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• Renewed call to reduce aid spending as public sector borrowing soars

  22-12-2015 22:55
  
  £1.3 billion rise in part down to £800million foreign aid payment
  
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• Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America as Canada trade war takes ugly turn

  27-08-2026 19:43 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump made a big announcement today - signing an executive order to officially rename Lake Ontario in Canada to 'Lake America.'
  
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• Police officers from across England drafted in to Middlesbrough in bid to restore order as town teeters on the edge

  27-08-2026 19:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Gang-related violence, believed to be linked to five youths who were killed in a wrong-way crash on the A66 on Saturday, has spiralled across Teesside.
  
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• Abuse victims of air cadets' own 'Savile' to share £2.5million payout

  27-08-2026 19:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The victims of a pervert who abused air cadets over several decades are to share nearly £2.5million after winning a payout from the Ministry of Defence.
  
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• Tourists buy paella in Spain in beautiful spot – but are horrified when bill arrives

  27-08-2026 19:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A group of holidaymakers thought they had found a bargain in Spain, but one detail on the menu left them facing a very different bill
  
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• March of the £1billion NHS pen pushers...  amid criticism the money could have been used to pay for 'tens of thousands of nurses'

  27-08-2026 19:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Backroom costs for Scotland's NHS soared by £58 million in just one year and the annual bill is now £1.1 billion - enough to pay for 33,000 new nurses.
  
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• Prince Harry's fresh hope for taxpayer-funded security as Home Secretary orders new review

  27-08-2026 19:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were met by their private security team as they touched down in the UK, but with mounting costs Prince Harry will be hoping the government changes its stance
  
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• POLL: What should Trump rename Lake Ontario? Have your say in this week's DC Insider

  27-08-2026 19:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Trump floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario as his war with Canada heats up. What name would you suggest? Sound off in this week's DC Insider poll.
  
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• Inside Middlesbrough community living in terror and fear as gang turf war claims nine lives in five days

  27-08-2026 19:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A home was this morning rammed just two miles from where seven-year-old Valentina Foster and her aunt Natalie McDonald lost their lives in a house fire in Middlesbrough
  
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• Google agrees to remove hyphens from town name – after 130 year campaign

  27-08-2026 19:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Bradford on Avon or Bradford-on-Avon? (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)Wars and conflicts continue to rage, but at least one argument stewing for decades has been settled for good.
  With or without hyphens? That is the question residents of Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire have been mulling over the spelling of the town’s name.
  Google has become a hero in a long-standing row after it agreed to remove the hyphens from the town’s name.
  It comes after a campaign by locals, who have labelled the
  
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• Couple denied bail amid a massive ketamine bust in Australia

  27-08-2026 19:22 via dailymail.com
  
  A Scots couple have appeared in court in Australia charged with supplying illegal drugs following a £5million 'ketamine' bust.
  
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• Elon Musk's wild final night in West Wing: Rebel aide reveals what REALLY happened in snug office... the nauseating texts... and why Trump snapped

  27-08-2026 19:13 via dailymail.com
  
  The world's richest man asked if anyone wanted to try his Tesla-branded tequila, then produced a lightning-bolt shaped bottle and poured it out into plastic cups.
  
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• Half naked man tries to throw drugs over prison wall but fails three times

  27-08-2026 19:12 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 man’s not-so-smooth attempt to sling drugs inside a prison ended in an epic fail after he was caught red-handed.Shirtless Joshua Smith, 30, tried to throw drugs worth £12,000 inside HMP Hull in East Yorkshire using his bare hands.But the repeated attempts landed him in jail instead after the brazen move on July 11 last year was quickly spotted
  
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• Three UK airports hit by criminal hackers as 'cyber security incident' declared

  27-08-2026 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manchester Airport, London Stansted and East Midlands Airport were hit by a 'cyber security incident' in which criminal hackers accessed the data of almost nine million people
  
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• Murdered schoolgirl's killer dies just two years into her sentence

  27-08-2026 19:06 via dailymail.com
  
  A woman serving life in jail for the murder of schoolgirl Caroline Glachan has died two years into her sentence.
  
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• Ministry of Defence pays £2.5million to abuse victims of cadet leader

  27-08-2026 19:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The victims of a pervert who abused air cadets over several decades are to share nearly £2.5million after winning a payout from the Ministry of Defence.
  
