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• Second crypto-billionaire donates £36,000,000 to Reform UK within 24 hours

  12-09-2026 09:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage said he was ‘honoured and humbled’ by the donation (Picture: Shutterstock)Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has been given £72million by two crypto-billionaires in the past 24 hours.Ben Delo said he had given money to ensure Nigel Farage’s party can put up a ‘fair fight’ at the next election.And now Christopher Harborne has revealed he matched Delo’ donation, saying Britain ‘needs to regenerate’ and improve healthcare, educati
  
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• Prince William to announce electric tuk tuks as finalists for his Earthshot prize: Makers of eco-powered autorickshaws could win £1million

  12-09-2026 18:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Mahindra, India's largest makers of electric autorickshaws, are one of 15 finalists shortlisted for the Prince of Wales' Earthshot prize with the rest set to be announced next Friday.
  
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• Reform's Sarah Pochin reveals all her party's MPs have 24-hour security after Ann Widdecombe was killed - and says her children have begged her to quit politics

  12-09-2026 18:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Sarah Pochin has said she and Reform UK's other MPs now all have 24-hour security and that her children have begged her to quit politics because they fear for her safety.
  
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• ‘Twisty’ Dutch thriller about dinner party gone wrong soars up Netflix top 10

  12-09-2026 18:00 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 PageEver been to a terrible dinner party?This one might give yours a run for its money. Based on a 2004 bestseller by Saskia Noort, the new Dutch thriller The Perfect Lie centres around the fripperies of a supper club.The Dinner Club involves extravagant, boozy evenings, where middle-aged couples let loose, or, according to the Netflix synopsis, ‘fully ind
  
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• Penny’s unexpected ally as she goes into labour while Vinny suffers in EastEnders

  12-09-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Penny and Vinny have a stressful week ahead as they welcome their new arrival (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)Penny Branning (Kitty Castledine) and Vinny Panesar (Shiv Jalota) are set for a life-changing week in EastEnders as their baby makes a dramatic arrival, but a huge secret threatens to destroy their happiness almost immediately.Before the big day arrives, Pennyis left worried when she begins experiencing labour pains.Concerned for her unborn baby, she seeks medical advice but i
  
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• UK's busiest long-distance train line cuts trains for Christmas to 'save taxpayers' - but route to Andy Burnham's Number 10 North avoids the axe'

  12-09-2026 17:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Train operator Avanti has been given government approval to cut scores of daily services between December 7 and 23 and from January 4 to 7 to 'save taxpayers money'.
  
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• Bank of England spent £85,000 on research to justify dropping Winston Churchill and other British heroes from banknotes

  12-09-2026 17:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Research carried out on behalf of the Bank suggested portraits of notable Britons such as Churchill, Alan Turing and Jane Austen should be replaced by wildlife designs.
  
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• Chester Zoo ruthlessly mocked for advertising tickets to ‘child predator tour’

  12-09-2026 17:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chester Zoo’s predator tour was given an unfortunate description (Picture: PA)Chester Zoo has inadvertently gone viral for advertising a ‘child predator tour’.The zoo in Upton-by-Chester is one of the UK’s largest, covering 51 hectares, and has over 30,000 animals from more than 500 species.Its website lets visitors book day tickets in advance, with extras including the red panda experience, a snow leopard breakfast, a behind-the-scenes visit to the elephant house, and e
  
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• Trump says Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman is a 'good friend of mine' and reveals they had 'fine and dandy' phone call... just hours after 9/11 widow blasted Arab kingdom for 'supporting' terrorists

  12-09-2026 17:37 via dailymail.com
  
  President Donald Trump celebrated Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as a 'good friend' a day after 9/11 victims demanded accountability for the kingdom's ties to the terror attack.
  
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• Nigel Farage accused of failing to declare donors from fundraising events in the Middle East

  12-09-2026 17:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
  
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• BBC TV Licence refund on £180 payment - full list of people entitled

  12-09-2026 17:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  TV Licensing outlines the specific circumstances in which you can claim a refund on your £180 TV Licence payment
  
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• Police move in to arrest anti-migrant protesters in angry clashes at Portsmouth demo after marchers were warned not to cover their faces

  12-09-2026 17:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Anti-migrant protesters are marching in Portsmouth today, as police warned attendees not to cover their faces and vowed to make more arrests.
  
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• Wendy's manager fired after she allegedly tied neurodivergent worker to a stove so she didn't have to 'babysit' him

  12-09-2026 17:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Michiko Burton allegedly tied her coworker to a stove in a Murfreesboro Wendy's location so he would 'stay put,' fellow coworker Nicholus Murphy said.
  
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• The ‘misogynistic’ phrases every parent needs to look out for — especially if you have a boy

  12-09-2026 17:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  The language is constantly changing (Picture: Getty)If you’ve got a young daughter in school there’s a one in four chance that she’s been called a degrading name online.If you’ve got a young son, there’s a 57% chance he’s been guilty of calling a girl in his class a degrading name, due to the fear he’d be dubbed ‘boring’ if he didn’t join in with misogynistic banter.But as we’ve seen through the lens of TV sensation Adolescence a
  
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• British firms face boycotts in US if they implement Labour's new ban on trading with Israel's West Bank

  12-09-2026 17:05 via dailymail.com
  
  British firms operating in the US face boycotts if they implement Labour's new ban on trading with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. 
  
