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• Met Office polar vortex fresh update as Brits face deep freeze lasting months

  04-10-2026 10:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office says El Niño could weaken the 'stratospheric polar vortex' later this winter, increasing the potential for UK cold snaps
  
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• Tories to slash 'Labour's jobs tax' IN HALF to boost youth employment - as Kemi Badenoch warns 'the world is getting worse for young people'

  06-10-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch is set to unveil a new 'rescue package for young people' on Wednesday aimed at reversing the slide in entry level jobs under Labour.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch says Green Party is ‘full of antisemites’ after Zionism vote

  06-10-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kemi Badenoch gave her verdict on the Green motion at the Conservative Party Conference (Picture: Bruce Adams/Daily Mail)Kemi Badenoch has said she is ’embarrassed’ that a UK political party would adopt a policy describing support for an Israeli state as racist, after the Green Party vote passed on Sunday.Speaking at the Conservatives’ conference in Birmingham, the Tory leader suggested Zack Polanski’s party is ‘full of a lot of people who are antisemites’.At
  
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• What Paramount's completed £83billion takeover of Warner Bros could mean for subscribers

  06-10-2026 17:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Price rises are a concern for subscribers to the firms’ existing services with Warner Bros owning HBO Max, while Paramount has its Paramount+ offer.
  
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• Police update after GP mum-of-three killed while hosting kids' sleepover

  06-10-2026 17:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are continuing to quiz a man, in his 40s, on suspicion of murdering a woman, named locally as mother-of-three Dr Hannah Terry
  
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• Police break up 100 masked ‘patriots’ delivering anti-migrant message to PM in front of Lancashire estate

  06-10-2026 17:58 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 PageAround 100 balaclava-clad fighting age men assembled in front of an iconic Lancashire estate to deliver a serious anti-migrant message to Andy Burnham.The group – calling themselves the Patriot Platform North – appear to be modelled after Daniel Thomas’, known as ‘Danny Tommo’, group who have been mobilised to stop migrant landi
  
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• Drivers face being priced off the roads by new tolls that could spring up across the country under Labour, officials admit

  06-10-2026 17:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Ministers are planning to hand sweeping powers to private firms who stump up the cash for road building and maintenance projects.
  
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• UK weather maps turn blue as temperatures plunge below 10C in 92 counties

  06-10-2026 17:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daytime temperatures could soon drop below 10C right across the UK as weather forecasting models suggest Brits may face a two-day cold snap in October
  
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• Far-left mayor joins student protesters to confront police while violent thugs pelt cops with rocks as 256,000 take to the streets in France

  06-10-2026 17:52 via dailymail.com
  
  A far-left mayor who praised rioters causing chaos across France has now joined them to confront Parisian police officers as they pelt law enforcement with rocks. 
  
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• Call Of Duty and Mafia games are free for everyone on PS4 and PS5 right now

  06-10-2026 17:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Move out, bargain hunter (Activision)Mafia 3 and Call Of Duty: WW2 are currently free on the PlayStation Store in the UK, in what might be another Sony blunder. Sony dishes out free games to PlayStation Plus subscribers every month, but it may have accidentally released two others into the freebie chute. As verified by GameCentral, 2016’s Mafia 3 is currently listed as free for everyone (no PS Plus subscription required) on the PlayStation Store. At the time of writing, you can
  
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• 'I hate the niqab and burqa', declares Tory shadow justice secretary - but he admits he doesn't know if party will back a ban on Muslim face coverings

  06-10-2026 17:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Addressing a fringe event at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Mr Timothy said the wearing of the religious garments was 'harmful' to wider society.
  
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• I was at the helm of the Soviet Union's secret bioweapons program. This is what I fear most about the mystery plague lab death in Russia

  06-10-2026 17:31 via dailymail.com
  
  If anyone knows what Russia's secret biological weapons program is capable of, it is Dr Ken Alibek.
  
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• Financier, 41, and his 66-year-old mother are among six feared dead after private medical jet crashed off coast of Nantucket

  06-10-2026 17:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The two were among the six traveling from Bermuda to Boston on the medical jet that disappeared Saturday around 2am.
  
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• Racist woman nicknamed 'Proposal Karen' shrieks 'Go back to Mexico' as Hispanic man asks girlfriend to marry him at California beauty spot

  06-10-2026 17:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The engagement of Emmanuel Banuelos and his now-fiancée Hayley Lugos set in a Laguna Beach park was disturbed by a woman, nicknamed Proposal Karen.
  
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• Gillian Anderson’s ‘rude’ request to fans is actually completely reasonable

  06-10-2026 17:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gillian Anderson is being criticised for asking fans to stop sitting in the front row at her West End play (Picture: Getty/Johan Persson)Gillian Anderson asked a group of women to stop repeatedly sitting in the front row of her West End show, and was subsequently accused of being rude, ungrateful and annoyed that her fans are ‘supporting her too much’.
  In a video filmed at the stage door of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Anderson tells the group: ‘You guys cannot sit i
  
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• Ezri Konsa injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Leeds United

  06-10-2026 17:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal defender Ezri Konsa (Picture: Shutterstock)Ezri Konsa remains a doubt for Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Leeds United as he continues to suffer from a dead leg.Konsa started the Gunners’ last three league matches before the international break, having signed from Aston Villa towards the end of the summer window.The centre-back reported for England duty with a minor problem, but still played the full 90 minutes versus Spain and Croatia.However, after sustaining another b
  
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• Uber driver deliberately ran over a customer after he was sick in the back seat of his car, murder trial hears

  06-10-2026 17:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Hayadulla Turkmani, 52, has been charged with murdering Michael Ashton (pictured), 28, after dropping him off outside his home last year in Basildon, Essex just before midnight.
  
