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• School gets ‘flame’ back, 60 years on

  29-05-2015 22:12
  
  A SMALL wooden sculpture stolen as a prank by a pupil at a leading boys school has been returned – 60 years later.
  
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• Count Binface pledges to make arcade grabber games ‘fairer’ in Clacton manifesto

  27-07-2026 15:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Count Binface previously ran against Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election and Sadiq Khan in the 2024 London Mayoral election (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)Count Binface has unveiled his long-awaited manifesto for the Clacton by-election, pledging a new role for Wayne Rooney and a ‘more sensible position’ for a hand dryer 280 miles away.Nigel Farage’s top rival in the race has also taken on the Reform leader directly, with a promise not to ‘accept £5 mil
  
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• Capcom wants to release Resident Evil games every year with even more remakes

  27-07-2026 15:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  A wealth of Evil (Capcom)Resident Evil is set to become an annual franchise under Capcom, but don’t expect any spin-offs anytime soon.Capcom’s Resident Evil is more popular than ever thanks to its consistent quality across the mainline games and the remakes that began in 2019.The latest mainline title, Resident Evil Requiem, is the fastest-selling game in the series, while 2023’s Resident Evil 4 is the best-selling remake of the PlayStation 5 generation. In other words, the fr
  
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• With a fourth heatwave on its way – will the UK see wildfires like those in France?

  27-07-2026 15:02 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 PageThe UK is gearing up for a fourth heatwave of the year just as extreme weather in France and Spain sparked ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires.Huge blazes are just nine miles from the city of Bordeaux with officials warning the next 24 hours will be crucial to save the city.The fires on the continent are being fuelled by scorching temperatures, dry condition
  
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• Distraught families given ashes of strangers as bodies of loved ones left to rot in 'horror scene' funeral parlour tell court 'no sentence could ever be enough'

  27-07-2026 15:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Robert Bush, 47, stockpiled dozens of dead bodies and had half a ton of ashes in his Hull funeral home which was likened by a casual staff member who eventually raised the alarm to a 'horror scen
  
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• Chelsea eyeing shock transfer move for ex-Arsenal and Man Utd forward

  27-07-2026 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brighton star Danny Welbeck has emerged as a target for Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea (Picture: Getty)Chelsea are reportedly eyeing a sensational transfer move for Brighton forward Danny Welbeck.Welbeck has entered into the final 12 months of his current deal at the Amex Stadium and Chelsea have been alerted to a potential deal as they scour the market for attacking reinforcements.According to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, the Seagulls are ‘aware’ of Chelsea’s interest in
  
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• 'America's saddest murder trial' for nurse who killed her three young children while in throes of post-partum depression begins, with supportive ex-husband set to testify as first witness: Live updates

  27-07-2026 15:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick, is expected to testify on the first day of her murder trial today over the tragic deaths of their three young children.
  
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• Seattle festival bloodbath that left three dead was 'TARGETED shootout' as cops reveal multiple gunmen fired at each other in packed crowd

  27-07-2026 14:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Families were sent running for their lives after gunfire broke out on Sunday night at the Seattle Center as the annual Bite of Seattle food festival got underway in the city.
  
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• Labour surge ahead in polls for first time in 16 months - but Burnham insists he would 'rule out' a general election

  27-07-2026 14:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Just over a quarter of Brits would now vote for Labour in a general election , catapulting the party ahead of Reform for the first time since March last year.
  
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• Trump's Iran war thrown into chaos over fears Putin and Xi are plotting chilling next move

  27-07-2026 14:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Trump's decision to pull back from attacking Iran based on US stockpiles could enable his biggest foes: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
  
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• Record number of patients are being placed on mixed-sex NHS wards and accommodation

  27-07-2026 14:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Figures show a record 53,874 patients were treated in mixed-sex accommodation last year - more than double the 19,700 recorded in the year before the pandemic.
  
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• Newquay deaths: Man and 'daughter' drown after 'fall from cliff' at Fistral Beach

  27-07-2026 14:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beachgoers bravely tried to rescue a man and woman after they reportedly fell from a cliff and died in the choppy sea at Britain's most popular surfing spot.
  
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• These ‘idyllic’ Wiltshire towns could get direct trains to London next year

  27-07-2026 14:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Campaigners want pretty Bradford on Avon reconnected to the capital (Picture: Getty Images)Five years ago, the last direct train ran from Bristol Temple Meads through to London Waterloo, meaning towns including Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon lost their direct links to the capital.Now, a campaign group is pushing for routes to these scenic Wiltshire locations to be reinstated – and it looks like the rail bosses are listening. Following a passionate petition from the West Wiltshire Ra
  
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• Andy Burnham raises fears of higher council tax for homeowners in the South as PM warns of 'unfairness'

  27-07-2026 14:46 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister said ex-Chancellor Rachel Reeves was 'right to start' reforming council tax after she introduced a surcharge for higher-value homes - dubbed a 'mansion tax'.
  
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• Andy Burnham hints at new approach to council tax – what could change?

