norton) latest scam has been the boldest one to date in Emmerdale – ripping off her own boss using her boyfriend’s son.In fairness to Kerry, this is Archie’s (Kai Assi) bright idea and she is merely cashing in on it. She caught Archie easily scamming Caleb Miligan (William Ash) out of £5,000 by using an AI mock-up of his daughter Steph’s voice.
  Genius kid, Kerry couldn’t believe how sm
  
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• Swirling rumors about scandal-plagued Republican who could ruin Trump's nearly-flawless record sparks panic: 'We can't have another f*** up

  11-06-2026 22:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump's political operation is trying to avoid 'another f*** up' by not endorsing any more losing candidates after the President's endorsement streak was recently broken.
  
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• Millionaire on trial for horror boat crash that killed teenage girl begs not to be shown the wreckage... as his wife takes the stand

  11-06-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  George Pino, 55, hugged his wife Cecilia on Thursday morning after she took the stand in his trial in South Florida, where he faces charges of manslaughter and vessel homicide.
  
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• Major English council admits polling station staff saw people trying to take part in illegal 'family voting' in May elections - and were subjected to abuse when they tried to stop them

  11-06-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  A major town hall has admitted that officials saw groups of people trying to go into polling booths together and had to step in and tell them it was against the law.
  
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• Police release new clip of two men wanted for murdering Penn State student, 22, after NBA Finals watch party

  11-06-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Billy Schmidt, 22, was shot dead around 1.30am on Saturday as he walked back to his family's home in South Philadelphia during an apparent robbery.
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Violent clashes erupt at Azteca Stadium as riot police deployed

  11-06-2026 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The World Cup is almost upon us with Mexico vs South Africa kicking off the latest edition of the tournament
  
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• Birmingham Recap: Man fighting for life after horror double-stabbing in city centre

  11-06-2026 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  West Midlands Police were called to a stabbing in Birmingham city centre which left two people injured
  
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• Unassuming suburban home revealed as daycare from hell as boy's cries lead police to uncover a monster's dark secret

  11-06-2026 22:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Taylor Wendell, 31, was charged with eight counts of child abuse and neglect after a five-year-old boy escaped her Nevada home daycare.
  
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• Spanish pop star, 29, is arrested on suspicion of sexual assault just 48 hours after singing in front of Pope Leo

  11-06-2026 22:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Francisco Javier Alvarez Beret, better known by the mononym Beret, is understood to have been held in his home city of Seville this morning.
  
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• Girl, seven, is rushed to hospital after council flat ceiling collapsed on top of her - days after concerned parents' calls to repair leak were ignored

  11-06-2026 22:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Juniper Flett was on FaceTime to her grandmother when the ceiling fell in at the property in Edinburgh, on June 7, despite her parent's reporting the leak six days earlier.
  
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• Al Carns follows John Healey out the door as he accuses Labour of 'failing' Britain's armed forces in scathing resignation letter to Starmer amid furious defence budget row

  11-06-2026 22:45 via dailymail.com
  
  The Armed Forces minister followed his boss, defence secretary John Healey, out of the door as he said the long-delayed document was 'not built for the threat we face'.
  
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• Man whose two dogs left food parcel volunteer with 'permanent scars' after they mauled him while left in 'appalling' conditions is spared jail

  11-06-2026 22:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Kieran Morris, 21, kept his dogs in 'appalling' conditions, a court heard, before they attacked the volunteer who was delivering a food parcel in Newcastle's West End on August 19, 2023.
  
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• Three US Presidents are turning 80 this summer... which one would you like to party with? Have your say in the DC Insider poll

  11-06-2026 22:40 via dailymail.com
  
  While President Donald Trump's 80th birthday has dominated the conversation, two other former Presidents are also turning 80 in the coming months.
  
