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• Major UK airport e-gate change affecting 1,500,000 Brits comes into effect today

  08-07-2026 10:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Passport checks could look different for families with younger children (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)If you’re heading on holidays, there’s a significant change coming to major UK airports that you should know about.Holidaymakers have already had to deal with the chaos of the new EU biometric entry and exit checks which were rolled out last month, causing significant delays.
  But in a welcome change, this new rule should make navigating airports a little easier.The age requireme
  
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• 'Dehumanising' failures mean main disability benefit PIP is not working, major review finds

  09-07-2026 09:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new report by DWP minister Sir Stephen Timms said the process claiming of personal independence payment (PIP) benefits is often “dehumanising”, “soul destroying”, and “degrading” to claimants.
  
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• Zoo housing 900 animals now transformed after closing forever after 29 years

  09-07-2026 09:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It was home to around 900 birds and mammals for nearly three decades before its closure in September 2002
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Bank holiday for England fans, Norway chaos, quarter-finals start TODAY

  09-07-2026 09:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  France will face Morocco in the first quarter-final match of the 2026 tournament but the clash has been mired in controversy while England face Norway on Saturday but Haaland's side face issues
  
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• Nigel Farage live: Clacton voters blast Reform leader's 'weird' by-election plot as Count Binface unmasked

  09-07-2026 09:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's vanity by-election appears to have spectacularly backfired with his only major challenger being a comedian who goes by the name Count Binface
  
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• Turkey hair transplant ended up costing man £9,000 and years of misery

  09-07-2026 09:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Valentino says he would not make the same mistakes again
  
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• How much Manchester United will earn from Mason Greenwood move

  09-07-2026 09:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marseille are close to selling Mason Greenwood (Picture: Getty Images)Mason Greenwood is set to leave Marseille this summer, meaning Manchester United will cash in thanks to the sell-on clause in his contract.While any boost to the transfer coffers is welcome, it does not look likely to be a huge windfall at Old Trafford.Greenwood left Manchester United for Marseille in 2024 for £26.6million and has gone on to score 48 goals in 76 appearances across all competitions.Despite his impressive
  
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• French bureaucrats ban British round-the-world adventurer from swimming the Channel to complete last leg of his epic 36,000-mile 28-year odyssey

  09-07-2026 09:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Karl Bushby, 57, has already been banned by Eurotunnel from walking under the sea to England, citing safety and operational constraints.
  
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• 'Take 1 picture before going airport' security alert for anyone travelling abroad

  09-07-2026 09:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People are being urged to take one quick picture before arriving at the airport
  
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• HMRC 'letters sent' to millions as deadline in August 2026 for first time

  09-07-2026 09:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new system means there are several key new dates, with one just weeks away
  
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• Keir Starmer drops huge hint over bank holiday if England win the World Cup

  09-07-2026 09:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  England play in the quarter-finals on Saturday (Picture: FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)Sir Keir Starmer has strongly hinted there will be a bank holiday to mark England winning the World Cup if the Three Lions end 60 years of hurt this summer.Thomas Tuchel’s side have reached the last 16 of the competition having seen off Mexico in an all-time classic at the Azteca Stadium in the early hours of Monday morning.Norway, led by Manchester City star Erling Haaland, await in the quarter-finals on
  
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• Alan Shearer sends Bruno Guimaraes transfer warning to Arsenal as Newcastle set asking price

  09-07-2026 09:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bruno Guimaraes has his heart set on a move to Arsenal (Picture: Getty)Alan Shearer has warned Arsenal they won’t be able to sign Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes on the cheap.Following Brazil’s exit from the World Cup, Bruno is understood to have informed his current employers of his desire to join the Premier League champions.With Declan Rice’s marathon campaign still ongoing, Mikel Arteta is keen to add greater depth to his midfield engine room.The club’s curr
  
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• LMFAO star Lauren Bennett's bandmate reveals tragic plans they made before her death

  09-07-2026 09:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lauren Bennett's former bandmate has revealed they had plans to release new music before her tragic death and says they 'owe' the star to follow through with the idea
  
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• I have no idea what Netflix is doing with Little House on the Prairie

  09-07-2026 09:01 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 PageIt’s been 90 years since Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved children’s series, Little House on the Prairie, was first published, and 43 years since the wildly popular TV adaptation.Now, Netflix is putting a 21st-century spin on this thorny 19th-century tale of the American Frontier, in which the Ingalls family arrive in Kansas to create the idy
  
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• Let the Burnham coronation begin! Fawning Labour MPs set to rush to back incoming PM as nominations open - with last rival Al Carns pulling out after 'only getting three backers'

  09-07-2026 09:00 via dailymail.com
  
  MPs are set to rush to show their loyalty to the incoming PM - after his last potential rival Al Carns threw in the towel.
  
