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• 'Like last year's car, but better'

  01-03-2015 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mercedes' testing times leave competitors unable to hide their dejection, but there's still plenty to race for - writes Andrew Benson.
  
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• Life under the Taliban's iron fist: Five years to the day since the fall of Kabul, DAVID PATRIKARAKOS travels to Afghanistan where he meets AK-47 toting officials as well as the men and women abandoned by the West

  15-08-2026 02:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Blood is seeping from the dead man's skull. He lies face down on the baking runway, and it pools beneath him like a halo.
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel has been revealed and I’m already disappointed – Reader’s Feature

  15-08-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Elder Scrolls 6 news this week has been a bit of mess (Bethesda)After a week of only partially intended revelations about The Elder Scrolls 6, a reader is upset at the haphazard way the game is being unveiled.We’ve been waiting so long for news about The Elder Scrolls 6 and when it finally came it’s hard to think of how they could have messed it up worse. This was Xbox’s big plan, as I understand it. Xbox boss Asha Sharma, who has openly admitted she knows very little abou
  
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• Revealed: Incredible details of the VERY intimate friendship between Lucy Letby and her married doctor 'boyfriend' - as questions begin to swirl about whether his sudden death is linked to her ongoing case

  15-08-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  June 24th is a date of morbid significance in the timeline of baby killer Lucy Letby's crimes. It was on that day, in 2016, that the former nurse murdered the last of her victims.
  
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• 'A lot of people are nervous about what he could reveal': Inside Ireland's toughest prison where guards are desperate to stop 'drug kingpin' Daniel Kinahan being reached by his friends... or his enemies

  15-08-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Speaking of his return to Ireland, Daniel Kinahan described how, along with the people and their sense of humour, it was the food he was looking forward to.
  
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• Investigation launched after male inmate dies in Wheatfield Prison

  15-08-2026 01:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brendan Gahan, 39, died following an assault in his cell at Wheatfield Prison in west Dublin on Thursday — just eight months after he was first imprisoned there
  
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• Indonesia earthquake LIVE: Tsunami warning issued after massive 7.7 quake strikes tourist spot

  15-08-2026 01:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 7.7-magnitude quake struck not far from the coast at around 10.58pm on Friday - the country is a popular holiday spot for Brits
  
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• Texas surrogate's sprawling contract with biological parents revealed in court records: Massive monthly payment plan, long list of expenses... and additional 'abortion fee' she refused

  15-08-2026 01:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman at the center of the Baby Gabriel surrogacy case that has divided the nation was paid tens of thousands of dollars to carry the child.
  
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• Five-hour joyride in Porsche ends in crash on wrong side of the road - with three rushed to hospital

  15-08-2026 01:48 via dailymail.com
  
  While returning home and reversing into a driveway, the driver of the white Porsche was confronted by a group of men, one allegedly armed with a machete.
  
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• Humiliating real reason AOC's relationship with fiancé Riley Roberts turned 'very, very toxic' before split... revealed by insiders who tell why 15-year couple never married

  15-08-2026 01:47 via dailymail.com
  
  AOC and her fiancé Riley Roberts are understood to have split in February, ending a romance that began when they were college sweethearts at Boston University.
  
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• Seagull survives being wedged in car's grille for several miles on motorway after 'being hit at high speed'

  15-08-2026 01:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The shocked driver had no idea the bird was wedged into his vehicle until after he'd parked up.
  
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• Andy Burnham bans barbeques and calls in the military to battle Britain's wildfires as he warns the crisis is 'far from over'

  15-08-2026 01:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister banned disposable barbecues in 'tinderbox Britain' amid fears that school-leavers celebrating their A-level results may have accidentally sparked a number of blazes.
  
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• Ban on barbecues as Andy Burnham calls in the military to battle Britain's wildfires as he warned the crisis is 'far from over'

  15-08-2026 01:27 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister banned disposable barbecues in 'tinderbox Britain' amid fears that school-leavers celebrating their A-level results may have accidentally sparked a number of blazes.
  
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• After the apocalypse: Flames raged 'in every direction', destroying 19 homes and 500 acres of land. But was Stourbridge blaze an accident waiting to happen?

  15-08-2026 01:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The inferno whipped across this well-heeled corner of the West Midlands in minutes, destroying 19 properties and more than 500 acres of land.
  
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• Karoline Leavitt is FIFTH high-ranking woman to depart Trump's inner circle as the race to replace her gets messy

  15-08-2026 01:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Entering his second presidency, President Donald Trump proudly championed a powerhouse lineup of female leaders entrusted with the nation's top executive posts. But now, five have left.
  
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• Britain has taken in the blameless baby recklessly hauled onto a small boat this week - so how much will our compassion cost us in the decades to come?

  15-08-2026 01:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The tiny baby is manhandled aboard a Channel small boat, roughly held aloft by its right arm.
  
