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• Lib Dems are split on why nobody’s talking about them – and whether it matters

  22-09-2026 16:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sir Ed Davey headed to the south coast with his legion of Lib Dems for their conference (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)If blokes spend a surprising amount of time thinking about the Roman Empire, how often does anyone think about the Liberal Democrats?At a time when Westminster drama can loom large over daily life, with fierce arguments over the future of the UK, the truth appears to be… not much.Of course, that doesn’t apply to the people at the party conference over the past f
  
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• Two moments where the Trump-Burnham meeting could have fallen apart – but didn’t

  23-09-2026 13:56 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 PageFour months ago, Andy Burnham was still presiding over Greater Manchester and, we can safely assume, Donald Trump didn’t have a clue who he was.But yesterday afternoon, the two men sat beside each other in front of cameras at the UN headquarters in New York for their first joint press conference as leaders of their respective nations.You could understa
  
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• Gears Of War story director laid off as Halo Studios is reduced to skeleton crew

  23-09-2026 13:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Get to cover (Xbox Game Studios)More details have emerged around Xbox’s latest round of layoffs, as one Halo Studios employee is promoted and laid off in the same week. While not as big as the layoffs in July, in terms of raw numbers, Xbox’s latest cuts look set to have a massive impact on the company’s future. Yesterday, Xbox announced 268 people had been laid off across Halo Studios, other first party studios, and Xbox Game Studios’ management. At the same ti
  
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• UK Space Command chief suspended over sexual offence and theft allegations

  23-09-2026 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thompson took charge of the Space Command earlier this year (Picture: Royal Air Force)The head of Britain’s Space Command has been suspended amid an investigation into an alleged ‘serious’ sexual offence.Air Vice-Marshal Jamie Thompson took charge of the UK Space Command earlier this year after previously serving as its deputy commander.The Sun reported the allegations involve attacking an employee and stealing from the Ministry of Defence.An RAF spokesperson said: ‘Air
  
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• Manchester United icon urges club to raid Brentford for ‘top’ defender

  23-09-2026 13:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Carrick would love to add to his defensive options (Picture: PA Wire)Manchester United have been urged to look at Brentford’s ‘top centre-back’ by their former midfielder, Gordon Strachan.The Red Devils’ defence has come in for heavy criticism so far this season after a poor start to the Premier League campaign.Michael Carrick’s side is yet to keep a clean sheet in five league games, winning just one of them and picking up only five points.There is plenty o
  
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• 'Theft' of 11 sheep from Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm was actually a miscount by staff, police confirm

  23-09-2026 13:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Clarkson responded with fury after believing some of his flock had been taken in a late-night raid on a day when camera crews were not present.
  
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• Prisoners deny trying to kill father of murdered 10-year-old schoolgirl Sara Sharif in jail cell with makeshift weapons

  23-09-2026 13:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Steven Sansom, 47, and Adam Watson, 39, are accused of attacking Urfan Sharif at HMP Belmarsh on New Year's Day 2025. It is alleged that Sansom invited Sharif into a cell where Watson waited.
  
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• Falmouth bomb - live: Mass evacuation and train lines close after huge explosive found

  23-09-2026 13:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A suspected American missile from World War Two has been found at Falmouth Docks with hundreds of homes to be evacuated this morning
  
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• Andy Burnham ally swipes at Sadiq Khan over London's decline and low housebuilding saying 'focused and functioning' mayor should do better

  23-09-2026 13:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Jim O'Neill, a former Treasury minister who has advised the Prime Minister, took a swipe at Lord Khan as he bemoaned how 'momentum has gone from London'.
  
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• NHS issues urgent 'check and treat' alert targeted at parents across the UK

  23-09-2026 13:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mums and dads across the country may want to take note of the NHS' latest message
  
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• ‘Wolf of Essex’ used names of TV characters to con victims out of £1,000,000

  23-09-2026 13:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  James Gillingham, 38, ran a team of cold-callers posing as brokers who ‘callously’ duped people into handing over their life savings (Picture: City of London Police)A fraudster dubbed ‘The Wolf of Essex’ who masterminded a £1million Ponzi scheme has been jailed for more than five years.James Gillingham, 38, ran a team of cold-callers posing as brokers who ‘callously’ duped people into handing over their life savings between June 2015 and October 2016.Ta
  
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• UK Space Command chief suspended over 'sex assault' allegations

  23-09-2026 13:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British military police investigation into allegations of 'serious sexual offence' and 'theft' leads to arrest and suspension of chief of the UK's multi-billion pound Space Command programme
  
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• Tragic final words of girl, 16, to driver before both killed as car plunged into river

  23-09-2026 13:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eden Bunn, 16, was in a speeding vehicle with four other teenagers when it veered off a road before crashing into the River Nene in Wisbech
  
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• Five ways AI could kill all humans as fears grow for future of mankind

  23-09-2026 13:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Doomsayers have come forward in recent weeks to warn of the potentially cataclysmic dangers posed by a superintelligent AI hell-bent on ensuring its own supremacy
  
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• There’s a ketamine boom among 13-year-olds — here’s how to spot if your child is taking it

