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• ‘Masterpiece’ Oscars frontrunner debuts to 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating

  12-10-2026 17:42 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 PageThe latest film from the creators of Coraline and ParaNorman has gone down a storm with critics after its world premiere.Coming from Laika Studios, Wildwood follows the story of headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee) who launches a desperate rescue mission after her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows.She journeys to an en
  
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• Have Russian bots dropped off after Ukraine attacked its data centres?

  12-10-2026 18:53 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 PageVolodymyr Zelensky said that social media users may have noticed their feeds are a tad quieter this morning.
  And the reason, the Ukrainian president told the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland today, is simple.On Sunday, Ukraine attacked a data centre in Vladimir, a city 120 miles east of Moscow, owned by ‘Russia’s Google’, called Yandex.Almos
  
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• Granny, 58, burned to death after boyfriend poured gasoline on outdoor fire pit to try and reignite it

  12-10-2026 18:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Tammy Dodson, mother of two and grandmother of three, died a day before her 59th birthday, her heartbroken family said.
  
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• Special constable sacked from police after not paying £1.20 for carrier bags at Sainsbury's self-service checkout

  12-10-2026 18:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Luke Hodgson, a special constable with West Mercia Police, was dismissed by Sainsbury's for failing to pay for the 40p carriers on three occasions in the space of a fortnight.
  
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• Brickfields level crossing closed as children seen doing handstands beside train tracks

  12-10-2026 18:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Children put themselves at "significant risk of serious injury or death through distraction" at the Brickfields level crossing near Upminster, which is in east London
  
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• Steven Gerrard changes Premier League title prediction after Man City beat Liverpool

  12-10-2026 18:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Liverpool and England legend Steven Gerrard (Picture: Getty)Liverpool legend and former England midfielder Steven Gerrard has changed his Premier League title prediction just six weeks into the new season.Gerrard says he ‘fancied’ Arsenal to retain the Premier League trophy before a ball was kicked after Mikel Arteta’s side clinched a long-awaited title last season.The Gunners made a bright start to their title defence, winning their opening four games before a shock 3-0 defea
  
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• Ilhan Omar torches Trump over 'political intimidation' after feds raid home amid immigration probe

  12-10-2026 18:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Federal agents swooped on the Washington home of Ilhan Omar early on Monday in a criminal fraud probe into how the congresswoman got into America.
  
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• Trump's DC golf course makeover hit with major setback by irate judge after secret tree clearing

  12-10-2026 18:33 via dailymail.com
  
  A Joe Biden-appointed federal judge tore into the Trump administration's efforts to 'beautify' the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, DC, starting with secretive tree removals.
  
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• Alison Hammond, 51, reveals the one reason she’d kick out boyfriend, 29

  12-10-2026 18:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alison Hammond has a hard and fast rule (Picture: Heart)Alison Hammond has spilt the tea on the outrageous betrayal that would prompt her to kick her boyfriend out of the house.The Great British Bake Off host, 51, is happier than ever with her 6ft10 model boyfriend David Putnam, 29, after they first met three years ago when he gave her a massage.So much so that they now live together just outside of Birmingham as they get on with their mostly private relationship.But there is one thing that wou
  
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• Trump critic Ilhan Omar says ‘I will not be silenced’ after home raided by federal agents

  12-10-2026 18:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Ilhan Omar (Picture: Getty)A vocal Donald Trump critic has claimed she has been targeted by the US President after her home was raided by federal agents.Ilhan Omar, who is the upcoming Democratic congressional candidate for Minnesota, saw her home being searched in connection with an ‘ongoing federal criminal investigation’. No other details were immediatly available, and she has not been arrested.She posted on X: ‘I&r
  
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• EA Sports FC 27 has a Ted Lasso crossover that includes the Lady Greyhounds

  12-10-2026 18:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  The show was meant to end in 2023 but it returned earlier this year (EA)To coincide with Ted Lasso’s fourth season, EA Sports FC 27 is bringing back crossover content, but this time for the show’s new women’s team.Back in 2022, EA announced it was including content based on the hit TV show Ted Lasso in FIFA 23; a perfect fit considering the show is all about a Premier League football coach.At the time, this was assumed to just be a one-off, especially since the show was schedu
  
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• Diddy suffers ‘head injury’ behind bars and is rushed to hospital

  12-10-2026 18:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has suffered a ‘head injury'(Picture: D Long/Globe Photos/ZUMA Press W)Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been taken to hospital after a medical emergency in prison.He is currently serving a four-year and two-month sentence after a lengthy trial last year saw him convicted of transportation for prostitution.The 56-year-old former music mogul was taken to hospital from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey at 1am on Saturday, according to TMZ.He was said to be cons
  
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• Kind Arizona cops saved two-year-old girl's birthday after scammers stole money dad planned to use to buy her a bike

  12-10-2026 18:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Two Arizona police officers were hailed as heroes for saving a two-year-old girl's birthday after a scammer stole her father's hard-earned savings.
  
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• Met Office weather maps warn 55 areas to face rain on Tuesday – full list of areas affected

  12-10-2026 18:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office's forecast is of heavy rain, which is set to sweep southeastwards across the UK on Tuesday — becoming the strongest over parts of the Northwest of England
  
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• Student carried out a 'cold-blooded execution' of university housemate by 'ambushing him and stabbing him 30 times' in their garden after rows about rent, court told

  12-10-2026 18:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Zack Coughlan, 23, dressed all in black and wore a mask and gloves to ambush Jamie Collins, 21, in the garden of their home in Filton, South Gloucestershire.
  
