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• Remains of missing boy, 14, pulled from River Taw after weeks of searching

  31-07-2026 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Taylor Charlton was 14 when he disappeared from Barnstaple in Devon on May 8, sparking a massive search and rescue effort from the local community and emergency services
  
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• Scots College principal's warning to 'Old Boys' after three students are charged with allegedly raping teen girl in alley

  15-08-2026 05:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The alleged sexual assault took place on July 22, with the three teenage boys arrested on Thursday.
  
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• 7,000 people sleep in Japan airport after 'extremely unusual' rains disrupt rails routes

  15-08-2026 04:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least eight people have died and more and thousands more were affected by the heavy rains - over 360mm of rain fell in 24 hours in "an extremely unusual situation"
  
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• Couple stunned to dig up mysterious stone statue in their garden... now its incredible story has been revealed

  15-08-2026 03:44 via dailymail.com
  
  A California couple was left stunned when a simple renovation of their garden uncovered a mysterious stone bust with roots likely dating back to the 1930s
  
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• Seven teens charged with murder allegedly lured young man by organising a date on social media

  15-08-2026 03:41 via dailymail.com
  
  The 27-year-old had allegedly been lured to a car park in Brisbane for a fake date.
  
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• Hugh Hefner reported Jeffrey Epstein to the FBI after Playmate accused late financier of rape and sex trafficking

  15-08-2026 03:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Late Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner allegedly called the FBI to report convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after a Playmate told him that she'd been raped and trafficked by the disgraced financier.
  
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• Men to be stripped of prostate cancer tests as expert slams 'shocking betrayal'

  15-08-2026 03:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest guidance from Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) states that men over 50 are no longer considered to be at high risk, because age is just one factor in assessing risk
  
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• New Trump cabinet member Kelly Loeffler goes viral for 'awkward' video with suspiciously empty binder

  15-08-2026 03:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Kelly Loeffler, 55, was seen in a viral video displaying an 'awkward' walk as eagle-eyed viewers caught glimpse of an empty binder in hand.
  
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• Outrage as men are to be stripped of their right to a prostate cancer test with Lord Cameron describing it as a 'backwards step'

  15-08-2026 02:57 via dailymail.com
  
  New guidance means men over 50 can no longer access blood tests which help to find the disease and GPs will have the power to decide who can take one.
  
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• Threat of easyJet crew strike could hit five European airports this weekend

  15-08-2026 02:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Strike dates by cabin crew has been announced for August 15 and 16 and easyJet has said customers travelling should check the status of their flight
  
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• Search for missing Sydney teen Lily Hooper enters third day after she vanished without a trace

  15-08-2026 02:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Lily Hooper left Oakdale on Wednesday morning after telling her family she was going hiking in nearby Nattai National Park. She did not return that evening.
  
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• As The Office star Lucy Davis reveals she has incurable cancer, friends and colleagues tell the Mail they had no idea she was ill - and how SHE'S now the one offering comfort to wellwishers...

  15-08-2026 02:36 via dailymail.com
  
  There was something terribly sad and - in its own heartbreaking way - uplifting about the brief video actress Lucy Davis posted on Instagram this week.
  
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• Heartwarming story of the man whose heatwave lawn will leave you green with envy. He's just lost his wife of 50 years and has had six new hips - but even the drought hasn't stopped Stuart creating perfection. So how DOES he do it?

  15-08-2026 02:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The view from above is extraordinary. While there are scorched gardens and tinder-dry fields as far as the eye can see, Stuart Grindle's lawn, in this little corner of Yorkshire, remains lush and lovely.
  
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• 'I've just run somebody over': Moment drug driver who killed mother as she walked across the road after taking cannabis edibles calls 999 as he is jailed

  15-08-2026 02:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Jake Bolton, 36, was travelling home from his traffic maintenance job when he hit Himabindu Yadla - known as Bindu - as she crossed Tramway Lane in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire.
  
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• Flight disaster averted after two jets with SAME flight number spared from almost-certain collision

  15-08-2026 02:14 via dailymail.com
  
  The near miss happened when a pair of American Airlines planes under the same call call sign and on the same frequency spoke with the controller as one arrived into Phoenix and another was leaving.
  