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• Heatwaves shut my kids’ school – we need to learn to cope

  09-07-2026 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Children were losing learning time because we are unable to cope with the heat (Picture: Getty Images)‘Due to the ongoing heat, we would like to offer parents/carers the option of collecting their child/children at 1:00pm’, should you wish and are able to do so. Children will have had their lunch by this time’.Looking at my email, as a parent to two kids, during the sky-high temperatures in late June, my first reaction wasn’t relief.It was frustration.&nbs
  
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• Holiday booking ‘small print’ 2026 warning issued by BBC expert

  09-07-2026 08:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People booking holidays have been warned to be careful
  
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• Arthur Fery's famous dad, girlfriend claims and why Wimbledon star gets nosebleeds

  09-07-2026 08:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arthur Fery has been the feel-good story of Wimbledon 2026, with the British wildcard capturing the imagination of tennis fans with his battling performances at the All England Club
  
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• Toddler found alive in morgue after doctor pronounced him dead following 'drowning' incident

  09-07-2026 08:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The toddler was tragically pronounced dead after a near-drowning to be found still breathing in the hospital morgue roughly five hours later according to reports
  
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• UK heatwave: BBC doctor's 'four-hour rule' safety advice as temperatures hit 36C

  09-07-2026 08:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Oscar Duke has warned people to follow his 'four-hour 11am rule' as Met Office amber warnings in place
  
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• Huge fire breaks out at historic building in Edinburgh town centre

  09-07-2026 08:50 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Victorian building appears to have been gutted after the fire broke out this morning, the second fire incident at the site within five years (Picture: X)Flames ripped through a historic department store building in Edinburgh after a fire broke out.
  Firefighters are tackling the blaze on Edinburgh’s Princes Street after the alarm was raised at about 2.50am.
  Footage shows an inferno engulfing the old Debenhams building on the famous shopping street.
  Seven fire engines and three speciali
  
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• Mum nearly fainted over what Google revealed about her new boyfriend

  09-07-2026 08:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old woman was horrified when she found out about Louis Martin's past - while he was unable to accept the end of their relationship and bombarded her with weeks of harassment
  
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• Grandad who had to learn how to walk again fumes as 'lifesaver' NHS treatment axed

  09-07-2026 08:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The trust says the decision was taken after a ‘detailed review’ and have cited ‘significant’ running costs along with ‘estate, compliance and operational pressures’
  
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• Trump launches ferocious new bombardment on Iran after regime placed deadly bounty on his head

  09-07-2026 08:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump called the strikes 'retribution' for the regime's bombing of ships on Tuesday, posting on his Truth Social platform: 'If it happens again, it will get much worse.'
  
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• Edinburgh fire live: Historic building blaze rages as Princes Street closed

  09-07-2026 08:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services have rushed to Prince Street in Edinburgh as a raging fire sends thick clouds of black smoke across the city centre
  
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• Elon Musk calls historian Tom Holland a 'cuck' for wading into 'woke row' over casting of black actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy in The Odyssey

  09-07-2026 08:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The businessman and Tesla CEO made the jibe on X - the social media platform he owns - where he responded to a post from the academic.
  
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• DWP heatwave update: 'too hot to work' workplace temperature limit new rules update

  09-07-2026 08:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is set to be hit by soaring temperatures with some expected to climb as high as 36C in some areas, the Met Office has said
  
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• Toddler sustains severe head injury after being 'tossed into air' at daycare

  09-07-2026 08:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Legal documents show the toddler being lifted above the alleged employee's head before she fails to catch him and both fall to the ground
  
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• Trump says Iran wants to make a deal 'so badly' after unleashing 90 fresh airstrikes as Tehran retaliates across the Gulf

  09-07-2026 08:20 via dailymail.com
  
  The President declared the already tense ceasefire 'over' earlier Wednesday but said that he'd been in touch when speaking to the press on Air Force One.
  
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• Iran live: Trump issues '20 times harder' threat after Hormuz 'retribution' strikes

  09-07-2026 08:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran after a number of ships were hit in the Strait of Hormuz - Donald Trump has warned of even more intense attacks
  
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