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• Man banished from every corner of Croydon

  16-07-2026 16:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Trench can be arrested if he ever tries to re-enter Croydon (Picture: BPM Media)A man has been banned from entering an entire London borough thanks to his ‘antisocial behaviour’.Police now have the power to arrest David Trench without a warrant if he ever tries to re-enter any part of Croydon, south London.Croydon Council secured an injunction against him after he ‘caused misery for local businesses and residents’, particularly in West Croydon.It is unclear what fo
  
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• Christa Pike live: Second execution attempt 'likely to fail' after botched lethal injection

  07-10-2026 19:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed on September 30 by lethal injection but somehow survived despite being given two doses of pentobarbital - she is now awake
  
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• UK's top 10 scams to look out for as online shopping fraud surges 164%

  07-10-2026 19:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Purchase scams are on the rise, as new data reveals they are the fastest-growing scam in the UK - here are the top 10 scams you should look out for
  
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• Dexter fanatic lured victim to plastic-covered ‘kill room’ in £40-a-night Airbnb and stabbed her 78 times

  07-10-2026 19:40 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 teenager spent hours setting up a plastic-covered ‘kill room’ like his hero fictional serial killer Dexter, before luring a woman and stabbing her 78 times.Benjamin Day dressed up like his TV hero and copied his tactics stapling plastic sheeting to a bedroom in order to easily clean up the killing and get away with murder.The forensic stud
  
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• University could face criminal prosecution over death of student who took his own life after being wrongly told he had failed

  07-10-2026 19:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The University of Glasgow may face a criminal prosecution over a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be able to graduate.
  
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• Canada suspends plan to offer medically assisted dying to mentally ill people after family of 83-year-old said she was euthanized against her will

  07-10-2026 19:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Canada had planned to expand its medically assisted dying law by March 2027 to cover people who have mental illness as their sole condition.
  
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• Why Brits lose 10 billion hours of sleep a year - and 4 expert tips to tackle it

  07-10-2026 19:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new study has found that Brits are collectively losing nearly 10 billion hours of sleep a year as expert Dr Zoe Williams shares four tips to help
  
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• Bigamous 'runaway bride' who had 14 husbands and married five men in one month to fund her Las Vegas casino habit is sentenced to probation

  07-10-2026 19:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Jiaying Chen, 34, was convicted on multiple counts after it was found she had 14 husbands and were fleecing them for cash to fund her lavish gambling lifestyle in Las Vegas.
  
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• Nine hurt after teenager went on rampage at Polish school

  07-10-2026 19:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The 19-year-old student targeted both teachers and pupils in his attack at Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostroleka, a city 12 miles north of the capital, Warsaw.
  
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• Caged and muzzled in X-rated photos… hunky Democratic candidate doubles down on kinky fetish

  07-10-2026 19:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Chris Gallant, a 37-year-old Black Hawk pilot in the Army National Guard, said: 'All my friends know I'm kinky.'
  
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• Former Ofsted chief says bad degrees are 'eating up' young people's lives and many offer 'no economic return'

  07-10-2026 19:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Baroness Spielman, who is now shadow minister for work and pensions, warned too many are taking degrees that do not improve life outcomes.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch: We have 'fight on our hands' against separatists determined to break up Britain

  07-10-2026 19:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch has launched a fightback against separatists running Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and declared that the Tories will win the next general election.
  
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• Russian hostile activity is costing UK taxpayers and businesses up to £2.5 billion a year, report says

  07-10-2026 19:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Defending Britain against Russia costs taxpayers more than £2.5billion per year, according to an independent report.
  
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• Man City charges LIVE: Agent speaks out, punishment agreement, UEFA consider action

  07-10-2026 19:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manchester City are still waiting to discover their punishment for being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules, though they have appealed the decision
  
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• Five people arrested at pro-Palestine protest in London on October 7 anniversary

  07-10-2026 19:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police arrest five as controversial pro-Palestine rallies go ahead on October 7th anniversary
  
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• Eleven arrested during October 7 demo in London: Met Police say spontaneous protest 'incited racial hatred' outside Board of Deputies of British Jews office

  07-10-2026 19:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The Met Police said it involved allegedly shouting or chanting slogans calling for the intifada during the 'spontaneous' protest in Camden on the third anniversary of the October 7 atrocity.
  
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• Ex-coal miner, 90, and his former factory worker wife, 84, were killed in house explosion after trying to fit new gas cylinder to portable heater, inquest hears

  07-10-2026 19:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Marlene Mumford, 84, and William Mumford, 90, both died in a fire at an address in Caerphilly, South Wales, on December 12 last year.
  
