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• Labour and Conservatives to draw election with identical votes

  11-04-2015 22:42 via
  
  The poll puts David Cameron and the Conservative Party at 31.8 per cent of the vote, with Labour at just one tenth of a percentage point behind, with 31.7 per cent.
  
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• Family of a young man, 22, fatally stabbed on NSW Central Coast share heartbreaking message

  29-07-2026 08:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Inquiries are continuing to locate a teenage boy seen in the area at the time of the incident.
  
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• Andy Burnham speech live: PM vows to fix social care crisis as he offers rivals urgent talks

  29-07-2026 08:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New Prime Minister Andy Burnham will promise to fix the creaking social care sector as he delivers a major speech this morning. Follow below for all the latest live updates
  
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• How Naga finally lost her battle against the boys' club: Furious allies have picked up the phone to tell KATIE HIND the real story behind her departure from 'war zone' at BBC Breakfast: 'She was made to look like a monster'

  29-07-2026 08:23 via dailymail.com
  
  There have been plenty of smiles at BBC Breakfast recently, mainly on the faces of the programme's editor Richard Frediani and his 'boys' club' - since they learned that Naga Munchetty was leaving.
  
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• Leicester church fire live: Huge flames as smoke pours into sky above city centre

  29-07-2026 08:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters are tackling a large blaze at St Andrew's Church in Leicester city centre with local residents warned to close all doors and windows as thick smoke fills the sky
  
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• Too many pensioners? Inside the town divided over plans to build its eighth care home

  29-07-2026 08:16 via dailymail.com
  
  If approved in a planning meeting today, the 66-bed facility would be the eighth nursing home in the tiny Norfolk town of Diss, in addition to 23 residential care homes.
  
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• Aldi announces changes to 330 products across UK stores

  29-07-2026 08:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It applies to a wide range of products
  
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• How to haggle on the High Street: Most wouldn't dare ask for a discount at Boots, M&S or Tesco, but TOBY WALNE sweet-talked his way to 50% savings - here's how YOU can get money off and the tactics that work for each store

  29-07-2026 08:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Haggling leaves most of us feeling uncomfortable and awkward. So it's little wonder that few of us would dream of trying it at the supermarket or on the High Street.
  
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• Man falls 100 feet while being mauled to death by 'surprised' grizzly bear

  29-07-2026 08:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The attack marks the first fatal bear mauling in Glacier National Park since 1998, but authorities will not euthanise or hunt down the 'surprised' animal responsible
  
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• Hiker impales himself in freak accident on mountain - then walks 10 more miles for help

  29-07-2026 08:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cifaldi was scaling Montana's tallest mountain with his two friends when he lost his footing on the rocky terrain and as he fell his trekking pole penetrated his body
  
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• TV Licence rules for anyone in UK watching YouTube, Sky, Disney and Netflix

  29-07-2026 08:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Not everyone needs a TV Licence - but some do, and may not know it
  
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• The Dingles rocked by grief in Emmerdale as one of their own dies

  29-07-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Another sad goodbye (Picture: ITV)The Dingles’ difficult year is about to be capped off with a sad goodbye in Emmerdale.Cancer has ravaged the family, with Faith having succumbed to the disease in recent years, Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) surviving breast cancer with a double mastectomy, and Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) learning he has prostate cancer that has spread.Cain’s own experience has been a particularly difficult one, with surgery promising permanent side effects, including d
  
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• Five: ‘Our nutsacks would have ended up on TikTok if it existed in the 90s’

  29-07-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robbie Williams reunited Five’s original members on stage for the first time in 25 years (Picture: Five/Instagram)When Five first burst onto the scene in the late 90s, their playful humour and cheeky charm set them apart in an era of squeaky-clean boy bands.And as Metro catches up with Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, Sean Conlon, Abz Love and J Brown ahead of their performance at Brighton’s Pride on the Park, it’s clear very little has changed. Their chemistry
  
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• EastEnders legend stages return amid Denise cancer ordeal sparking emotional reunion

  29-07-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Patrick Trueman is back (Picture: BBC)There’s an emotional reunion for EastEnders’ Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) next week as he returns to Walford amid her cancer battle. Back in May, Patrick left the Square to spend some time with his grandchildren up in Scotland after he received a call from ex-daughter-in-law Sophie, who said that the kids weren’t coping well in the wake of their dad Anthony Trueman’s (Nicholas Bailey) death.Patr
  
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• Driverless ‘pods’ could soon be used on Hammersmith Bridge instead of cars

  29-07-2026 08:00 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 PageYou could soon be getting to work or home on a ‘driverless pod’, if a non-profit gets its way.
  Hammersmith Bridge in west London has been closed to motor vehicles – including buses – since structural cracks were spotted in 2019. And the bridge may stay shut to cars and lorries for quite some time, if recent reports from the counc
  
