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• Men die from deadly new brain virus contracted from squirrels

  10-07-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The men suffered severe inflammation of the brain after two of them were scratched or bitten by the animals
  
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• Chelsea told to re-sign £50m star as Marc Cucurella replacement

  28-07-2026 18:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea are pursuing several targets in this summer’s transfer market (Picture: Getty)Former Chelsea star Shaun Wright-Phillips has encouraged the club to pursue a move for Lewis Hall, picking out the Newcastle defender as a ‘fantastic’ replacement for Marc Cucurella.Hall has established himself as one of the most highly sought-after left-backs in Premier League football since completing a £35million transfer from Chelsea to Newcastle – following an initial loan mo
  
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• Shocking photos reveal mum-of-one’s skin cancer ordeal

  28-07-2026 18:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lisa was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (Picture: Kennedy News & Media)Growing up, Lisa Christian often felt self-conscious of her pale skin. Standing next to her olive-skinned sisters, the teenager would be embarrassed about her porcelain complexion in comparison.‘If we went to prom and everyone put their dresses on, they’d all look like Barbie dolls, and I’d look like a ghost,’ the mum-of-one remembers.Eventually, Lisa became convinced that a deep tan would
  
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• The Odyssey’s ‘ashamed’ translator is right – it’s not perfect

  28-07-2026 18:00 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 PageJust as our Epic hero Odysseus is divinely doomed to a treacherous voyage home, it was also inevitable that Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey would be subjected to an outpouring of backlash – for better or worse.Since it first landed on July 17, the Oscar-winning director’s blank cheque movie has faced the triumphs of back-to-back five-star revie
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day is exactly how to make a superhero movie in 2026

  28-07-2026 18:00 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 PageIf you can believe it, it’s been five years since the last Spider-Man movie (decades, in Marvel Cinematic Universe years), and Spider-Man: Brand New Day might seem superfluous after everyone had their memories wiped of his identity in No Way Home.How do you come back from that, and how do you make it worthwhile? And how do you meet fan expectations aft
  
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• Emotional moment groom shares wedding dance with woman who got his late mother's lungs in live-saving transplant

  28-07-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Groom Matthew Firth who was unable to share the mother-son dance with his late mom, joined hands with Carrie Giddens, who received his mother's lungs in a life-saving transplant.
  
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• Sea views at British holiday resort are blocked by overgrown foliage after council officers swapped petrol strimmers for mountain goats amid green initiative

  28-07-2026 17:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Bournemouth's goats, which have their own landmark as a 'tourist attraction' on Google Maps, have been a regular sight on Bournemouth's East Cliff since a herd was introduced in 2019.
  
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• Gavin Newsom's former mistress says they first had sex after she wore white to friend's wedding and that she ripped every button on his shirt off during passionate hotel encounter

  28-07-2026 17:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Ruby Rippey Gibney, the staffer who had an affair with the governor of California in 2007, shared descriptive details of their relationship in a tell-all Vanity Fair piece.
  
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• Michael Sheen chose folk icons over Duran Duran during 1980s upbringing

  28-07-2026 17:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Good Omens star Michael Sheen hosts the Radio 2 Folk Show this week, discussing his deep love for the genre and sharing memories of folk bands performing in his kitchen.
  
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• One of 2027’s most anticipated films just dropped it’s very star-studded trailer

  28-07-2026 17:51 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 PageHow many talented, fan-favourite A-list names can you pack into one film? Well, the shiny new trailer for fantasy flick Children of Blood and Bone has the answer. The first full-length trailer for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s epic vision arrived today to much fanfare, with cheerleaders of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling book desperate to see how the s
  
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• Most dangerous places to live in 2026 mapped and ranked - is yours on the list?

  28-07-2026 17:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest Home Office crime figures show there has been a rise in some serious offending including stalking and harassment, robbery, drug crime and possession of weapons
  
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• Brother makes heartwrenching promise to look after mom dying of stage four brain cancer after preschool teacher sister, 22, is killed in car crash

  28-07-2026 17:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Korrina Lopez, 22, died in the hospital four days after a car crash that left a second person dead and a third person paralyzed. She was the primary caregiver of her mother who is dying of cancer.
  
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• Mums given wrong ashes by rogue funeral boss tell court of ‘living nightmare’

  28-07-2026 17:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Beverley gave birth to her son, Sunny Beverley-Conlin, but later discovered the ashes given to her following his death were not hisFour bereaved mums bravely confronted rogue funeral director Robert Bush in court today as he faces jail for giving them the wrong ashes for their unborn babies.Bush, 48, took money for cremations but did not do them, then handed families somebody else’s ashes to cover his tracks as he siphoned off cash.Hull Crown Court heard Jasmine Beverley’s s
  
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• Man admits taking ambulance from outside hospital with sick patient still inside

  28-07-2026 17:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Marshall Leese, 32, took the vehicle from outside the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent shortly after 8pm on March 25.
  
