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• John Glenn: First US astronaut to orbit Earth dies

  08-12-2016 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, dies aged 95. Pallab Ghosh looks back at the day he made history.
  
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• Trump gets into screaming match with rebel Republican calling him a 'bully' during explosive fight over Iran war

  24-06-2026 21:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump had an explosive argument with Republican senators during a private meeting in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday over limitations on his powers to direct the war with Iran.
  
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• Secrets of Karmelo Anthony's prison life: Truth about sick sex rumors... his daily treat... and gifts from supporters

  24-06-2026 21:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Two weeks after a Texas jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in a case that has divided the nation over race, the Daily Mail has learned more about the teenager's life in prison.
  
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• Parenting influencer's adorable two-year-old daughter dies in horror accident at Georgia family home... as haunting video emerges

  24-06-2026 21:48 via dailymail.com
  
  The internet star, known for his parenting tips, revealed that his toddler daughter died at the family's home in Georgia.
  
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• 'The Nottingham maternity scandal is one of the darkest failures in NHS history'

  24-06-2026 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 2,500 families and more than 800 members of staff have contributed to the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the NHS which looked into Nottingham University Hospitals
  
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• Republican who delivered Pete Hegseth his job now regrets decisive vote and savages him as 'sophomoric'

  24-06-2026 21:41 via dailymail.com
  
  North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis slammed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for doing his job with a 'sophomoric sort of execution.'
  
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• SNP will alter law to allow more migrants who have 'limited leave to remain' to stand in local elections

  24-06-2026 21:38 via dailymail.com
  
  All migrants who have 'limited leave to remain' in the UK will be permitted to stand for election as councillors next year, under updated SNP legislation.
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer says 'serious' questions remain after Peter Murrell jailed - as pressure grows on John Swinney over SNP cash probe

  24-06-2026 21:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The SNP has 'giant questions' to answer on the Peter Murrell scandal, Sir Keir Starmer said yesterday, as he blasted the party for refusing to back a parliamentary inquiry.
  
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• Toilet confusion over gender with nearly one in three MSPs and staff at Holyrood admitting they don't know which one to use

  24-06-2026 21:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Nearly one in three MSPs and their staff claim they don't know what toilet to use since new rules were introduced determining access by biological sex.
  
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• Brooklyn Beckham celebrates father-in-law’s birthday after ‘asking parents to leave him alone’

  24-06-2026 21:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brooklyn Beckham was pictured at the Florida bash with his wife Nicola Peltz (Picture: nicolaannepeltzbeckham/Instagram)Brooklyn Beckham rang in his father-in-law Nelson Peltz’s birthday wearing matching cowboy hats, amid an ongoing rift with his own parents.It comes after the 27-year-old did not publicly acknowledge his parents, Victoria Beckham and Sir David Beckham’s Father’s Day posts to Instagram, which included pictures of him.But he has now been pictured at a Florida ba
  
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• Meet Nova the golden retriever - the first dog to live full-time on a psychiatric ward

  24-06-2026 21:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Daisy, 21, spent five years in hospital battling severe anorexia, self-harming daily and struggling to speak to those around her.
  
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• Nottingham NHS maternity review finds more than 500 babies and mums suffered harm or died

  24-06-2026 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The landmark probe into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) by top midwife Donna Ockenden finds more than 150 babies were still born or died shortly after birth
  
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• Pictured: Maths teacher, 59, who tried to access porn more than 100 times using girls' school WiFi

  24-06-2026 21:17 via dailymail.com
  
  These are the first pictures of a maths teacher who has been struck off after he was caught trying to access pornography over 100 times while on duty.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon told: It's time to make public the written statement you gave to the police

  24-06-2026 21:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to release her written statement to police following revelations that detectives were frustrated by some of her answers.
  
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• UK heatwave to feel like 50C as heat dome dubbed 'Sizzler from the South' looms

  24-06-2026 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Parts of Britain will "feel like 50C" as the heatwave intensifies, a top forecaster has warned, with the "Sizzler from the South" already breaking temperature records
  
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• England’s Trevoh Chalobah told he can leave Chelsea as bid is made

  24-06-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Trevoh Chalobah is surplus to requirements at Chelsea (Picture: Getty Images)Trevoh Chalobah may have got a late call up to the England squad for the World Cup, but he looks set to leave Chelsea this summer.The 26-year-old joined the England squad just before their tournament began after Tino Livramento suffered an injury in training.He may be unlikely to feature unless there are further injuries, but it shows he is well thought of by Three Lions manager Thomas Tuchel, who again opted to leave
  
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• 'We're suffocating in the streets': Europe battles through ANOTHER day of unprecedented near-40C temperatures as deadly heatwave makes it 'difficult to live'

  24-06-2026 20:54 via dailymail.com
  
  France recorded its hottest-ever day for the second day running, with temperatures topping 40C in more than 50 departments since the latest heatwave began on June 17.
  
