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• Ronnie O’Sullivan says a pen was reason for huge Mark Selby win

  27-08-2026 14:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  The pen could be mightier than the cue for Ronnie O’Sullivan (Picture: Getty Images)Ronnie O’Sullivan is into the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open after a fine win over Mark Selby and has credited the addition of a pen to his arsenal.The Rocket has not been at his best for much of the campaign in Wuhan, but bounced back from losing the first two frames to beat the Jester from Leicester 5-3.There were encouraging signs for O’Sullivan after a poor start, finishing the match with br
  
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• Strictly’s Shirley Ballas’ scoring of rumoured dancer boyfriend ‘didn’t breach rules’ at competition

  11-10-2026 12:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Strictly star Shirley Ballas has been cleared of allegations of breaching rules at an international dance competition (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)It’s been decreed that Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas didn’t breach official rules after advancing her rumoured beau through a prestigious competition with her marks.The International Championships, now part of the International Dance Festival and considered the ‘Olympics of ballroom dancing’, were held at the Royal Alber
  
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• Yorkshire Wildlife Park confirms fate of tiger that mauled man to death – latest

  11-10-2026 12:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man who died after being attacked by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, was seen 'dancing' before entering the enclosure, witnesses say
  
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• Greatest threats to human survival revealed as two could wipe us out by next century

  11-10-2026 12:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Threats range from nuclear war to obesityNuclear war and the malicious use of AI could lead to the extinction of the human race by the end of this century, global experts have warned.Scientists from The Lancet said nuclear conflict could kill 133 million people by 2100.Their new report also listed the 17 major dangers to human health over the next 75 years, including high alcohol use, antimicrobial resistance and climate change.The Commission reached its conclusions by modelling how many years
  
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• Trump threatens to join air strikes after Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and injures 300

  11-10-2026 12:19 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 PageDonald Trump has threatened to join Saudi air strikes after 12 people were killed and more than 300 left injured in an attack on Riyadh’s airport.Defence Secretary Wes Streeting called a Houthi airstrike on King Khalid International Airport a ‘dangerous escalation’ and said the UK was assisting the kingdom, including with air-to-air refuell
  
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• Meghan Markle joins forces with Malala and reveals reason for secret Claridge's meeting

  11-10-2026 12:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duchess and Nobel laureate were snapped together this week - the pair have now shared photos of the lunch and revealed a collaboration between Meghan's brand and Malala's non-profit
  
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• UK not currently considering strikes on Houthis after airport kills 12, says Wes Streeting

  11-10-2026 12:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said an attack on Riyadh international airport, which killed 12 and left around 300 injured, 'can't possibly be justified in any circumstances'
  
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• Man left with 1,000 bedbug bites following repeated infestations

  11-10-2026 12:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael wakes up covered in dozens of new bites each day (Picture: SWNS)A man says he has been bitten by bedbugs more than 1,000 times despite repeated efforts to rid his home of the pest.Michael Giltinane, 63, a social housing tenant in Greenwich, south-east London, has had pest control visit his home six times.The bugs have left him unable to sleep, waking up to find bed bugs crawling on his body.Terrifying photographs show that Michael has been bitten all over his body – even on his fa
  
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• RICHARD EDEN: What not to wear? Posh's name all over your shades

  11-10-2026 12:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Susannah Constantine has made her allegiance in the Beckham family feud crystal clear - by blacking out Victoria's name from her sunglasses.
  
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• I’m a gay stepdad – I don’t know how to tell my kids I love them

  11-10-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I first met their Dad, Sam, my now husband, at a protest in June 2022 (Picture: Ben Smoke)I have a problem – I don’t know how to tell my kids I love them.Actually, I’m not really sure if I can call them ‘my kids’.My stepson, 12, and my stepdaughter, 10, have been in my life for four years but I have never found the words to express to them how I feel.Not because I don’t love them – they are some of the most important people in my life and I would do any
  
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• EastEnders fans terrified for Walford as dark new villain emerges

  11-10-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Who is the real Ned Hawkins? (Picture: BBC)One of the rules in soapland is this: If a character is too nice, it’s usually because there’s something sinister afoot.This appears to be the case for Ned Hawkins (Jamie Bamber) in EastEnders. Introduced as Gemma Hawkins’ (Patricia Potter) laid back husband who is also pals with Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), Ned’s now showing a darker side.It was revealed a few weeks ago that Ned and Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) have been ke
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2026: Amy Dowden's brilliant response to Brendan Cole criticism

  11-10-2026 11:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Strictly Come Dancing fans are reeling after a leaked spoiler has revealed a favourite couple are sent packing in the second elimination
  
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• I was a surrogate mother for a wealthy gay couple: They left me penniless, abandoned me with C-section wounds in the street and literally ran away with my baby

  11-10-2026 11:55 via dailymail.com
  
  She was stripped of the right to make decisions about her own body and left feeling 'exploited, used and abandoned'.
  
