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• I poo myself every week while running – but I won’t stop

  03-10-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘College ruined me’, Tiffani says (Picture: Tiffani Koonce)‘Yo, come get me. There is poo coming down my leg’. It’s a call 20-year-old Tiffani Koonce has made to her boyfriend Cayde de Waal many times over the past year. A student athlete, Tiffani jogs almost every day, and almost once a week, she will experience the runs during one of those runs. ‘It first happened when I was 17 and I was at high school doing cross country. I don’t reall
  
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• GP found 'murdered' near Sandringham while 'hosting sleepover for children'

  05-10-2026 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hannah Cain was found dead at her house in Dersingham, Norfolk, on the edge of the Sandringham estate, with a man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of murder
  
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• BBC appoints former Panorama editor as director of news and current affairs amid fallout from Trump speech editing scandal

  05-10-2026 21:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Rachel Jupp, director of BBC News documentaries and longform journalism, will take on the £400,000-a-year role nearly 12 months after the previous chief executive resigned.
  
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• Schoolboy's hand blown off in France protests after 'picking up string-ball grenade'

  05-10-2026 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenage boy was rushed to hospital amid conflicting reports he picked up a sting-ball grenade that exploded in his hand during the protests against the conditions of school buildings
  
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• 5,000 prisoners released early from jail in England and Wales - exactly how Tory failure got us here

  05-10-2026 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MoJ estimates show that while the last Conservative government did build thousands of new prison places between 2010 and 2024, almost as many were closed - sparking the chaos we're seeing across the country
  
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• Mother died holding photo of her four murdered children after their house was torched in arson attack, inquest told

  05-10-2026 21:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Michelle Pearson died aged 37 in August 2019, more than a year-and-a-half after her children, Demi Pearson, 15, Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and Lia, three, passed away.
  
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• Cornell activists smash windows and vandalize building with red paint in wake of gang rape allegations

  05-10-2026 21:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Holes were knocked into one of the administration hall's glass doors, and the walls beside them were marked with red-painted messages condemning patriarchy.
  
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• Scotch on the rockets! The water of life to be given an extraterrestrial flavour

  05-10-2026 20:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Its origins remain a mystery with the earliest references in Scotland dating to the late 15th century.
  
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• The elderly Spanish woman who brought a government to its knees

  05-10-2026 20:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maricarmen Abascal has become the face of the housing protests, pictured just minutes before being evicted in Madrid, Spain.(Picture: Europa Press)Spain is heading to the polls at the end of November after a row over housing led to parliamentary deadlock.One elderly pensioner evicted from the home she had lived in for 70 years after the new landlord raised the rent by 430 per cent has become the face of the rising angry protests.Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was left with no option but to call t
  
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• Terrifying illness takes hold as Emmerdale spoilers reveal what happens next

  05-10-2026 20:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  The aftermath revealed (Picture: ITV/Metro)Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) shares her concerns about Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) with Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) in Emmerdale this evening.The local GP started to wonder if something was going on with Gabby when she began ranting about medication and big pharmaceutical companies.
  She then discovered that Gabby had been creating dangerous health content for social media that was being watched by the likes of Clemmie and Dotty.After gaining
  
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• JD Vance says US was just 'trying to protect our guys' by withdrawing bombers from RAF Fairford - as Downing Street insists airbase is safe

  05-10-2026 20:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Marco Rubio said it is 'not unusual' to see the 'movement of assets to different parts of the world', while Downing Street insisted the base is safe amid new security concerns.
  
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• Paul Scholes claims he is ‘half the reason’ Man Utd star left club

  05-10-2026 20:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Scholes says he was ‘partly responsible’ for Paul Pogba leaving Manchester United (Picture: The Good, The Bad & The Football)Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has suggested he was ‘half the reason’ Paul Pogba departed the club for Juventus back in 2012.Pogba had been earmarked as a potential superstar in the making while earning rave reviews in United’s academy having joined the Red Devils from Le Havre aged just 16.Sir Alex Ferguson would go on to han
  
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• 'Dexter-obsessed' forensics student stabbed woman 78 times to death in copycat 'kill room' in Airbnb, court told

  05-10-2026 20:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Benjamin Day, 20, was arrested in a Dexter-style khaki top after stabbing Maria Saceanu 78 times and beginning to dismember her body, his murder trial was told.
  
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• Moment escaped prisoner rams armed police in gym car park after being on the run for four months

  05-10-2026 20:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Jay Bennett, used his black Volkswagen Golf to repeatedly hit firearm officers in their vehicles outside the Fitness Factory gym in Coventry on March 24.
  