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• On-the-run tea heiress disappeared with my autistic sons and the only time I have seen them since was on TV, says devastated ex-husband

  12-09-2026 17:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Nishika Samaratunga, a 34-year-old British citizen originally from Sri Lanka, is believed to be hiding the whereabouts of the couple's two children - Blaine, five, and Nathaniel, three.
  
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• Boyfriend told partner 'If I can't have her then nobody else can' before the pair died when he crashed into a lorry, inquest hears

  12-09-2026 17:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Lydia Marsh (pictured) died after her partner, Stephen Rhodes, drifted his Mazda MX-5 into the path of an oncoming HGV on a busy road near Gisburn, Lancashire, in April this year.
  
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• Anthropic CEO begs AI bosses to slow down on potentially deadly technology after whistleblower's chilling warning

  12-09-2026 17:03 via dailymail.com
  
  CEO Dario Amodei published the warning in the aftermath of the viral resignation of whistleblower Jacob Coxon, who said AI was posing an existential threat to humanity.
  
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• Man 'hijacks Omagh bus at knife point' with armed cops in pursuit

  12-09-2026 16:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man aged in his 30s has been arrested in Omagh, Northern Ireland, after he allegedly hijacked the 273 Derry Express and kept the driver hostage before being stopped by police
  
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• Wife accused of murdering husband using a flagpole at their luxury condo

  12-09-2026 16:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Vicky Kim has been charged with murder after her husband was found dead at The Enclave in Palm Desert on September 4.
  
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• Fraudster drained £200,000 from family’s savings and went on year-long holiday

  12-09-2026 16:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Terry O’Connor, 33, set up online banking for his parents, siblings and grandad and spent the next five years siphoning off cash into his own account (Picture: Wales News Service)A shameless thief who raided his own family’s bank accounts for £200,000 and ran off to Turkey for a year-long holiday has been jailed.Terry O’Connor, 33, secretly set up phone and online banking for his parents, siblings and grandad and spent the next five years siphoning off cash into his own
  
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• Nuns swindled after two men flee their guesthouse without paying four-figure bill

  12-09-2026 16:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two nuns who have been left short of a four-figure sum have been trying to work out what happened after two men allegedly left their guesthouse without paying their bill
  
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• Campaigners warn of 'dark day for democracy' after billionaires hand Reform £72 million donations

  12-09-2026 16:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The first mammoth sum came from Ben Delo, a British billionaire, who last year was given an unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump over a Bank Secrecy Act violation
  
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• Father's disturbing criminal past before being accused of killing his newborn daughter and launching fundraising page for her

  12-09-2026 16:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher Evans, 35, was arrested in Cincinnati on Thursday, five days after his child was found unresponsive in his home.
  
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• Ever done a ‘stride of pride’? You’ve probably come through this Tube stop

  12-09-2026 16:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Do you remember your first ‘stride of pride’? (Picture: Getty Images)Every Sunday morning, Londoners across the city wake up in a bed that isn’t their own, pull on last night’s clothes, and begin the long journey home.Armed with a large McDonald’s Diet Coke and at least three hash browns, they descend into the capital’s underbelly, sharing the Tube with Pilates princesses and groups of friends heading to the Natural History Museum.I’m of course talking
  
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• Dr Amir Khan says 'no' and explains common method for treating nosebleeds is wrong

  12-09-2026 16:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS GP Dr Amir Khan says a common method for dealing with nosebleeds is not correct
  
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• Two men handcuffed mid-flight after ‘screaming they wanted to shoot people’

  12-09-2026 16:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two passengers on a Qatar Airways flight had to be restraind by multiple crew members (Picture: James D. Morgan/Getty Images for Virgin Australia)Carnage ensued on a flight from Australia to Qatar when two men turned violent and had to be handcuffed while mid-air.The passengers were aboard Qatar Airways flight VA7 on Friday, which departed from Melbourne and was headed to Doha.Fellow travellers described the ‘very scary’ moment the pair became ‘agitated’, praising the fl
  
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• UK temperatures to soar to 25C on Monday as another heatwave on the cards

  12-09-2026 16:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued a verdict on the UK's September heatwave as temperatures are set to soar to 25C on Monday, with the hottest spots likely in the East of England
  
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• Anti-migrant protesters clash with police in Portsmouth after they were warned not to cover their faces by force that has vowed to make more arrests

  12-09-2026 16:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Anti-migrant protesters are marching in Portsmouth today, as police warned attendees not to cover their faces and vowed to make more arrests.
  
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• Ant and Dec poke fun at Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield ‘queuegate’ scandal

  12-09-2026 16:13 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 PageAnt and Dec have poked fun at Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield by bringing up ‘queuegate’ on their podcast.
  The pair were discussing the Bayeux tapestry, which has recently arrived at the British MuseumSadly, tickets have been very popular, which means it’s very difficult to actually see.
  ‘It’s the first time in nearly 1,0
  
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