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• Immigration is pushing up family size

  16-08-2015 21:58
  
  IMMIGRATION has signalled the end of the average British family of “two point four children”, according to official figures.
  
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• Fire destroys 100 cars after tearing through Gatwick Airport parking site

  24-08-2026 11:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  The fire engulfed dozens of cars (Picture: Eddie Mitchell)A fire tore through a car park near Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, on Saturday, destroying more than 100 cars.The ‘significant and complex’ blaze erupted at Caldyne Business Park in Rowfant, near Crawley, at around 8.55pm.No one was injured in the fire, which roared well into the early hours.The car park is often used by holidaymakers, those staying at nearby holiday parks and local businesses.
  Megan Maynard said on Faceb
  
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• Michael Owen warns £125 million Liverpool star he is ‘running out of excuses’

  24-08-2026 11:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Owen was unimpressed by Liverpool against Newcastle (Picture: Getty)Michael Owen has warned Alexander Isak he is ‘running out of excuses’ after the Premier League’s record signing failed to make an impact in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against Newcastle.
  The Reds broke the British transfer record to sign the Sweden international last summer, but he endured a wretched first season at Anfield.
  Injuries severely restricted to the extent whereby he started just nine Premier
  
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• Meghan Markle’s acting comeback revealed after ‘doubts’ over The Gentlemen role

  24-08-2026 11:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Meghan Markle is reportedly still in talks to appear in Netflix’s The Gentlemen (Picture: REUTERS)Meghan Markle’s acting comeback has seen more twists and turns than a Netflix series.Reports that the Duchess of Sussex, who is returning to the UK with husband Prince Harry and their children next month, had signed a deal to appear in season three of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen emerged on Friday, marking a highly-anticipated acting comeback for the former Suits star.But the offer
  
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• What Donald Trump and Melania ‘argued’ about during Freedom 250 IndyCar race

  24-08-2026 11:42 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 PageThe Freedom 250 IndyCar race around the streets of Washington DC on Saturday appeared almost scientifically designed to please Donald Trump.There was brash, loud noise in the form of racecars screaming past the US Capitol. There were tacky displays of US patriotism in the form of a bald eagle at the start line. There was a flypast from his new Qatari-gifted
  
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• Race Across the World’s Jo Gardiner, 61, dies one year after co-star son’s death

  24-08-2026 11:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jo Gardiner and her son Sam appeared on Race Across The World together (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert)Race Across the World star Jo Gardiner has died aged 61 just one year after her son and co-star Sam was killed in a car crash.The mother-and-son duo appeared on the BBC travel show’s second series in 2020, racing across South America from Mexico City to Ushuaia in Argentina.Jo died following a ‘long and courageous battle with cancer’, her family said in a statement.‘She li
  
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• Flash flooding fears as thunderstorms sweep in: Drought-hit Britain is set to be battered by a month's worth of rain in hours after record-breaking dry spell

  24-08-2026 11:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The Met Office has warned conditions will turn unsettled from Wednesday with outbreaks of rain becoming widespread as warm and humid air spreads northwards across the country.
  
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• My 2-year-old’s abstract artwork is Instagram famous

  24-08-2026 11:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Would you have guessed the artist? (Picture: The House That Black Built)The dining room wall of Chelsea Stonier’s Shropshire home features two imposing abstract paintings that have gained more than 150,000 likes online.What makes these monochrome prints so popular? The artist, who is Chelsea’s two-year-old son, October.Chelsea, 37, has been commissioning her toddler to add paint to canvas, adding surprisingly chic artwork to her interiors Instagram, The House That Black Built.While
  
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• Tim drops a major bombshell in Coronation Street after devastating murder

  24-08-2026 11:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  He felt awful (Picture: ITV)The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Coronation Street dated August 24. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX and YouTube.Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) sensed that he was making progress with Lucy (Anya Dewin) in Coronation Street today, which increased his guilt tenfold.Lucy is the teenage daughter of Tim’s cousin Richie (Nathan Sussex), who is currently in prison after killing his wife Rachel.Lucy was present when th
  
