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• NASA's New Horizons probe: Pluto is bigger planet than first thought - data from spacecraft reveals

  13-07-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The planet has been found to have have a diameter of 2,370km - fractionally larger than originally believe
  
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• Hero boy, 15, killed by lightning strike sacrificed himself to save younger brother's life, stricken family says

  29-07-2026 20:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Levi Strobel, 15, died on Sunday at the summit of Mount Blue Sky in the Centennial State when he was hit by a lightning strike.
  
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• Vile new low for crime-ridden Kansas City as distraught man, 65, is shot in the head after confronting two men who'd just run over his cat

  29-07-2026 20:50 via dailymail.com
  
  The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was shot on Sunday evening in Kansas City, Missouri, following an altercation over his cat being run over by the suspects.
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene is married! Ex-Trump darling elopes in Las Vegas with her new husband Brian Glenn

  29-07-2026 20:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Marjorie Taylor Greene got married in a lavish ceremony on the Las Vegas strip to a dapper former TV reporter.
  
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• Armed police swarm street after three injured in suspected 'XL-bully' rampage

  29-07-2026 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Armed police and other emergency services rushed to a property in Barrie Way, Bolton, following reports of a dog attack with three people rushed to hospital
  
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• Tiresome woke mob outraged by new Harry Potter train ride in California that has already sold thousands of tickets

  29-07-2026 20:48 via dailymail.com
  
  An LGBT organization has urged people to boycott a new Harry Potter themed train ride in California.
  
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• Pedestrian, 64, dies 'after being hit by a road sweeper' in Salford

  29-07-2026 20:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services were called to Little Hulton in Salford on Tuesday morning following reports a 64-year-old had been seriously injured.
  
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• Man returns his late grandfather's overdue library books... 116 YEARS after they were borrowed

  29-07-2026 20:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Avid reader Walter Griffith Owen checked out Paradise and King Lear over a century ago, in 1910, and failed to return them one week later.
  
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• Nigel Farage awkwardly gatecrashes birthday party on Clacton campaign trail

  29-07-2026 20:26 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 PageNigel Farage’s campaign to get re-elected in Clacton took an awkward turn when he walked into a birthday party.The Reform UK leader was speaking to voters in the seaside town when he gatecrashed the celebrations.He is hoping Clacton will re-elect him after he stood down in the same seat to force a by-election.Farage is under renewed pressure about the
  
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• Met Police will NOT take action over photo Zack Polanski shared of T-shirt 'showing Nigel Farage's execution'

  29-07-2026 20:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The Green Party leader shared a photo on Instagram of a man wearing a shirt 'inciting the murder of Farage'.
  
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• Phone of British woman, 38, who was found in a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens 'was being used after she died to make it seem as if she was alive'

  29-07-2026 20:10 via dailymail.com
  
  The body of Elizabeth Jane Ross, from Scotland, was found by a homeless man in the district of Kypseli in the Greek capital on Saturday, July 18.
  
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• 'Flash drought' declared in half of England as heatwaves result in driest July on record

  29-07-2026 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Multiple UK regions have officially been declared in drought as farmers warn crop damage could trigger higher supermarket prices and even shortages of baking potatoes
  
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• Shameless illegal immigrant who re-entered the US despite being deported THREE times allegedly kills adorable six-year-old girl who only wanted to be a ballerina

  29-07-2026 20:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Calli Toler, six, was pronounced dead at the scene after Jamie Santiago-Corona, 33, t-boned her mother's car on July 3 in Pitt County, North Carolina, prosecutors said.
  
