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• More than twenty hikers missing after flash floods rip through Grand Canyon

  30-08-2026 23:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  A bridge is wiped out along Bright Angel Creek in the Grand Canyon following a flash flood(Picture: National Park Service via AP)The search is on for more than 20 hikers who vanished after a flash flood ripped through the Grand Canyon.The raging flood swept large boulders aside, ripped up metal structures and even destroying bridges over the Colorado River.
  Torrents of water significantly altered the landscape, widening the creek bed and creating a new river rapid.The park service said it was s
  
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• Historic wooden church is torched in Canada as conservative leader warns of growing wave of anti-Christian behavior

  01-09-2026 01:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre said that one hundred churches have been burned in Canada and accused his Liberal Party counterparts of downplaying anti-Christian violence.
  
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• Wild moment late-night brawl erupts as up to a dozen men and women exchange blows in Melbourne's CBD

  01-09-2026 01:04 via dailymail.com
  
  The 'hectic' scenes erupted outside a popular Melbourne bar on the weekend.
  
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• Two 'evil' predators tried to rape me at knifepoint when I was 15. Freed from jail, one instantly struck again... the other says he is 'coming back with a bang'

  01-09-2026 01:04 via dailymail.com
  
  The victim was just a 15-year-old schoolgirl when two older men dragged her away and attacked her outside her auntie's housein Limehouse, east London.
  
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• Mother of three 'steals her own car back' by using her LAPTOP as a tracker - after thieves pinched it while she was at a wedding

  01-09-2026 01:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Vivi Kala, 38, parked her Kia Sportage hatchback in a residential street beside the Prince Regent Hotel in Chigwell, Essex on the evening of August 20. But returned to find it gone.
  
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• Emmerdale Jimmy King's secret laid bare as Nicola actress issues warning over her future

  01-09-2026 01:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emmerdale star Nicola Wheeler has warned there's more trouble ahead for Nicola King following Jimmy King's heartbreaking death, as the fallout from the crash continues
  
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• Awkward moment squirming Putin is told to 'move from endless war to the end of war' in meeting with India's PM Modi

  01-09-2026 01:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Vladimir Putin has been told to halt his interminable war in Ukraine for the sake of humanity during a meeting in Kyrgyzstan with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  
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• Obsessed finance worker bombarded female friend with calls, texts and emails for a year when victim 'ghosted her' after they fell out doing the Three Peaks Challenge

  01-09-2026 01:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Louise Heseltine, 48, pestered Sally Bisset with phone calls, texts, emails and turned up at her home unannounced after they fell out while doing the 'Three Peaks Challenge'.
  
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• Labour accused of killing off investment in North Sea after oil and gas projects fell 81 per cent, report finds

  01-09-2026 01:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The EY UK Attractiveness Survey found the number of UK oil and gas projects plummeted to three last year, down from 16 the year before.
  
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• Daily horoscope September 1, 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  01-09-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Entering September, Saturn and Neptune are in retrograde, creating a sense of pressure and unease. This productive month could be off to a rocky start.
  Gemini, Cancer and Virgo, conflicting perspectives could arise today. Try to use these to productive ends.Keep looking forward, despite tensions that the cosmos bestows on you. This unusual energy will soon pass.
  Ahead, you’ll find all star signs’ horoscopes
  
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• SAS soldiers are not the 'villains' of the Northern Ireland conflict and should not be persecuted by those seeking to rewrite history, says former Armed Forces minister

  01-09-2026 01:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Labour's Al Carns, a decorated ex-Special Forces officer himself, resigned from Sir Keir Starmer's government over defence spending and the party's Troubles Bill.
  
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• Zoe stages EastEnders return ahead of tragic end as final scenes draw near

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Zoe’s back…for a little while, anyway (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) is back in EastEnders next week. Well, for a little bit, anyway.As every soap fan and their mother knows, it’s been heavily rumoured that Zoe isn’t long for this world, and will be bowing out of the BBC soap in tragic circumstances, something that was backed up by behind-the-scenes photos that show the entire Slater clan – sans Mini Mo – filming a funer
  
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• Sienna Blake stages controversial Hollyoaks return amid huge Clare Devine bombshell

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sienna Blake makes quite the impression upon her return! (Picture: Lime Pictures / Metro / Stephen Patterson)Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) stages her long-awaited return to Hollyoaks and it’s not long before she’s back where she belongs – right in the centre of all the drama!The controversial character was jailed in May after she tormented ex Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerrin), who she had attempted to frame for the ‘death’ of Clare Devine (Gemma Bissix).Sienna, as viewe
  
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• Sally Dynevor supporting Jacob Roberts amid Coronation Street breast cancer storyline for Kit

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sally has helped Jacob with his performance (Picture: ITV)With Jacob Roberts’ character Kit Green about to receive the life changing news that he has stage three breast cancer in Coronation Street, a fellow cast member has stepped in to help ready him for the enormous plot.It was announced last week that the ITV soap was to explore the rare-but-deadly topic of breast cancer in males, teaming up with both  Macmillan Cancer Support and Breast Cancer Now to ensure the story is told
  
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• Kit devastated after sleeping with someone else in Coronation Street – and it’s not Jodie

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kit Green is set to go on a date with Jodie Ramsey (Picture: ITV)Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) was recently dumped by Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) in Coronation Street, and he is already on the rebound.Sarah has confessed to the murder of Theo Silverton and is currently awaiting trial behind bars.Unfortunately, this put Kit in a difficult position professionally, given that he is a detective. This was the reason Sarah gave for ending their relationship, as she was worried that he would resent h
  
