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• M&S is bringing back a retro biscuit selection box from the 50s

  22-09-2026 13:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Big Six biscuit assortment dates back to the 1950s (Picture: Courtney Pochin)
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  For more than 70 years, M&S sold products in its stores under the St Michael brand.
  First launched in 1928, it was named after M&S’s co-founder, Michael Marks, and was initially used to signify items that were ‘the best quality&rsquo
  
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• 5 signs you’re being underpaid compared to other workers your age

  22-09-2026 16:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Being underpaid is never a nice feeling (Picture: Shutterstock / Pheelings media)There’s nothing quite as demoralising as scrolling through LinkedIn only to spot a role identical to your own, offering a salary much higher.The situation is made even worse when you know you’re working harder than ever, but your income hasn’t budged.Recent ONS figures showed that UK wage growth slowed to 3.8% in the three months to January 2026, its lowest level in more than five years.
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• Dad of four children killed by mum and grandma says what they endured is ‘sickening’

  22-09-2026 16:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  The four children were found dead alongside their mother Sarah Myers and grandmother Amy Steadman in JuneThe father of four children who were killed by their mother and grandmother in a horrific murder-suicide has said that their suffering prior to death was ‘unimaginable’ — and it was ‘sickening’ to know what they went through.Harper Harmon, 13, Hudson Harmon, 11, and 10-year-olds Gavin Harmon and Gracelynn Harmon, were found dead at a home in Mechanicville,
  
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• The ‘nightmare’ habit that shows Japanese locals you’re a tourist

  22-09-2026 16:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’s one seemingly innocent habit that instantly reveals you’re a tourist in Japan (Picture: Getty Images)As I stood on a busy Tokyo street, clutching an empty coffee cup and a handful of snack wrappers, there was just one thought occupying my mind: where were all the bins?This shouldn’t have come as a surprise.I did my research before my trip to Japan, and knew bins would be few and far between.Online forums advise carrying a plastic bag around, so you can keep rubbish wit
  
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• Military plane crashes at Nato air base in Germany

  22-09-2026 16:31 via dailymail.com
  
  A military plane has today crashed at a Nato base in Germany. 
  
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• Andy Burnham meets Trump: Watch live as US President addresses UN General Assembly in New York

  22-09-2026 16:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is addressing the UN Assembly in New York City — a tumultuous moment for the world — and he will hold talks with Andy Burnham after this event today
  
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• Wayne Rooney reveals what he’s ‘heard’ about JJ Gabriel at Man Utd training ground

  22-09-2026 16:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  JJ Gabriel has asked for his registration with Manchester United to be cancelled (Picture: Sports Press Photo/Shutterstock)Wayne Rooney claims it has been something of an open secret at Manchester United that JJ Gabriel has had a ‘desire’ and ‘hunger’ to leave the club for Spain in recent years.Shockwaves reverberated around youth football last week as it emerged that Gabriel had asked for his registration with United to be cancelled with immediate effect.The 15-year-old
  
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• Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death confirmed after fentanyl speculation

  22-09-2026 16:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death has been confirmed (Picture: AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death has been confirmed over a month after she died suddenly aged 36.Panettiere died on August 16 in South Carolina while staying in an apartment with her boyfriend Brian Hickerson.The Greenville County Coroner has ruled her death an accident, confirming she was found with fentanyl, 4-ANPP, Alprazolam, Methocarbamol, and Quetiapine in her system.A report obta
  
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• Australian accused of bribing officials in Bangladesh to remove references to him from the investigation into his wife's suspicious death

  22-09-2026 16:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Awlad Hossain was arrested in Ipswich on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to bride Bangladeshi police investigating the death of his wife, Rehana Parvin.
  