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• Parents charged with murders of their two toddlers killed after their home burned down

  12-10-2026 18:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A Texas couple face murder charges after their RV burned down, killing their two young children. 
  
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• Iran 'highly likely' to have been behind RAF Fairford incident says Burnham as Britain joins almost 30 nations warning Tehran about 'hostile activity' in the West

  12-10-2026 18:16 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister said the UK 'will not tolerate these threats on our soil' as he faced MPs for the first time since a wave of arrests connected to the military site in Gloucestershire.
  
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• How a drug widely given for restless legs left Dorothy with a compulsion to shop online - and has driven others to unfettered gambling, eating... and sex

  12-10-2026 18:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Dorothy Moate is regularly overcome by such insatiable compulsion to eat that she's been known to start baking a cake at 2am.
  
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• Witnesses screamed at man to 'play dead' before he was mauled to death by tiger at Yorkshire zoo - as health and safety probe is launched

  12-10-2026 18:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Desperate onlookers at Yorkshire Wildlife Park frantically screamed at the man to lay still after he climbed into the big cat's enclosure and was attacked at about 1.30pm on October 10.
  
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• Nobel Prize winner says Russian medics brand and torture Ukrainian prisoners

  12-10-2026 18:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oleksandra Matviichuk, delivering her Nobel lecture in 2022 (Picture: EPA)A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has called for immediate action after a report claimed Russia is weaponising doctors and medics to torture Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war.Oleksandra Matviichuk leads the Center for Civil Liberties, the human rights organisation which received the prize in 2022 alongside Russian non-profit Memorial and Belarusian campaigner Ales Bialiatski.The centre is among a group of Ukrainian
  
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• Andy Burnham vows British public will be 'boss' in post-Brexit EU relationship talks

  12-10-2026 18:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It came as the Prime Minister announced on Monday a delayed UK-EU summit - a chance to push for a better post-Brexit trading agreement - will take place on November 20
  
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• Mum of British TikToker in Dubai jail for ‘murder’ reveals star is ‘suffering’ in prison

  12-10-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brooke is enduring ‘physical and mental damage (Picture: Jam Press)The mum of a British TikTok star locked up in Dubai after ‘killing her online lover in self-defence’ has revealed how her daughter is facing ‘awful conditions’.Brooke George, 23, has been accused of stabbing a British man, 26, to death after she flew out to meet him in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The former John Lewis shop assistant from Gravesend claims she was repeatedly abused by him
  
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• Is Vinny leaving Emmerdale? Bradley Johnson’s exit explained

  12-10-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The end for Vinny? (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) faces a dark future in Emmerdale after he was charged with causing the deaths of two village mainstays.The show favourite answered a video call from Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) while driving earlier this year, listening as she lamented about Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) dumping her for Dawn (Olivia Bromley).Vinny was on cloud nine after picking up an engagement ring ahead of a plan to propose to Lewis Barton (Bradley Ri
  
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• I tried Erborian’s new Triple Care BB Milk and it streamlined my entire skincare routine

  12-10-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I tried the new Erborian Triple Care BB Milk and was genuinely impressed. (Picture: Metro/Getty/Louise Whitbread)
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  I’m a huge fan of the Korean-French skincare brand, especially its Centella range for redness-prone skin, which expanded earlier this year. You can read how well it worked for my rosacea in my full review here.
  
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• Robot seized by police for ‘thrusting up against girl, 16, and touching her buttocks’

  12-10-2026 17:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  The bot also made ‘thrusting motions’ (Picture: Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)A robot wearing a fake moustache had been seized by police for ‘touching a girl’s buttocks’ in Cologne, Germany.A boy, 16, is accused of using the remote-controlled gadget to assault a girl, 16, on Sunday night.She was out with friends, 17 and 18, at a fast-food restaurant at Palmstrasse when the robot approached her from behind.The red and gold device al
  
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• Nationwide to offer £370 of free money in new deal — check if you’re eligible

  12-10-2026 17:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  You could bag up to £370 when you switch to Nationwide (Picture: Shutterstock / P.Cartwright)If you’re looking for a way to boost your bank balance, Nationwide’s latest incentive might just catch your eye.The high street building society has launched a new package that promises customers up to £370 in financial perks, combining a traditional switching bonus with added extras over the course of a year.The switching bonus comes in at £175 when you set up a FlexDirect
  
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• Burnham says Brexit 'not good enough' as he vows to cosy up to EU at next month's summit - as Badenoch warns he has already lost negotiations and accuses him of trying to 'unpick' the deal

  12-10-2026 17:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham announced in the Commons that he will meet European commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on November 20.
  
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• Katie Price tells court she confronted ex Kieran Hayler over claims he raped girl, 13, and asked if he'd 'done stuff' after exchanging messages with her trying to get information

  12-10-2026 17:52 via dailymail.com
  
  The model and TV personality, 48, began giving testimony from the witness box at Lewes Crown Court on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Trump heaps fresh praise on John Fetterman amid calls to join the GOP

  12-10-2026 17:51 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump has revealed that he would love to see Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman join the Republican Party.
  
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• Retired police sergeant kills officer wife and daughter before turning gun on himself at upscale Bay Area home

  12-10-2026 17:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Police believe retired San Francisco sergeant Kevin Mannix, 68, shot and killed his estranged wife, former SFPD Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, 65, and their youngest daughter, Katie, 24, before killing himself.
  
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