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• JJ Gabriel sends message to Chelsea after Manchester United exit request

  06-10-2026 17:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  JJ Gabriel has asked to leave Manchester United (Getty)JJ Gabriel has turned down a move to Chelsea and is leaving Manchester United for a move abroad, according to reports.Gabriel, who turned 16 on October 6, informed United of his desire to leave last month and has not trained with the club since mid-September.The 16-year-old is widely regarded as one of the most promising academy players in world football and is now eligible to sign a scholarship contract with United.However, Gabriel’s
  
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• BBC confirms brand new Doctor Who show after going back to square one

  06-10-2026 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  The BBC has shared a first look at the CBeebies show, which is currently in production (Picture: BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/James Pardon)Despair no longer Whovians: Doctor Who is returning even sooner than the 2028/2029 projection for the main show. Albeit in animated form.CBeebies will be taking us back into the world of intergalactic travel with the new pre-school series Doctor Who: Tardis Crew (it has a ring to it).The show has shared a first look at the series, with a blue-haired, sonic screwdriv
  
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• Prince William absolutely rinses Ross Kemp with Celebrity Traitors joke

  06-10-2026 17:17 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 PagePrince William could not resist poking fun at Ross Kemp after his paranoid antics on Celebrity Traitors.The Prince of Wales visited Somerset with the EastEnders star today to launch the National Emergencies Trust’s ‘Ready Together’ project.However, despite the serious nature of his visit, William spotted an opportunity to have some fun.Kemp
  
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• New Cornell 7 mystery as it's revealed campus cops drafted request for phone records a week after alleged gang rape, with questions mounting over whether they passed them on to prosecutors

  06-10-2026 17:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Cornell University Police drafted requests to obtain phone records pertaining to the alleged gang rape case about a week after a female student came forward with the allegatons, a report stated.
  
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• Ed Miliband's 'personal agenda' hurting the UK says Tom Tugendhat in blast at 'virtue-signalling' Israel sanctions, handshake with top Iranian and green fixation

  06-10-2026 17:15 via dailymail.com
  
  In a scything attack the shadow foreign secretary said it was time to stop treating the Foreign and Development Office like 'an international NGO' and use it to project British power abroad.
  
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• 'Rogue AI' warning as Wikipedia blames OpenAI for series of website break-ins

  06-10-2026 17:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wikipedia's parent organisation, The Wikimedia Foundation, has warned that AI firms need to be doing more to protect projects from rogue agents that break free from their control
  
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• Kemi Badenoch 'has no real idea of what is needed' over £10bn UK Iron Dome, says defence expert

  06-10-2026 17:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has insisted she never compared her proposals for a £10bn 'Britannia Shield' to Israel's Iron Dome - as one defence expert branded the plans 'chicken feed'
  
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• The vast sums of money that TikTok Viking Matthew Gilbert is making from OnlyFans... and why this barber turned 'bad boy' influencer needs it more than ever

  06-10-2026 17:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Before the fame, Gilbert plied his trade as a barber. Then came Covid, when he decided that chopping hair was not going to cut the financial mustard.
  
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• Small-boat arrivals top 20,000 so far this year after four-day surge across the Channel

  06-10-2026 17:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The Home Office confirmed 609 migrants were brought ashore on Monday - pushing this year's running total past the 20,000 mark.
  
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• How I watched Jeffrey Archer’s prison freedom, secret detours and the local woman at the heart of it

  06-10-2026 17:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Archer turned life at a bleak open prison into a world of growing freedoms, writing, influence and, apparently, a close relationship with a local woman.
  
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• ‘Absolute disgrace’ – Wayne Rooney names ‘worst trainer ever’ at Man Utd

  06-10-2026 17:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carlos Tevez was a ‘disgrace’ in training, according to Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney (Picture: Stick to United)Wayne Rooney has outed Carlos Tevez as ‘the worst trainer’ he ever played with during his time at Manchester United, branding his former team-mate an ‘absolute disgrace’.Tevez earned himself a two-year loan move to Old Trafford after helping West Ham survive relegation with a string of inspired displays in the back-end of the 2006/07 season.
  
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• Italy’s colourful ‘Little Venice’ with canals, bridges and none of the crowds

  06-10-2026 17:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Comacchio is just under two hours away, and much less chaotic (Picture: Getty Images)It comes as little surprise that Italy was just named the ‘People’s Choice’ in the 2026 Nat Geo Reader Awards.The country is overflowing with incredible destinations, from beautiful-but-bustling Florence and foodie hotspot Bologna, to lesser-known spots like Lecce and the island of San Pietro.Among them is Venice, which is known for its rich cultural scene, winding canals dotted with gondolas&
  
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• Channel 4’s Celebrity Handcuffed has gone too far with this controversial figure

  06-10-2026 17:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Her presence in the new series feels truly unjustifiable (Picture: Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP via Getty Images)Reading over the names announced for Channel 4’s new celebrity season of reality show Handcuffed, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.One ‘star’ made me most uncomfortable – and it may not be the one you expect. Of course, it wasn’t ideal seeing Conservative Home Secretary and current Reform MP: Suella Braverman, listed among the likes of media pers
  
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