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• Keir-miserations: Ousted Starmer gets consolation hugs from European leaders at Berlin summit as departing PM makes one of his final foreign trips

  24-06-2026 20:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Two days after he tearfully announced his resignation as Labour premier, Sir Keir travelled to Berlin for a meeting of 'E5' group of countries.
  
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• JOHN MacLEOD: Tunnels to the islands? Give me fickle ferries any day over dank passage by the underworld

  24-06-2026 20:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Of late there has been a surge of calls that all the Outer Hebrides should really be linked up to the mainland - and each other - by a network of undersea tunnels.
  
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• Eve and Suki set to lose everything in EastEnders as cunning Nicola strikes back

  24-06-2026 20:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  Suki and Eve’s world is set to crumble as Nicola has the upper hand (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)Eve Panesar-Unwin (Heather Peace) received the news she desperately wanted in EastEnders as wife Suki (Balvinder Sopal) told her that they’ve been approved for adoption. But the happy development couldn’t have come at a worse time.Just moments earlier, Eve had been drowning her sorrows at Harry’s Barn after the meeting with the adoption panel went awry.
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• World Cup: England's pubs and bars braced for 'Super Saturday' when Three Lions play Panama

  24-06-2026 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pubs and restaurants could serve a bumper 55million extra pints if England go all the way to the final of the World Cup, which is being held across the US, Canada and Mexico
  
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• Boy, 15, missing after swimming in popular tourist lake during heatwave

  24-06-2026 20:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old boy is missing after swimming at a popular nature reserve in Hampshire where temperatures exceeded 36C today, marking the hottest June on record
  
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• 'Scandal' as Union voices anger over £327k payoff given
to trams boss amid calls for investigation

  24-06-2026 20:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The former boss of Edinburgh's controversial tram network was handed a 'golden goodbye' of more than £320,000.
  
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• Manchester snatches TV Festival away from expensive Edinburgh as organisers say it will allow them to 'radically reduce costs'

  24-06-2026 20:40 via dailymail.com
  
  For five decades it has attracted famous faces including actress Whoopi Goldberg, presenter Sir David Attenborough and journalist Emily Maitlis.
  
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• Gorgeous coastal hideaway pulls plug on its $300k tourist fund because locals don't want any more people visiting

  24-06-2026 20:36 via dailymail.com
  
  A wealthy coastal village in California unanimously approved its $41 million budget, but slashed nearly $300,000 from its tourism marketing budget.
  
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• Becky Hill says being booed ‘not nice’ in first post since festivalgoers left set

  24-06-2026 20:14 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 PageBecky Hill has addressed being booed by some audience members during a surprise set at TRNSMT.A TikTok video from the weekend showed sections of the crowd leaving while others booed when the singer revealed she would be performing an entire set of unreleased music.The booing unfolded during Hill’s appearance as TRNSMT’s secret act on th
  
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• Jose Mourinho open to selling £70m Real Madrid star to Manchester United

  24-06-2026 20:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mourinho overseeing big changes at the Bernabeu (Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire)Real Madrid are ready to listen to offers for midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni with Manchester United interested in a summer move.United are seeking to rebuild their midfield this summer with a deal to sign Ederson from Atalanta expected to be confirmed next month.Elliot Anderson has been their leading target but the Nottingham Forest star is expected to join Manchester City.Tchouameni is also high up on their shortlis
  
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• Little girl, 3, killed by LICE after parents let infestation get so bad that it left her anemic

  24-06-2026 20:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Joycelynn Dylewski was found struggling to breathe inside an apartment in Corinth, about an hour outside of Albany, on February 19, 2025 after suffering from a severe lice infestation.
  
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• Steve Toussaint: ‘House of the Dragon fans thought I was dating my co-star’

  24-06-2026 20:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Steve Toussaint was thrown straight into the action at the start of House of the Dragon season 3 (Picture: HBO)‘History does not remember blood, it remembers names.’House of the Dragon fans will certainly never forget the name Corlys Velaryon. Played by Steve Toussaint, the Sea Snake is a force to be reckoned with on the ocean, and is the Hand of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).But he hasn’t had an easy road, to say the least. Tragedy has continually befallen Hous
  
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• James Franco shares erratic posts claiming aliens live in his garage

  24-06-2026 19:53 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 PageJames Franco has resurfaced on social media, spouting strange conspiracy theories about an alien living in his garage.The 48-year-old former actor has been posting on TikTok since the start of this month, often wearing a bedraggled blue t-shirt, which viewers think is a clue to something.Franco was shunned from Hollywood after being accused of sexual miscond
  
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