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• ‘Never a Man Utd player’ – John Obi Mikel tells Michael Carrick to replace £80m star

  27-08-2026 19:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel (Picture: The Obi One Podcast)John Obi Mikel has urged Michael Carrick to replace Harry Maguire, insisting the centre-back ‘was never a Manchester United player’.Maguire enjoyed a resurgent second half of last season after Carrick’s arrival and only narrowly missed out on Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for the World Cup.But the 33-year-old, signed in 2019 for a record £80million, still has his detractors and came in for criti
  
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• First picture of British tour group who crossed Nepal border and haven’t been heard from since

  27-08-2026 19:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  The group crossed the border in Nepal but have not been heard from since (Picture: Supplied)Pictured smiling and laughing in front of their bus this is the last known picture of a group of British, Irish and South African worshippers before they crossed into Nepal and disaster struck.At least 33 British tourists aren’t accounted for, and 350 people have been killed after a glacier collapse set off flash floods along the Bhote Koshi river. More bodies are being pulled from the deluge by th
  
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• Does Joe Tate die in Emmerdale? Latest updates after his wedding disaster

  27-08-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Does Joe Tate die in Emmerdale? Latest updates after his wedding disaster Did Caleb’s scheme claim Joe’s life? (Picture: ITV)Warning: This article contains spoilers from tonight’s episode of Emmerdale, which can be viewed online right now on ITV X.I never thought there was a chance that Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) wouldn’t survive this explosive week of Emmerdale. Shows what I know.When Emmerdale bosses first teased that at least one person would not survive Joe Tate&rsq
  
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• Mum of A66 crash victim urges people to 'bring cars, quads and bikes' for 'send-off he deserves'

  27-08-2026 18:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Cahill's mum has urged friends to bring bikes, jeeps, cars and quads to a tribute gathering after he was killed in the A66 crash.
  
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• Police raid home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son as guns and ammunition are seized

  27-08-2026 18:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Police reportedly recovered guns and ammunition from the home in the city on Tuesday night before arresting her son's roommate Abdulrahman Abdi, 22.
  
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• Leaked audio reveals where Ohio governor hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy stands on congressman accused of abusing his wife and 2-year-old

  27-08-2026 18:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Ohio gubernatorial hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy appears to be standing by embattled Republican Representative Max Miller as he faces domestic-abuse allegations.
  
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• 'What example are you setting?' Burnham accused of U-turn on support for political donation cap to appease Labour's union paymasters

  27-08-2026 18:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister said he supported a £500,000 limit on cash gifts to parties when he was campaigning to return to Westminster in May.
  
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• Lindsay Clancy jury starts deliberations: Read the charges they must consider as killer mom awaits her fate

  27-08-2026 18:35 via dailymail.com
  
  A panel of 12 jurors - selected from the total seated jury of 12 women and six men - will deliberate in a private room until they reach a unanimous decision.
  
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• Drayton Manor theme park forced to close due to flooding - all tickets cancelled

  27-08-2026 18:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drayton Manor Resort in Tamworth, Staffordshire, was forced to close on Thursday 'due to adverse weather and flooding'
  
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• JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Energy firms treat us all like an interest free company credit card... it's one big racket - and it needs to stop

  27-08-2026 18:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Imagine pulling into a petrol station forecourt and filling your car's tank with £50 of fuel. You walk over to the kiosk to pay and watch the cashier ring up the sale.
  
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• Kevin Reddington says Lindsay Clancy was a 'damn good mother' who 'did nothing wrong' before kids' deaths in emotional closing arguments

  27-08-2026 18:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney described her as a 'damn good mother' who did 'nothing wrong' before she strangled her children to death during emotional closing arguments on Thursday.
  
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• Student, 20, who overcame being abandoned in Chinese orphanage as a baby and suffering partial leg amputation dies in New England ATV crash

  27-08-2026 18:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Bruce Kennedy, 20, was riding on an ATV with his friend when the pair lost control and crashed. Kennedy died on the scene as his family remember him as 'inspirational.'
  
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• BBC reveals return of Top Gear AGAIN as new director-general Matt Brittin backs under-threat Newsnight but puts bosses on alert for job losses

  27-08-2026 18:27 via dailymail.com
  
  With a future that's looking increasingly uncertain, the BBC is facing staff culls, programme cancellations and the decimation of entire departments.
  
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• Missing Missouri Deputy AG is found ALIVE 6 days after disappearing during Wyoming hike

  27-08-2026 18:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Shaun Mackelprang, 55, was located disoriented and dehydrated six days after beginning a solo hike up Wyoming's tallest mountain, Gannett Peak.
  
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