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• Rupert Murdoch berated Sun journalists for not doing enough to attack Ed Miliband

  20-04-2015 21:40
  
  Rupert Murdoch berated journalists on his tabloid papers for not doing enough to stop Labour winning the general election and warned them that the future of the company depended on stopping Ed Miliband entering No 10.
  
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• Hundreds missing including 12 British tourists after Nepal flash floods

  26-08-2026 13:09 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 PageHundreds of people are missing including 12 British tourists after flash flooding in Nepal.
  At least 17 people have been killed in the flood along the Bhote Koshi river near the border with Tibet.
  Some 291 foreign nationals are missing, including 12 Brits, along with 93 people from Nepal.
  The flood hit early on Wednesday in Rasuwa, which is north of Kathmand
  
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• ‘I landed my dream as easyJet cabin crew – at age 64’

  26-08-2026 13:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Francesca Hicks (centre) with her colleagues (left to right) Pilar Roman Palomino, Andrew Hampson, Elane Vass and Mehdi Lamrani (Picture: David Parry/PA Media Assignments)She had worked as a secretary and a dementia nurse. But in her early 60s, Francesca Hicks decided she needed a very different challenge.Eighteen months on and now 64, she’s racked up more than 250 flights as an easyJet cabin crew member and has a new found sense of confidence.‘When the opportunity to join easyJet c
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan reveals Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis retirement advice

  26-08-2026 13:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ronnie O’Sullivan is fighting to find form (Picture: Getty Images)Ronnie O’Sullivan can see himself retiring from snooker in 2028 after taking advice from fellow legends Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry.The Rocket is into the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open this week, still winning matches at 50 years old, but increasingly frustrated with his own performances.The seven-time world champion has beaten Ashley Carty, Yao Pengcheng and Stephen Maguire in Wuhan, but does not have high hope
  
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• Dolly Parton showed cruel billionaires the right way to be rich

  26-08-2026 13:03 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’s no denying Dolly Parton will be remembered as a musical great (Picture: AP/Andres Kudacki)While famous rich people launched themselves into space, invested in bitcoin, and chased trillionaire status, Dolly Parton gave us a real lesson in how to be rich.And following her death, that couldn’t be clearer.The Jolene hitmaker would reinvent what it means to be wealthy with one key difference: being rich shouldn’t just be about keeping your money for yourself – it shou
  
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• Ironman triathlete escapes alligator’s jaws by gouging it in the eye

  26-08-2026 13:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Bruney managed to get the creature to let go of his arm by poking it in the eye (Pictures: Instagram/j_bruney_/Getty)A 31-year-old triathlete narrowly escaped an alligator attack when it clamped down on his arm.Jonathan Bruney was training for an Ironman triathlon at 10.35am on August 23 when the alligator bit his right bicep while he swam in the Savannah River near 324 East Shoreline Drive, South Carolina.The beast pulled him underwater, but Bruney managed to escape after pushing his
  
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• Two people dead in house fire nearby site of deadly A66 crash

  26-08-2026 13:00 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 murder investigation has been launched after two people died in a house fire in Grangetown near Middlesbrough this morning.The incident comes as the town is still mourning the deaths of seven people, including two police officers, in a crash on the A66 in the early hours of Saturday.Police, ambulance, fire and rescue and Northern Gas Networks remain a
  
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• Hundreds of tourists missing including 12 Brits as flash flooding triggered by earthquake sweeps away buildings and bridges in Nepal

  26-08-2026 12:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of tourists, including 12 Britons, are missing after devastating floods in Nepal swept away buildings and bridges. 
  
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• Two more near misses between planes at Sydney Airport - with authorities now investigating six incidents in just over a month

  26-08-2026 12:55 via dailymail.com
  
  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is now investigating two new incidents at Sydney Airport.
  
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• Good riddance! Thameslink to replace more than 60,000 'ironing board' seats from next year

  26-08-2026 12:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands of standard class seats across 115 Thameslink trains will have their seat base cushions replaced along with improved backrests.
  
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• Children find bodies of parents in hot tub at rented villa in Spain

  26-08-2026 12:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  The bodies were found at Cap Blanc, an exclusive residential community near Valencia (Picture: Google Maps)An investigation has been launched after an Irish couple were found dead in a hot tub at a rented villa on the Spanish coast.The bodies of a man and a woman, aged 50 and 45 respectively, are understood to have been found by their teenage children on Tuesday.They then alerted the owner of the rented property they were staying in the residential estate of Cap Blanc in Cullera, around 25 mile
  
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• Dr Amir Khan says 'never throw away' breakfast by-product that's 'liquid gold'

  26-08-2026 12:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Amir Khan, known for his TV appearances, has urged people to never throw away a common breakfast by-product as it's contains plenty of proteins and nutrients
  
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• Sam Allardyce changes Premier League prediction: ‘I think they will do it’

  26-08-2026 12:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Premier League manager Sam Allardyce (Picture: Getty)Sam Allardyce has already changed his main Premier League prediction after the very first weekend of the new season.Defending champions Arsenal came into this season as the bookmakers’ favourites to defend their title, and got underway with a convincing 3-0 win over Coventry City on Friday.But it was a topsy-turvy weekend for the rest of the ‘Big Six’, with both Manchester United and Tottenham falling to disappointing
  
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• Nepal floods live: 100s of tourists including 12 Brits missing after avalanche

  26-08-2026 12:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As many as 384 tourists, including 291 from countries including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, have been reported missing in Nepal after flooding
  
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• Fears of 'severe' flash floods as Britain faces 'intense' thunderstorms with a month's worth of rain set to fall on parched ground

  26-08-2026 12:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The Met Office extended yellow warnings across England and Wales as a band of slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms travelled northwards this morning.
  