  27-07-2026 14:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  New Prime Minister Andy Burnham suggested he wanted to make council tax fairer (Picture: Reuters)It’s hard to find anyone who really loves council tax – not the people who have to pay it, and not the people at the Treasury who decide how it works.Introduced in 1993, the tax is still based on the value of property all the way back in 1991. Those values have unsurprisingly shifted in different ways across the UK over the past 35 years, leading to a twisted system.For example, the hous
  
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• Labour tops polls for first time in 16 months after Burnham’s first week as PM

  27-07-2026 14:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has given his party a bounce in the polls (Picture: Toby Melville/Pool Reuters via A)Andy Burnham has kicked off his second week in No 10 (both south and north) by handing the Labour Party a rare opinion poll lead.It marks the first time since March 2025 that Labour has come above Reform UK in a survey by More in Common – which may reassure the party’s MPs that they were right to dump Sir Keir Starmer as leader.According to the poll, carried out between July 24 and 27,
  
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• Italian teens behave so badly on Thailand trip that their country's embassy makes grovelling apology

  27-07-2026 14:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage of the incident has sparked massive backlash in Thailand with some going as far as waiting outside the hotel they were staying in to demand an apology
  
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• Albanian drug dealer, 38, was not deported 'because his daughter wets the bed'

  27-07-2026 14:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Shpresim Koka, 38, told the court in 2025 that the girl needed 'therapeutic intervention' due to her accidents - which worsened during his time in jail.
  
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• Mikel Arteta ‘absolutely smitten’ with idea of signing Vinicius Junior for Arsenal

  27-07-2026 14:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mikel Arteta is spearheading Arsenal’s ambitious move for Vinicius Junior (Picture: Getty)Arsenal remain realistic over their chances of signing Vinicius Junior from Real Madrid.The Brazil international superstar has 12 months remaining on his contract and with negotiations over an extension dragging, the Premier League champions are prepared to test the water with an audacious move.After missing out on Morgan Rogers to Chelsea and with Julian Alvarez making clear his priority remains swa
  
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• ‘Gripping’ Ruth Wilson BBC thriller about corpse hidden in house soars up Netflix top 10

  27-07-2026 14:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ruth Wilson stars as Magdalene laundries survivor Lorna Brady (Picture: BBC/Motive Pictures/Chris Barr)The real-life abuse of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland is a horror story in and of itself.The 2023 BBC drama The Woman in the Wall took those prison-like institutions for young women and constructed a murder investigation around them, set in a sleepy west Ireland town. Starring Ruth Wilson as survivor Lorna Brady, the six-parter has now been added to Netflix and started to gain tractio
  
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• 'Like knives inside me': Women hit out at 'barbaric' NHS womb procedure

  27-07-2026 14:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A disjointed approach to treating women's health in the UK means many women are suffering painful procedures unnecessarily
  
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• Killer Janine’s EastEnders story so far and her most audacious and shocking acts

  27-07-2026 14:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  A dummies guide to the wicked witch of Walford (Picture: BBC/Metro)Janine Butcher. The name alone strikes fear into the hearts of the residents of Albert Square, and utter glee into the hearts of EastEnders viewers.The deliciously devilish diva is one of the most notable baddies in the entire soap landscape.With a rap sheet that would make lesser villains tremble beneath her withering gaze and cruel smirk, there’s a reason she’s so revered among the pantheon of legendary soap wrong&
  
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• Fears Iran and Ukraine wars could merge into one conflict as Kyiv strikes Caspian Sea weapons ship heading for Russia and the Islamic Republic threatens revenge

  27-07-2026 14:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Tehran condemned Ukraine for carrying out the strike over the weekend on what it claims was a commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea.
  
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• Most polluted neighbourhoods in UK revealed - see how yours fares

  27-07-2026 14:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An interactive map reveals the worst pollution hotspots across Britain, with almost every neighbourhood exceeding recommended levels of harmful PM2.5 particles that can cause cancer
  
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• Boy, one, fighting for his life after horror 'fall from window' in Gillingham

  27-07-2026 14:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is understood the fall was from a flat above a shop in the Kent town
  
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• Man and woman who died at Fistral beach in Cornwall 'fell from rocks' as bystanders desperately tried to save them

  27-07-2026 14:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Witnesses to the tragedy claim the victims may have been a father and daughter who were walking at Fistral, Newquay, while holidaying in the area.
  
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• Moment knifeman lunges at woman during stabbing rampage that left three injured in Paris - before crowd pin him down with a chair

  27-07-2026 14:09 via dailymail.com
  
  One of the victims was taken to hospital in critical condition.
  
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• 'Donald Trump's meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu meeting is a nailbiter that affects us all'

  27-07-2026 14:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: 'Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is in the fight for his political life as he meets Donald Trump - the man he persuaded to enter a nightmare Iran quagmire and seemingly never-ending war - and the US leader is fuming'
  
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• Andy Burnham accused of plotting £18bn 'death tax' raid to pay for social care amid mounting fears over PM's plans

  27-07-2026 14:04 via dailymail.com
  
  In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Tory leader has warned against leaving it to 'the next generation to pay' for reforms.
  
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• 'Andy Burnham must fix social care - we're already paying the price and it's time we admitted it'

  27-07-2026 13:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: 'Andy Burnham may finally announce a funding plan to reform social care - but we’re paying the price now in taxpayers' cash as well as human misery'
  
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