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• Rescue teams save pilots from burning Amazon cargo plane after fatal crash

  07-09-2026 17:04 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 PageEmergency workers rescued several people trapped in vehicles involved in a cargo jet crash after it overshot a runway.Five people died after an Amazon Prime Air aircraft veered 1,500ft beyond the end of the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon.FlightRadar data shows the plane burst into flames after coming to a halt in an Amazon warehous
  
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• Heathrow and Gatwick cancellations - live: Air traffic control chaos across UK

  08-09-2026 19:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham are all among the airports hit by a major problem with air traffic control systems across the UK that has left tens of thousands stranded
  
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• Readers point out hypocrisy of Reform’s claims that the party champion ‘freedom of speech’

  08-09-2026 19:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Readers discuss the treatmentt of protestors at the Reform Party Conference, whether Farage would make a good PM and who ‘resonates’ with the party’s claims (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments This reader 'can't see' Farage as PMIn response to Richard Farrar saying that Coventry City have more chance of doing the double than of Nigel Farage becoming prime minister (MetroTalk, Tue),
  
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• Flights at UK airports grounded by air traffic control 'technical failure' that's cancelled 625 flights and will last for hours

  08-09-2026 19:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands of holidaymakers, including at Heathrow and Gatwick, are facing hours of delays, with disruption expected to last until at least 9pm this evening.
  
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• Channel 4 set to 'cut around 300 jobs' in its biggest round of layoffs ever as broadcaster battles to cut costs

  08-09-2026 19:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Around a quarter of the channel's workforce could be put at risk of job losses in the biggest overhaul of staff in its 43 year history.
  
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• Owners of £8million Cotswolds manor 'devastated' after huge blaze rips through historic building a year after they bought it

  08-09-2026 19:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Images from the scene show the extensive damage caused to Barton House after an electrical fire ripped through the historic manor house.
  
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• Foster mother accused of trading child for a MONKEY fully avoids jail time

  08-09-2026 19:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Brenda Deutsch, a Missouri foster mother accused of trading a foster child for a monkey, walked free after a judge suspended her sentence.
  
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• Max Allegri makes Arsenal Champions League claim ahead of Napoli clash

  08-09-2026 19:16 via metro.co.uk
  
  Massimiliano Allegri ahead of Napoli’s clash with Arsenal (Picture: Getty)Massimiliano Allegri has revealed Arsenal’s ‘greatest strength’ as Napoli prepare to face ‘one of the best’ teams in world football in the Champions League.Mikel Arteta’s Premier League champions were a penalty shootout away from winning the Champions League for the first time back in May.The Gunners kick-start their 2026-27 Champions League campaign on Wednesday night with a trip
  
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• Amazon plane crash victims' identities revealed as five killed when van struck by out-of-control aircraft

  08-09-2026 19:14 via dailymail.com
  
  The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport have been identified.
  
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• ‘Too soon’ – Emmanuel Petit rules one team out of Premier League title race

  08-09-2026 19:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit (Picture: talkSPORT)Former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit has already ruled one team out of this season’s Premier League title race.Defending champions Arsenal made a strong start to the season with comfortable victories over Coventry and Aston Villa in the opening fortnight of the season.And Mikel Arteta’s side laid down a further marker last weekend by coming from behind to beat London rivals Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.T
  
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• 'If Prince Harry really wants reconciliation with the King he must pick up phone and call him'

  08-09-2026 19:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Prince Harry has not spoken to the King since the Sussexes arrived to start their new life in the UK - and royal editor Russell Myers says it is becoming harder to square Harry's narrative of wanting family reconciliation
  
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• Priest accused of raping worshipper and abusing others at 'cult' Christian church is likened to Jimmy Savile

  08-09-2026 19:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Chris Brain, 69, has already been convicted of sexual offences against women who were part of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield.
  
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• Zelda fans can’t agree on Ocarina Of Time’s new graphics for Switch 2

  08-09-2026 18:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ocarina Of Time’s Switch 2 graphics are more contentious than the ones for the Star Fox remake (Nintendo)History is repeating itself as Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’s new graphics are proving polarising with fans, although they’ve not got the pitch forks out yet.In case you missed it, Nintendo shared an in-depth first look at its remake of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on Tuesday afternoon, with the game’s release date announced as November 5.Long story short, it looks
  
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• Ex-Senator Kyrsten Sinema suffers major blow in 'homewrecker' lawsuit by scorned ex-wife of her bodyguard boyfriend

  08-09-2026 18:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The order is a major blow for Sinema, and a development that could force her to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in damages.
  
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• Mom's anguish as relative finds her two children and their grandparents dead after plane vanished

  08-09-2026 18:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Guilaine Sosa, 56, last heard from her daughter, Sofia Sosa, 28, when she texted the family group chat that she was flying with her younger brother and grandparents from the Bahamas to Florida.
  