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• 'Just don't do it': CIA chief's warning to Putin revealed as drone attacks fuel fears he'll start war with Europe

  26-08-2026 12:42 via dailymail.com
  
  It comes at a particularly fraught moment for Nato, as Russian missiles and drones repeatedly test the defences of countries along the alliance's eastern frontier.
  
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• Two people missing after huge house fire feared to be 'gangland revenge attack' linked to youths killed in A66 crash

  26-08-2026 12:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Police, ambulance, firefighters and gas engineers were on scene in the Grangetown area of Middlesbrough today, near South Bank where the crash happened on Saturday.
  
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• Is Putin about to wage war on Europe? Fears Russia could attack after CIA chief's mystery visit to Moscow

  26-08-2026 12:35 via dailymail.com
  
  It comes at a particularly fraught moment for Nato, as Russian missiles and drones repeatedly test the defences of countries along the alliance's eastern frontier.
  
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• Nepal floods live: 100s of tourists including Brits missing as Bhotekoshi River swells

  26-08-2026 12:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As many as 384 tourists, including 291 from countries including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, have been reported missing in Nepal after flooding
  
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• Harry and Meghan ‘relate to Britain differently’ after six years in California, says Sussexes' biographer

  26-08-2026 12:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Omid Scobie, who has previously been described as a ‘cheerleader’ of the Duke and Duchess, has claimed that the royal couple are ‘not the same people who left’ in 2020
  
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• Dolly Parton dies after brief battle with cancer as heartbreaking final days revealed

  26-08-2026 12:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fans around the world are united in grief after it was announced that Dolly Parton - widely regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music - has died following a brief battle with cancer
  
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• Hundreds of tourists missing including 12 Brits as flash flood triggered by earthquake sweeps away buildings and bridges in Nepal 

  26-08-2026 12:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds of tourists, including 12 Britons, are missing after devastating floods in Nepal that swept away buildings and bridges have killed at least eight. 
  
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• Alejandro Balde performs U-turn and makes decision on Man Utd transfer

  26-08-2026 12:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alejandro Bale has emerged as a late transfer window target for Manchester United (Credits: Breton/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)Manchester United appear likely to be frustrated once again in their search for a new left-back with Alejandro Balde the latest player to snub a move to Old Trafford.
  Michael Carrick’s defensive issues were laid bare last weekend when his side slumped to a 2-0 opening weekend defeat against newly-promoted Hull City.
  With Lisandro Martinez and Matthijs de Ligt not yet av
  
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• Yet another Hollyoaks death confirmed as star makes unexpected exit

  26-08-2026 12:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Another Hollyoaks death has been confirmed (Picture: Lime Pictures)Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Wednesday’s (August 26) episode that is now available to view on Channel 4 streaming. The episode in question will air on E4 on at 7pm.Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) and Beth Keane (Rebecca Ryan) were left reeling to discover that Martin Frost (Darren Tighe), the man who framed Cindy for Rex Gallagher’s (Jonny Labey) demise, was dead.
  Rex, as viewers will re
  
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• Emmerdale actress staging return after nine years and it’s all very mysterious

  26-08-2026 12:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Curiouser and curiouser… (Picture: ITV/Metro)There’s no shortage of dramatic comebacks in the nation’s favourite Yorkshire village. But this Emmerdale blast from the past is set to take everyone by surprise.Quite a number of old faces have turned up in the Dales lately.First of all, the world’s scariest butler Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) came back from the dead earlier this year. Then the second coming of uber-soap bitch Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) was announc
  
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• It’s all a lie! Coronation Street confirms twist in Lucy murder story

  26-08-2026 12:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  A huge clue has been dropped (Picture: ITV)The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Coronation Street dated August 26. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX and YouTube.
  Sally and Tim Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor and Joe Duttine) are trying their best to deal with Lucy’s (Anya Dewin) behavioural challenges in Coronation Street. Believing that she’s traumatised after witnessing her dad kill her mum, no one has actually stopped to wonder whether Lu
  
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• Children face bone health timebomb with expert blaming lack of play and poor diet

  26-08-2026 12:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Children are playing outside far less than their parents did - and combined with dietary changes this is storing up future health problems, warns yoghurt brand Yoplait
  
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• Middlesbrough fire live: Four in hospital with armed police at Grangetown house blaze

  26-08-2026 12:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seven fire engines were called to Birchington Avenue and Leighton Road, which are closed, while crews deal with the incident in Grangetown
  
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• Dad of Treasury worker who took her own life speaks out about ‘unbearable loss’

  26-08-2026 12:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chloe Moffat, a personal assistant to a Treasury director, died last yearThe dad of a civil service worker who took her own life a day after a meeting with her managers has accused the Treasury of failing in its duty of care.Chloe Moffat, 26, was a personal assistant to a Treasury director when she died on May 20 last year.The day before her death, she had attended what she believed would be a routine one-to-one meeting with her line manager.However, instead, a more senior manager was present a
  
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• Dad of Treasury worker who took her own life says it failed duty of care

  26-08-2026 12:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chloe Moffat, a personal assistant to a Treasury director, died last year (Picture: Facebook/chloe.moffat)The dad of a civil service worker who took her own life a day after a meeting with her managers has accused the Treasury of failing in its duty of care.Chloe Moffat, 26, was a personal assistant to a Treasury director when she died on May 20 last year.The day before her death, she had attended what she believed would be a routine one-to-one meeting with her line manager.However, instead, a
  
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