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• Napoli target £25m Chelsea star after Gabriel Jesus transfer blow

  24-08-2026 11:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Jesus is not interested in leaving Arsenal for Napoli (Photo: Getty)With a transfer for Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus looking unlikely, Napoli are reportedly interested in signing a forgotten Chelsea striker.The Serie A giants are in the market for a new centre-forward but time is running out with the summer transfer window closing next week.Jesus has been their top target with Arsenal content to sell the Brazil international, who has been plagued by injuries over the past two seasons,
  
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• Why new Arsenal signing Christos Tzolis has already returned to former club

  24-08-2026 11:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Christos Tzolis was back in Belgium on Sunday after starring for Arsenal on Friday (Picture: Getty Images)
  Christos Tzolis has made an impressive start to his Arsenal career and he is clearly still a big fan favourite with his former side Club Brugge.The 24-year-old arrived at Arsenal from the Belgian side this summer in a £34 million move and is already showing impressive signs.The Greece international provided two assists in the 3-0 Community Shield win over Manchester City and another
  
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• Melania Trump tells Donald 'I can't take anymore' as tense exchange spotted by lip reader

  24-08-2026 11:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Following Donald and Melania Trump's appearance at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a professional lip reader has exclusively shared his verdict on a conversation between the pair
  
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• Young man living in tent in Gaza launches £20,000 bid to study at UK university

  24-08-2026 11:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yasser Mohammad Abu Hamed landed a place to study computer science at a UK university from a tent in Gaza but tuition and living costs stand in his way
  
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• He's the shadowy gangster chief suspect in the death of a public schoolboy who jumped from a luxury Thames-side apartment in a case which has gripped true crime fans globally... but he's never been seen on camera… until now

  24-08-2026 11:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Zac Brettler, 19, died after jumping from the fifth floor of a luxury London apartment and into the river Thames. What drove him to jump from the balcony is a mystery.
  
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• More than £360k raised for families of hero police officers killed in Teesside crash

  24-08-2026 10:58 via dailymail.com
  
  PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down the A66 crashed head-on into their police car.
  
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• Girl, 14, ‘raped by stranger in woodland in broad daylight' as police hunt attacker

  24-08-2026 10:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting for a man aged in his 30s or 40s after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a stranger in woodland in Southampton during a horrific broad-daylight attack
  
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• Child Benefit warning for millions of parents as payments could stop after August 31

  24-08-2026 10:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  To claim Child Benefit, your child normally has to live with you, or you pay at least the same amount as Child Benefit toward looking after them
  
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• Woman, 27, is killed and two more people injured after Tesla crashes into diners at a Westfield shopping centre

  24-08-2026 10:41 via dailymail.com
  
  A car crashed into the outdoor dining area of a Westfield in Melbourne on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Lille set asking price for Arsenal to sign Matias Fernandez-Pardo

  24-08-2026 10:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo is wanted by a number of club (Picture: Getty)Arsenal have added Lille’s Matias Fernandez-Pardo to their list of targets in their bid to sign a new forward before the transfer window closes.The Gunners began their Premier League title defence in dominant fashion last Friday, cantering to a 3-0 win over newly promoted Coventry City.
  Summer recruit Christos Tzolis impressed on the left-wing and he is already looking to be a a smart replacement for Leandr
  
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• Black belt law student, 19, dies after heart stopped suddenly while she slept

  24-08-2026 10:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Isabelle Sava achieved an extraordinary amount in her short life (Picture: SWNS)An aspiring lawyer and Taekwondo black belt has died aged 19 after suffering a cardiac arrest in her sleep.Isabelle Sava, a law student at Queen Mary University, East London, was found critically ill last Monday in Mile End.Emergency crews were unable to save her, leaving her parents, Ovi and Laura Sava, devastated.Isabelle, who was from Romania, was described by family friend Adriana Agache as ‘the kind of yo
  
