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• Peter Hain interview: Green Party surge could keep David Cameron in power

  03-03-2015 23:05
  
  A close ally of Ed Miliband has warned that the Green Party’s surge could deprive Labour of victory in scores of seats at the May election and keep David Cameron in Downing Street.
  
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• Heart-stopping moment girl, 4, plunges out of second story apartment window

  20-08-2026 22:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Caliel Rodriguez was walking near an apartment when he overheard plastic debris hit the floor. When he looked up, he saw a little girl climbing in and out of a window about 15 to 20 feet off the ground.
  
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• Melania breaks silence on absence with punchy eight-word opener as she joins Trump amid female aide rumors

  20-08-2026 22:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald and Melania Trump joined each other in a rare public appearance on Thursday to celebrate the First Lady's foster care efforts.
  
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• Burned bodies of lawyers found embracing in cockpit after hunt for missing plane

  20-08-2026 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two lawyers who were missing after the plane they were in vanished shortly after take-off in Italy have been found dead inside the burned-out cockpit
  
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• West Wing chaos as Susie Wiles 'little pet' protege's dirty secret is exposed... leaving Trump insiders aghast

  20-08-2026 22:20 via dailymail.com
  
  The White House is in turmoil as Director Dan Scavino eyes the exit and his expected replacement finds herself in hot water with President Trump.
  
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• Mother who built £170k two-storey annexe for disabled daughter is ordered to rip it down by jobsworth council officers

  20-08-2026 22:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Clair Birch, 59, from Worcester, who spent £170K building an annexe for her disabled daughter, has been ordered to take the structure down or make changes after losing a planning appeal.
  
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• ‘Don’t understand’ – Paul Merson claims Man Utd have made £50m transfer mistake

  20-08-2026 21:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson (Picture: Getty)Paul Merson has questioned Manchester United’s decision to sign Andrey Santos and is not sure what the Brazilian adds to Michael Carrick’s midfield.The Red Devils made it a priority to bolster their central midfield this summer following the departure of Casemiro at the end of last season.United had been linked with the likes of Elliot Anderson, Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes, but saw their efforts gazumped by
  
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• Harry and Meghan are returning just as the Royal Family's fortunes look up - they have questions to answer

  20-08-2026 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Harry and Meghan's impending return to the UK has raised a series of questions, Russell Myers says, and has complicated the lives of the family's working members
  
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• Malcolm Offord: I was diagnosed with cancer on the day of election

  20-08-2026 21:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The Scottish leader of Reform UK has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and undergone emergency surgery.
  
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• Ex-miner thought he was going to die when ground collapsed beneath him as he fell 30ft into a sinkhole

  20-08-2026 21:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Ian Haynes was staying at a camping park in Connor Downs when he dropped down a sinkhole that appeared under his parked car and plunged around four stories into the water below.
  
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• Jeremy Vine steps down from charity awards after backlash for ‘stoking hatred’

  20-08-2026 21:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Vine is facing backlash for his latest hosting gig (Picture: Channel 5)Jeremy Vine has found himself at the centre of controversy after being booked to host a charity awards show.The TV presenter provoked furious backlash when he was announced as the host of the Carers UK Awards, an event that seeks to ‘shine a spotlight’ on the contribution of unpaid carers.Commenters accused Vine, 61, of ‘stoking hatred against disabled people’ on his Channel 5 show and using in
  
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• Peru struck by 6.7-mag earthquake felt in Ayacucho and Ica, causing landslides

  20-08-2026 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Peru earlier today and caused landslides in the southern Andes Mountains - it was felt in several regions including Ayacucho, Ica and Arequipa
  
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• Wildlife killed in New Forest fire will take ‘decades to recover’

  20-08-2026 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Forestry England has warned that it will take years to remedy the ecological damage done to vast swathes of the New Forest ahead of a major transplantation project
  
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• Eric Swalwell criminal probe escalates as half-dozen FBI agents are seen raiding disgraced ex-congressman's DC home

  20-08-2026 21:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Footage obtained by the Daily Mail show law enforcement pulling up to the property in unmarked vehicles Sunday morning before entering the home and seizing 'undisclosed potential evidence.'
  
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• Match of the Day legend fears for iconic show in major warning to BBC bosses

  20-08-2026 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The BBC have announced more changes to Match of the Day, with the show continuing to evolve in the post-Gary Lineker era which in turn has sparked fears over its long-term future
  
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• Reform unveils new £1.5billion pledge to boost apprenticeships and stop Britain's young people taking up 'Mickey Mouse degrees'

  20-08-2026 21:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Suella Braverman said Britain 'needs apprentices' amid the crisis of one million young people being out of work, training or education.
  
