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• Is Dawn leaving Emmerdale? Latest on Olivia Bromley’s potential exit storyline

  26-08-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Every Emmerdale fan has been mentally prepared for the exit of Olivia Bromley, who is set to depart her role as Dawn Taylor after 8 years.However, things may not be that simple.It’s been an especially dramatic week in the Dales, which makes the recent change to broadcast scheduling all the more frustrating.The blushing bride-to-be of Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) has been playing the long game, acting all loved up when in fact she plans to jilt him at the altar and flee the count
  
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• Transformers and Winnie the Pooh voice actor Peter Cullen dies aged 85

  27-08-2026 16:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Peter Cullen, the voice behind Optimus Prime, has died (Picture: Rob Latour/Shutterstock)Actor Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise, has died at the age of 85.
  The Hollywood veteran was best known for bringing the brave leader of the Autobots to life with his voice.
  Cullen died ‘peacefully’ while surrounded by his loved ones, his family confirmed in a statement to TMZ.
  The family said: ‘Peter Cullen passed away peacefully, surrounded by his lovi
  
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• Chemistry teacher Sally-Anne Bowen guilty of indecently assaulting two boys

  27-08-2026 16:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen will be sentenced on October 1 (Picture: PA)A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage students in the late 1980s.Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, has been found guilty at Harrow Crown Court of seven counts of indecent assault against two teenage pupils in the late 1980s.She first joined north London boys’ school Christ’s College Finchley as a 25-year-old in 1986.Last week during her trial it was heard that she had sex with one sch
  
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• Prue Leith’s lunchbox ban reeks of classism

  27-08-2026 16:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  She claims that parents can’t say no when children ask for chocolate bars(Picture: Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)Prue Leith, the former Great British Bake Off judge, has said that school meals should be ‘compulsory’ because parents find it too challenging to send in healthy foods – declaring that lunchboxes should be banned.Astonishingly, she claims that parents can’t say no when children ask for chocolate bars in the supermarket, so they should
  
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• Lindsay Clancy's lawyer begs jury to show mercy in tense closing arguments: 'She was a damn good mother' - Live updates

  27-08-2026 16:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial will begin to deliberate this morning after hearing closing arguments from the prosecution and the defense.
  
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• Son of former Chelsea footballer and his friend died in 40C heat while hiking in UAE mountains, inquest told

  27-08-2026 16:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Cassius Newton, 34, son of former Chelsea footballer Eddie Newton, and his friend Aran Martinson, 33 from Essex, died last month after going for a hike in a desert valley in Dubai.
  
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• Teacher guilty of indecent assaults after sex acts with pupil '20 or 30 times'

  27-08-2026 16:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen taught chemistry at an all-boys school in north London when the offences took place in the late 1980s.
  
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• Melbourne beauty influencer's extraordinary 'self-defence' explanation to police after alleged knife rampage over failed parcel return

  27-08-2026 16:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Veronica Mauring allegedly chased her boyfriend through their Armadale home with a knife before later giving police an extraordinary explanation.
  
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• Female chemistry teacher, 65, is found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault against two teenage pupils in the late 1980s

  27-08-2026 16:20 via dailymail.com
  
  A teacher who acted like she was in a Sabrina Carpenter music video to lure teenage boys into sexual relationships with her faces years in prison. Sally-Anne Bowen taught in north London in the 80s.
  
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• Armed police surround house in Middlesbrough after 'knife attack' as town rocked by fears of 'gangland warfare'

  27-08-2026 16:20 via dailymail.com
  
  A youth suffered serious injuries in the incident on the Bankfields estate in Eston. An air ambulance was called in and landed on an adjacent football pitch to take the injured youth to hospital.
  
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• Anthony Albanese overrules his own senior minister's office and declares refugee intake won't be cut next year

  27-08-2026 16:14 via dailymail.com
  
  The prime minister confirmed Australia's refugee figure of 20,000 per year won't be reduced.
  
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• British woman, 38, is 'gang-raped by two Romanians in Greek hotel bedroom'

  27-08-2026 16:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Two Romanian men have been arrested after they allegedly gang-raped a British woman in a Greek hotel room and filming the ordeal. 
  
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• Scandal as kids isolated over wrong school uniform and sky-high costs forces parents into debt

  27-08-2026 16:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Campaigners are demanding a statutory national school uniform grant in England as soaring costs push parents into debt and leave pupils facing isolation - check our interactive tool to see what financial support is available in your area
  
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• Five teenagers charged with arson after historic mansion designed by the architect of Buckingham Palace and Marble Arch is gutted by fire

  27-08-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The John Nash Grade II-listed Rheola House, in south Wales, had been due to be turned into a luxury retreat with a bar, restaurant, swimming pool and spa.
  