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• Heathrow and Gatwick flights grounded - live: Air traffic control chaos across UK

  08-09-2026 18:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham are all among the airports hit by a major problem with air traffic control systems across the UK that has left tens of thousands stranded
  
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• Online 'wild west' is radicalising young people to carry out nihilistic violence, Southport inquiry hears

  08-09-2026 18:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Psychologists are attempting to understand a 'new set of motivations for violence,' promoted to teenagers via pro-anorexia, self-harm, or so-called 'gore' communities online.
  
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• EUAN McCOLM: The MSPs now griping about Holyrood are the very same people who helped erode democratic standards

  08-09-2026 18:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Few people have thinner skins than politicians. Theirs may be a rough - even brutal - business but parliamentarians really can be a fragile lot.
  
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• Putin tells Trump Russia does not 'have any aggressive plans' for Europe

  08-09-2026 18:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A phone call between Putin and Trump reportedly took place today, while Zelelenskyy explained he is also hoping to meet Trump within two weeks
  
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• ITV’s savage sacking of Sir Tom Jones won’t save The Voice UK

  08-09-2026 18:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sir Tom Jones has given the show credibility (Picture: WireImage)‘There’s never a good time to fire an 86-year-old who is good at his job,’ wrote Sir Tom Jones, confirming his exit from The Voice UK after the end of the current series because, according to him, ITV has shown him the door.In a refreshingly candid statement that was light on corporate speak and heavy on justifiable anger, one of the world’s greatest living legends let rip at the channel.His evident heartbr
  
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• RNLI 'have target on their backs' as Portsmouth protesters identify them online branding heroes as 'traitors'

  08-09-2026 18:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Two RNLI rescuers have had their identities posted online by Portsmouth protesters who branded them 'collaborators' and 'traitors' for saving migrants stranded in the Channel
  
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• Flights at UK airports grounded by air traffic control 'technical failure' that's cancelled 300 flights and will last for hours

  08-09-2026 18:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Passengers at several airports across the country, including Luton, Manchester and Newcastle, have also reported delays.
  
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• Jewish voters turn on top Democrats as anti-Semitism worries become major flash point in crucial Senate races

  08-09-2026 18:12 via dailymail.com
  
  A gaping hole is emerging in the Democratic coalition ahead of the midterm elections in November.
  
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• Police admit getting intelligence about masked Dover protests – but it wasn’t fully assessed

  08-09-2026 18:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maz Garside said she told police that masked men were planning to descend on DoverA woman has said she warned police about the masked mass protest in Dover days before it happened, despite officers calling it ‘spontaneous’.Kent Police has been criticised for its ‘slow response’ after hundreds of masked protestors in balaclavas wearing all-black halted traffic at the port on Saturday.The force defended their handling of the ‘spontaneous protest’, but Metro has
  
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• Heathrow and Gatwick ground planes: Your rights if your flight is delayed or cancelled

  08-09-2026 18:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Flights across the UK are facing disruption (Picture: Ceri Breeze/Getty Images)Flights from airports in the UK and Ireland have been delayed and cancelled, due to a technical problem affecting air traffic control.Gatwick Airport and London Heathrow are some of the worst hit, with both hubs forced to halt all departures.Stansted and London City are also facing issues, while flights from other UK airports, including East Midlands, Manchester and Birmingham have also been disrupted.The Nation
  
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• Urgent hunt for violent man on the run in London... for the THIRD time

  08-09-2026 18:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Balasankar Narayanan, 46, ran off in South Park , east London, last Thursday while on escorted leave from a care facility in Ilford.
  
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• Iran claims dramatic capture of US submarine near the Strait of Hormuz

  08-09-2026 18:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard says it has captured a 'modern and smart' unmanned submarine at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz
  
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• Blind drink driver who travelled 150 miles using lorry lights as his guide spared jail after blaming mental 'breakdown'

  08-09-2026 18:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Anthony Hall, 50, who attended court wearing dark glasses and with a white stick, took his partner's Vauxhall from their home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire after downing bottles of wine.
  
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• Ballon d'Or 2026: Harry Kane and Man Utd star nominated as 30-man player list confirmed

  08-09-2026 18:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The list of nominees for the 2026 Ballon d'Or have been announced. Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham are both among those on the 30-player shortlist this time around
  
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• Family of toddler who died from sepsis after doctors 'misdiagnosed him with constipation' win NHS payout

  08-09-2026 18:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hudson Cole Perrins, two, was brought to hospital where doctors diagnosed him with contipation, tragically just four days later the tot died from multiple organ failure and sepsis caused by a UTI
  
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