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• Moment Audi driver, 45, yawns and falls into 'microsleep' - before causing fatal crash

  01-09-2026 13:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Kolawole Erunkulu (pictured) was driving along the A23 in Merstham, Surrey, when he veered off the road and struck Philip Dray.
  
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• Shock poll sees Conservatives leapfrog Reform as Kemi Badenoch pushes Nigel Farage into third place

  01-09-2026 16:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Pollster Luke Tryl said it is the highest Conservative vote share since January, and Reform's lowest in 18 months in a bad sign for Mr Farage's party.
  
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• Georgia mother on trip of a lifetime's haunting final text to family from Nepal immigration center seen being swept away by monster floods

  01-09-2026 16:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Mary Sorensen, 60, was inside an immigration office near the Rasuwagadhi Nepal-China border, which videos have shown being decimated by a mountain of floodwater.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is accused of 'committing sex crimes in the US' by congressman

  01-09-2026 16:13 via dailymail.com
  
  The former Duke of York was named by Thomas Massie during a speech in the US House of Representatives in Washington DC.
  
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• This used to be a ‘breathtaking’ Greek beach — now it’s ‘hell on earth’

  01-09-2026 16:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  I visited Balos Lagoon in September 2022, and was met with this view (Picture: Sophie-May Williams)In September 2022 — almost four years to the day — I boarded a half-full boat from Kissamos Port in north-west Crete to Balos Lagoon.This particular beach had been on my bucket list for some time.
  I’d seen photos of shallow turquoise waters, pink-tinted sand, and dramatic cliffs, and heard stories about how it’s even better in real life.
  It was. Pulling up to the rickety wo
  
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• Trump accepts new role held by arch rivals amid fears he has ‘cursed’ US

  01-09-2026 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump last chaired the Cup in 2017 during his first stint in the White House (Picture: Reuters)It’s been a busy few days for Donald Trump — from renaming significant bodies of water through to keeping us all guessing over his IndyCar race exchange with Melania.But now the US President has added yet another job to the ever-increasing list, and this one’s led to some far-fetched fears that he might just have placed a ‘curse’ on US sporting events.Because Trump
  
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• Nigel Farage heckled as he returns to Parliament after Clacton by-election

  01-09-2026 16:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader had quit his seat earlier this year in protest after facing questions over a £5million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, and boasted he was free to splash it on Ferraris
  
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• Doctor breached data rules in phone call during patient exam

  01-09-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The phone call exposed ‘identifying details and sensitive health information’ (Picture: Getty Images)A doctor disclosed private medical information after they took a phone call while examining a patient.The Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) in Guernsey said ‘identifying details and sensitive health information’ about someone else were overheard as the call was made.The ODPA said the breach created a ‘risk of distress and loss of privacy’ for the
  
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• British student, 22, reveals how he was kidnapped at gunpoint by Israeli settlers

  01-09-2026 15:58 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 PageA British student has described how we was kidnapped at gunpoint and kept in a bomb shelter by Israeli settlers.Finn Joughin, 22, was ‘dragged away’ and ‘put in a chokehold’ as he tried to protect the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Khair in the West Bank on Saturday.The student activist claims he was held against his will and accused o
  
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• Nigel Farage is sworn back in as an MP after winning chaotic Clacton by-election

  01-09-2026 15:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Nigel Farage took his seat again this afternoon as the Commons returned from its summer recess.
  
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• Socialite loses $6 million Hamptons mansion at explosive court-ordered auction where 'screaming mom and her dog named Botox were led away by police'

  01-09-2026 15:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Libbie Mugrabi, 46, was forced to sell her Long Island estate on Friday morning in a volatile public auction held on the steps of Southampton Town Hall
  
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• Husband claimed he'd 'disposed' of his wife after brutally stabbing her 77 times when she tried to leave him is jailed for life

  01-09-2026 15:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Robert Alexander, 66, attacked retired nurse Christina Alexander, 60, at their home in Tamworth just as she was about to walk out on their six year marriage in June last year.
  
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• Domestic abuse survivor 'tortured' by ex 'terrified' he could be released from prison early under new scheme

  01-09-2026 15:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Helen Duncanson, 41, revealed her absuive boyfriend carried out a campaign of violence against her over a period of two years that included strangling her to the point she lost conciousness
  
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• Girl, 14, murdered her newborn baby after her abusive father, 38, got her pregnant, California cops say

  01-09-2026 15:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Sergio Galvez Perez, 38, is wanted on suspicion of incest and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor after allegedly abusing his own 14-year-old daughter who was forced to birth their incestual child.
  
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• Chaos looms for Brisbane's biggest night of the year with transport workers to strike

  01-09-2026 15:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Brisbane's Riverfire festival will get underway this weekend.
  
