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• National Grid 'prepared' plan as households told they need six items

  11-10-2026 16:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  National Grid has shared its winter plan and is advising households to stock up on six essential items
  
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• The Morning Poll: Do YOU think Harry and Meghan have won over the British public?

  19-10-2026 01:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Have your say in the morning poll and you'll find the results in tomorrow's Morning Mail newsletter.
  
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• US condemns Israeli settlers for 'cowardly' attack on journalist - as European diplomats 'is beaten'

  19-10-2026 01:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, criticised 'masked cowards' who set upon 63-year-old Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in a 'despicable act of terror'.
  
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• Nuisance passengers who blast out music on trains face fines of up to £1,000

  19-10-2026 01:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rail travellers who refuse to stop playing music or videos from their phone when asked by authorised staff face being booted off the train at the next station or being slapped with a fine up to £1,000
  
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• Two teenagers are dead after a two car crash in Little Stonham

  19-10-2026 01:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Police were called by the ambulance service after reports of a collision between a red Peugeot 107 and a silver Volkswagen Passat.
  
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• Andy Burnham faces significant demand to join EU after Donald Trump 'unreliability'

  19-10-2026 01:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham is facing a significant demand to consider EU membership for Britain amid the unpredictability of Donald Trump and the US’s waning support for Ukraine
  
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• Sarah Beeny WINS eight-year planning row over 'mini-Downton Abbey' farmhouse after council chiefs finally agree she doesn't have to tear it down

  19-10-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  The Property Ladder star was previously told to tear down the outbuilding by her Somerset council, which has since made a spectacular U-turn despite objections from the parish council and neighbours.
  
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• 'Oxford has had it': Lib Dem council accused of crippling business and leaving city centre gridlocked with hated new anti-car permit scheme

  19-10-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Motorists will now be hit with £70 fines if they pass through six key points around Oxford without a permit - with locals warning the system will cripple businesses.
  
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• Daily horoscope October 19 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  19-10-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)As Venus continues its retrograde, negative emotions could stir. Try not to make assumtions and judgements.Pisces, Aquarius and Leo, things could hit a little harder or deeper today. Get in tune with yourself, to identify the root cause.Depending on whether you need to feel the feelings, or distance yourself, only you can make the right call. Honour your inner-most intuition.Ahead, you’ll find all star signs&rsqu
  
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• Trump launches attack on 'foolish' Zelensky in extraordinary rant urging Ukraine to surrender

  19-10-2026 00:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US president has launched a fresh attack on Zelensky as he claims Ukraine is "in shambles" and that the Ukrainian president "doesn’t want to end this war"
  
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• The true cost of Labour's migration dithering: At least 200,000 are given the right to remain since crackdown promise, official figures show

  19-10-2026 00:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands of migrants are settling permanently in Britain every week while Labour bickers over a proposed crackdown.
  
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• Healey is urged by Labour's favourite think tank to hit motorists at the pumps

  19-10-2026 00:50 via dailymail.com
  
  The Left-wing Resolution Foundation says Fuel Duty should be increased.
  
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• Pauline Hanson reveals plan to reverse Labor's tax changes and declares: 'Australians should be able to work hard, invest and get ahead'

  19-10-2026 00:49 via dailymail.com
  
  One Nation has unveiled plans to reverse Labor's changes to capital gains and trust taxation, while protecting negative gearing for Australians with no more than two investment properties.
  
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• Boy, 13, charged with sexually touching women and girls in alleged e-bike rampage on popular Sydney walking trails

  19-10-2026 00:48 via dailymail.com
  
  The boy was arrested on Saturday following a widespread public appeal for information after women were allegedly sexually touched while walking at the Narrabeen Lagoon.
  
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• Tourist admits to drinking 30-40 beers before taking flamingo from Las Vegas casino back to his hotel room

  19-10-2026 00:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The Ontario businessman claimed he drank between 30 and 40 beers before entering the Flamingo hotel's wildlife habitat at around 5am
  
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• US condemns Israeli settlers for 'cowardly' attack on journalist

  19-10-2026 00:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, criticised 'masked cowards' who set upon 63-year-old Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in a 'despicable act of terror'.
  
