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• Oasis ‘concerned’ over 100 hours of unfiltered Gallagher brothers’ conversations being released

  09-09-2026 09:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Never-before-heard tapes of the Gallagher brothers are reportedly going up for auction (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)Oasis are reportedly ‘concerned’ after more than 100 hours of unheard recordings – including ‘unfiltered dialogue’ between  Liam and Noel Gallagher – were put up for auction.The extraordinary archive reportedly contains recordings of live shows and rehearsals collected by the band’s former sound
  
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• Anthropic safety researcher quits and claims they ‘believe AI could kill all humans’

  09-09-2026 13:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Claude is a popular chatbot built by Anthropic (Picture: Reuters)A researcher at Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, has quit over fears that the technology will ‘kill us all’ by 2030.Jacob Coxon, 27, joined earlier this year to train its bots by giving them huge amounts of data to inhale after leaving ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.In a string of posts on X yesterday, Coxon said he had resigned, warning that the AI arms race could pose a threat to human civilisation.&ls
  
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• Stacey Solomon ‘admits she’s fed up with being a celebrity’ after leaving £1,300,000 Pickle Cottage

  09-09-2026 13:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash may be taking a calculated step away from the spotlight (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock/Instagram)Stacey Solomon has reportedly grown ‘fed up with being a celebrity’ as she makes some major changes to her public life.The Sort Your Life Out star, 36, stunned fans last week when she revealed she and husband Joe Swash, 44, had sold their beloved £1.3million Pickle Cottage in Essex after five years.However, the surprise move is now said to be part of a much
  
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• NTA viewers claim Mrs Brown’s Boys win ‘proves the public can’t be trusted’

  09-09-2026 13:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mrs Brown’s Boys clinched another National Television Award at the 2026 ceremony (Picture: BBC)Mrs Brown’s Boys took home the National Television Award for best comedy last night, leaving many viewers wondering how that happened.The controversial show – which is sort of the closest real-life equivalent we have to When The Whistle Blows – was up against Last One Laughing, Amandaland, Changing Ends and Not Going Out.Created by and starring comic Brendan O’Carroll, Mr
  
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• Russian man jailed for 14 years for taking pictures of graves

  09-09-2026 12:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  The man was convicted of high treason (Picture: Andrey Borodulin / AFP via Getty Images)A man has been jailed for 14 years in a maximum-security prison for taking pictures of gravestones.Nikolai Shcherbakov, 48, was found guilty of high treason by a Russian court last month, the country’s independent news outlet Mediazona reported.According to Russian law enforcement, Shcherbakov, from Yaroslavl – around 280km northeast of Moscow – had been ‘systematically’ visitin
  
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• Family stuck on Heathrow tarmac ‘without food’ for five hours during UK flight chaos

  09-09-2026 12:56 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 family with young children were stranded on the Heathrow tarmac for almost five hours before being told the flight was going nowhere.
  Rupert Myers, his wife and two young boys are among the thousands of passengers who have been caught in the travel mayhem, which is continuing today as airlines struggle to resume normal operations.The barrister, from London
  
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• Tories say white working-class boys 'don't need another Labour quango lecturing them' as Government sets up new Whitehall unit to push 'socioeconomic duty' on public bodies

  09-09-2026 12:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Bridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, is expected to announce plans to place social class on a par with sex, race and disability for the first time.
  
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• Dawn French is banned from driving for six months after clocking her fourth speeding offence in three years

  09-09-2026 12:42 via dailymail.com
  
  The 68-year-old comedian reached 12 points on her licence after she was caught driving her £31,000 Mini Clubman Cooper S Sport at 36mph in a 30mph zone in Plymouth, Devon, on June 11 last year.
  
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• Burglars ignored two decorative tiles while robbing a rural bungalow - which are now tipped to sell for £120,000 after being identified as rare Renaissance treasure

  09-09-2026 12:42 via dailymail.com
  
  The plaques had hung in the hallway in the modest property in Shaftesbury, Dorset, for more 30 years - with the owners unaware of their significance.
  
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• Cousins, aged 11 and 7, identified as children killed in rollover on their way home from school - as driver details moments before 4WD crash

  09-09-2026 12:41 via dailymail.com
  
  The two children both attended AI Iman College in nearby Melton South, where one had received a student of the week award hours before her death.
  
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• Owner of real-life Wayne Manor from Batman films hits out at council after fears it could be repossessed over bat surveys

  09-09-2026 12:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Mentmore Towers, which featured in 2005's Batman Begins, was served a listed-building repairs notice, urging the owners to carry out bat surveys and repair masonry.
  
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• Coronation Street has unique way of explaining Jack P Shepherd’s significant hair change

  09-09-2026 12:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Platt debuted his new ‘do (Picture: ITV)This article contains spoilers for tonight’s (Wednesday, September 9) Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on YouTube and ITVX.David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) returned to Coronation Street tonight sporting a brand new look, and the ITV soap had an hilarious way of explaining the change.Actor Jack P Shepherd took time away from the soap for paternity leave, with wife Hanni Treweek giving birth to da
  
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• Guinness 'heist' suspects are caught on CCTV after 70,000 pints were stolen from depot

  09-09-2026 12:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The 800 barrels of stout taken from a depot in Runcorn, Cheshire, on Monday, August 31, have yet to be recovered and no arrests have been made.
  
