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• Playing different video game genres is so important for everyone – Reader’s Feature

  20-06-2026 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mixtape – not an online shooter (Annapurna Interactive)A reader looks back at the video games he’s played recently, and all the different things he’s done in them, and recommends variety above all in gaming.Some games have it all. Story, character, art, style, innovation, user experience, graphics, world building, online support, and last but not least you can pet the dog.Producing this smorgasbord of content, in this modern era, is an undertaking of epic proportions. A juggli
  
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• Paraglider left dangling 60 metres in the air after getting caught on tower crane

  20-06-2026 13:01 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 paraglider was left dangling nearly 60 metres in the air after their parachute tangled on a construction tower crane in southwest China.
  The paraglider was falling towards Nanchong, a city in the Sichuan province, yesterday when the strings of their parachute caught in the crane.A viral video on the Chinese social media platform Weibo shows a person swingi
  
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• It was a great date – until she opened her overnight bag

  20-06-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I wondered if maybe I was the problem; being judgemental isn’t my style (Picture: Annie F Bennett)I woke up the morning after our date, groggy and blurry-eyed.I turned over, saw she had left to go to work (as we’d discussed), and rolled out of bed. My feet hit the floor and abruptly stopped mid-step as – once again – I found myself face-to-face with Winnie the Pooh.Rural Tennessee is not exactly teeming with romantic options for young lesbians. When I lived the
  
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• Why is Gary Lineker appearing on ITV World Cup coverage tonight?

  20-06-2026 12:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker has not appeared on terrestrial TV since leaving the BBC 13 months ago (Photo: Getty)Gary Lineker is set to make a shock appearance on ITV’s coverage of the World Cup match between Germany and the Ivory Coast.The former Match of the Day host has not appeared on terrestrial television since his high-profile departure from the BBC over a year ago.Lineker was due to front a seventh and final World Cup for the Beeb this summer, bringing the curtain down on a near-three decade ass
  
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• Survivor's fury at ageing railway network as technical faults are blamed for Bedford train crash that killed driver and seriously injured 33

  20-06-2026 12:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Passengers suffered broken bones and were left 'spitting out blood' when a Luton Airport Express service ploughed into the back of a stationary East Midlands Railway train on Friday.
  
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• Andy Burnham let wife go on Blind Date and it was disastrous

  20-06-2026 12:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham’s wife didn’t have a ‘lorra lorra laughs’ while on Blind Date (Picture: Oli Scarff/ AFP via Getty Images/ITV / Rex Features)A lot of people have disastrous blind date stories, but I doubt they’re in the same league as Andy Burnham’s wife’s experience.You see, Marie-France van Heel, or Frankie to her friends, didn’t go on any blind date; she went on THE Blind Date.
  As in the TV show hosted by the one and only Cilla Black. So how did th
  
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• Inside life of EastEnders actress Emaa Hussen accused of smuggling drugs and facing life in prison

  20-06-2026 12:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emaa Hussen, 34, who starred in an Eastenders spin off has been charged with attempting to smuggle 320kg of meth into Australia from West Africa
  
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• Katie Hopkins kicked out of East London pub during England match

  20-06-2026 12:37 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 PageKatie Hopkins was dramatically ejected from an east London pub during England’s World Cup clash with Croatia after a heated confrontation with fellow football fans.The controversial media personality reportedly found herself at the centre of an angry stand-off while watching England’s opening tournament fixture at the Dundee Arms in Bethnal Green
  
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• How the death of her twin brothers and her father, and the breakup of her marriage led this normal mother of two turn grief into... stand up comedy

  20-06-2026 12:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Serena Terryfound fame as Mammy Banter online now she is taking on her first Paddy Power Comedy Festival this July.
  
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• Chelsea stance on signing Ethan Nwaneri revealed with Arsenal star put up for sale

  20-06-2026 12:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nwaneri among those who could leave this summer (Picture: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)Chelsea are unlikely to rekindle their interest in Ethan Nwaneri if Arsenal decide to sell their young star this summer.Nwaneri broke into Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad aged just 15 back in 2022 but struggled to make his mark during the Gunners’ Premier League-winning title campaign last term.Following the signings of Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze, the 19-year-old failed to start a le
  
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• Russia will abandon rules of war says Putin deputy raising nuclear strike fears after Ukraine humiliated Moscow with devastating oil refinery attack

  20-06-2026 12:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Suggesting the Kremlin's conflict could become more brutal, Dmitry Medvedev (left) said: 'It is time to openly declare that there are no longer, nor can there be, any rules regarding neo-Nazi Kyiv.'
  
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• Frozen in time in Everest's death zone: Mission to bring home 'Green Boots' climber who was left to die near summit decades ago - then became a macabre landmark

  20-06-2026 12:31 via dailymail.com
  
  High above the clouds, at almost 30,000ft, in the thin air of the mountain's notorious 'death zone', lies the body of a man whose identity remains disputed nearly three decades after his passing.
  
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• My 13-year-old asked, 'Are you my mum or my sister?': STACE DON hoped her incestuous family secret could stay hidden. Now she reveals her pride in her daughter who refuses to be ashamed

  20-06-2026 12:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Kadie Don, from Oldham, clearly remembers the shocking moment her mother explained she had become pregnant by her own father, and that she was the child from that pregnancy.
  