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• First picture of ‘lovely’ GP killed as she hosted children’s sleepover near Sandringham Estate

  05-10-2026 20:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a ‘lovely’ GP found dead in her home as she hosted a children’s sleepover in a quiet village on the outskirts of the Sandringham Estate. Dr Hannah Terry, also known as Hannah Cain, who has been named locally as the woman found dead in a £800,000 house in Fern Hill
  (Picture: East Anglia News Service)The mother-of-three, named locally as Hannah Cain, was also known as Dr Hannah Terry at her practice.Detectives have been granted extra time to quest
  
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• Police launch Prestatyn 'murder' probe as dead body found inside burning van

  05-10-2026 20:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called out to a van fire in Prestatyn before a body was found inside - a 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder
  
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• British Airways steward sacked for asking female colleague if she wanted to join the 'mile-high club' wins £30,000 payout

  05-10-2026 20:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Charly Mateo, then aged 37, was sacked by the airline in July 2024 after he was deemed to have 'invaded the privacy' of a cabin crew member during a flight.
  
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• The truth about Nancy and Lee’s baby bombshell as EastEnders spoilers confirm what happens next

  05-10-2026 20:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Actual jaw on the actual floor (Picture: BBC / Metro)EastEnders is no stranger to a jaw-dropping cliffhanger or two but the latest was certainly one of the biggest to date as Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) was left reeling after the father of all bombshells.
  The former Queen Vic landlady was overjoyed to learn that daughter Nancy (Maddy Hill), last seen in 2022, was not only back in the Square but that she’s pregnant.
  Linda has longed for a grandchild and she wasted little time in quizzing
  
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• British Airways BA295 live: Heathrow flight plunges 28,000ft as oxygen masks drop

  05-10-2026 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British Airways flight BA295 from London Heathrow to Chicago made a U-turn above Ireland after issuing an emergency alert, dropping rapidly to just 9,000ft
  
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• Lena Martell, the first Scottish female solo artist to get a Number One single with One Day at a Time and sold 20million records, dies at 86

  05-10-2026 20:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Legendary Scottish singer Lena Martell has died aged 86.
  
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• GP is found dead in her home 'while hosting a children's sleepover' near Sandringham estate: Man is arrested over 'murder'

  05-10-2026 19:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr Hannah Terry, who is in her 40s, was found dead at her £800,000 house in Dersingham, Norfolk - a mile from the King's Sandringham House, during the early hours of Sunday.
  
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• Iconic TV soap star Robert Kelker-Kelly dies aged 62

  05-10-2026 19:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robert Kelker-Kelly starred in nearly 600 episodes of Days of Our Lives (Picture: NBCUniversal via Getty Images)TV soap star Robert Kelker-Kelly has died aged 62, more than 30 years after landing his breakout role on the hit show Days of Our Lives.The actor played Bo Brady on nearly 600 episodes before leaving the role in 1995.Robert died in Missouri on October 3, according to TMZ. His cause of death has not been revealed.He also had long-running roles on Another World and General Hospital.Earl
  
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• Days of Our Lives star Robert Kelker-Kelly dies aged 62

  05-10-2026 19:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robert Kelker-Kelly starred in nearly 600 episodes of Days of Our Lives (Picture: NBCUniversal via Getty Images)Days of Our Lives star Robert Kelker-Kelly has died aged 62, more than 30 years after landing his breakout role on the hit soap.The actor played Bo Brady on nearly 600 episodes before leaving the role in 1995.Robert died in Missouri on October 3, according to TMZ. His cause of death has not been revealed.He also had long-running roles on Another World and General Hospital.Earlier this
  
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• Catherine Zeta-Jones get a taste of Scottish treat Tunnock's in her latest role

  05-10-2026 19:49 via dailymail.com
  
  They have popped up in the most unusual of places, including the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and in Doctor Who.
  
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• Students being told to sign on for benefits straight out of university as living on welfare handouts seen as a 'lifestyle choice', says Helen Whately

  05-10-2026 19:45 via dailymail.com
  
  The shadow work and pensions secretary said that minor mental health conditions should not be an excuse for young people not to work as claiming benefits is not a 'lifestyle choice'.
  
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• GRAHAM GRANT: Kemi is right to question the competence of those governing in Holyrood ... and kickstart a REAL debate on the need for devolution

  05-10-2026 19:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch has said the unsayable by asking a fundamental question - what is the point of devolution?
  
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• Distilled in space - the water of life to be given an extraterrestrial flavour

  05-10-2026 19:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Its origins remain a mystery with the earliest references in Scotland dating to the late 15th century.
  
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• 'Arrogant' John Swinney refuses to back down on pension claims

  05-10-2026 19:44 via dailymail.com
  
  First Minister John Swinney has been accused of arrogance after 'doubling down' on claims that Scots are going to lose their pensions.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch: Scots Tories are the ONLY common sense party at Holyrood

  05-10-2026 19:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch has declared that the Scottish Conservatives are the only 'common sense' party at Holyrood and condemned the performance of Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
  
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• Alzheimer's patient's wife pleads for return of precious wedding photos lost by removal firm

  05-10-2026 19:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Wedding album and precious family photos lost during house move as distraught wife pleads for their safe return
  
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