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• Julian Alvarez makes deadline day decision as Barcelona confirm deal for Arsenal star

  01-09-2026 15:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alvarez has accepted his fate (Picture: Shutterstock Editorial)Julian Alvarez has accepted he will not get his dream move to Barcelona before the transfer window closes with his focus now back on Atletico Madrid.The Argentina international revealed during the World Cup he was desperate to join Barcelona this summer with the Catalan giants seeing a €100million offer turned away.Atletico have taken aim at their La Liga rivals for their public pursuit of the player, insisting under no uncerta
  
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• Nurse held 'grudge' against patient and didn't check on her before she took own life

  01-09-2026 15:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mental health nurse Laurence Tchapong has been jailed for failing to check on patient Amy Barber, who took her own life at the Brooklands psychiatric intensive care unit in Wirral
  
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• Paul Gascoigne’s daughter-in-law Jaimee, 28, diagnosed with terminal cancer

  01-09-2026 15:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Gascoigne’s daughter-in-law has shared she’s got brain cancer (Picture: Getty/Mason Gascoigne)Football icon Paul Gascoigne’s son has begged for help after his partner was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.Mason, 37, is attempting to raise £320,516 for Jaimee, 28, to take part in an experimental treatment for the ‘aggressive’ form of cancer.Jaimee shared that she was desperate to ‘fight for more time’ with her and Mason’s son Tedd
  
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• Six Ed Sheeran crew workers injured after ‘forklift accident’ at gig

  01-09-2026 15:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ed Sheeran is on his Loop Tour around the US, which is due to finish in Florida in November (Picture: Getty Images)Concert crews working at an Ed Sheeran gig in Detroit’s Ford Field were hit by a piece of stage equipment.
  The incident unfolded after the Shape of You singer’s Saturday concert had wrapped up when workers were taking down the stage.
  Six people are said to have been hurt during the loud-out when equipment lost control near the vehicle tunnel, according to local outlet C
  
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• Murder-suicide tragedy as parents and their disabled child, five, are found dead beside each other in their bed with gunshot wounds in Rome... with pet dog also killed

  01-09-2026 15:23 via dailymail.com
  
  A young disabled girl has been found dead beside her parents in their bed with gunshot wounds in a tragic murder-suicide. 
  
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• NYC woman, 49, seen waving two huge knives at cops in Times Square shortly before she was shot dead for stabbing two people at random

  01-09-2026 15:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Pamela Cisneros Lopez, 49, was gunned down after running at officers with the two kitchen knives following the double stabbing on Monday afternoon.
  
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• King Charles's equerry to leave his role as he quits the British Army after 22 years of military service

  01-09-2026 15:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The King's Equerry is to leave his role in the Royal Household and the Armed Forces, Buckingham Palace said today.
  
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• Homes could be fined up to £80 for breaking wheelie bin lid 'rule'

  01-09-2026 15:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Not following this simple rule could lead to harsh fines from the council
  
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• Another Putin hybrid attack? Major power plant 'is hit with home-made explosive rockets' as Germany blames Russia for airport drone bombs

  01-09-2026 15:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Local media reported that a key installation near the Janschwalde coal-fired power plant in Brandenburg was repeatedly targeted with rockets on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Mum with 'biggest hernia doctors have ever seen' turns to Mounjaro to be approved for life-changing surgery

  01-09-2026 15:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Samantha Jackson, 57, first developed her hernia 18 years ago and is aiming to lose 10st so that she is eligible for surgery that can vastly improve her living standards
  
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• Leaked audio reveals JD Vance's true feelings about Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan

  01-09-2026 15:17 via dailymail.com
  
  The vice president addressed members of the Republican Jewish Coalition, many of whom had raised concerns about his friendly relationship with Carlson, a vocal critic of Israel.
  
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• Satisfying slap in face for woke Seattle teachers' union run by alleged child abuser, as new superintendent finally stands up to their nonsense - and reveals moaners' huge salaries

  01-09-2026 15:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands of teachers in the Seattle Education Association will go on strike tomorrow if the union and district do not reach a contract agreement.
  
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• Bond market turmoil gives UK a £6bn debt interest headache as borrowing costs jump to highest level since 1998

  01-09-2026 15:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The rate demanded by investors to buy UK debt has been driven up by persistent inflation, high borrowing levels and political instability.
  
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• 15-year-old among five still held over 'murder' of newborn baby in Sheffield

  01-09-2026 15:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five people remain in custody amid an investigation into the death of a newborn baby girl in Wincobank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police said
  
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• Jak Jones ‘absolutely raging’ after email error nearly cost him British Open clash

  01-09-2026 15:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jak Jones had a scare before an impressive British Open win (Picture: Getty Images)Jak Jones produced a brilliant performance to beat Anthony McGill at the British Open on Tuesday but nearly missed the match entirely after being told the wrong start time.Jones was in sparkling form as he knocked in breaks of 118, 131, 53 and 84 to knock out last year’s runner-up in short order.‘I played alright in the end,’ Jones told Metro. My preparation wasn’t great, but I’ll ta
  
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