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• Gennifer Flowers' message for Bill Clinton 34 years on, why she supports Trump...and her new life as the 'Blonde Bombshell of the Big Easy'

  11-06-2026 22:29 via dailymail.com
  
  In 1992 Flowers became an instant sensation when she came forward with claims of a 12-year extramarital affair with Bill Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
  
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• Arsenal superstar tipped to be axed from England’s World Cup opener

  11-06-2026 22:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Noni Madueke and Bukayo Saka are competing for the same spot for club and country (Picture: Getty Images)Two Arsenal stars are competing for the same position in the England team this summer and Darren Bent reckons Thomas Tuchel could spring a surprise.Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke are vying for the right wing spot for the Three Lions, just as they do for the Gunners.In Mikel Arteta’s side, Saka is the clear first choice, with Madueke taking the back-up role, ready to fill in when injury o
  
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• Train bridge collapses after lorry crash causing Euston havoc

  11-06-2026 22:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  A significant chunk of the railway bridge collapsed after a lorry struck it between Nuneaton and Rugby (Picture: X/@LNRailway)Passengers face travel misery on a major route to London Euston after a bridge collapsed following a lorry crash.
  Train passengers should brace for cancellations and delays on the Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway and some Lumo services after the incident this evening.
  A chunk of a railway bridge came crashing down between Nuneaton and Rugby on the West Coas
  
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• Trump's explosive secret call with Charlie Kirk over Epstein just weeks before TPUSA boss' assassination

  11-06-2026 22:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Days after Trump's reported call with Kirk, there was a marked shift in the TPUSA founder's demeanor.
  
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• Pictured: Hero teacher who protected pupils from knife-wielding student who injured two classmates before being arrested - as terror police launch probe

  11-06-2026 22:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Maysum Abdullah, 27, suffered injuries to his neck and hand after allegedly intervening when a teenage girl armed with a knife attacked fellow students.
  
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• World Cup chaos as riot police clash with protesters outside Mexico City stadium

  11-06-2026 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shared on social media shows unrest outside the Estadio Azteca as South Africa faces off with Mexico in the World Cup - with protesters seen hurling Molotov cocktails
  
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• Stephen and Katie Miller's newborn son had Washington whispering about a beloved haunt. His mother sets the record straight

  11-06-2026 22:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Katie Miller told the Daily Mail how she and husband Stephen Miller came up with the unusual name of their fourth child: Hawthorne Hayes Miller.
  
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• Dan Jarvis appointed Defence Secretary hours after John Healey's shock resignation

  11-06-2026 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Security Minister Dan Jarvis was handed the top Cabinet post nearly nine hours after John Healey quit with a withering takedown of the Government's defence spending plans
  
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• Shockwaves in Emmerdale as the Dingles are rocked by family secrets

  11-06-2026 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  More bad news (Picture: ITV)The Dingle family just cannot catch a break in Emmerdale.
  At the start of the year, everything changed for Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) as he received a prostate cancer diagnosis. While this was happening, his wife Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) was in prison for crimes she didn’t commit.
  It was an incredibly stressful time for them, but it was made even worse thanks to Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), who was hellbent on getting Butler’s Farm from Moira.
  He succeed
  
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• Riot police clash with protesters hurling stones outside World Cup opening ceremony 

  11-06-2026 21:43 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 PageTensions are flaring up outside the stadium hosting the World Cup opening ceremony in Mexico as the Mexico v South Africa game kicked off.
  Protesters were seen throwing rocks and other projectiles at riot police stationed at gate eight leading into the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
  The crowd control barriers had been torn down, and the groups of officers us
  
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• Trump health mystery deepens as army of doctors check president

  11-06-2026 21:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Trump's personal physician Navy Capt. Sean Barbarella made the staggering submission after the President's visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
  
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• Al Carns heaps more pressure on Starmer as he resigns as minister and accuses Labour of 'failing' Britain's armed forces in scathing letter

  11-06-2026 21:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Armed Forces Minister Al Carns has resigned as defence minister - just hours after John Healey resigned as Defence Secretary.
  
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• Revealed: Iowa Republican congressman touting self-published thriller about Chinese AI attack SKIPPED hearings on real-life national security threats from Beijing

  11-06-2026 21:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Iowa congressman Zach Nunn's book ' Stratagem' is described on his self-built website as a 'breakneck thriller that propels the reader into the future of technology and conflict'.
  
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• The truth behind viral Marco Rubio 'realizing' meme that could have 'killed' his political ambitions before a lucky twist of fate

  11-06-2026 21:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The Daily Mail has discovered the originator of the prolific meme of Secretary of State Marco Rubio sitting on a couch in the Oval Office.
  
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