  23-09-2026 13:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ketamine is popular among younger people (Picture: Getty Images)Doctors have revealed children as young as 13 years old are showing signs of ketamine bladder damage.Medics at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool running a dedicated clinic have seen many adolescents who have been taking the drug for a year or more.This means some are likely to have started taking it when they were 12 or younger.
  Ketamine (ket) is a type of painkiller and anaesthetic drug. In the UK, it’s a controlled substance,
  
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• Kate Middleton gets kiss from Tom Cruise as he takes her by the hand at star-studded premiere

  23-09-2026 13:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales was seen being greeted by Tom Cruise with a kiss at the premiere of his new movie Digger - before being charmed by two little girls
  
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• Premier League admits Arsenal VAR error against Sunderland after Mikel Arteta rant

  23-09-2026 13:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arteta was furious with the decision (Picture: Shutterstock)The Premier League has admitted the decision to award Sunderland a penalty against Arsenal earlier this month was incorrect.The champions visited the Stadium of Light on Saturday September 12.After a goalless first-half, Gunners defender Ezri Konsa was penalised for holding Sunderland’s Dan Ballard during a corner kick with referee John Brooks pointing to the spot.Enzo Le Fee stepped up to take the penalty but was denied by David
  
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• BBC licence fee could be axed and replaced by £11-a-month internet charge whether people watch live TV or not under new plans being considered by Labour

  23-09-2026 13:17 via dailymail.com
  
  The move would see the current £180 TV licence axed and an extra charge added onto broadband bills in its place. (Pictured: Josh Widdicombe, Emma Willis, and Johannes Radebe)
  
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• Retired engineer, 82, was stabbed to death as he sat in his own front garden by mentally-ill neighbour with history of drug abuse

  23-09-2026 13:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Gerald Ring, who suffered from cancer and had mobility issues, managed to run inside his home and call 999 after Julian Donoher, 51, walked up to him, drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed him.
  
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• Ex-Victorian premier to be grilled over $150billion Big Build as royal commission into alleged corruption on construction sites kicks off

  23-09-2026 13:16 via dailymail.com
  
  The commission into Big Build, which comprises more than 100 projects, will run through the November election, the hearing was told, with upcoming hearing dates yet to be announced.
  
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• That was close! Moment Princess of Wales narrowly avoids being tripped up at premiere of Tom Cruise's Digger - after charity boss accidentally stands on the back of her gown

  23-09-2026 13:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Kate, 44, wearing a purple Jenny Packham gown, handled what might have been a very awkward stumble with grace - and humour - as she arrived for the glitzy film premiere in Leicester Square.
  
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• BBC Sport confirms further cuts as furious staff left weighing up strike action

  23-09-2026 13:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport have confirmed more cost-cutting moves which will see their news bulletins canned with some staff having to sit exams in order to retain their jobs
  
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• Russian aggression in space could wipe out our SAT-NAV and GPS systems - costing UK economy £1.4billion a day, warns Chief of the Air Staff

  23-09-2026 13:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Russia is threatening to start a space conflict with Britain and her allies that could cost lives and cause billions of pounds of damage, Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth has warned.
  
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• Fraudster dentist conned the NHS out of almost £100,000 - then fled the UK

  23-09-2026 13:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fariba Shameli's fraud included hundereds of claims for work either not done or carried out by others, and now police vowed to return her to the UK after she fled to Sweden
  
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• Bread shortage warning in supermarkets with Hovis workers set to strike this week

  23-09-2026 13:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Unite says workers have been offered a 3% pay rise, which they argue is a real terms pay cut, with the current RPI measure of inflation standing at 3.4%
  
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• Earl Spencer insists Diana book ‘isn’t a hit piece against King Charles’ and claims he has ‘no regrets’

  23-09-2026 13:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Diana’s brother has defended his bombshell memoir, claiming he has told the truth about the monarch’s comments after the princess’ death
  
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• Paul Scholes says Chelsea signing should not be starting in the Premier League

  23-09-2026 13:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jordan Henderson should not be starting league games for Chelsea, says Paul Scholes (Picture: The Good, The Bad & The Football)Paul Scholes has questioned Xabi Alonso’s team selection following Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Brentford and believes Jordan Henderson should only be handed another Premier League start in an absolute emergency.Summer signings Henderson, 36, and Danny Welbeck, 35, were both handed their first starts of the top-flight season as Chelsea took on Brentford in se
  
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• Fatal house fire major update as man in court charged with murdering girl, 7, and her aunt

  23-09-2026 13:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jaden Wright is accused of murdering Valentina Foster and her aunt Natalie McDonald in a house fire in Grangetown near Middlesbrough
  
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• A-Level boarding school student, 17, took her own life after struggling with mental health throughout her teens, inquest hears

  23-09-2026 13:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Lauren Jackson, 17, took her own life in the toilets at her sixth form college after struggling with her mental health throughout her teens.
  
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• Oodie’s 30% off blanket sale is here and cosy season just got cheaper

  23-09-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Oodie weighted blanket shoppers swear by is finally on sale. (Picture: Metro/The Oodie/Getty)
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  If your evenings have started involving a blanket, a cup of tea and the sofa on repeat, you need to know about Oodie’s sale. It’s the brand behind those wearable blanket hoodies that took over British living rooms a few
  
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