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• Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81

  13-08-2016 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British actor Kenny Baker, who starred as R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, has died aged 81 after a long illness, his niece confirms.
  
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• Wayne Rooney questions Thomas Tuchel over decision to select Chelsea duo in England’s World Cup squad

  30-06-2026 12:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  England’s defence is a ‘big worry’ at this summer’s World Cup, says Wayne Rooney (Picture: BBC)Wayne Rooney has questioned Thomas Tuchel’s decision to call up Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah to England’s World Cup squad, picking out the squad’s defensive options as his ‘big worry’ for the tournament.James made the cut as Tuchel unveiled his 26-man party last month and played every minute of England’s two opening Group L matches against
  
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• PSG send message to Arsenal and Liverpool over Bradley Barcola transfer

  30-06-2026 12:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paris Saint-Germain forward Bradley Barcola (Picture: Getty)Paris Saint-Germain have indicated that Bradley Barcola is not for sale despite heavy interest from Arsenal and Liverpool, according to reports.Barcola was a key cog in Luis Enrique’s side last season, scoring 13 goals in all competitions as the French side won Ligue 1 and the Champions League.But despite that, the French winger is said to be weighing up his future after PSG having grown unhappy with his lower game-time
  
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• Emmerdale’s Isabel Hodgins ‘close to tears’ as fellow mum comes to the rescue

  30-06-2026 12:31 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 PageEmmerdale’s Isabel Hodgins became a mum for the first time earlier this year. It brings plenty of joyful moments, but caring for a tiny human every day also means things that used to be easy can become surprisingly tricky.Isabel, who is 32, gave birth to Georgie Grace in February.
  She shared the wonderful news of the little girl’s arrival on her
  
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• UK travel company collapses after 24 years — all bookings cancelled from September 1

  30-06-2026 12:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  A UK travel company that offered stag and hens in Prague has gone into liquidation (Picture: Getty Images)A UK travel company has gone into administration after 24 years of trading.Groupia Ltd was a prominent group holiday agency specialising in everything from stag and hen weekends to golf trips.The Bath-based firm — which also traded as Groupia Golf, GoHen, StagWeb, Groupia School Trips, and Company Away Day — launched in 2002, but announced that it had entered into administration
  
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• Presenter leaves viewers gobsmacked after discussing ‘getting hard’ on live TV

  30-06-2026 12:28 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 PageFormer Dancing on Ice professional Matt Evers has poked fun at his own awkward blunder on live TV in the US. The 50-year-old American skater has traded in the ITV ice rink for the Home Shopping Network across the pond, where businesses go to flog their wares.During an appearance on the teleshopping network in which Evers was waxing lyrical about the ben
  
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• Xbox cuts rumoured to be the ‘largest single layoff event’ in gaming history

  30-06-2026 12:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Like Ninja Theory, Undead Labs is reportedly facing closure despite having a game scheduled for 2027 (Microsoft)Following reports of State Of Decay 3 studio Undead Labs being shut down, it’s been claimed that the expected Xbox layoffs could be historically awful.Microsoft has yet to publicly comment on the matter, but it’s widely believed that its Xbox division will see another round of layoffs, especially as Xbox heads Asha Sharma and Matt Booty have been talking about the business
  
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• Superman actor Dean Cain tries and fails to sell Trump’s state fair as a success

  30-06-2026 12:03 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 PageDonald Trump’s Great American State Fair drew minuscule crowds this weekend, but you wouldn’t think it listening to Dean Cain.A video clip shared by TMZ showed Superman actor Cain telling Dr Oz on live television: ‘There are tons of people here, it’s a huge space, and it’s just going to get more and more crowded as the week goes
  
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• Superman actor Dean Cain tries and fails to sell Trump’s fair as a success

  30-06-2026 12:03 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 PageDonald Trump’s Great American State Fair happened this weekend, with minuscule crowds, even as Dean Cain and Dr Oz tried to exaggerate crowd sizes.A video clip shared by TMZ showed Superman actor Cain telling Dr Oz on live television: ‘There are tons of people here, it’s a huge space, and it’s just going to get more and more crowded a
  