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• Businessman secretly living inside a 'granny flat' hidden inside a horse stable on his £2.25million Cotswolds estate for nearly TEN YEARS must tear it down

  11-10-2026 11:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Haulage boss James George, 54, has been told to strip out the cosy one-bed hideaway in a horseshoe-shaped stable block on land near affluent Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Baby dies after heart monitor suffers paper jam

  11-10-2026 11:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mum Bethany Sowerby was left devastated by her baby’s death (Picture: Getty Images Europe)A baby was delivered stillborn after staff failed to notice a paper jam on a monitoring machine because its alarm was set to silent, an inquiry has found.Bethany Sowerby, 32, was taken to the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough after becoming worried about her unborn baby Hattie’s movements.Doctors had been monitoring the baby’s heart rate but had not noticed a paper jam in th
  
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• Fans have been calling this Strictly star ‘unlikeable’ – I couldn’t disagree more

  11-10-2026 11:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jaime brings an intensity to each performance that no one else this series has shown (Picture: Grant Buchanan/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Primark)Jaime Winstone has consistently been one of the best dancers on Strictly so far but, for some reason, the public hasn’t got on board.Celebrity hairdresser Chris Appelton was the first to get the chop last week – and rightly so. His performances lacked any charisma or pizazz for someone who has buckets of both.But joining him in the bottom
  
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• Andy Carroll's Fame Academy sex abuser Kevin Adams is branded a 'monster' by his own daughter

  11-10-2026 11:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Adams, now 59, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in 2023 for sexually abusing the ex-Premier League striker while he was sleeping naked.
  
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• Met Office reveals how deadly Hurricane Isaias will impact UK weather next week

  11-10-2026 11:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Isaias has left hundreds of thousands of people without power in the US, and Met Office weather forecasters say it could soon impact weather in the UK
  
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• Wildlife expert says 'it's not the tiger's fault' after tragic mauling death

  11-10-2026 11:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tiger attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park echoes a fatal mauling in Oklahoma last year, which prompted a stark warning from a wildlife expert about the dangers of big cats
  
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• Should Meghan Markle’s Christmas collection be available in the UK? Take our poll and have your say

  11-10-2026 11:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle brand As Ever has released its festive collection, but it is only available for fans in the United States
  
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• Fears for Barry Manilow, 83, as health diagnosis revealed after he walked off stage

  11-10-2026 11:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Copacabana star, Barry Manilow, has cancelled his Las Vegas shows after cutting short his recent gig in Sin City when he walked off stage after just two songs
  
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• ‘Has to do better’ – Ray Parlour criticises Arsenal star after win over Leeds

  11-10-2026 11:36 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal legend Ray Parlour was less than impressed with Noni Madueke’s defending (Picture: Premier League Productions)Ray Parlour has criticised Noni Madueke’s failure to track back for Leeds’ goal against Arsenal, claiming the winger will be ‘disappointed’ when watching back James Justin’s strike.Arsenal were forced to come from behind to emerge from Saturday’s Premier League clash with all three points, with Leeds fully deserving of the game’s o
  
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• Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger latest: 'Lots of blood' as man killed by big cat

  11-10-2026 11:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man who died after being attacked by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, wanted 'to play' with the mammal, according to another visitor
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson: ‘Ranulph Fiennes should not be in a care home’

  11-10-2026 11:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  ‘I’ve known Ran all my adult life,’ Jeremy Clarkson said (Picture: Getty/Shutterstock)Jeremy Clarkson has shared his concern for longtime friend Sir Ranulph Fiennes, saying he’s ‘sad to hear about his current problems’.Questions about 82-year-old Sir Ranulph, who has not been seen in public for two years, rose after fellow explorer Anton Bowring wrote to him in February last year asking for his help, The Telegraph revealed.The British explorer is sa
  
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• Wes Streeting says UK has role to play after Donald Trump's astonishing Zelensky attack

  11-10-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has said the UK will 'try to bring our friends back together' after Donald Trump said it was 'time for Ukraine to get a new president' over criticism of his Russia oil deal
  
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• New weight loss jab could 'target belly fat' as well as drop number on the scale

  11-10-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research has shown the jab could cut fat around the internal organs and in the liver
  
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• Meghan spills the tea on her meeting with Malala Yousafzai: Duchess of Sussex reveals As Ever will donate net proceeds from jam and tea sales made today to support Malala Fund - just days after pair spotted at Claridge's

  11-10-2026 11:22 via dailymail.com
  
  The reason Meghan and Malala Yousafzai met for afternoon tea at Claridge's has now been revealed, with the high-profile pair announcing a collaboration to mark the International Day of the Girl.
  
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• Drivers urged to make 'quick' two-second check every autumn morning

  11-10-2026 11:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drivers heading out on chilly autumn mornings have been urged to add one tiny precaution to their routine
  
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• Aussie hiker who went missing during a solo trek in the remote South American wilderness found dead

  11-10-2026 11:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Jordan Yap last made contact with friends and family on September 14 ahead of a planned 10-day solo trek along Peru's Huayhuash mountain range
  
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• Trump chants ‘we will kill everyone’ and ‘praise be to Allah’ in bizarre speech 

  11-10-2026 11:16 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 PageDonald Trump gave a bizarre imitation of Iranian leadership during a rally in Tennessee while praising Allah.The US President, speaking about the Iran War, said that Iranian leadership is ‘freaking crazy’.He added: ‘They speak like, “We will kill, we will kill everyone.” They don’t talk that way anymore, by the way.‘
  
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