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• Scots ferry sailed 600 times...without a single passenger!

  12-09-2026 18:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland's worst ferry service left port with no passengers on board almost 600 times last year.
  
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• Glamorous woman is killed in broad daylight by DoorDash worker, 22, who incessantly stalked her after Biden administration let him into the country

  14-09-2026 16:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Shalini Thakur, 38, was gunned down outside a Panera Bread in Sacramento during the afternoon of September 8. The suspect, Rohit Rohit, 22, was an illegal migrant from India.
  
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• Heart-pounding dashcam footage shows moment car is clipped on the freeway and flips multiple times

  14-09-2026 16:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Two cars collided on the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains, south Brisbane, on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Businessman who murdered his heiress fiancée in luxury Paris hotel suite jailed again for 'degrading' assault on his own 83-year-old father

  14-09-2026 15:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Ian Griffin, 57, moved back to the UK after serving only 22 months of a 14-year sentence for the murder ofKinga Legg, 36, in the £1,000 a night Hotel Le Bristol in Paris.
  
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• Papa Johns is changing its reward scheme - and you'll need to spend more to get free pizza

  14-09-2026 15:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You get one point for every £1 spent at Papa Johns - then every 20 points you get is worth £3 of 'Papa Dough'
  
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• Two Great North Run competitors die after collapsing during half-marathon

  14-09-2026 15:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  63,000 runners took part in the Newcastle to South Shields run (Picture: Getty)Two young men taking part in the Great North Run have died after collapsing during the half-marathon.Both were aged 25 and from the North East of England and died despite the ‘very best efforts’ of paramedics.Work is ongoing to ascertain their cause of death.
  The Great Run Company said: ‘Everyone involved in organising the Great North Run extends their heartfelt condolences to the family and friends
  
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• Late Queen's confidant Angela Kelly 'signs up for tell-all TV project - and royals are worried'

  14-09-2026 15:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The late Queen and Angela forged a strong friendship through their decades of working together, and was often referred to as the late monarch’s right-hand woman
  
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• UK weather maps show exact dates of last hot spell of the year as 26C highs loom

  14-09-2026 15:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New weather maps show parts of England could soon bask in temperatures expected to reach to 26C, in what forecasters suggest could be the last hot spell of the year
  
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• British serviceperson dies in ‘road traffic incident’ in Ukraine

  14-09-2026 15:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  A Ministry of Defence spokesperson confirmed the death (Picture: Getty Images Europe)A British serviceperson has died in a ‘road traffic incident’ in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence has said.The serviceperson died on Saturday, September 12, with the MoD confirming the death was not the result of hostile action.A spokesperson said: ‘It is with deep regret that we must announce that a member of the UK Armed Forces died in a road traffic incident in Ukraine on Saturday 12th Sept
  
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• More than 200 Brit 'drug mules' are detained overseas in Thailand-linked smuggling cases, Foreign Office reveals as tourists are warned they face death penalty in some countries

  14-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 200 Brits are currently detained overseas in cannabis smuggling cases linked to Thailand alone, new data has revealed.
  
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• 'I just don't do consent': The jaw-dropping admission from husband of leading anti-abortion campaigner

  14-09-2026 15:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Dr Joanna Howe's husband James made the shocking admission during a video in which the couple savaged Teach Us Consent founder Chanel Contos.
  
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• ‘That’s a worry’ – Paul Merson highlights big Chelsea ‘problem’ after Hull draw

  14-09-2026 15:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Merson is ‘worried’ by Chelsea’s lack of stability at the back (Picture: Sky Sports)Paul Merson says Xabi Alonso’s failure to land on a settled defence is a ‘worry’ and could become a major ‘problem’ if the Chelsea manager fails to ‘sort it out’ sooner rather than later.There was a renewed sense of optimism amongst Chelsea’s fanbase heading into the season following a move away from the club’s purely youth-led transfer
  
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• Second British soldier is killed in Ukraine after 'road traffic incident'

  14-09-2026 15:50 via dailymail.com
  
  A member of the UK armed forces died in a "road traffic incident" in Ukraine on Saturday, the Ministry of Defence said.
  
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• Member of UK Armed Forces killed in Ukraine after road traffic accident

  14-09-2026 15:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Defence said a member of the UK Armed Forces died in a road traffic incident in Ukraine on Saturday
  
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• Bali murder-suicide dad told me how his world had collapsed and confessed he was ready to 'pull the pin'. I begged him not to do anything silly - but days later, he smothered his two young kids and killed himself

  14-09-2026 15:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Maritime worker Damien John Shaw, 56, from Fremantle in Western Australia , was found dead alongside his son, six, and daughter, four, inside a villa near Kuta at 10.14am on Sunday.
  
