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• Ofcom to take charge of BBC

  25-06-2015 23:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Corporation's trust to be axed as communications watchdog gets beefed-up role to rule on impartiality and value for money
  
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• John Fetterman stuns with four-word comeback after viral 'ogre' jab

  27-07-2026 23:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Senator John Fetterman fired off a four-word comeback after being called an 'ogre' by a progressive candidate in a now-viral clip.
  
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• Iran targets Melania and Barron Trump with vile assassination threats... with chilling action to weaponize First Lady's shopping habit

  27-07-2026 23:01 via dailymail.com
  
  First Lady Melania Trump and First Son Barron Trump are the subjects of a new horrifying assassination threat from Iran.
  
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• Kemi lays down gauntlet to Burnham as she demands Labour stop early release scheme

  27-07-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The Tory leader will call for him to introduce emergency legislation to prevent the release of rapists, paedophiles and other serious offenders.
  
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• Boy, 6, who has autism is suspended from school for biting his sandwich into the shape of a GUN

  27-07-2026 22:58 via dailymail.com
  
  John Medina, a first grader with autism, was kicked out of Sara Harp Minter Elementary School in Fayette County, according to his parents.
  
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• British tourist, 54, dies months after plunging to the ground when wooden banister 'collapsed' while he was on holiday in Lanzarote, inquest hears

  27-07-2026 22:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicholas Thomas, a 54-year-old from the Welsh town of Cwmbran, was severely injured on October 25 last year while he was holidaying at the tourist hotspot.
  
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• Ex-Olympic swimming coach branded a 'monster' and 'serial paedophile' by victims in court

  27-07-2026 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney was labelled a 'monster' by his victims after being found guilty of sexually abusing four girls over 50 years ago
  
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• Father and daughter who drowned off coast of UK's top surfing beach are among seven to die in open water over the weekend

  27-07-2026 22:45 via dailymail.com
  
  The man, in his 60s, and the woman, in her 30s, who died at a surfing spot off Newquay, were among those who lost their lives in separate incidents at West Wittering, Pwllheli and Loch Fyne.
  
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• Glamorous woman who's had green card for two decades is held in grimy ICE jail for a YEAR after being arrested while gardening

  27-07-2026 22:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Single mother Beata Siemionkowicz was detained by ICE agents and placed in the Campbell County Detention Center on August 4, 2025.
  
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• Mother suffocated her son, nine, before taking her own life 'after finding her partner on a dating site', inquest rules

  27-07-2026 22:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Tasmin Paterson, 31, and her son Hudson Paterson, nine, were found dead at a property in the Fletchersbridge area of Bodmin, Cornwall, in September 2024.
  
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• Pro-Palestine activist who cost the taxpayer £92,000 when he scaled Big Ben in 17-hour stand-off with police is spared jail

  27-07-2026 22:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Daniel Day, 30, triggered a major response and caused road closures around Westminster when he scaled the Elizabeth Tower - often referred to as Big Ben - on March 8 last year.
  
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• Trump claims Israel 'wouldn't survive' without US ahead of crunch meeting with Netanyahu

  27-07-2026 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  United States President Donald Trump is having his first meeting with the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu since the start of the conflict with Iran in February
  
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• UK government steps in to aid families forced out of sinking village homes

  27-07-2026 22:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The UK Government is prepared to spend tens of millions of pounds to help homeowners whose properties have been hit by ground movement.
  
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• North Sea oil firm in jobs threat as pressure grows on government to approve drilling

  27-07-2026 22:18 via dailymail.com
  
  The firm behind the stalled Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields is set to cut jobs, adding to pressure on UK ministers to approve the projects urgently.
  
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• GRAHAM GRANT: Daylight robbery as Swinney's punitive tax grabs drive the country ever closer to economic ruin

  27-07-2026 22:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Tax is theft, according to some political thinkers, but if that's the case the SNP is guilty of grand larceny.
  
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• Reform reports Zack Polanski to the police for sharing photo of T-shirt about Nigel Farage's execution

  27-07-2026 22:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Nigel Farage has called for Zack Polanski to be arrested after he shared a picture of a man wearing a T-shirt depicting a guillotine with the slogan: 'We're only making plans for Nigel.'
  