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• Charles Bronson sparks jail stand-off over apple crumble

  28-07-2026 17:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  The stand-off was allegedly triggered by apple crumble being served to Bronson without any custard (Pictures: Shutterstock/Getty Images)Britain’s most notorious prisoner, the (in)famous Charles Bronson reportedly staged a protest at a maximum-security prison recently after being served apple crumble…without custard.The 73-year-old refused repeated orders to leave an exercise yard at HMP Wakefield last week.
  Officers in riot gear were eventually brought in to force him back to his c
  
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• Andy Burnham's 'mission' to tackle Neets crisis - from education shake-up to benefits

  28-07-2026 17:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In one of his first interventions on the thorny issues facing Britain, the new PM Andy Burnham has made clear it is his mission to reduce the number of young people not in work, education or employment
  
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• Burnham will give £4,500 to parents on benefits if their children start an apprenticeship

  28-07-2026 17:33 via dailymail.com
  
  In a bid to remove a disincentive to work in the welfare system, the Government has announced a new handout targeted at families on Universal Credit.
  
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• When you must cut down on drinking to escape the risk of cancer: DR PHILIPPA KAYE reveals the truth about 'safe' limits of alcohol - and how long it takes to get your body out of the danger zone

  28-07-2026 17:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Having just completed months of gruelling treatment for breast cancer, Belle came to me with a question I hear often. 'How can I stop the disease from coming back?'
  
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• Two more lenders hike mortgage rates ahead of Bank of England interest rate decision on Thursday

  28-07-2026 17:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The Bank of England will decide whether to increase the base rate on Thursday, in a move that could influence how banks price their mortgages.
  
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• Raging French wildfire closes in on missile and rocket factories as 4,000 are evacuated from beach resort

  28-07-2026 17:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Officials ordered campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences and leisure parks to be cleared in the surfing hotspot of Lacanau.
  
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• Serial killer inspired by TV psychopath Dexter guilty of murdering and chopping up two men in woodland shack

  28-07-2026 17:29 via dailymail.com
  
  James Desborough, 40, was responsible for 'three explosions of fatal violence in less than six months' when he targeted two men he met at a homeless shelter, followed by his prison cellmate.
  
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• The TikTok slang terms every parent should know to avoid being ‘cringe’

  28-07-2026 17:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Struggling to translate your teen right now? (Picture: Getty Images)Younger generation have always coined their own era-defining slang, from ‘groovy’ and ‘far out’ in the 60s to ‘talk to the hand’ and ‘as if’ in the 90s.Now though, teenage lexicon is moving faster than ever — to the point many parents struggle to keep up.It seems social media is in part to blame, with one study in the New England Law Review explaining it’s led to
  
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• Whitney Houston fans set to splash cash as star's prized items hit auction block

  28-07-2026 17:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fifty-four iconic items from Whitney Houston’s estate, including stage costumes and personal memorabilia, are heading to auction on August 11 to support youth programs.
  
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• Famous hawk called Chocolate is latest victim of renovated Portland school whose glass-fronted design has become nightmare for birds

  28-07-2026 17:24 via dailymail.com
  
  A beloved hawk named Chocolate was injured after hitting a renovated high school window that has become a nightmare for birds.
  
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• CEO, 59, dies 'suddenly and unexpectedly' just three weeks after he was promoted to run $3bn steel corporation

  28-07-2026 17:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Brian Malloy passed away Friday aged 59, just three weeks after he was named chief executive of Philadelphia-based Carpenter Technology Corp., a 137-year-old manufacturing firm.
  
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• Fan of TV killer Dexter is guilty of murder as dismembered bodies found in woods

  28-07-2026 17:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Desborough, 40, has been found guilty of the murders of Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, whose bodies were dismembered and hidden in woodland in Cornwall
  
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• Fan of Dexter is now serial killer himself as dismembered bodies found in woods

  28-07-2026 17:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Desborough, 40, has been found guilty of the murders of Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, whose bodies were dismembered and hidden in woodland in Cornwall
  
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• Are you worried your holiday plans could be affected by France and Spain wildfires?

  28-07-2026 17:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British tourists in a region devastated by wildfires are being urged 'do not come' as French president Emmanuel Macron said the crisis was the worst of its kind 'since World War II'
  
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• My beloved vacuum cleaner died after seven years – this Gtech replacement is even better

  28-07-2026 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  My home has never looked cleaner! (Picture: Metro/Scott Da Silva-Wells/Getty)
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  When I hear the words Spring Clean, it’s like music to my ears. I’m a huge fan of popping on a pair of marigolds and getting down and dirty, transforming spaces to make them look sparkling new.One of my favourite parts has to be hoovering; pictu
  
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• Village cricket cheating scandal convulses Middle England as 'Clicky Ponting' fielder's trick fools umpires

  28-07-2026 17:16 via dailymail.com
  
  A village cricket scandal has gone viral after an amateur fielder was accused of tricking umpires by clicking his fingers to imitate the noise of an edge off the bat.
  
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