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• Is Australia laid back or uptight?

  26-08-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are Australians more rule-bound than laid-back?
  
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• Two young children orphaned as first victims of Ohio drowning tragedy that saw five die are named

  22-07-2026 20:47 via dailymail.com
  
  José Mario Pineda Díaz, 33, and Marina Suyapa Regalado, 28, who were parents from Honduras, were among those who died in the Scioto River in Powell on Sunday.
  
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• Crocodiles, venomous snakes, wildcats and Bisons... oh my! Over 100 dangerous animals are being kept LEGALLY as pets

  22-07-2026 20:47 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 100 dangerous wild animals are being kept legally as pets in Scotland, wildlife charity Born Free has revealed.
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: Anas Sarwar gets his second act... having turned off Scottish Labour's life support

  22-07-2026 20:46 via dailymail.com
  
  It was F Scott Fitzgerald who said there were no second acts in American lives. American lives could do with a House of Lords, source of many a second act in the lives of British politicians.
  
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• Retired female teacher died in freak wooden pole accident - and school district was negligent, family says

  22-07-2026 20:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Paula Budin, 72, a former elementary school teacher, was struck and killed by a pole in 2024 while walking on a high school track.
  
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• Man found guilty of murder after previously killing sister in shooting accident

  22-07-2026 20:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dublin’s Central Criminal Court found Derek Boyd of Scribblestown Place, Finglas, Dublin guilty of the murder of Mark Carroll on June 9, 2024
  
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• Sky Sports host, 41, wrongly diagnosed with cancer AGAIN as she describes 'emotional toll'

  22-07-2026 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jo Wilson endured the traumatic experience of being told her cancer had returned this year, despite the Sky Sports News presenter having been given the all clear years earlier
  
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• Nolan Wells' family lawyer makes incendiary new claim about black teen's death off Mississippi island after autopsy results came back inconclusive

  22-07-2026 20:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says a forensic pathologist 'cannot rule out foul play' in the death of Nolan Wells after the results of a second autopsy came back inconclusive.
  
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• Manhunt for fugitive drug dealer who escaped prison by climbing fence

  22-07-2026 20:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oliver Mazirel is currently wanted for escaping from HMP Ford, near Arundel, on the evening of June 30.Police are warning the public to call 999 if they see a drug dealer hiding out after fleeing a prison.Oliver Mazirel is wanted by detectives after climbing the fence HMP Ford, near Arundel in Sussex, on the night of June 30.The 38-year-old was behind bars after being convicted of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.Detective Inspector Gary Jacobs said: ‘As part of our investigation, we ha
  
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• Labour MP Stella Creasy is mocked for mistaking one of London's famous parakeets for an escaped pet

  22-07-2026 20:18 via dailymail.com
  
  The MP for Walthamstow posted a video with the caption: 'Have you lost a parrot in Walthamstow? Please share!', commenting that the bird was 'too big to be a parakeet'.
  
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• Binky Felstead’s mum shares alarming video strapped to hospital bed with blood down her face

  22-07-2026 20:17 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 PageMade in Chelsea star Binky Felstead’s mum Jane has shared a shocking update to social media after a nasty fall landed her in hospital.Mummy Felstead, 74, carved out her own fanbase on the popular E4 reality series, on which she made regular cameos between 2011 and 2017.
  Although she may not be on the show anymore, her 85,000 followers on social media h
  
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• 'Close neighbour' 70, charged with murder of Brit expat Karen Carter in Dordogne

  22-07-2026 20:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman who was ‘a close neighbour’ of a British mother-of-four stabbed to death at her home in France has been charged with her murder.
  
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• A million more Britons 'being caught in the taxman's net by stealth' amid confusion over whether or not Andy Burnham will unfreeze threshold

  22-07-2026 20:12 via dailymail.com
  
  New analysis has found that half a million workers will have to pay the basic rate of income tax for the first time this year as their pay crosses the long-frozen £12,750 threshold.
  
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• Game of Drones? Well, there's at least a Dragon in the House for 2026 Commonwealths...

  22-07-2026 20:04 via dailymail.com
  
  The House of the Dragon series and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games have both been honoured via a Game of Thrones dragon soaring over the city.
  