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• Emmerdale star confirms big Sarah scenes with Robert and Aaron as major change unfolds

  22-09-2026 16:28 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’ve got to feel for Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) in Emmerdale, haven’t you?The poor girl has been through so, so much, and it just when it seemed that grandma Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) could deliver a little ray of hope to her, she of course did a Charity, and handed Sarah a baby that isn’t hers.According to Katie, though, Sarah is about
  
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• Supernanny Jo Frost reveals well-meaning habit can make kids ‘snappy and rude’

  22-09-2026 16:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Supernanny star revealed she suffered from anaphylaxis last year (Picture: Getty)From swimming and horse riding to drama and guitar lessons, when it comes to extracurricular activities for your kids, the options are endless.It’s natural to want to give your little one the opportunity to find their passion — after all, you could have the next piano maestro or England captain in your midst.But in a recent Instagram post, Supernanny Jo Frost said that ‘overscheduling’ a
  
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• Labour under pressure to slash tax as even the Lib Dems promise £17bn income tax cuts - but Ed Davey claims only reversing Brexit can make it happen

  22-09-2026 16:26 via dailymail.com
  
  But leader Sir Ed Davey claimed the only way to fund his tax cuts is by reversing Brexit and taking Britain back into the European Union's orbit.
  
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• The dangerous social media scoreboard ‘game’ every parent needs to know about

  22-09-2026 16:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Police say the ‘game’ is exacerbating gang violence (Picture: Getty Images)While no parent wants to believe their child is caught up in organised crime, an estimated 70,000 young people are involved in gangs throughout the UK.In a recent LBC report, the Metropolitan Police revealed youth violence in Lambeth and Southwark had been on the increase this year — in no small part due to a dangerous new social media ‘game’.Officers working on Operation Gallium, the Met&rs
  
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• Bootle house fire - latest: Four dead after 'man smashed windows' in rescue attempt

  22-09-2026 16:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devastated neighbours have told how a man tried to gain entry to the Merseyside home but was beaten back by flames
  
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• Tim Westwood charged with sexually assaulting two teenagers

  22-09-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  The former BBC Radio 1 DJ and presenter is facing 17 charges involving nine women (Picture: PA)Tim Westwood has been charged with two more offences, including an alleged indecent assault of a teenage girl in 1991 and a sexual assault of a teenage woman in 2004.The Metropolitan Police said today that the 68-year-old is accused of indecently assaulting a 16 or 17-year-old girl in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991.In May 2004, he is alleged to have sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman in Wand
  
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• Family in dire straits as mom is diagnosed with terminal illness just before giving birth to seriously-ill baby, with stricken dad now forced to WALK between two hospitals up to eight times a day

  22-09-2026 16:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Robbinjo Odum, a 29-year-old mother of two, discovered she had developed necrotizing pancreatitis and gave birth to a baby girl with bladder exstrophy on August 19.
  
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• Burnham ally condemns his 'growth in every postcode' soundbite warning the 'weird' idea will waste taxpayers' money

  22-09-2026 16:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Lord O'Neill, a former Treasury minister who has advised the PM, said he was 'not a huge fan' of Andy Burnham's often-repeated mantra.
  
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• Boy, 14, stabbed girl who rejected him in chilling echo of Adolescence

  22-09-2026 16:16 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 PageA 14-year-old boy repeatedly stabbed a girl in a ‘frenzied’ attack because she would not go out with him.The teenager was ‘obsessed’ with the girl and followed her into a shop in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on March 15.Chilling CCTV footage shows him calmly walking up to her with his hands in his pockets before he pulls out a blade
  
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• Trump explodes at CNN's Kaitlan Collins as he arrives at the UN with Melania

  22-09-2026 16:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump exploded at a female CNN reporter as he arrived alongside Melania a the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
  
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• Bootle house fire - latest: Four dead as 'man smashed windows' in rescue attempt

  22-09-2026 16:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devastated neighbours have told how a man tried to gain entry to the home but was beaten back by flames
  
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• Brothers kidnapped man outside Nando’s and held him at gunpoint for £30k ransom

