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• Looking for heatwave outfits? These sheer styles are surprisingly practical

  16-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
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  It has been such a heatwave-heavy summer that, at this point in the season, you’d be forgiven for forgetting what number we’re on.
  Are we sweltering through heatwave five, or is it six? One thing’s for sure, the challenge of what to wear whe
  
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• New Attorney General Todd Blanche hints that the FBI will NOT take over search for Nancy Guthrie despite heavy criticism of local police... six months after her disappearance

  16-08-2026 22:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was recently appointed by President Trump sat down with Meet the Press host Kristen Welker six months after Guthrie was last seen.
  
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• ‘They are gone!’ – Arsenal fans convinced duo are leaving after they are left out of celebrations

  16-08-2026 22:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri watched on from a distance as Arsenal celebrated the win (Picture: X)Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri were seen awkwardly watching on as the rest of Arsenal’s squad celebrated winning the Community Shield – leaving many fans convinced that their days at the club are numbered.There was some surprise as the two attackers were left out of Arsenal’s clash against Manchester City, with the duo failing to even make the substitutes bench in Ca
  
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• Influencers warned to stop taking selfies with sharks after series of attacks

  16-08-2026 22:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Cases of sharks biting humans are admittedly rare, but in the last year, at least three influencers have been attacked.
  
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• Flooding victims identified as great-grandmother who died with her dog and teen football star after 'once-in-a-lifetime' floods... as death toll rises to seven including boy, 4

  16-08-2026 22:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Morey, 18, Stephanie Jo Sallee, 58, and James Briar, 31, have been identified as three of the seven people who died in the floods in Indiana.
  
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• Emergency Government phone alert 'put domestic abuse victims at risk'

  16-08-2026 22:11 via dailymail.com
  
  After the blaring warning sounded from phones across the country on Friday, charities and survivors said it could have put victims who keep secret second phones at risk.
  
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• Extraordinary moment bloodied fighter pilot casually greets police officer moments after miracle escape from F-18 Hornet jet that plowed into Washington mountainside

  16-08-2026 22:09 via dailymail.com
  
  The narrowly spared pilot was flying an F/A-18 Hornet during routine training on June 13, when he experienced a 'non-fatal aviation mishap' that sent the jet crashing into a mountainside.
  
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• Flooding victims identified as great-grandmother who died with her dog and teen football star after 'once-in-a-lifetime'... as death toll rises to seven including boy, 4

  16-08-2026 22:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Morey, 18, Stephanie Jo Sallee, 58, and James Briar, 31, have been identified as three of the seven people who died in the floods in Indiana.
  
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• Nigella Lawson pictured with Paul Hollywood for first time amid Bake Off rift rumours

  16-08-2026 22:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: Channel 4/Patch Dolan/Love Productions)Nigella Lawson has been pictured alongside all her Great British Bake Off co-stars for the first time.The 66-year-old TV chef is replacing Dame Prue Leith as a judge on the Channel 4 baking show after the 86-year-old announced in January she was stepping down.In a picture taken on her first day of filming in the Bake Off tent, Lawson is wearing a black zipped dress and standing between presenters Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, with her fellow
  
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• Somali man, 22, is charged with attempted murder after migrant hotel worker is stabbed

  16-08-2026 21:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Police rushed to the Stanwell Hotel in west London at around 6.30pm on Saturday evening after reports of a stabbing.
  
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• Extraordinary moment bloodied fighter pilot casually greets police officer moments after miracle escape from F-18 Hornet jet that ploughed into Washington mountainside

  16-08-2026 21:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The narrowly spared pilot was flying an F/A-18 Hornet during routine training on June 13, when he experienced a 'non-fatal aviation mishap' that sent the jet crashing into a mountainside.
  
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• Iran unveils sick cash prize to anyone who captures or kills American troops...as panic mounts in DC over plots to assassinate Trump

  16-08-2026 21:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Iran announced a chilling cash prize for anyone who captures or kills American troops, and some can get double the reward as tensions remain high between the two countries amid the ongoing war.
  
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• 'Cost of ignoring cause of climate crisis would be a needlessly high price for Burnham to pay'

  16-08-2026 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Andy Burnham is capable of owning the future – and recovering more Labour lost votes to the Greens – instead of appeasing fossil fools living in the past
  
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• Self-branded MAGA loyalist who voted for Trump three times in support of his immigration policies is left raging after ICE agents take his Russian wife away in handcuffs

  16-08-2026 21:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Brent Jindra considered himself a MAGA patriot until his wife, Galina Bobreneva, 40, was detained by ICE at an airport in Burbank, California, on July 13.
  
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• Woman in her 60s is arrested on suspicion of murder after OAP in her 90s dies in house fire

  16-08-2026 21:27 via dailymail.com
  
  A woman in her 90s was found unconscious inside the property in Gloucestershire, and later pronounced dead.
  