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• Saltburn suspend 'Clicky Ponting' after village cricket hit by damning cheating allegation

  29-07-2026 20:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Saltburn Cricket Club have made international headlines following their North Yorkshire and South Durham League (NYSDL) meeting with Norton 2nd XI
  
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• Why Andy Burnham is willing to bet big on social care reform

  29-07-2026 20:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham speaks to residents, care workers, volunteers and social care stakeholders during a care home visit in north London (Picture: AP)For the second week of Andy Burnham’s policy lollapalooza, the freshly minted Prime Minister has set as his theme ‘chronic headaches’.These are the seemingly intractable issues that successive governments have tried and failed to tackle. Yesterday the focus was on those pesky NEETs, and today it’s social care in England.If you don&
  
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• 'Fixing social care is personal for Andy Burnham - and a second chance on unfinished business'

  29-07-2026 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ditching his notes, Andy Burnham gave an emotional speech about his desire to fix the broken social care system that is causing misery for families, carers and the NHS
  
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• Prince Harry could face paying millions out of own pocket after failed legal action

  29-07-2026 19:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry was among seven household names who sued the publisher of the Daily Mail accusing it of unlawful information gathering but a High Court judge dismissed the claims
  
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• FIFA come down hard on Argentina stars as charges handed out after World Cup final brawl

  29-07-2026 19:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  FIFA have come down hard on three members of the Argentina side following the World Cup confrontation after full-time with Leandro Paredes among those charged
  
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• Six 'dine-and-dashers' spark police manhunt after unpaid £600 seafood bill

  29-07-2026 19:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating six diners at The Oyster Shack in Bigbury, Devon, who allegedly dashed off in a black Range Rover without paying a bill of nearly £600
  
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• Fuming senator hurls f-bomb at silent Fauci: 'Total disgrace'

  29-07-2026 19:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno didn't hold back while grilling former COVID expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Stricken mother in frantic race to keep her paralyzed son alive after power went out for 16 HOURS in their sweltering Arizona neighborhood

  29-07-2026 19:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Karen Glaser's son, David, has been paralyzed since 2020, when he suffered a horrific motorcycle crash. To live, he now relies on medical equipment that requires electricity.
  
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• Southport falls silent to remember victims - two years on since horrific knife attack

  29-07-2026 19:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Lancashire, on July 29, 2024
  
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• Texas woman, 32, accused of having 'loud' sex with lover, 75, in front of children at Texas apartment complex pool

  29-07-2026 19:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Several witnesses claimed that their children had been made uncomfortable by the couple's alleged extremely inappropriate conduct.
  
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• Moment Love Island's Samie Elishi escorted off set at 2026 final by security

  29-07-2026 19:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Love Island star Samie Eilishi was escorted off set by security even though she and a slew of others from the ITV2 programme had been hoping to watch the final in person
  
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• Amy Winehouse's father is ordered to pay nearly £1million to late star's friends after failed High Court claim over auctioning of her possessions

  29-07-2026 19:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Mitch Winehouse , 75, must also cover his own legal costs after the failed High Court claim, which amounted to at least £950,000.
  
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• Heart-stopping moment mother uses GAS PUMP to defend her child from stranger intent on abducting him from gas station in dead of night

  29-07-2026 19:17 via dailymail.com
  
  The episode unfolded last week at a Shell gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, as suspect Jerahn Tucker allegedly tried to snatch a young child from a car as the mother filled up her tank.
  
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• Dystopian Mad Max scene on LA freeway as car thief in stolen SUV is surrounded by huge gang of illegal dirt bikers

  29-07-2026 19:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The high-speed pursuit lasted for over an hour until the stolen vehicle crashed into a parking structure.
  
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• Boy, 12, falls to his death after climbing on to barn roof with friends

  29-07-2026 19:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  The boy was treated for his injuries at Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle before he died (Picture: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)A boy has died after climbing onto the roof of a ban with friends and falling off.The 12-year-old – named as Jaxon Robert Hubery – plunged from the building at Woodhouses, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham last Friday.Jaxon sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle, for treatm
  
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• Ukrainian tourists sunbathe as Putin's bombs rain down near Black Sea beach resort

  29-07-2026 19:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Photos taken from the port city of Odesa showed scores of sunbathers looking on in horror as smoke rises from the distance.
  
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• Manchester easyJet flight bound for Copenhagen makes 'urgent' diversion

  29-07-2026 19:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The easyJet flight took off from Manchester Airport and was bound for Copenhagen in Denmark - but a passenger emergency meant it had to divert to Newcastle
  
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