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• Parents ‘devastated’ after Southport attack victims targeted in data breach

  16-09-2026 13:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Three young girls died in the Southport attacks (Picture: EPA)The parents of a child injured in the Southport attack have said they are ‘devastated’ after court files were accessed without authorisation.The Ministry of Justice said an investigation had been launched after court files about victims, their families and survivors of the attack on the dance class in July 2024 were accessed without authorisation.Earlier this year, the North West Ambulance Service said it was lo
  
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• Top prosecutor, 53, dies by suicide in COURT, with building now sealed off so cops can investigate

  18-09-2026 16:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd, 53, was found dead inside the county courthouse on Thursday afternoon, the local sheriff's office confirmed.
  
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• UK weather maps show 30C heat surge with 10 counties at 28C or more – full list

  18-09-2026 16:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures could soon reach 30C again as people in some parts of England face a heat surge before the end of this month, weather forecasting models suggest
  
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• Mom, 20, gave birth to baby at CHILDCARE facility where she worked, then dumped infant in trash where it was found dead, cops say

  18-09-2026 16:28 via dailymail.com
  
  The girl told the police that she delivered the infant in the bathroom of the child care facility.
  
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• Bear prowls into garden and mauls woman, 66, to death

  18-09-2026 16:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lyudmila was killed by a brown bear outside her house (Pictures: east2west news)A woman in her sixties was mauled to death by a brown bear outside her home on the edge of a remote forest.The victim, identified by Russian media only as Lyudmila T, was found around 50ft from her house in Verkhniy Kebezh, in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region. She’d died at the scene from injuries that investigators said were consistent with an attack by a wild animal.Local reports said that she lived alone i
  
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• Flu 'super K' strain already in UK causes surge in Australia - symptoms

  18-09-2026 16:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flu season down under usually gives advanced warning of what will hit the UK - and strain is 'highly infectious'
  
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• Defiant thumbs-up of US airman who cheated death: Hero shot down over Iran smiles in selfie after dramatic 50-hour rescue from enemy territory

  18-09-2026 16:23 via dailymail.com
  
  An exclusive Daily Mail image reveals the tough-as-nails hero reclining in a stretcher seat in the belly of a C-17 aircraft, his face marked with swelling, scratches and unmistakable relief.
  
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• The real Lizzie Borden behind gory new Netflix show from actress romance to sister rift

  18-09-2026 16:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Netflix viewers tune into Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the Mirror takes a look at the wealthy Victorian heiress at the heart of the 'trial of the century', who remains a question mark to this day
  
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• Vile clip shows up to TWELVE girls attacking college student and dragging her by hair after being asked to leave property

  18-09-2026 16:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A Pennsylvania college student was brutally attacked by a violent mob after telling the group to leave her property.
  
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• David Walliams’s back catalogue ‘dropped by publisher’

  18-09-2026 16:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Walliams’s book catalogue will reportedly be phased out by a major publisher (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)A major publisher is said to have dropped comedian David Walliams’s back catalogue after accusations of inappropriate behaviour.
  Walliams reportedly faces having his remaining books phased out by publishing house HarperCollins.
  The Little Britain actor and comedian has written popular children’s books, which have gone on to sell around 60 million copies globa
  
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• Russia declares British sites are 'legitimate targets' in direct threat to UK

  18-09-2026 16:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The warning stated that Russia reserves its right to take 'necessary retaliatory measures' in self-defence, with any British facilities in Ukraine to be considered 'legitimate targets'
  
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• Afghan boat migrant who travelled 150 miles to stab shop worker to death because he had been messaging his cousin's wife is jailed for life

  18-09-2026 16:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Sulaiman Tajzai, 18, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey earlier this month to the murder of 26-year-old Farmanullah Sherzad because he had been messaging his cousin's wife.
  
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• CCTV appeal for two men after girl, 13, raped in park in east London

  18-09-2026 16:17 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 PageDetectives have released CCTV two men they want to speak to after the rape of a teenage girl in east London.The victim, 13, was attacked in Bethnal Green in August 2024. A £10,000 reward has been put up for information leading to a conviction. The victim reported seeing two men on Whitechapel Road who led her into Weavers Fields where she was
  
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• Brookside actor who ran a network of fake modelling agencies is arrested in Spain after a year on Britain's most wanted list

  18-09-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Barry Philip Foster, 51, was held on an international arrest warrant in the town of Torrevieja, south of Alicante.
  