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• Ian Wright names his World Cup dark horses: ‘They will reach the semi-finals’

  20-06-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright (Picture: Getty)Ian Wright is confident that the United States of America will cause an upset and reach the latter stages of this World Cup.The US followed up their convincing 4-1 win over Paraguay with a 2-0 victory against Australia on Friday to book their place in the tournament’s knockout stages.Mauricio Pochettino’s side went ahead after just 11 minutes when Australian defender Cameron Burgess turned the ball into his own net.And Al
  
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• Full list of Quiz Clothing shops shutting today as chain continues closing down sale

  20-06-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The popular clothing chain is shutting its doors for good today. (Credits: Shutterstock / Tartezy)Clothing chain Quiz has confirmed it is shutting down its final 20 stores after falling into administration earlier this year.
  The Glasgow-founded group owed more than £40million when it called in administrator Interpath at the start of the year.Over a dozen stores have since shut after the retail chain confirmed a ‘phased closure plan’ with an aim to close all units by the end of
  
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• Bedford train crash LIVE: King 'greatly saddened' by horror train crash that killed driver and injured dozens

  20-06-2026 12:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A train driver has died after two passenger trains crashed between Bedford and Luton on Friday, leaving at least 89 others injured
  
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• Harry and Meghan offered stay in ‘royal estate’ for first family UK visit in four years

  20-06-2026 12:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to return to the UK for a visit next month (Picture: AFP)Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been offered accommodation on a royal estate for their first family visit to the UK in four years.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will arrive next month with their children, Archie and Lilibet, seven and five.The family may stay in royal accommodation from July 6 for as long as two weeks.This will be the first time King Charles has seen his grandchildren in person s
  
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• Emma Hayes and ITV face down critics of her 'sexist' kitchen chalkboard set and replace it with magnets!

  20-06-2026 12:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Viewers had questioned why the USA women's boss was given a small chalkboard instead of a digital touchscreen to do her tactical analysis of England's win over Croatia.
  
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• The 'lame duck' in No10: Labour grandee tells Keir Starmer he has 'absolutely no authority' as now even loyalists desert the PM and urge him to make way for Andy Burnham

  20-06-2026 12:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Sir Keir has repeatedly vowed to fight any challenge to his leadership and insisted he will not 'walk away'.
  
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• 'Ryanair refused to let me fly to £700 Lanzarote holiday over tiny tear in passport'

  20-06-2026 12:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Rachael Norton-Voysey's plans for a sunshine break with her pal were wrecked - now she's warning other holidaymakers to check their passports before booking a getaway
  
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• Makerfield by-election result live: Harriet Harman warns Labour against leadership paralysis after Burnham win

  20-06-2026 12:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's leadership battle is in sharp focus after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election with 24,927 votes - giving him a majority of 9,231. Reform's Robert Kenyon was a distant second
  
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• Andrew feels he is ‘most at risk royal’ – and wants tax-payers to fund his protection

  20-06-2026 12:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor believes he is the most at-risk member of the Royal Family (Picture: PA)Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is worried he is not getting enough security following an alleged altercation near his home in Sandringham.The disgraced ex-prince fears he is ‘more at risk’ than other royals, having lost his taxpayer-funded protection when his titles were stripped.Andrew feels that there are ‘fixated individuals’, with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, alon
  
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• Man guilty of terror offences after returning from Pakistan with 'bomb-making manual and ISIS execution videos'

  20-06-2026 12:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shuja Gibraeel Mohsin, 20, has been found guilty of sharing and possessing terrorist material following a probe by Counter Terrorism Policing London
  
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• Sex in your seventies: ‘We’ve tried sex toys and role play to spice things up’ 

  20-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Keith and partner Heather are determined not to let their age get in the way of an exciting sex life (Picture: Supplied)Keith Leech wasn’t looking for love when it found him. Both newly separated, he and friend Heather had always shared an easy camaraderie in the circle they shared in Hastings in the 90s. But one afternoon in the pub, Keith, then in his forties, noticed something shift.‘I felt a really strange feeling. Like some external force was pushing us together,’ he reme
  
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• Nearly half of working-class students 'put off university due to cost'

  20-06-2026 12:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXC: Research by the Good Growth Foundation found 45% of 16 to 18-year-old students from lower-income households thought university is not worthwhile due to tuition fees and the associated debt
  
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• My love affair with California motels — cheap, comfy and not a shootout in sight

  20-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Every motel worth its salt has a lagoon pool (Picture: Sadie Whitelocks)Thanks to Hollywood, American motels have a branding problem.They’re the backdrop to shootouts, seedy rendezvous and the sort of places where fugitives lie low while detectives ask questions at reception. After years of seeing them on screen, I had a pretty vivid idea of what awaited me on a California road trip: threadbare curtains, questionable carpets and, if the films were to be believed, the possibility of a
  
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• Crocodile 'attacker's' carers were 30-feet behind him and on their phones before he 'threw three-year-old boy into enclosure'

  20-06-2026 11:58 via dailymail.com
  
  The boy sustained critical injuries at Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, following the incident Thursday lunchtime.
  
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• UK 2026 law change affecting every worker now in force

  20-06-2026 11:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Law changes mean the consequences for crossing the line could be more serious than many realise
  
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• Gary Lineker's spectacular net worth after leaving BBC and landing ITV World Cup role

  20-06-2026 11:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker left the BBC in 2025 after more than two decades as the face of Match of the Day, walking away from a £1.35million-a-year salary - but his net worth shows he is far from struggling
  
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• Heathrow Airport alert for travellers heading to Spain, France and more

  20-06-2026 11:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People heading to Europe for the summer are being warned to account for additional waits
  
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