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• British woman Isabel Rose jailed in Hong Kong after accusing banker of raping her

  22-07-2026 20:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Isabel Rose was sent to the Tai Lam Correctional Institution, Hong Kong’s oldest maximum security women’s prison. (Picture: Instagram/@iamisabelrosee)A Londoner will spend her next six years in a notorious Hong Kong jail after she was found guilty of making up a rape accusation and trying to blackmail a banker.Isabel Rose, 26, from Hackney, east London, was found guilty of blackmail and perverting the course of public justice on Wednesday in a Hong Kong court.Her six-year sente
  
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• Glasgow School of Art: We can't afford the £265m to restore the Mack to its former glory

  22-07-2026 20:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has said more financial support is needed if the Mackintosh Building is to be restored to its former glory - after being devastated by fires in 2014 and 2018.
  
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• JOHN MACLEOD: A home for sale... rich in childhood memories and the delicious notes of my forebears

  22-07-2026 20:01 via dailymail.com
  
  It was 1851, it was a new township on Lewis, and Catriona already had quite enough on her plate when she first glimpsed the carriage on its trundle out the road.
  
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• Husband and wife died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their campervan at cider festival after using gas heater not suitable for indoors, inquest hears

  22-07-2026 19:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher and Kayleigh Coll were found dead in their campervan having succumbed to fumes released by the gas heater which they switched on before bed in chilly October temperatures.
  
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• Family pooch dies after unlicenced dog boarder leaves him unattended on hot day

  22-07-2026 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Sutton, who carried out an animal boarding business without the required licence, abandoned pooch Hero at an address in Braintree, Essex for a "significant period"
  
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• No Cinderella, you can't go to the ballet… it costs too much! Christmas shows cancelled in expensive Edinburgh

  22-07-2026 19:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Scottish Ballet has cancelled shows over the Christmas and New Year week in Edinburgh, blaming 'impossible' rising costs.
  
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• Clarke Carlisle in emotional mental health plea to football fans after battling demons

  22-07-2026 19:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fans across the UK have been urged to support one another in the new season by former QPR, Leeds United, Watford and Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle, who previously attempted to take his own life
  
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• 'Stupid' teen is fined after sharing personal details of referee John Beaton in wake of penalty controversy during title race

  22-07-2026 19:54 via dailymail.com
  
  A teenager who shared personal details of football referee John Beaton in the wake of a controversial penalty award has been fined.
  
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• What IS the Government's secret for funding its ambitious plans? It's Andy Burnham's fag packet arithmetic...

  22-07-2026 19:41 via dailymail.com
  
  There is an increasingly hollow ring to Andy Burnham's diktat about Cabinet ministers needing to demonstrate how projects are being financed.
  
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• European airport chaos as Brits are caught up in hours-long queues spilling into carparks as summer getaway is hit by EU border check changes

  22-07-2026 19:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Airports across Europe have been hit with massive queues, with some travel hubs seeing long lines snaking out their front entrances. 
  
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• Husband stabbed Marvelous Mrs Maisel set designer to death, then left their baby son with body and went to park to hang himself, as it's revealed his brother is also a murderer

  22-07-2026 19:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Mary Kate Golding, 34, was found dead with a knife lodged at her back in her family's basement apartment in Astoria shortly after midnight Tuesday.
  
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• Fury as 'mindless' influencer dumps bathtub at top of Brecon Beacons after world record attempt

  22-07-2026 19:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Tom Christopher, 35, carried the tub up Pen Y Fan- the highest peak in South Wales-  in an attempt to break the record for the 'world's highest bath'.
  
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• Successful female realtor is named surprise suspect in 2012 cold case murder of woman stabbed more than 100 times after shadowy figure was seen approaching her apartment

  22-07-2026 19:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The breakthrough comes more than a decade after 32-year-old Irasema Chavez was found brutally slain inside her Texas apartment in January 2012 with more than 100 stab wounds.
  
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• Homeless man who killed pensioner in Remembrance Day knife rampage was 'very unwell'

  22-07-2026 19:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Musse Ali, 68, stabbed pensioner Hilkiah McLeggan to death and attacked two other people during a frenzied attack outside an East London market on Remembrance Sunday
  
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• Trump issues chilling red-line threat as Iran opens new front and oil prices go haywire

  22-07-2026 19:28 via dailymail.com
  
  The President laid down the ultimatum on Wednesday as oil prices spiked to their highest level in more than a month.
  
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• 'People think I'm crazy when I eat my Doc Martens, but there's a delicious secret'

  22-07-2026 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Move over Mary Berry! Self-taught baker Karen Geraghty turned her passion into a booming business, crafting hyper-realistic edible cakes shaped like Doc Martens and Jimmy Choos
  
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