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• Ex-Brookside actor Philip Foster arrested in Spain after fleeing UK and £13.6m fraud

  18-09-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, has been arrested in Alicante and is wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence after being convicted of a £13.6m fraud
  
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• Ex-Brookside actor arrested in Spain after fleeing UK and £13.6m fraud

  18-09-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, has been arrested in Alicante and is wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence
  
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• World's worst hitmen whose ambush plot failed when one shot the other by mistake are jailed for total of 15 years

  18-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Bungling Adam Liaqat, 19, of Sandwell, mistakenly fired his weapon on accomplice Asad Khan (pictured), 23, of West Bromwich, leaving him with life-changing injuries.
  
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• Top universities should be able to charge students more, says head of Russell Group

  18-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Libby Hackett, chief executive of leading universities including Oxford and Cambridge, suggested that courses that benefit society, such as nursing and teaching, should be cheaper.
  
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• Parliament bell ringer ordered to sell his £1million London mews home after ripping out his banker neighbour's gate the day he moved in

  18-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Adrian Udal (rear), 66, tore out the gates leading to Nicholas Patrick-Hiley's £2million mews cottage just as Mr Patrick-Hiley was arriving at his new home after completion.
  
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• Conjoined twins given new chance at life after extraordinary 24-hour separation surgery

  18-09-2026 15:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The rare operation brought together surgeons, hospitals and charities across two countries, with doctors saying the girls now have opportunities that would not have been possible before
  
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• Scientists make old people younger again in just four weeks

  18-09-2026 15:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Changes in diet showed an almost immediate, remarkable impact on the biological age of those who took part in study
  
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• Robert F Kennedy Jr tells anti-vaccine group they have a 'friend at the White House'

  18-09-2026 15:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's health secretary, was speaking at a convention of Children's Health Defense, which he led for nearly a decade - and was introduced by disgraced British ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield
  
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• UK adults warned of '£40,000' retirement costs

  18-09-2026 15:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Andrew Dilnot, whose landmark review has shaped the debate over how Britain should fund social care for more than a decade, has warned of the potentially catastrophic financial risk facing families
  
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• Ex-Brookside star Philip Foster arrested in Spain over £13,600,000 fraud targeting young models

  18-09-2026 15:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Philip Foster has been arrested in Spain after being wanted over a multi-million-pound fraud con (Picture: NCA/PA Wire)Former Brookside star Philip Foster has been arrested in Spain and will be extradited to the UK over a £13.6million fraud.He is known for playing Christian Wright in the Liverpool soap, which ran from 1982 to 2003.The ex-actor, 51, fled the country after being convicted of fraud and money laundering last year and was wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence.
  
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• 'This noise came out of me and I just crumbled': Mint Velvet founder opens up on tragic death of her 20-year-old son after he was hit by car while cycling

  18-09-2026 15:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Liz Houghton, co-founderof fashion brand Mint Velvet, has revealed how she 'just crumbled' when doctors told her Will, 20, would not survive after he was by a car in Wickham, Hampshire, in 2016.
  
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• Tracking the weather forecast could help you save up extra money for Christmas

  18-09-2026 15:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  Could this savings challenge be the help you need ahead of the festive season? (Picture: Getty Images)Are you looking for ways to save some extra cash before Christmas?Whether it’s to shower your friends and family with gifts, book a last-minute festive getaway, or stash some cash for your future, there’s a new savings challenge in town. And, it’s weather-related.Dubbed the ‘weather savings’ or the ‘check-the-temperature’ challenge, the idea is simple:
  
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• Army's first female Master Tailor accused of repeatedly pinching subordinate's bum leaving him feeling 'violated', court martial told

  18-09-2026 15:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Warrant Officer Emma Colton, 39, was the British Army's first ever female Master Tailor - a fully trained frontline soldier who also specialises as a senior bespoke tailor.
  
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• 'Defect' behind last week's UK air travel chaos emerges in report after 2,000 flights grounded

  18-09-2026 15:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe said he could confirm the issue was not caused by 'any incorrect actions by either military or civil operators'
  
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• 'Defect' behind last week's UK air travel chaos emerges after 2,000 flights grounded

  18-09-2026 15:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe said he could confirm the issue was not caused by 'any incorrect actions by either military or civil operators'
  
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• Oxford United apologise over ‘United 93’ shirt release around 9/11

  18-09-2026 15:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oxford United launched their ‘United 93’ clothing range around of anniversary of the 9/11 attack (Oxford United)Oxford United have issued an apology over the launch of their ‘United 93’ clothing range on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.Almost 3,000 people were killed in 2001 when two passenger planes hijacked by Al-Qaida terrorists struck the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, causing both to collapse, and the Pentagon outside W
  
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