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• EastEnders fans ‘work out’ another major death – and it’s devastating

  24-08-2026 10:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Surely not? (Picture: BBC/Metro)EastEnders fans have had their detective hats on over the weekend and have come up with a theory to explain the upcoming returns of Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Lee and Nancy Carter (Danny Hatchard and Maddy Hill).‘Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) is one of the all time great EastEnders characters, so losing her is such a big moment to the show and we wanted to make sure we see Linda at her best in her final few months,’ said ‘Ender
  
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• Woman, 22, passed out from miscarriage twice after 'doctors said bleeding was normal'

  24-08-2026 10:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old woman said she has been left 'scared to get pregnant in the future' after she claimed a hospital refused to give her a scan during her miscarriage
  
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• Putin's newest submarine - designed to carry Poseidon doomsday weapon 'which can unleash tsunamis' - launches for the first time

  24-08-2026 10:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Russia has quietly launched its latest submarine, which is capable of carrying the Poseidon doomsday weapons. 
  
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• France on course to lose crown as world's most-visited country - with UK's favourite set to take top spot despite furious overtourism protests

  24-08-2026 10:22 via dailymail.com
  
  France may have broken tourism records, but its reign at the top is already under threat from a familiar favourite with Brits.
  
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• Ukraine marks independence with audacious drone blitz on Russia’s ‘Amazon’

  24-08-2026 10:19 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 PageUkraine marked its Independence Day by targeting Vladimir Putin’s online shopping hubs.Three Ozon marketplace logistics centres were engulfed by flames following the overnight strikes.The attacks unfolded on the day UK prime minister Andy Burnham was making his first trip as leader to Kyiv.Ozon is often referred to as the ‘Amazon of Russia’
  
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• Audacious drone blitz destroys three warehouses belonging to the ‘Amazon of Russia’

  24-08-2026 10:19 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 PageUkraine marked its Independence Day by targeting Vladimir Putin’s online shopping hubs.Three Ozon marketplace logistics centres were engulfed by flames following the overnight strikes.The attacks unfolded on the day UK prime minister Andy Burnham was making his first trip as leader to Kyiv.Ozon is often referred to as the ‘Amazon of Russia’
  
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• How to spot a Brit abroad! The tell-tale holiday habits that give us away - from packing teabags and downing airport pints to always getting sunburnt

  24-08-2026 10:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Think you can blend in abroad? These familiar holiday habits could give you away before you've even reached the pool - from the airport pint to the inevitable sunburn.
  
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• Iran threatens to kill Barron Trump while he plays Xbox in chilling TV report

  24-08-2026 10:04 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 PageIranian TV has targeted another member of Donald Trump’s close family with a report suggesting how they might be assassinated.Last month, a propaganda clip titled ‘How to Kill Melania Trump’ appeared to provide tips about the US First Lady’s whereabouts and designer stores she frequently visits.That video ended with an apparent threat
  
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• Gary Neville tells Liverpool struggler to ‘sort himself out’

  24-08-2026 10:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andoni Iraola must get more out of Liverpool’s expensive signings (Picture: Getty Images)Gary Neville feels it is time for Florian Wirtz to start delivering for Liverpool, telling the Germany international to ‘sort himself out’ after another underwhelming performance.Wirtz arrived at Anfield from Bayer Leverkusen last summer for £116million and has failed to live up to that mammoth price tag since.The 23-year-old started in the 2-2 draw with Newcastle on Sunday and produ
  
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• Fox sneaks into home and attacks sleeping baby in middle of the night

  24-08-2026 10:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mum Carly Clarkson with her three-month-old daughter, Josephine (Picture: James Linsell Clark / SWNS)A mother has spoken out about the moment a fox broke into her home and bit her baby daughter’s head in the middle of the night.Mum-of-two Carly Clarkson had fallen asleep while feeding three-month-old Josephine, but was woken up by the animal sniffing her face.It was only then that she noticed blood around her baby lying beside her.Carly, 37, screamed as she realised her baby had suffered
  
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