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• 'Lion' spotted in Spanish tourist region as aircraft scrambled for massive hunt

  20-08-2026 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lion was allegedly spotted prowling in the mountains of Toledo, Spain, with a major search effort launched and locals warned to 'exercise extreme caution'
  
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• Jamie Bamber’s bomb expert therapist will bring chaos to EastEnders after fire

  20-08-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Hawkins’ arrival in Walford is going to cause quite the stir, it seems (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes)Jamie Bamber has teased what EastEnders fans can expect from his new character Ned Hawkins, and it sounds like the arrival of his family could cause plenty of trouble in Albert Square.The former Battlestar Galactica star is joining the BBC soap as part of the Hawkins family, who are set to arrive in Walford after their home is destroyed by a fire.Rather than arriving with much more than a
  
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• EastEnders’ Laura Doddington confirms ‘huge level of trauma’ ahead in Nicola’s war with mum Rose

  20-08-2026 21:00 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 PageThis week, EastEnders treated us to the arrival of Nicola Mitchell’s (Laura Doddington) family, and it certainly wasn’t a quiet introduction.From the moment their car swerved onto Albert Square, sisters Gemma and Jodie Hawkins (Patricia Potter and Anna Constable) dragged Nicola into a mess.Nicola was stunned to discover that they had her niece&rs
  
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• EastEnders boss reveals dramatic new arrival next year who will shake things up

  20-08-2026 21:00 via metro.co.uk
  
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  EastEnders boss Ben Wadey has teased the arrival of another member of the Hawkins family.It was confirmed earlier this year that Nicola Mitchell’s (Laura Doddington) extended family would be making their way to Walford.The new clan is made up of Nicola’s sisters Gemma (Patricia Potter) and Jodie (Anna Constable), mum Rose (Marian McLoughlin), plus Gemma’s partner Ned (Jamie Bamber) and their son Ryder (Felix Uff).Previous scenes have allowed viewe
  
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• Hayden Panettiere's on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks silence through his lawyer four days after star's death

  20-08-2026 20:57 via dailymail.com
  
  The statement comes days after Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in a South Carolina apartment.
  
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• What military moms REALLY think about Trump as sailors try to go overboard on USS Abraham Lincoln: 'Too busy painting the White House gold'

  20-08-2026 20:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The aircraft carrier is now finally coming home from the Arabian Sea following a record-setting deployment that led to controversy about conditions on board.
  
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• Putin propagandist vows Russia will 'wipe UK off face of Earth' in deranged rant

  20-08-2026 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov vowed the UK will be 'wiped off the face of the Earth' this week, and also made threats against France and Germany
  
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• Scots fraudster once on FBI's Most Wanted list bids to become American congressman

  20-08-2026 20:46 via dailymail.com
  
  A Scots-born businessman who was on the FBI's Most Wanted list for carrying out a luxury car fraud is bidding to become a U.S. congressman.
  
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• Fewer than a quarter of Britons think Harry and Meghan should move back to the UK

  20-08-2026 20:45 via dailymail.com
  
  It was last night sensationally revealed that the Sussexes are relocating back the duke's home country before the end of the month.
  
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• Supporters rallied round Dame Maureen Lipman after pro-Palestinian activists launched boycott of her shows

  20-08-2026 20:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Dame Maureen Lipman has revealed how a group of supporters rallied to her side after pro-Palestinian activists launched a boycott of her performances in Scotland over her support for Israel.
  
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• OAP pleads guilty after police discovered largest collection of child abuse images ever seized in Scotland

  20-08-2026 20:35 via dailymail.com
  
  A pensioner amassed what is thought to be the largest collection of child sexual abuse material ever seized by police in Scotland.
  
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• LAPD cop tells Tupac murder trial Diddy was behind shooting plot: Live updates

  20-08-2026 20:35 via dailymail.com
  
  A key witness in Tupac Shakur's murder trial claimed he wouldn't send Duane 'Keffe D' Davis to prison as a result of his testimony.
  
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• Brit dies after jumping off boat during turtle-spotting trip in Zante

  20-08-2026 20:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Cameron William Wallace (pictured) was on a turtle-spotting trip with a close friend when he fatally jumped into the sea on Tuesday at around 3pm.
  
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• Killer Janine is back for devastating funeral scenes as shock EastEnders twist explodes

  20-08-2026 20:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Janine returns to screens as filming commences – and Linda is not happy! (Picture:ISO Images)Four years on since her last appearance, Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) stages an almighty return to EastEnders – no doubt to cause more mayhem – as on-location filming teases the dramatic scenes to come.
  The scenes in question, thought to take place at a funeral, see Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) come face-to-face with nemesis Janine for the first time since the vanishing of her longt
  
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