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• Pension question facing millions: Is it worth working 5 more years for 33% boost?

  23-02-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror Personal Finance Editor Tricia Phillips takes you through the potential ramifications of delaying retirement for state and private pension payouts
  
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• Streeting retreats over defence plan: Minister won't commit to 3pc spending pledge because Labour doesn't know how to pay for it

  31-07-2026 01:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Wes Streeting has admitted Labour can't commit to a crucial defence spending target by 2030 because they do not know how to fund it.
  
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• Australian rock music journalist Glenn A Baker dies

  31-07-2026 01:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The popular journalist and broadcaster died at 74 years old.
  
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• Moment packed small boat set for the UK gets caught on sandbank on a French beach... as police watch on

  31-07-2026 01:12 via dailymail.com
  
  New Prime Minister Andy Burnham this week defended his government's handling of the Channel crisis, saying that statistics show 'the plan is working'.
  
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• Trump reveals 'historic' deal to disarm Hamas in Gaza in 'major milestone' for Israel's security

  31-07-2026 01:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The President introduced the Board of Peace as part of the plan last September aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
  
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• Police hope DNA evidence will snare 'Beast of Birkenhead' 40 years after brutal murder

  31-07-2026 01:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peter Sullivan then aged 30, was branded the “Beast of Birkenhead” when he was jailed for 38 years after being wrongly accused of beating florist Diane Sindall, 21, to death in August 1986
  
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• Inside Britain's most violent jail - where gang members hunt down rivals, prey on weaker inmates and plot attacks on prison guards

  31-07-2026 01:02 via dailymail.com
  
  A prison officer lies motionless on the floor as an inmate repeatedly kicks him in the head.
  
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• Travellers take over park for the SEVENTH time this year as group of 69 caravans and feral children running riot forces cancellation of cricket matches

  31-07-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Roundhay Park in Leeds has been enjoyed by generations since it become a public space in the Victorian era.
  
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• Former NCA chief says small boats 'filled with young, military aged men' should 'scare the life' out of the British public

  31-07-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Roy McComb, who served as deputy director of the National Crime Agency (NCA) from 2014 to 2019, described the crossings as a significant national security threat.
  
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• Daily horoscope July 31 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  31-07-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)For the first time in 12 years, the Moon in creative Aquarius makes an alignment with the mysterious North Node. Tune into the power of togetherness.Scorpio, Aquarius and Aries, your celesitic plans are blooming. Positivity in abundnace is coming your way.New and exciting connections are on the cards, as this rare and special placement sets fate into motion. Enjoy all this cosmic gift has to offer.Ahead, you’ll f
  
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• Brit, 38, whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens 'was staying with mystery Americans before her death'

  31-07-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Greek police probing the murder of a British woman are hunting mystery 'American friends' she was meeting three days before her body was found in a suitcase.
  
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• Donald Trump says Board of Peace reaches 'historic' agreement for Hamas to disarm in Gaza

  31-07-2026 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump says on Truth Social that Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza, paving the way for a "new Palestinian government" to be established following a "historic agreement'
  
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• Lives forever destroyed in Emmerdale as Sadie, Charity and Sarah explode shattering secrets

  31-07-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  The iconic women of Emmerdale take centre stage this summer (Picture: ITV)Much like the weather, things are heating up in Emmerdale this summer, with a sizzling season of secrets set to explode – and a delicious comeback at the centre of it all.
  New allegiances are formed and old feuds are reignited, with six iconic women taking centre stage amid a number of months that will change the eponymous village forever.
  Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) is determined to do whatever it takes to protect
  
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• 'Sweet' daughter emerged bloodied from woodland cabin where her father lay dead. Now sickening new details are revealed as she tells her side of the story from jail

  31-07-2026 00:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Cops were alerted to the horrors after Maleigha showed up seriously injured with stab wounds outside the nearby home of a family friend who called 911.
  
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• Fear for families this winter as rates and bills could both rise

  31-07-2026 00:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The prospect of more financial pain falling on families will pile pressure on Andy Burnham to provide more support.
  