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• ‘Grossly irresponsible’ Channel 4 doc receives more than 9,000 Ofcom complaints

  27-08-2026 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  The programme centred around Dr Max Pemberton, a full-time NHS psychiatrist (Picture: Channel 4)Channel 4’s new documentary The Great ADHD Myth? has received thousands of Ofcom complaints, after stoking viewers’ ire with its audacious premise.The documentary sought to investigate whether ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder or a ‘social construct’.The programme aired on August 18 and generated 9,656 complaints from that
  
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• Son of former Chelsea footballer and friend died in 40C heat while hiking in UAE mountains, inquest told

  27-08-2026 16:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Cassius Newton, 34, son of former Chelsea footballer Eddie Newton, and his friend Aran Martinson, 33 from Essex, died last month after going for a hike in a desert valley in Dubai.
  
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• Will glacier collapses become more common – and how devastating are they?

  27-08-2026 16:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  The wall of water slammed into buildings in Gyirong Port (Picture: Social media via Reuters)The devastating flood that swept away homes and killed at least 359 people in the Himalayas won’t be the last, experts have told Metro.A giant torrent of water, rocks and ice abruptly smashed through the border between Nepal and the Tibet region of China yesterday.Footage shows people trying to escape before a wave of mud engulfed buildings within seconds at the Gyirong crossing.After the floo
  
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• Jamie Carragher faces being declared bankrupt: HMRC take action over Sky Sports pundit's unpaid tax bill which could be in 'region of up to £800,000'

  27-08-2026 16:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Jamie Carragher faces being declared bankrupt over an unpaid tax bill. HMRC filed a petition at the High Court in London on Wednesday.
  
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• Red Arrows take to UK skies - every location where you can see them

  27-08-2026 16:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The aerobatic team has returned to the UK following a delayed trip that saw them halted in Canada due to inclement weather - and they have immediately launched into a new programme
  
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• Man Utd vying with Tottenham to sign Bundesliga striker

  27-08-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Igor Matanovic has emerged as a target for both Manchester United and Spurs (Picture: Getty)Manchester United and Tottenham are battling it out with Fiorentina to sign Freiburg striker Igor Matanovic, according to reports in ItalyMatanovic left Eintracht Frankfurt to join Freiburg in an €8million (£6.9m) deal last summer and the 23-year-old went on to score 15 goals in all competitions across a promising campaign with the Bundesliga club.The imposing forward – who stands at 6&n
  
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• Lunar eclipse coming to UK will turn moon dark red – and you won’t need glasses

  27-08-2026 16:00 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 PageWeeks after a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ partial solar eclipse, the UK is being treated to a full moon AND a partial lunar eclipse, all in one evening.The two lunar events will occur at the same time on Friday morning, where the full moon will take on a deep blood red colour as Earth steps between it and the sun to form the lunar eclipse.The rising ful
  
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• Champions League draw LIVE: Updates as Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool learn fixtures

  27-08-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  36 teams will learn their fate this afternoon (Picture: Getty)Teams across the continent will learn their fate this afternoon with the draw for the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League taking place in Monaco.Paris Saint-Germain are out to defend their crown and win the most prestigious trophy in club football for a third time in a row. After last season’s heartbreak, Arsenal will feel they are equipped to go all the way this term.Manchester United meanwhile are back in the big time for the first
  
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• Breast cancer scans could prevent heart attacks in women by flagging ‘silent killer’

  27-08-2026 16:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Women are still more likely to be misdiagnosed with heart problems but breakthrough research seen by the Mirror at a European heart conference suggests that could be about to change
  
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• Half of drivers swear or honk their horn at cyclists at least once a week, survey finds

  27-08-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research by National Accident Helpline has revealed just how common it has become for cyclists and motorists to come into conflict on the road in the UK
  
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• Chicago's famous 'Princess of Persia' killed by drunk female driver who hurled liquor bottle in Lake Michigan, cops say... now woke judge has freed suspect on ankle monitor

  27-08-2026 15:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Mehnoosh Hatami, 49, was killed in a fiery crash in Chicago on August 19. But her suspected killer, Miracle Hall, was released by Judge D'Anthony Thedfordon Saturday.
  
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• Middlesbrough is 'on its knees': Fears gang violence will escalate even further after 'murder' of girl, 7, and ramming attacks

  27-08-2026 15:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Fears of an escalating gang feud intensified after another house in the town was rammed by a vehicle today, amid growing concerns about a surge in violence across Teesside.
  
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• 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dies nine years after he was convicted for genocide including notorious massacre of 8,000 Muslim boys

  27-08-2026 15:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes.
  
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• 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic, guilty of genocide after Srebrenica massacre, dies

  27-08-2026 15:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ratko Mladic, known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia', has died at the age of 84 while serving a life sentence for orchestrating atrocities during the Balkan wars
  
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• Dazzling headlight UK 2027 new rule update after BBC star death

  27-08-2026 15:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Concern is rising that motorists are 'too frightened to go out' after dark because of the problem - and SUVs could be targeted
  
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• Middlesbrough is 'on its knees': Urgent calls for more support amid fears of more gang violence as family of girl, 7, and aunt 'murdered' in house fire condemn 'senseless' attack

  27-08-2026 15:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Fears of an escalating gang feud intensified after another house in the town was rammed by a vehicle today, amid growing concerns about a surge in violence across Teesside.
  
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