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• Emmerdale’s Robert dupes distraught Joe as he hatches plan to bring him down

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Robert’s got a plan (Picture: ITV)Everyone is out to destroy Emmerdale’s Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) and people are getting pretty close.Caleb Miligan (William Ash) hatched a convoluted plan to see Joe dethroned as the lord of Smugtown by destroying his marriage before it even began. He convinced Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) that Joe was the one who’d attacked him, who in turn convinced Joe’s fiancé Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) that her only chance at a safe life away
  
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• Emmerdale’s Nicola left hating Jimmy after discovering gobsmacking secret that will stun fans

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  It is a lot for Nicola to try and get her head around (Picture: ITV / Metro)One of Emmerdale’s longest standing couples, Jimmy (Nick Miles) and Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler), has been cruelly separated by Jimmy’s untimely death, but Nicola won’t be grieving as long as one might expect of a wife of 22 years.Jimmy met his maker after his car careened of the road and crashed into Joe Tate’s (Ned Porteous) wedding marquee on the day Jimmy was trying to make a huge romantic ge
  
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• Coronation Street’s Carla takes control of Betsy’s suddenly promising future

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Carla Connor-Swain doesn’t want to see Betsy Swain missing out (Picture: ITV)Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) has had to put her life on hold in recent Coronation Street scenes, after suffering a stroke that has left her with difficulties moving and communicating.Prior to collapsing in the kitchen unexpectedly, Betsy had been preparing to move to London after gaining a place on a fashion course.It was Betsy’s interest in fashion that initially helped grow the bond between Carla and Lisa
  
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• Cindy and Max’s EastEnders wedding erupts into catastrophe as secrets are blown

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Really, are we surprised? (Picture: BBC)With EastEnders love rat Max Branning (Jake Wood) having spent the last few months having it off with Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan-Levy), his wedding to Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) was always going to end in fireworks. And sure enough, it looks set to be as explosive as hoped when their nuptials end in catastrophe next week, with actress Michelle Collins – who plays Cindy – warning that fans can expect her character to ‘go for
  
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• Charity’s Emmerdale future bleak as she is charged with murder and accepts the end

  01-09-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Time has ran out (Picture: ITV)A little shove in the heat of the moment leaves Emmerdale’s Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) facing a murder charge.She didn’t even commit the crime, but covering for her granddaughter Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) means Charity is now facing life behind bars.Sarah shoved Dr Todd (Caroline Harker) after overhearing how she raped Charity. Sarah snapped and lunged at the evil doc, the push sent Todd flying and she cracked her head on a table, dying instantly.Thi
  
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• Michael Owen expects Mikel Arteta to drop Arsenal signing against Chelsea

  01-09-2026 00:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ex-England striker Michael Owen says Eberechi Eze ‘did more’ than Christos Tzolis in Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Aston Villa and earned himself a chance to start against Chelsea next weekend.Arsenal broke a spirited Villa resistance in the 59th minute as Riccardo Calafiori crossed for Bukayo Saka, who scrambled the ball home from close range to score his second of the Premier League season.Tzolis, Arsenal’s £34m summer signing from Club Brugge, had struggled to make inr
  
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• Cells in laundry rooms... the plan to find an extra 14,000 jail spaces

  01-09-2026 00:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Office space, storage rooms and even laundry rooms in jails will be converted into cells with the aim of adding 14,000 spaces by 2031.
  
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• Knife-wielding woman shot dead by cops after killing one and leaving another fighting for life in Times Square stabbing rampage

  01-09-2026 00:32 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman, who has not been named, was seen pointing a large knife as NYPD officers surrounded her on Monday afternoon before being shot several times.
  
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• Teenager charged with murder after child found seriously injured next to dead man in County Tyrone

  01-09-2026 00:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have issued a condiiton update on a mum and daughter found injured at a home in the Lisnahull Road area of Dungannon where a 61-year-old man was found dead
  
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• Man arrested for attempted murder on tube as man in 30s fights for life

  01-09-2026 00:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man is left fighting for his life with serious head injuries following an assault on the Underground
  
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• Army chief QUITS after months of clashes with Pete Hegseth as Pentagon is plunged into leadership crisis

  01-09-2026 00:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Dan Driscoll had been rumored to step down at some point between now and the end of the year but the White House announced his departure Monday.
  
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• Parents of little boy who was found wandering the streets of Sydney alone are finally found after eight hour search

  01-09-2026 00:07 via dailymail.com
  
  An urgent search has been launched for the parents of a little boy who was found wandering alone on a Sydney street in the middle of the night.
  
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• Two people in critical condition after knife-wielding woman stabs them in Times Square - before she is shot by police in front of hundreds of tourists

  31-08-2026 23:53 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman, who has not been named, was seen pointing a large knife as NYPD officers surrounded her on Monday afternoon before being shot several times.
  
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• JD Vance erupts at battleground Democrat who aimed sly jibe at Usha

  31-08-2026 23:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Vice President JD Vance went full Will Smith-on-Chris Rock mode Monday, delivering a blunt warning about his wife to Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
  
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• Man fleeing police at Notting Hill Carnival dies in canal as arrests pass 500

  31-08-2026 23:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Met Police confirmed on Monday night that the body of a man, thought to be in his 20s, was pulled from the water near Meanwhile Gardens.
  
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