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• Best linen shirts, trousers and shorts for men from M&S, Uniqlo and Charles Tyrwhitt

  29-07-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This breathable material will keep the sweaty pits away… at least for 5 mins. (Picture: Metro/Getty)
  Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission – learn more
  Men tend to run hot at the best of times, but throw in the soaring summer temperatures we’ve been experiencing across the UK and getting dressed suddenly becomes a lot more complicated.
  While stripping back the layers is
  
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• Asha offers support to Sienna in Coronation Street amid terminal illness revelation

  29-07-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Can Asha support Sienna? (Picture: Danielle Baguley/ITV)Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey) had a pretty rough 2025 in Coronation Street.After losing her treasured twin brother, Aadi Alahan (Adam Hussain), when he set off for a fresh start in India, she began to suffer with her mental health while training as a paramedic.A special episode dedicated to her experience showed her faced with a death, an injured elderly patient and a vile racist attack, the combination of which left her suffe
  
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• All Coronation Street spoilers for next week as departing character meets ‘final end’

  29-07-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Vengeance, violence and a very scary look into the future (Picture: ITV/Metro)There’s a dark disappearance, a brutal assault and a discovery which could prove damning next week in Coronation Street.Unable to match Ross Wilkes (Ian Burfield), defeated by his manipulations and disowned by her loved ones, Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) prepares to leave Weatherfield under a dark cloud, but when the man who paid for sex and impregnated her as a child catches up with her before she leave
  
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• Twisted Apalachee High School shooter and mom LAUGHED on jailhouse calls as he asked: 'Have you made a shrine for me yet?'

  29-07-2026 07:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Prosecutors played recordings of phone conversations Gray had with his mother, Marcee Gray, from a youth detention center in the months after the shooting.
  
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• Emergency as police officer is stabbed in the neck and knifeman is shot in the leg in Elizabeth East

  29-07-2026 07:58 via dailymail.com
  
  The female officer had been responding to reports of a man armed with a knife on Main North Road, in Elizabeth East, on Wednesday.
  
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• Careless dad was filming Instagram story and shopping on Amazon in seconds before crash that killed son, cops say

  29-07-2026 07:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Austin Summers, 31, is facing one charge of vehicular manslaughter and two counts of injury to a child in connection with the November 25 crash on Interstate 84.
  
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• GoPro captures terrifying moment shark attacks influencer - 'wrong place, wrong time'

  29-07-2026 07:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The diver has admitted he was in the shark's 'environment hunting its food' - he was filming at the time of the incident, which he says could have been a lot worse
  
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• Off-duty cop and his girlfriend are killed after drunk Jeep driver smashed into their Harley-Davidson

  29-07-2026 07:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Melissa Ramirez, 27, was arrested in connection with the crash that killed Bridgeport Police Officer Cooper Whiteside, 38, and his girlfriend, Brittany Anne Islami, 34.
  
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• Doctor's alert as 'desperate' people take medication not prescribed to them

  29-07-2026 07:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research has been published
  
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• UK travel company collapses into liquidation after 22 years with no further trips

  29-07-2026 07:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ilford based travel company plunged into liquidation last week after organising thousands of pilgrims for over 22 years as the travel industry faces uncertainty
  
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• Australia Post to hike prices: How much more you will pay to send a letter

  29-07-2026 07:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Australia Post will go ahead with a proposed price hike on basic postage rates after the consumer watchdog ruled on Wednesday that it would not intervene.
  
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• Dr Jihad's close ties with Australia's last ISIS bride - after he married into caliphate family with notorious sister-in-law accused of stealing kids

  29-07-2026 07:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Tareq Kamleh, who left Australia in 2015 under the guise he was heading to Melbourne for a holiday, became Islamic State's poster boy.
  
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• Landslide kills at least one person at Solomon Islands gold mine, police say

  29-07-2026 07:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On Monday July 27 a landslide struck the open pit mine on Guadalcanal, the largest island of the South Pacific nation - a man's body has now been recovered from the site
  
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• Japan earthquake live: Death toll climbs to 13 as rescue efforts continue

  29-07-2026 07:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Multiple people have died while more are missing after a shopping centre collapsed following a huge 7.1 magnitude earthquake on the Japanese island of Kyushu
  
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• What is the buck moon and can it be seen in the UK today?

  29-07-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The buck moon is named after the male deer that shed and regrow their antlers in July. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)The buck moon will rise today as the eighth full moon of 2026.
  July’s full moon is usually the seventh of the year, but because of May’s second full moon – known as the rare blue moon – tonight’s is our seventh.Last month, stargazers were treated to the strawberry moon, which, despite its name, doesn’t actually appear p
  
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