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• Dad chokes up at America's saddest murder trial as he's asked about nurse wife who killed their three young children while in throes of post-partum depression

  27-07-2026 22:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband struggled to compose himself as he spoke about his kids in the murder trial over the deaths of the pair's three young children.
  
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• 'No punishment will restore dignity Robert Bush stole from grieving families'

  27-07-2026 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Bush, a funeral director at Hull-based Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, has been described as "callous, cold and calculated" by one grieving man
  
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• Burnham says he will not move his 'angry little' dog Axel into Downing Street as he 'wouldn't get on' with Larry the cat

  27-07-2026 21:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Addressing the 'big decision', the Prime Minister revealed Axel, his bichon frisé-poodle cross, will be barred from Downing Street .
  
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• Parents' heartbreak after missing British woman Sonia Exelby found 'murdered' in Florida

  27-07-2026 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sonia Exelby was reported missing from her address in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on October 12 last year, by which time initial police inquiries established she had already left the country
  
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• 'Beautiful' mother-of-two, 29, dies after falling ill at home as man is arrested over 'unexplained' death

  27-07-2026 21:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Hannah Fry, 29, became unwell on July 13 at her home in Longridge, Lancashire and was taken to hospital but died later that day.
  
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• Joe plots to destroy Caleb in Emmerdale while his life with Dawn crumbles

  27-07-2026 21:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joe’s smelt a rat (Picture: ITV)Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is about to put quite a lot of his energy into destroying the wrong person in Emmerdale.Yesterday, Joe had a seed of doubt planted in his mind by Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham). She was wound up after a situation with Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) and Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley), and decided to try and get revenge by talking to Joe.Gabby claimed that Dawn isn’t over Billy, and that Joe should keep an eye on what his partner is do
  
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• Transfer news LIVE: Vinicius Jr to Arsenal salary, Henderson to Chelsea, Man Utd £30m talks

  27-07-2026 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest transfer news, including updates on Arsenal's interest in Vinicius Junior, Liverpool working to complete a deal for Bradley Barcola and Real Madrid's agreement with Yan Diomande
  
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• Family of suicidal British woman who flew to US to be murdered by man she met in fetish chatroom pay tribute to 'gentlest soul'

  27-07-2026 21:20 via dailymail.com
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sonia Exelby, 32, boarded a plane from Portsmouth to Marion County in Florida where she was found dead on October 17 last year.
  
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• Arsenal and Chelsea dealt transfer blow as Inter strike ‘verbal agreement’ for England star

  27-07-2026 21:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal and Chelsea were interested in the England international (Picture: Getty)Arsenal and Chelsea transfer target John Stones has reached a verbal agreement to join Inter Milan on a free transfer, according to reports in Italy.Stones had attracted interest from a host of top European clubs following his departure from Manchester City at the end of last season, ten years after his £50million move from Everton.Despite an injury-affected league campaign, the 32-year-old delivered a timely
  
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• Scots Tory leader Russell Findlay: Gangland thug who threw acid in my face is set to be freed but I won't live in fear

  27-07-2026 21:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Scots Tory leader Russell Findlay has said he will not 'live in fear' when the gangland hitman who threw acid in his face gets out of prison on Wednesday.
  
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• Newquay deaths: Dad and daughter die at Britain's top surfing spot as police search for handbag

  27-07-2026 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beachgoers bravely tried to rescue a man and woman after they reportedly fell from rocks and died in the choppy sea at Britain's most popular surfing spot.
  
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• Wildfires in Europe wipe out area size of Cornwall with 360,000 people evacuated

  27-07-2026 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 250,000 people were evacuated from their homes in France and another 116,000 were forced to flee the area around Madrid in Spain due to the devastating wildfires
  
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• Wildfires across southern Europe have wiped out area the size of Cornwall

  27-07-2026 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 250,000 people were evacuated from their homes in France and another 116,000 were forced to flee the area around Madrid in Spain due to the devastating wildfires
  
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• EastEnders court violence erupts as Ian Beale is jailed

  27-07-2026 21:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ian’s fate prompts Kathy to lose it (Picture: BBC)Ian Beale’s fate may have had a mixed reaction among EastEnders fans – let’s face it, you either love or hate the guy – but Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) is absolutely not sitting on the fence.Adam Woodyatt’s character is heading behind bars for eight months, and I can only imagine how poorly he might handle prison life.And it all feels somewhat unjust. He didn’t see young Jordan when reversing and, Chelsea
  
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