  22-09-2026 16:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  The brothers kidnapped Ali Almafraji in September 2023 (Picture: SWNS)Two brothers have been jailed after using a fake dating profile to lure a stranger to Nando’s before holding him at gunpoint for hours.Bilal and Zachariya Rakik were both jailed for more than seven years after pleading guilty to kidnapping, blackmail, and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.In September 2023, the pair kidnapped victim Ali Almafraji, a friend of a friend whom they had
  
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• Tony Blair shows off toned arms in new gym photo

  22-09-2026 16:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair was seen in high spirits after a gym session with an Indonesian politician (Picture: Instagram)Tony Blair has shown off his surprisingly toned physique during a gym session with a senior Indonesian politician.The former Prime Minister posed for a picture alongside Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin, speaker of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council.Blair, 72, appeared to be in high spirits after their workout while wearing a tank top.Sharing a picture from their session on Instagra
  
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• Australian accused of murdering Thai teenager and dumping her body in a suitcase says from jail he didn't call an ambulance because he doesn't 'trust the police'

  22-09-2026 16:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Simon Peter Carman, from Perth, is accused of murdering 17-year-old Tunchanok 'Cake' Donhomla in Thailand.
  
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• DJ Tim Westwood, 68, is charged with two more sex assaults: Ex-BBC Radio 1 star now faces 17 charges against nine women

  22-09-2026 16:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The former BBC Radio 1 DJ has already been charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assalt and two counts of sexual assault.
  
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• Rivage review – saving the world, one puzzle at a time

  22-09-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rivage – saving the world, one puzzle at a time (Raw Fury)An indie sci-fi puzzle game attempts to offer a more laidback experience, when compared to the season’s more action-orientated blockbusters.Puzzles have been around for as long as humans have known how to write, it’s just their delivery mechanism that changes. Up until fairly recently that was most likely to be a book or the back pages of a newspaper, the answers to each cryptic clue typically hidden on a different page
  
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• Four people die after fire spreads through house in Bootle, Merseyside

  22-09-2026 15:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fire crews and police attended the house this morning after the overnight fire (Picture: LIVERPOOL ECHO)Four people have died in a fire at a house in Merseyside overnight.Four casualties ‘showing no signs of life’ were found at the semi-detached house in Stone Square in Bootle, Sefton.Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the blaze at about 3.45am this morning.The ‘intense fire’ at the property ‘spread very rapidly’, Chief Fire Officer
  
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• NFL players’ shoes melt during game played in record-breaking heat

  22-09-2026 15:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  It wasn’t only the players that felt the heat as the air temperature reached 35°C with a 41°C heat index (Picture: AP Photo/George Walker IV)NFL players were left with burning feet and even melting shoes after the artificial field beneath them reached a reported temperature of 156°F (69°C).Some needed water poured over their footwear during the Tennessee Titans’ game against the Philadelphia Eagles, while one player went through two different pairs.The extraordinary
  
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• Trump explodes at female CNN reporter as he arrives at the UN with Melania

  22-09-2026 15:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump exploded at a female CNN reporter as he arrived alongside Melania a the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
  
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• Jessie Cave thinks handling one child is harder than 4 – here’s what parents think

  22-09-2026 15:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Parenting is hard no matter how many kids you have – but is there an optimum number? (Picture: Getty Images)Basic maths would suggest that having fewer children makes for a slightly easier life than dealing with an entire brood — but not everyone agrees.Speaking on an episode of their podcast, Before We Break Up Again, hosts Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown, who are married with four kids, say that one child is actually ‘more difficult’ to parent, than multiple kids.Alfie sai
  
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• Greens at war over Gaza as Polanski struggles to stop activists pushing for destruction of Israel

  22-09-2026 15:53 via dailymail.com
  
  The Green leader hit out at a motion to be presented at the party conference next week which advocates for 'a single democratic Palestinian State in all of historic Palestine'.
  
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