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• Scorned Hawaii wife grabbed knife and aimed for husband's jugular vein weeks after couple filed for divorce and she accused him of cheating, cops say

  07-10-2026 19:13 via dailymail.com
  
  A Hawaiian woman is accused of stabbing her estranged husband in front of her children after cheating allegations and now faces attempted second-degree murder charges.
  
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• Stepfather 'who had sex with effigy of 19-year-old before killing her went on beach walk with her mother while her body lay undiscovered'

  07-10-2026 19:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Carla Georgescu was found dead on February 4, 2026 at Ribble Hall, her student accommodation block at the University of Lancashire campus in Preston.
  
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• Christa Pike live: Hospital staff in bid to unshackle botched execution killer

  07-10-2026 19:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike was scheduled to be execution on September 30 via lethal injection but somehow survived despite being given two doses of pentobarbital - she is now awake
  
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• Boots sold to former Selfridge’s owner for £6,700,000,000

  07-10-2026 19:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  The high street giant Boots has been sold for £6.7billion (Picture: Shutterstock/Tony Baggett)Boots is being bought by the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family for £6.7 billion.Wittington Investments, the family’s holding company, has agreed to buy the high street giant from majority owner Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family.The deal comes just a year after Sycamore took control of Boots through its acquisition of parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance, befor
  
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• Man is charged with 13 counts of attempted murder after playground 'knife attack' in French Alps that left British toddler hurt

  07-10-2026 19:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Abdalmasih Hanoun is also charged with the attempted murder of 12 other people after the knife attack at a lakeside park in Le Paquier, Annecy, south-east France, in June 2023.
  
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• Man who 'stabbed Brit toddler in Alps and tried to kill 12 others' faces trial

  07-10-2026 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abdalmasih Hanoun will go on trial for attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a British toddler at a playground in the French Alps - he is also charged with the attempted murder of 12 others
  
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• 80,000 five-star reviews later and this mascara is still one of Amazon’s bestsellers

  07-10-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The affordable mascara beauty editors genuinely rate is now even cheaper. (Picture: Metro/Amazon/Getty)
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  If you’re a makeup lover, you’re in luck: Amazon Prime Big Deals Day is here, with huge discounts on everything from skincare and makeup to devices and hair tools. One of Amazon’s biggest beauty bestsellers i
  
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• Christa Pike speaks for first time but has no memory of botched execution

  07-10-2026 18:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pike, 50, was taken to hospital and put on a ventilator after she somehow survived two doses of the lethal injection on Wednesday (Picture: Reuters)Murderer Christa Pike has said her first words in hospital after she was given two lethal injections which failed to kill her.
  Pike, 50, was taken to hospital and put on a ventilator after she somehow survived two doses of the lethal injection on Wednesday.
  She is now awake and speaking, with her representative saying she is able to communicate in a
  
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• Moment Russian supply trucks speed away in flames from Ukrainian drone strikes

  07-10-2026 18:49 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 PageUkraine has not let up on its strikes on Russian infrastructure as theyhope to cripple Vladimir Putin’s war machine.The latest drone strikes appear to have hit Russian cargo lorries carrying supplies to the frontlines of occupied Crimea.One lorry, engulfed in a ball of flames, tries to speed away from the attack caught on camera posted on Wednesday.At
  
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• 'Woke' school sparks row after replacing 'Christmas cards' with 'winter cards'

  07-10-2026 18:44 via dailymail.com
  
  A 'woke' Scots school has caused a row after replacing traditional Christmas cards with Winter ones.
  
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• Claudia Winkleman's Traitors wardrobe revealed: Inside her fabulous Highlands-inspired looks

  07-10-2026 18:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Alongside betrayals and backstabbing, The Traitors has the nation religiously tuning in each week for another source of wonder: Claudia Winkleman's outfits.
  
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• Christa Pike 'speaking limitedly' as lawyers appear in court over botched execution – latest

  07-10-2026 18:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike was scheduled to be execution on September 30 via lethal injection but somehow survived despite being given two doses of pentobarbital - she is now awake
  
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• Serial violent offender jailed for murdering ex days after early prison release

  07-10-2026 18:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Sabat, 60, was handed a minimum term of 17 years and one month for murdering ex-partner Dickiesha Nurse, 42, at her flat days after being sentenced to a year in jail
  
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