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• Renowned scientist wins eye-watering seven-figure payout after jury rules his much younger colleague lied about him being a sex pest

  19-10-2026 00:22 via dailymail.com
  
  David Sabatini, 58, a world-renowned molecular biologist, won a massive payout on Friday after a jury found his colleague Kristin Knose, 38, lied about him being a sex pest.
  
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• CFB Wainwright fire - latest: Soldiers killed in massive explosion at military base named

  19-10-2026 00:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens more were injured after the tragic incident, which reportedly occurred after a gas line or gas well was hit during a live-fire training exercise, according to military sources
  
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• Flight from Tel Aviv makes emergency landing in Bulgaria 'after bomb threat'

  19-10-2026 00:12 via dailymail.com
  
  The Austrian Airlines Airbus A320, which was headed to Vienna, made the emergency stopover Sofia after what the airline confirmed was a 'threat' made against the flight.
  
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• Teen joyriders film themselves speeding wrong way down busy motorway, then put it on TikTok - what they can be heard saying as they put innocent lives at risk will make all decent citizens' blood BOIL

  19-10-2026 00:05 via dailymail.com
  
  A gang of five boys, aged in their mid-teens, were pursued by gardaí through Leixlip village in Co. Kildare, before driving the wrong way down the busy M4 motorway in the dark.
  
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• Man City charges news: Seven to 10-year ban emerges and points deduction timeframe

  19-10-2026 00:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  All the latest news on Manchester City's 114 charges case, including potential points deductions and reaction from their Premier League rivals
  
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• Labour is accused of punishing rural England as new analysis shows town and city councils getting three times as much Government money for children's services as shires

  19-10-2026 00:00 via dailymail.com
  
  New analysis has found that the average metropolitan borough council is receiving £1,011 per child for children's services, compared with just £39 in county and rural authorities.
  
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• Baby died from mother's cold sore virus 'after she was told by medics her ulcers were just hormonal'

  19-10-2026 00:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Meg Edmonds, 22, developed ulcers on her lips and mouth on the day she gave birth to Magnoliain February, but says health professionals told her it was safe to continue breastfeeding.
  
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• Migration minister reveals significant crackdown on illegal immigration as well as a raft of measures including shutting down IPAS centres - but it will also make life difficult for some Ukrainians fleeing war

  18-10-2026 23:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Writing in today's Irish Mail on Sunday, Migration Minister Colm Brophy said he and Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan will 'reduce rather than increase the number of IPAS centres this year'.
  
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• 'Our homes are dwarfed by hospital that looks like a giant cigarette bin'

  18-10-2026 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Berwick Community Hospital has attracted fury with some locals claiming the building is "not fit for purpose" and a "nightmare" they had to live through as it was being constructed
  
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• Trump blames mass migration for French riots... as Macron vows looters and agitators will pay for seeking 'to bring down the Republic'

  18-10-2026 23:50 via dailymail.com
  
  French politicians raged against far-Left agitators for 'whipping the kids into a frenzy' as protests led to widespread destruction.
  
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• Westminster Bridge shut and major 999 response due to 'ongoing incident'

  18-10-2026 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bridge has been shut this evening
  
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• Trump reveals peace deal in progress between Ukraine and Russia as he slams Zelensky for hurting oil markets

  18-10-2026 23:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump claims major progress is being made toward a Russia-Ukraine peace deal as he holds off on fresh sanctions against Moscow.
  
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• Security guard caught 'sleeping on the job' just hours before hospital patient allegedly doused three people in petrol and set one on fire in Sydney

  18-10-2026 23:33 via dailymail.com
  
  A security guard has been photographed seemingly asleep on multiple occasions just hours before three patients were allegedly doused with petrol and one of them set on fire.
  
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• Kim Jong-un's £75m luxury mega-yacht with giant waterslide spotted as North Koreans face food shortages

  18-10-2026 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Satellite imagery has shown Kim Jong-un's £75m luxury mega-yacht with a massive pool and waterslides anchored off North Korea's Wonsan coast, as ordinary North Koreans face crippling food shortages
  
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