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• FRED KELLY: My bizarre (and very long) night at the Clacton by-election with Howling Laud Hope, Baron Von Thunderclap... but sadly not No-show Nigel

  15-08-2026 01:12 via dailymail.com
  
  He triggered the by-election. He won it. And then Nigel Farage disappeared.
  
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• Thousands of prison cells are empty while Labour releases criminals early to tackle overcrowding

  15-08-2026 01:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands of prison cells are lying empty even though Labour is releasing criminals early to tackle overcrowding.
  
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• Girl, 2, dies after mother allegedly turned blind eye to boyfriend beating toddler up because she didn't want him to go to jail

  15-08-2026 01:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The two-year-old daughter of Jazmin Cisneros, 28, died on Thursday in Texas after she was abused, allegedly at the hands of her mother's boyfriend, Gerado Gonzalez.
  
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• As flames ripped through homes and residents fled - was Stourbridge blaze an accident waiting to happen?

  15-08-2026 01:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Just a few nights ago, Paul McVeigh was lounging on his garden deckchair, gazing at the sky above his Stourbridge home, hoping to glimpse the solar eclipse.
  
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• FRED KELLY: My bizarre (and very long) night with Howling Laud Hope, Baron Von Thunderclap... but sadly not No-show Nigel

  15-08-2026 01:07 via dailymail.com
  
  He triggered the by-election. He won it. And then Nigel Farage disappeared.
  
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• Four teens arrested on suspicion of arson after massive wildfire spread across Porth

  15-08-2026 01:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Four 14-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire was set on a mountain in South Wales, police said. The teenagers have since been bailed under investigation
  
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• The hidden price of chronic health conditions: ‘My IBD costs me £5,000 a year’

  15-08-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Living with a chronic illness brings a huge financial cost, as well as a physical one (Picture: Getty/Metro)Prajakta Jyoti was about to sit her mock GCSEs in 2021 when she was hit by an agonising pelvic pain that saw her rushed to A&E three times.‘I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t eat, I could barely talk. My mum was more worried than me,’ 20-year-old Prajakta, from Milton Keynes, remembers.On her third visit, she was rushed into surgery for suspected appendicitis. It emer
  
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• Daily horoscope August 15, 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  15-08-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)A fruitful link between Mercury and Jupiter instills this weekend with peace, joy and warmth. Enjoy the positive energy this placeent bestows upon you.Cancer, Libra and Scorpio, whatever your ambitions are. this placement helps you get there. Whether it’s strengthening bonds, or promoting a bold new idea, the cosmos has you covered.Remain grateful for all you have, within and around you. The day sparkles with pos
  
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• Craig has Amy where he wants her in EastEnders as she attempts to flee Walford

  15-08-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  The aftermath of the big reveal confirmed (Picture: BBC)Craig Ingram (Matthew James Bailey) is set to make yet another big discovery about Amy Mitchell (Ellie Dadd) in EastEnders next week but not before he receives some rather shocking news of his own.
  The detective, as viewers know, is investigating the attack carried out on Joel Marshall (Max Murray), whose presence in the Square proved controversial following his release from prison.Joel was jailed earlier this year after he attacked stepmu
  
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• Coronation Street spoiler videos confirm new nightmare for Sarah as things get worse

  15-08-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’s trouble ahead in next week’s Corrie spoiler videos (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock/METRO)Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse for Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) in Coronation Street, a brand new spoiler video has proved us wrong.Sarah is left feeling the pressure when her relationship with ex-boyfriend Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) comes back to bite her and she’s left with a decision to make.Elsewhere, Lucy Parkinson (Anya Dewin) is struggling to adjust t
  
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• Thousands of prison cells lie empty - as Labour releases criminals early to tackle overcrowding

  15-08-2026 00:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands of prison cells are lying empty even though Labour is releasing criminals early to tackle overcrowding.
  
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• Railway bosses insist lines are safe in extreme heat after two trains derail within 24 hours

  15-08-2026 00:23 via dailymail.com
  
  The Greater Anglia service crashed off the tracks in Essex less than 24 hours after a Southern Rail train's carriages flipped over in Sussex.
  
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• Montana boy, 13, died after being EJECTED from faulty fairground ride as it spun through the air, stricken mother's lawsuit claims

  15-08-2026 00:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Clayton Phillips, 13, died from his injuries after being thrown from his seat on the Yo-Yo swing ride at high speed while attending a carnival in Butte in June of this year.
  
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• Farage claims win as vindication but watchdog immediately restarts £5m gift probe as Tories call by-election a pointless farce

  15-08-2026 00:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Reform UK's leader was re-elected MP for Clacton with 22,239 votes, more than he won at the 2024 General Election but with a smaller than predicted share of ballots cast (63.3 per cent)
  
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