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• Life under the Taliban's iron fist: Five years to the day since the fall of Kabul, DAVID PATRIKARAKOS travels to Afghanistan where he meets AK-47 toting officials as well as the men and women abandoned by the West

  15-08-2026 02:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Blood is seeping from the dead man's skull. He lies face down on the baking runway, and it pools beneath him like a halo.
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel has been revealed and I’m already disappointed – Reader’s Feature

  15-08-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Elder Scrolls 6 news this week has been a bit of mess (Bethesda)After a week of only partially intended revelations about The Elder Scrolls 6, a reader is upset at the haphazard way the game is being unveiled.We’ve been waiting so long for news about The Elder Scrolls 6 and when it finally came it’s hard to think of how they could have messed it up worse. This was Xbox’s big plan, as I understand it. Xbox boss Asha Sharma, who has openly admitted she knows very little abou
  
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• Revealed: Incredible details of the VERY intimate friendship between Lucy Letby and her married doctor 'boyfriend' - as questions begin to swirl about whether his sudden death is linked to her ongoing case

  15-08-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  June 24th is a date of morbid significance in the timeline of baby killer Lucy Letby's crimes. It was on that day, in 2016, that the former nurse murdered the last of her victims.
  
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• 'A lot of people are nervous about what he could reveal': Inside Ireland's toughest prison where guards are desperate to stop 'drug kingpin' Daniel Kinahan being reached by his friends... or his enemies

  15-08-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Speaking of his return to Ireland, Daniel Kinahan described how, along with the people and their sense of humour, it was the food he was looking forward to.
  
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• Investigation launched after male inmate dies in Wheatfield Prison

  15-08-2026 01:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brendan Gahan, 39, died following an assault in his cell at Wheatfield Prison in west Dublin on Thursday — just eight months after he was first imprisoned there
  
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• Indonesia earthquake LIVE: Tsunami warning issued after massive 7.7 quake strikes tourist spot

  15-08-2026 01:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 7.7-magnitude quake struck not far from the coast at around 10.58pm on Friday - the country is a popular holiday spot for Brits
  
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• Texas surrogate's sprawling contract with biological parents revealed in court records: Massive monthly payment plan, long list of expenses... and additional 'abortion fee' she refused

  15-08-2026 01:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman at the center of the Baby Gabriel surrogacy case that has divided the nation was paid tens of thousands of dollars to carry the child.
  
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• Five-hour joyride in Porsche ends in crash on wrong side of the road - with three rushed to hospital

  15-08-2026 01:48 via dailymail.com
  
  While returning home and reversing into a driveway, the driver of the white Porsche was confronted by a group of men, one allegedly armed with a machete.
  
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• Humiliating real reason AOC's relationship with fiancé Riley Roberts turned 'very, very toxic' before split... revealed by insiders who tell why 15-year couple never married

  15-08-2026 01:47 via dailymail.com
  
  AOC and her fiancé Riley Roberts are understood to have split in February, ending a romance that began when they were college sweethearts at Boston University.
  
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• Seagull survives being wedged in car's grille for several miles on motorway after 'being hit at high speed'

  15-08-2026 01:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The shocked driver had no idea the bird was wedged into his vehicle until after he'd parked up.
  
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• Andy Burnham bans barbeques and calls in the military to battle Britain's wildfires as he warns the crisis is 'far from over'

  15-08-2026 01:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister banned disposable barbecues in 'tinderbox Britain' amid fears that school-leavers celebrating their A-level results may have accidentally sparked a number of blazes.
  
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• Ban on barbecues as Andy Burnham calls in the military to battle Britain's wildfires as he warned the crisis is 'far from over'

  15-08-2026 01:27 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister banned disposable barbecues in 'tinderbox Britain' amid fears that school-leavers celebrating their A-level results may have accidentally sparked a number of blazes.
  
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• After the apocalypse: Flames raged 'in every direction', destroying 19 homes and 500 acres of land. But was Stourbridge blaze an accident waiting to happen?

  15-08-2026 01:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The inferno whipped across this well-heeled corner of the West Midlands in minutes, destroying 19 properties and more than 500 acres of land.
  
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• Karoline Leavitt is FIFTH high-ranking woman to depart Trump's inner circle as the race to replace her gets messy

  15-08-2026 01:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Entering his second presidency, President Donald Trump proudly championed a powerhouse lineup of female leaders entrusted with the nation's top executive posts. But now, five have left.
  
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• Britain has taken in the blameless baby recklessly hauled onto a small boat this week - so how much will our compassion cost us in the decades to come?

  15-08-2026 01:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The tiny baby is manhandled aboard a Channel small boat, roughly held aloft by its right arm.
  
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