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• King Charles steps in to help Prince Harry as Uganda U-turns on decision to shun Invictus Games

  14-09-2026 15:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It has emerged that Uganda, which had previously said it was pulling out of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games, will compete next year following an intervention by Harry’s father, the King
  
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• Thai Buddhist monk who was caught on temple CCTV having sex with his lover confesses to two-year relationship - as cops discover haul of jewellery and cash worth £5million

  14-09-2026 15:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Footage showing Phra Wachirayan Wi having sex on a table in his residence was widely broadcast on Thai media last week.
  
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• Uproar as Australian Teachers Mutual Bank tells workers: We have installed tracking devices in your cars, they can't be turned off and will follow you wherever you go, even on the weekend

  14-09-2026 15:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Staff were told to install tracking devices in company vehicles before learning they allegedly couldn't be switched off during private trips, sparking a major privacy dispute.
  
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• Great North Run tragedy as two 25-year-olds collapse and die during half marathon

  14-09-2026 15:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two runners, both 25 year old males from the North East, collapsed at the event last weekend which saw 63,000 runners tackle the 13.1 mile route
  
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• Ash billows two and a half miles into sky and ‘red alert’ issued after Mount Etna erupts

  14-09-2026 15:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of flights have been diverted or cancelled (Picture: via Reuters)Mount Etna has erupted, sending clouds of volcanic ash billowing two and a half miles into the sky and causing travel disruption.Travellers with flights to Catania, Sicily, have been urged to check the status of their journey after hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted.The recent eruption of Europe’s tallest and most active volcano has prompted experts at the Etna Volcano Observatory to issue a red VONA (Vo
  
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• Parents warned Halloween pumpkins could be too small to carve this year after drought wreaks havoc

  14-09-2026 15:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This summer's parched conditions have stunted the size - and quantity - of pumpkins in some areas of the country
  
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• Woman was told she had a terminal brain tumour and underwent 11 years of torturous chemotherapy - only to find out she never had cancer in the first place

  14-09-2026 15:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Becky Jones was just 21, newly in love and dreaming of a career in the police when doctors told her she had an aggressive brain tumour and only months to live.
  
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• Cabinet Secretary ousted by Starmer got eye-watering payoff worth more than £850,000

  14-09-2026 15:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Chris Wormald received 'contractual compensation' of £332,897 and 'additional severance' of £526,598.
  
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• 'The water turned brown and we all started vomiting' - inside UK's toxic sea summer

  14-09-2026 15:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: As an alarming new report shows that sewage was discharged into England's swimming spots for more than 2,000 hours this summer, surfers and families have told how illness, fear and hospitalisations have changed their relationship with the sea and rivers
  
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• Man caught red-handed masturbating in health club hot tub by off-duty police officer

  14-09-2026 15:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Bateman was caught by an off-duty police officer (Picture: SWNS)A man was caught masturbating in a jacuzzi at an upmarket health club by an off-duty police officer, a court has heard.Paul Bateman, 58, had his swimming shorts down and was in the midst of the lewd act at Bannatyne Health Club and Spa in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, when he was spotted.Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard that the officer had also been at the Thorpe St Andrew health club and that he was not on shift at the ti
  
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• Man caught red-handed masturbating in health club hot tub by off-duty officer

  14-09-2026 15:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Bateman was caught by an off-duty police officer (Picture: SWNS)A man was caught masturbating in a jacuzzi at an upmarket health club by an off-duty police officer, a court has heard.Paul Bateman, 58, had his swimming shorts down and was in the midst of the lewd act at Bannatyne Health Club and Spa in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, when he was spotted.Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard that the police officer had been at the Thorpe St Andrew health club while off-duty.When he went to use t
  
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• Fiat 500 spotted driving wrong way down A55 as concerned motorists call police

  14-09-2026 15:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incident allegedly involved a red Fiat 500 which was spotted travelling on the wrong side of the road on the A55 in Northop, Flintshire
  
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• Martin Lewis responds to 'disappointing' student loans update after repayment controversy

  14-09-2026 15:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis wants the government to axe the upcoming repayment threshold freeze on Plan 2 student loans
  
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• UK's 'best theme park' has been crowned with 30 attractions and £16 tickets

  14-09-2026 15:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A family theme park near a seaside town with more than 30 attractions and tickets starting from £16, has been named the UK's best for this year, but not everyone has heard of it
  
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• Florida governor offers ‘asylum’ to Lindsay Clancy trial holdout juror

  14-09-2026 15:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ron DeSantis has accused the media of a ‘smear campaign’ after one man led to Lindsay Clancy’s trial ending in a mistrial (Picture: AP)Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has offered ‘asylum’ in his state to the unidentified holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case.Eleven of the 12 jurors in the trial were reportedly ready to find Clancy not guilty of murdering her three children Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan on January 24 2023.The former labour a
  
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