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• Mum who weighed 19 stone shares the air fryer dinner that helped her drop seven dress sizes

  09-09-2026 12:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lorraine Jervis-Garner says some simple changes have transformed her whole family as well as help her drop nine and a half stones in weight
  
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• MasterChef quarter-finalist told customers her burger van was closed for 'family emergency' when she was actually transporting 20kg of cannabis

  09-09-2026 12:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Kayleigh Bowler, 40, who reached the quarter finals of the BBC cooking show last year, was spared jail after travelling 250 miles to pick up the drugs, blaming declining custom at her catering business.
  
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• Tom Daley unveils 22-foot Shaun the Sheep tapestry - and adds his own stitches

  09-09-2026 12:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley has helped unveil a giant Shaun the Sheep tapestry at London's Natural History Museum — and even added his own stitches
  
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• Britain’s biggest wage winners and losers of the last 20 years

  09-09-2026 12:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Some professions have seen harsher wage stagnation than others (Picture: Getty Images)If you feel like you have less disposable income than you used to, despite the fact you earn more, it may not be a case of lifestyle creep.As it turns out, two-thirds of the 158 UK jobs analysed in a recent study now pay less in real terms than they did in 2005.But this stagnation is worse within certain professions — and they may not be the ones you’d assume.According to new research by Knowledge
  
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• Jaffa Cakes and Müller just teamed up to launch the ‘collab of the year’

  09-09-2026 12:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jaffa Cakes have been reimagined (Picture: Shutterstock / Nedim Bajramovic)McVitie’s sent fans into a frenzy earlier this year when the manufacturer unveiled a new product combining two of its most loved brands.Jaffa Cake Digestives hit the supermarket shelves in May, and shoppers have been going wild for the biscuits ever since.But if you thought that was exciting, you haven’t seen anything yet.Jaffa Cakes are being reimagined once again and combined with a nostalgic British sweet
  
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• EastEnders star Shane Richie pleads not guilty to being almost double drink driving limit after police were called 'when he argued with petrol station staff over vaping'

  09-09-2026 12:25 via dailymail.com
  
  A court was told today that the actor had 55mg per 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
  
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• ‘Hand grenade’ found in Bristol park as bomb squad called before explosion

  09-09-2026 12:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A suspected 'hand grenade' was detonated by a bomb disposal squad at Clifton Down in Bristol on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Flight attendant tells travellers to stop wearing 1 item of clothing on planes

  09-09-2026 12:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A flight attendant has told travellers to stop wearing a common item of clothing to travel on planes. According to Cher Dallas, a certain garment should always be avoided
  
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• Manager avoids prison after worker buried alive – but firms fined more than £1m

  09-09-2026 12:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Contracts manager Anthony O’Connor, 42, has avoided prison after Gheorghita Arsene, 33, was buried alive on a construction site in Surrey - but two firms have received a hefty fine
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 4 Star Wars world confirmed by Steam achievement mega leak

  09-09-2026 12:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Square Enix is definitely going to give in to hate over these leaks (Square Enix/Getty Images/ Shutterstock)Over 70 upcoming games have had their achievements leaked via Steam and that includes Kingdom Hearts 4, which means all of its different worlds have been revealed.Today is not a good day if you’re allergic to spoilers. Dozens of video games have had their entire achievement lists leaked via Steam and while some of them are minor titles no one cares about others are massive games tha
  
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• Aldi 'fan favourite' Special Buy item that 'smells amazing' returning next week

  09-09-2026 12:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The product will be arriving in all UK stores very soon
  
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• Brits take 5 selfies before getting the perfect one, study reveals

  09-09-2026 12:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Samsung survey of 2,000 UK adults found that 32% admitted they rarely get the perfect selfie right first time
  
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• Children traumatised by schools' new uniform, clapping and arm-crossing rules

  09-09-2026 12:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parents say so many children have been put into isolation they have been queuing for 20 minutes to get into the room
  
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• 'A complete nightmare': Airport chaos leaves Brits stranded for 16 hours - and most won't get a penny back

  09-09-2026 12:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Many Brits have been caught up in the travel chaos at hubs including Heathrow and Gatwick, but they may not be entitled to refunds from their airlines.
  
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• Celebrity dog whisperer wins £5million payout after being forced to shut down his kennels to clear the path for HS2

  09-09-2026 12:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Wiggins moved his business to a farm near Stone in Staffordshire in 2012, before transforming the 3.4 acre site into a high-end training centre with 44 kennels.
  
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• EastEnders star Shane Richie facing trial after entering drink drive plea

  09-09-2026 12:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Richie is best known for playing Alfie Moon in the soap (Picture: BBC)EastEnders actor Shane Richie has pleaded not guilty to a charge of drink-driving and faces a trial next year.The 62-year-old, best known for playing Alfie Moon in the long-running soap, appeared by video-link before Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday under his real name, Shane Roche.Richie, of Tadworth, Surrey, is accused of driving a white Hyundai car in Church Langley Way, Harlow, Essex while above the legal
  
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• Freddie Ljungberg questions Arsenal fans over treatment of £60m star

  09-09-2026 11:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal fans ‘forget’ how ‘important’ Gabriel Martinelli was at times, says Freddie Ljungberg (Picture: Getty)Freddie Ljungberg has questioned Arsenal fans’ treatment of Gabriel Martinelli, accusing supporters of ‘forgetting’ what the attacker did for the club before his summer exit.Martinelli managed just one goal and four assists in the Premier League as Arsenal finally brought their wait for the title to an end last season, in what was the Brazilian&
  
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