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• Instagram has changed its search function - here's what it means for you

  23-06-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The update massively improves the photo sharing app's clunky search tool
  
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• EA boss got £29,000,000 bonus for Battlefield 6 while the devs were laid off

  29-07-2026 13:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andrew Wilson has been CEO of EA since 2013 (Martina Albertazzi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has bagged a massive corporate bonus, after laying off workers responsible for Battlefield 6. The game industry has become an endless cycle of layoffs over recent years, but as is typical across all companies, these rarely impact the people in charge. In March, EA laid off an undisclosed amount of employees across all the studios behind Battlefield 6: DICE, Ripp
  
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• Teenage Norwegian hitman guilty of plotting to assassinate UK target on behalf of Iran-backed gang

  29-07-2026 13:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Johannes Natland, 18 at the time, flew from Stavanger, south-west Norway, to Britain to assassinate a target in return for £21,000, the Old Bailey was told.
  
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• Married NYC lawyer, 45, is SUSPENDED from his job after he was caught smooching with underling, 29, in Central Park

  29-07-2026 13:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Nathaniel D Cullerton, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was placed on leave amid an investigation into his canoodling with Kelsey Borenzweig, the Financial Times reported.
  
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• Boy, seven, dies after mother and daughter drowned off Essex beach while trying to save him

  29-07-2026 13:55 via dailymail.com
  
  A seven-year-old boy has died after a mother and daughter drowned off a beach in Essex while trying to save him.
  
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• Businessman who built 'abominable' conservatory on his Grade II-listed Airbnb cottage without planning permission loses bid to keep it

  29-07-2026 13:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Residents living close to Smallbrook Cottage, situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, complained that the massive, box-shaped conservatory was an 'appalling' eyesore.
  
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• 'Fairytale' village full of Disney-style castles becomes total 'ghost town'

  29-07-2026 13:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a small mountain town you may stumble across hundreds of half-built., abandoned homes that resemble castles. While this development had big dreams, the plans never came into fruition
  
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• Kelly Cates makes thoughts clear on Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman as she opens up on BBC job

  29-07-2026 13:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Match of the Day presenter Kelly Cates has revealed what she thinks about her BBC colleagues
  
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• Maker of ChatGPT admits its rogue AI tried to hack other companies after it attacked another tech firm

  29-07-2026 13:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The maker of ChatGPT has admitted that a cyber-attack carried out by rogue AI agents targeted more than just one company.
  
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• Cotswolds villagers threaten to sell up over 'horrifying' plans to build 19,000 homes and turn their idyllic communities into 'packed towns'

  29-07-2026 13:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Councillors will meet on Monday to begin the process of agreeing a new local plan that may double and even triple some villages in size by building on vacant land.
  
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• BBC axes Live at the Apollo after 22 years among other shows in £500,000,000 cull

  29-07-2026 13:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Live at the Apollo has been axed in a BBC cull (Picture: BBC)The BBC has scrapped iconic comedy show Live at the Apollo as well as Celebrity Mastermind and Blankety Blank in a bid to save £500 million over the next few years.The stand-up show helped launch the careers of several major British comedians and has been running since September 2004.Similarly, Celebrity Mastermind has run for 19 seasons, beginning in 2002, while Blankety Blank has been paused and revived several times since its
  
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• Missing boy, 5, found dead in sewage tank after telling mum he was using toilet

  29-07-2026 13:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  João Gabriel Ferreira dos Santos, five, was found dead in a two-metre-deep pool of water that had collected on the torn cover of a bio-digestor near his family home in Araucária, Brazil
  
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• Sally Nugent beams as she prepares to take over BBC Breakfast's top job from Naga Munchetty after she confirmed her exit from the show

  29-07-2026 13:34 via dailymail.com
  
  It was announced on Tuesday that Munchetty would be leaving BBC Breakfast after 17 years to take over 5 Live's flagship morning show.
  
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• Philp blasts Mahmood's deal with France after gendarmes tell him they have orders 'not to intervene' as migrants wait to board small boats

  29-07-2026 13:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp - observing migrant crossings from Hardelot-Plage, south of Boulogne - said officers stood by as migrants awaited the arrival of a smugglers' dinghy.
  
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• Sir Geoff Hurst and England fans recall 1966 World Cup glory exactly 60 years on

  29-07-2026 13:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Geoff, 84, told the Mirror: "I still get stopped all the time by fans who tell me what they were doing on the day we won the World Cup"
  
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• Lecturer who called women 'females' and student a 'troublesome trans kid' loses unfair dismissal fight

  29-07-2026 13:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Russell Cherrington was working as a senior film studies lecturer at the University of Derby in 2023 when four students complained about his 'misogynistic', 'transphobic' and 'divisive' language.
  