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• ‘They make me sick to my stomach’ – Dutch legends destroy Netherlands after World Cup exit

  30-06-2026 11:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dutch despair after a penalty shoot-out defeat (Picture: ANP via Getty Images)Former stars of Dutch football have lined up to condemn Netherlands’ miserable World Cup exit against Morocco with one former star left feeling ‘sick to my stomach’.In their last 32 showdown in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Cody Gakpo put the Dutch ahead after 72 minutes – sparking emotional scenes after announcing the tragic loss of his unborn son on Sunday.Issa Diop levelled for Morocco
  
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• Lame ducks Starmer and Reeves congratulate each other on shambolic £15bn defence plan... but PM faces Trump anger at Nato as boost is barely HALF what military wanted and no timetable for hitting spending goal

  30-06-2026 11:50 via dailymail.com
  
  After months of bitter wrangling in Whitehall, the outgoing PM is unveiling a package including a £5billion drone 'transformation'.
  
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• Grandmother, 77, died when crumbling 'timebomb' gable end wall fell on top of her while she hung out washing

  30-06-2026 11:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Clarice Berry, 77, was doing laundry on a hot summer's day at her home in Shevington, near Wigan, in July 2021 when she was tragically buried under 10ft of rubble.
  
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• Nicola Peltz reveals her new 'favourite sister' weeks after snubbing Harper Beckham - as she celebrates brother's wedding with some mysterious parallels to family feud

  30-06-2026 11:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicola Peltz has thanked her brother Will for 'officially giving me my dream sister', after using the same term of endearment for Harper Beckham.
  
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• Defence investment plan LIVE: Keir Starmer launches 'game-changing' boost to armed forces

  30-06-2026 11:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer is unveiling the long-delayed defence investment plan (Dip) to future-proof Britain’s armed forces with a 'game-changing' investment amid a bitter row over spending
  
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• Ariana Grande ‘so sorry’ as she’s forced to postpone tour shows

  30-06-2026 11:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ariana Grande has postponed several tour dates (Picture: Katia Temkin for Ariana Grande)Ariana Grande’s return to the stage after several years away from touring has been causing a stir, but she’s now been forced to reschedule three shows.From cheeky lyric changes to teetering on the highest heels she could find, the Eternal Sunshine Tour has captivated fans.However, three shows in New York and Boston have now been postponed after concerns over safety and production issues.‘We
  
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• Scourge of the e-bikes at Wimbledon: Council threatens to seize abandoned bicycles after hundreds of fans use them to join the Queue

  30-06-2026 11:39 via dailymail.com
  
  An astonishing 10,000 hopeful tennis fans had already joined the famous Queue by 8.30am on the opening day of The Championships, prompting organisers to issue an unusual plea.
  
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• One of Ukraine's richest men and his family 'are blown up in Monaco': Oligarch 'fights for life, his wife loses both FEET and teen son hurt' as shrapnel-filled backpack bomb explodes in luxury apartment block

  30-06-2026 11:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Vadim Ermolaev, also known as Vadym Yermolaiev, was reportedly seriously hurt alongside his wife and teenage son when they were 'targeted' on Monday night.
  
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• Barely a poll bounce for Labour after Keir Starmer quits and Andy Burnham closes in on becoming PM

  30-06-2026 11:32 via dailymail.com
  
  The latest YouGov survey shows Labour's support up two percentage points to 20 per cent since Sir Keir announced he will stand down.
  