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• Beatles biopics stars seen faithfully recreating iconic moment we’ve all been waiting for

  16-08-2026 21:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  The most famous shot of the Beatles has been recreated for their four-part biopic (Picture: JBurns/MCPIX)Pictures from the set of the Beatles biopics have shown stars Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn recreating one of the most iconic photos ever taken of the band.The actors were snapped in full costume shooting in London on Sunday as they lined up to walk together across the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing.Situated outside the renowned Abbey Road Studios in St John
  
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• Four Renaissance paintings of 'extraordinary value' are stolen from museum in Sicily

  16-08-2026 21:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The paintings by Antonello da Messina were taken under cover of a huge religious festival that sees 100,000 people flock to the city of Messina.
  
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• Bloodied fighter pilot casually greets cop on side of the road after EJECTING from F-18 Hornet that crashed into Washington mountainside

  16-08-2026 21:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The narrowly spared pilot was flying an F/A-18 Hornet during routine training on June 13, when he experienced a 'non-fatal aviation mishap' that sent the jet crashing into a mountainside.
  
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• They've blown it! Scotland loses to Canada at World's biggest bagpipe championships

  16-08-2026 21:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland faced a devastating blow after it lost out to Canada at the World Pipe Band championships this weekend.
  
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• Brit, 56, vanishes while on holiday with fiancee in Rome

  16-08-2026 21:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Colin Alexander Ross, from Elgin, vanished on Friday, August 14, just hours after he and Annabella Mcallister arrived for their 'dream' trip to the Italian capital.
  
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• 'If there is a shortage, the first bill should land on the companies wasting the water - not hard working families'

  16-08-2026 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Families should not be punished for failures they did not cause. Before companies reach for “surge pricing”, they should be forced to fix the network they already charge us to maintain
  
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• Alan Pardew makes Arsenal transfer prediction and huge title claim after Community Shield win

  16-08-2026 21:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are ‘head and shoulders’ above the rest in the Premier League, says Alan Pardew (Picture: talkSPORT)Alan Pardew says Arsenal look ‘head and shoulders’ above their rivals in the Premier League ahead of their title defence this coming season.The Gunners breezed past a lacklustre Manchester City to get their hands on the first piece of silverware up for grabs this weekend, putting three goals past Enzo Maresca’s men to clinch the Community Shield in comprehens
  
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• Scotland faces blow at World Pipe Band championships as Canada triumphs, leaving UK beaten for first time in 16 years

  16-08-2026 21:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland faced a devastating blow after it lost out to Canada at the World Pipe Band championships this weekend.
  
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• Happy ending teased for Jimmy and Nicola in Emmerdale – and we believe it, right?

  16-08-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nicola and Jimmy King have been married for 16 years (Picture: ITV)You’re probably more likely to watch a pig fly down Main Street than experience a long-lasting marriage in Emmerdale, but somehow Jimmy and Nicola King (Nick Miles and Nicola Wheeler) have proved an exception to the rule.Jimmy and Nicola have been married since 2010, and despite plenty of challenges, they’re still (mostly) going strong.In fact, things are looking so good from the outside that next week Lewis Barton (
  
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• Historic cottage, which comes with its own church, goes on the market for offers over £1 million

  16-08-2026 20:53 via dailymail.com
  
  A historic kirk and detached cottage on one of Scotland's most expensive streets has gone on the market for offers over £1million.
  
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• Thousands quit Trump's USA in hope of a better life in Scotland

  16-08-2026 20:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump may have pledged to make America great again, but record numbers of young Americans are voting with their feet and choosing Scotland over the US.
  
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• TV star Stephen Tompkinson talks about his 'greatest role' as he helps stars of the future

  16-08-2026 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This year is a double whammy of anniversaries for the actor: the film Brassed Off and TV series Ballykissangel both hit the screens 30 years ago.
  
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• STEPHEN DAISLEY: Cosying up to China, despite the risks? How quickly Honest John was replaced by Sell-out Swinney

  16-08-2026 20:45 via dailymail.com
  
  John Swinney is seldom called upon to muse on matters of national security, and that is probably just as well.
  
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• The backstory to that takeaway: Delivery riders apparently working for big brands like Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats live in shanty towns for the homeless where they don't even have access to running water

  16-08-2026 20:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The Daily Mail has discovered instances of delivery workers for all three brands living in homeless encampments in the capital - the largest being a set up under a bridge in Shoreditch.
  
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• Police offering £20,000 reward for information on murder of man who was gunned down by thugs on e-bikes

  16-08-2026 20:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Sam Rimmer, 22, was with a group of friends when he was gunned down by four men on two electric bikes who fired a number of shots using a Skorpion sub-machine gun.
  
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