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• 'Posh George' is a colourful guy, but I don't dump friends, says Nigel Farage

  31-07-2026 00:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Mr Farage described crypto gambler George Cottrell as a 'trusted friend', adding: 'I don't dump trusted friends unless they betray me - it's as simple as that.'
  
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• One of Britain's 'most dangerous paedophiles' jailed for abusing girls after being caught in police sting

  31-07-2026 00:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Paedophile Paul Hopkins, 50, is starting a 22-year jail sentence after being caught in a police sting.
  
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• ABC filmmaker finally apologises after making a vile on-air attack about Gina Rinehart that Leigh Sales described as 'nasty'

  31-07-2026 00:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Almost three weeks after the episode aired, the ABC has issued a short statement on Kate McGuinness's behalf.
  
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• Billionaire Dem donor calls off his engagement with MUCH younger fiancée amid allegations she duped wealthy men

  31-07-2026 00:23 via dailymail.com
  
  A spokesperson for Cloobeck, 64, confirmed the news to The Daily Mail that 'there will be no wedding or marriage' and Lavie has moved out of his $26million mansion.
  
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• Suffolk fire live: Hundreds of firefighters battle 'unprecedented' wildfire near nuclear plant

  31-07-2026 00:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A wildfire is raging in Dunwich Heath, Suffolk where evacuations have been ordered - the blaze is close to three nuclear plant sites, and has burned an area the size of 210 football pitches
  
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• Latest must-have for the billionaire who's got everything? A £40MILLION T-Rex

  31-07-2026 00:19 via dailymail.com
  
  TOM LEONARD: The bones of these celebrated denizens of the Mesozoic Era have become the latest must-have accessory for the ridiculously rich.
  
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• At 18, Aisling O'Reilly Kane legally became male. Now, almost ten years later, she wants to return to her original legal sex - but says Ireland has left her with unanswered questions about her records, healthcare and future

  31-07-2026 00:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Her passport records her as male, and her medical history includes a mastectomy and testosterone treatment. Now, Aisling O'Reilly Kane fears that her records may not reflect her full story.
  
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• Angela Rayner 'will miss Labour's housing target of 1.5MILLION homes'

  31-07-2026 00:11 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 1,000 new homes need to be built each day to meet the party's manifesto pledge.
  
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• Dating app rapist jailed after victims expose sickening pattern of abuse

  31-07-2026 00:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Muhammad Ans, 29, has been jailed for 20 years and placed on the sex offenders register for life after being convicted of raping three women he met on dating apps
  
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• Boy, 1, boiled alive in blistering hot bath after mum and boyfriend abandoned him

  30-07-2026 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Samantha Garver, 26, and her boyfriend Sergio Mena, 34, have been jailed forllowing the horriffic death of Garver's 1-year-old son Henry Wheatley-Brown in California
  
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• World-famous mountain climber amongst 10 missing after massive avalanche atop peak

  30-07-2026 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 10 climbers, including record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal Purja, are feared missing after an avalanche hit Broad Peak in Concordia, northern Pakistan
  
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• Ten mountain climbers missing after massive avalanche atop world-famous peak

  30-07-2026 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 10 climbers, including record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal Purja, are feared missing after an avalanche hit Broad Peak in Concordia, northern Pakistan
  
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• UK zoo welcomes not one, but THREE lion cubs for the first time in a decade

  30-07-2026 23:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Blackpool Zoo is celebrating the first African lion cubs born in a decade - with three making their arrival this week at the wildlife venue to first-time parents Hira and Khari.
  
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• Sledgehammer gang jailed after £225,000 smash-and-grab jewellery raid

  30-07-2026 23:45 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 gang of three men have been jailed after a shocking daylight smash and grab robbery on a jewellers in an affluent area of London.Two masked men were caught on camera bashing in the window of Gregory & Co in leafy Richmond with a sledgehammer in January. They plundered £225,000 worth of diamond and gold jewellery from the window before runnin
  
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• Entitled beachgoer slammed for complaining after small child decided to play in the water near her sun lounger: 'It's in my space'

  30-07-2026 23:41 via dailymail.com
  
  The TikTok influencer received thousands of negative comments online, but she doubled down that she would not watch that child.
  
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