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• Olivia Wilde reveals A-list co-star ‘saved my life’ after a horse stunt went wrong

  30-06-2026 11:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Olivia Wilde suffered a ‘very bad horse accident’ on the set of a film (Picture: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard)Olivia Wilde has revealed how she was nearly stampeded to death by horses on the set of a Western film.
  The 42-year-old actor starred in Jon Favreau’s 2011 movie Cowboys & Aliens alongside the likes of Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell and Paul Dano.But it was her fellow co-star Walton Goggins who reportedly ‘saved her life’ after a near-fat
  
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• Aldi shares new 2026 'shopping times' update for all UK stores

  30-06-2026 11:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The supermarket has made an announcement and also given some advice
  
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• Met Office issues six-hour 'slow moving' thunderstorm warning - five areas told to prepare for flooding

  30-06-2026 11:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The poor weather conditions could impact travel but also cause damage to buildings and power cuts, with people told to plan in advance of the yellow weather warning
  
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• M25 traffic live: Anticlockwise delays at Junction 27 with miles of queues

  30-06-2026 11:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two out of three lanes are closed for emergency road surface repairs, leading to 11 miles of congestion, as drivers have been asked to delay their journeys
  
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• EastEnders return for Ben Mitchell ‘confirmed’ and star reveals one big change to him

  30-06-2026 11:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ben coming back? (Picture: BBC/Metro)EastEnders’ Ben Mitchell is currently in the clink, and has been for a while at this point.In fairness, he got away with a lot before he was finally felled by a dodgy credit card scam when he headed Stateside, desperately searching for alternative treatment for Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold), who’d recently been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.Upon arrest, he was extradited back to America to face trial and ultimately ended up being sl
  
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• Revealed: The towns where you can get the biggest home for your money

  30-06-2026 11:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The average asking price for a home in Britain is about £378,000 - but the type of home that buys you in different places around the country can be very different.
  
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• Fed up holidaymaker films himself sprinkling itching powder on sunbed towels

  30-06-2026 11:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tom Caunce weas annoyed at people getting up at 6am to reserve sunbeds in Mallorca
  
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• I didn’t want my son to have stepsiblings — so I had another baby with my ex

  30-06-2026 11:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sasha shares two sons with her on-off partner (Picture: Sasha Goreshtein / SWNS)From your personal finances, to career goals, lots of factors are considered when trying for a another baby.And if you and your partner are on shaky ground, adding to your family may not be the best idea.But despite being on-again-off-again for years with her boyfriend, Sasha Goreshtein, 38, was sure it was the right decision to try for a second — not just for her, but for their son, Zayn, three.‘I have
  
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• Refugees told to pay £10,000 for living costs or be denied settled status in UK

  30-06-2026 11:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will put the plans before MPs today (Picture: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)Refugees in the UK will face a student loan-style repayment scheme for their living costs under a new law being introduced to Parliament today.The plans would apply to those who have arrived in the UK seeking asylum and had their claims granted – giving them refugee status.If they then go on to earn above a certain threshold after finding work, they will be told to send a prop
  
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• What Aussies should know about the changes happening on July 1 - as new costs impact household budgets

  30-06-2026 11:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Find out what's getting more expensive from July 1, as a wave of new fees, charges and excise hikes hit consumers.
  
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• Denise faces a devastating moment in EastEnders after life-changing diagnosis

  30-06-2026 11:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  A huge moment (Picture: BBC)Denise Fox (Diane Parish) faces another reminder of just how quickly her life has changed in EastEnders as she removes her head wrap in the middle of her cancer treatment.The beloved character was diagnosed last month with acute myeloid leukaemia, a particularly aggressive form of blood cancer that requires urgent treatment.Reeling in the aftermath of this news, she decided to distract herself by supporting Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) following son Jordan&rsqu
  
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• Ricky Gervais ‘snubs The Office 25th-anniversary reunion in huge blow to BBC’

  30-06-2026 11:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ricky Gervais has announced he will be making his own special for YouTube (Picture: BBC)Ricky Gervais will reportedly not be joining his The Office co-stars to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary on the BBC.The Marmite comedian, 65, has decided to air his own anniversary special for the show on YouTube, which will incorporate elements of his new Netflix animated comedy series Alley Cats.The BBC last week announced that Martin Freeman and Mackenzie Crook will reunite for a one-off tribut
  
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