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• Group of mums speak out against popular clothing chain for selling 'inappropriate' baby onsies: 'Definitely weird and wrong'

  29-07-2026 13:30 via dailymail.com
  
  A mother shared a 'weird' baby bodysuit she found at Best and Less on Wednesday.
  
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• Carling waters down alcohol content of its famous lager to 3.4% as it looks to cut costs

  29-07-2026 13:23 via dailymail.com
  
  The Staffordshire-based brewers - known for advertising slogans such as 'I bet he drinks Carling Black Label' - previously offered an alcohol content of four per cent.
  
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• Bianca Censori poses topless in the middle of a nightclub because why not?

  29-07-2026 13:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bianca Censori puts her birthday suit on for a night out in Ibiza (Picture: Ye)Bianca Censori has ditched her clothes once again on a night out with husband Kanye West in a repeat of her revealing Grammys look.The naked stunt on music’s biggest night last year caused quite a stir, and we’ve seen the architect opting for (slightly) more covered-up looks recently.Until now, that is, as she wore a completely sheer bodysuit in Ibiza’s DC10, a famed electronic music club, strategic
  
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• Sunbed wars erupt as Brits battle it out - but efforts turn out to be 'pointless'

  29-07-2026 13:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A British tourist in the Canary Islands has captured the chaos of her hotel's sunbed wars, but she admits that rather than being annoyed, there's one reason why she found the whole scene 'funny'
  
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• Human torso discovered on roadside near Costa del Sol holiday hotspot

  29-07-2026 13:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All hypotheses are being considered by the Civil Guard following the grim discovery of a torso near Malaga in the south of Spain
  
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• UK weather maps turn icy blue for 6C cold snap as 22 counties plunge below 10C

  29-07-2026 13:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Weather forecasting models show a two-day cold spell could soon descend on the UK following this week’s heatwave, with temperatures plunging as low as 6C
  
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• UK travellers likely to choose 'convenient' trains over flights – and save £147 a trip

  29-07-2026 13:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two thirds of people would consider taking a train between cities rather than flying, with passengers saving an average of £147 per journey by choosing rail over air travel, according to a new survey.
  
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• Villagers are left with a 'roundabout to nowhere' after developers ditch plans to build 300 new homes

  29-07-2026 13:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Outline planning permission was granted for up to 300 homes in Teynham, Kent, in June 2021.
  
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• Emilie Kiser addresses video of toddler without life jacket one year after son’s drowning death

  29-07-2026 13:06 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 PageEmilie Kiser has apologised after her toddler son Teddy was seen without a life jacket while on a boat.The influencer, 27, addressed the backlash which comes just over a year after her son Trigg died at the age of three in a drowning accident at their family home.In footage taken from trip to Mallorca in June with her husband Brady and fellow influencer Madi
  
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• Former Met PC who made up sex assault because she was late for work sent back to jail

  29-07-2026 13:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lauren Evans lied that she was sexually assaulted as an excuse for why she was late to work (Picture: Metropolitan Police/SWNS)A former Met police officer who lied that she had been sexually assaulted during a fake traffic stop because she was late for work has been ordered back to prison.Lauren Evans, 35, claimed she was pulled over and subjected to an intimate body search while driving on the A20 in southeast London in March 2023.During the subsequent investigation, another serving Met office
  
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• Oscar-winning Once star Glen Hansard dies in crash aged 56

  29-07-2026 13:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Glen Hansard won an Oscar for his song Falling Slowly in the film Once (Picture: Reuters)Singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died at the age of 56 after a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
  This is a breaking news story, more to follow soon… Check back shortly for further updates.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected]. Or you can submit your videos and pictures here.For more stories like this, check our news page.Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and
  
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• Charles and Diana's wedding mishaps - private note and last-minute doubts

  29-07-2026 13:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Behind the pomp and pageantry of Charles and Diana's 1981 royal wedding lay a series of hidden dramas – from a secret note Charles sent Diana the night before to last-minute doubts that nearly derailed the ceremony of the century
  
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• The SharkNinja sale is dangerous for my bank balance – here are the best deals

  29-07-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Trust us, you don’t want to miss out on this sale. (Picture: Metro/SharkNinja)
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  Summer is officially in full swing, and whether you’re soaking up every minute of the sunshine or counting down until the temperature drops, one thing we can all agree on is that sale season has arrived (woo).And if you’ve been eyeing up
  
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• Sargassum is the smelly nemesis of beach holidays that is not going away

  29-07-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Some of the world’s best beaches, including Miami Beach in Florida, are grappling with the disaster (Picture: Joel Villanueva/Getty Images)You’ve been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, with even more floating offshore.
  It’s disappointing, for sure – and increasingly common.Since 2011, summer scenes like this have played out on beaches in South Florida and thr
  
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