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• Shareholder power 'hitting growth'

  24-07-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England's chief economist has expressed concern that shareholders' power is holding back economic growth.
  
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• Trump warns damage to ships will be paid for with seized 'Iranian Money' as tensions mount in Strait of Hormuz

  24-07-2026 00:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The commander-in-chief made the announcement on his Truth Social platform Thursday evening as tensions mount in the strait, through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply traverses.
  
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• Bargain hunter bought Connecticut mansion for a pittance only to find family decomposing inside. Now mystery turns even darker as likely cause of death and troubling past are revealed

  24-07-2026 00:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Edward Marchion was horrified to discover three corpses inside a home he bought in a foreclosure auction. Now their secrets have begun to emerge.
  
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• Real reason publican Charlie Chawke will now change the paperwork of famous pub son Bill ran - just weeks after jailing of two of his children for violent assault - revealed

  24-07-2026 00:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The well-known Dublin publican behind Searson's of Baggott Street visited son Bill and daughter Alison in prison last week.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch calls for killers, rapists and child abusers to be exempt from Labour's early release scheme

  24-07-2026 00:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Plans for some 6,000 criminals to be released early under the new Sentencing Act were due to come into force in September.
  
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• Australia hit with 12.5 per cent tariff by Donald Trump - as US plans levies on dozens of trade partners

  24-07-2026 00:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The office of the US trade representative Jamieson Greer published a statement on the decision.
  
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• PETER VAN ONSELEN: The three wise men of Australia's economy have spoken. This is what must be done to turn the country around... as living standards crash

  24-07-2026 00:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Australia is on track for its weakest decade of growth in living standards in more than a century. That's an unbelievably bad statistic for the country.
  
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• One dead and three rushed to hospital after explosion in Bedford

  24-07-2026 00:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A man has died and three people have been rushed to hospital after an explosion in Bedford.
  
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• Kemi's popularity is on the rise as Farage's public rating takes a dip

  24-07-2026 00:12 via dailymail.com
  
  In the week she accused the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham of having no plan for the country, her 'net-favourability rating' was put at minus 11.
  
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• Arsenal willing to include £64m signing in Julian Alvarez ‘part swap deal’ with Atletico Madrid

  24-07-2026 00:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal have made Julian Alvarez one of their top attacking transfer targets (Shutterstock)Arsenal are willing to include Viktor Gyokeres in an exchange deal with Atletico Madrid for Julian Alvarez, according to reports.Alvarez has already made it clear that he wants to leave Atletico Madrid this summer.‘I spoke with the people at [Atletico] I needed to speak with, and the best thing for everyone is a transfer. I want to fulfil my dream,’ Alvarez said after Argentina’s wi
  
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• Inside the 'teenager's bedroom' lair of alleged creep, 52, accused of plastering AI deepfake porn posters around town - and the terrifying cache of weapons cops allegedly found stashed in a wardrobe

  24-07-2026 00:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The images allegedly featured the victims' faces superimposed onto bodies of women shown performing explicit sexual acts.
  
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• Donald Trump declares he 'would like to be next President' in threat to US Constitution

  24-07-2026 00:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that he would like to run a third term, despite the Constitution not allowing him to do so.
  
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• 'I'm deeply sorry': Police admit they had Manchester synagogue attacker's phones months BEFORE atrocity but failed to access messages saying he'd 'had enough of this world' and was 'war ready'

  23-07-2026 23:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Sir Stephen Watson, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, issued his apology as an associate of Jihad Al-Shamie was jailed for life for plotting with him to attack a UK training base two months earlier.
  
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• Accused 'sex extorter' Trump ally gets brutal news as he's slapped with fresh DOJ investigation

  23-07-2026 23:53 via dailymail.com
  
  A person familiar with the matter confirmed the investigation, though the details of what the probe itself entails remain unclear.
  
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• All eyes on Qantas as thousands watch airline's test for world's longest non-stop route between Melbourne and Toulouse

  23-07-2026 23:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Qantas' new ultra-long range jet is making its first 17,000km test flight from Toulouse, France, to Melbourne, Australia.
  
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• Couple vow never to return to Skegness Butlin's as state of room leaves them in tears

  23-07-2026 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Colin Newton and his wife, Paula, left Butlin's in Skegness, Lincolnshire, after just one night after they claimed to have found their room in a revolting state
  
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• Donald Trump slaps UK with new 10% import tariff after Supreme Court defeat

  23-07-2026 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US President has increased the import tariff for UK goods to 10 per cent - it will be added on to UK good from Friday
  
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• Prince Harry must wait on security decision as officials deal with protecting nine ex-Prime Ministers

  23-07-2026 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry has been denied automatic security protection after he stepped down from frontline royal duties and moved to California, where he lives with Meghan Markle and their two children
  
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• Explosive Cabinet memo lays blame for delays in delivery of new National Children's Hospital squarely with main contractor BAM - after an 'unprecedented' total of more than 200,000 defects were recorded at site

  23-07-2026 23:37 via dailymail.com
  
  An explosive Cabinet memo has laid the blame for delays in the new National Children's Hospital (NCH) with main contractor BAM.
  
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• M6 traffic chaos as massive offal spillage near Stafford sparks 90 minute delays

  23-07-2026 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Offal spilled across the motorway's northbound carriageway near Stafford with specialist clean-up equipment taking hours to arrive
  
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• Andy Burnham's new No10 North declared 'open for business' ahead of PM visit

  23-07-2026 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New PM Andy Burnham announced his ambition to create a northern branch of Downing Street in Manchester last month to stop power being hoarded in Westminster
  
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• Alarm as Georgia suffers 'nationwide blackout' with cities plunged into darkness

  23-07-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People living in Georgia have reported huge power outages across the whole country tonight, with millions potentially affected by the massive blackout
  
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• King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive at the Commonwealth Games in a TARDIS - before watching touching opening ceremony from thrones next to new PM Andy Burnham

  23-07-2026 23:27 via dailymail.com
  
  King Charles and Queen Camilla made a dramatic entrance at the OVO Hydro Arena in a TARDIS ahead of the Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony.
  
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• Woman jailed after 'upcycling' neighbor's $4,300 rugs that had been left outside to dry on porch

  23-07-2026 23:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Jocelyn Ullman was arrested on July 15 by the NYPD after video of her taking wet rugs from a vintage store in Brooklyn was shared online, but she thought they were up for grabs.
  
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• Midwest man so badly attacked while camping at music festival that he can now only communicate by blinking and nodding his head

  23-07-2026 23:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Lonn Hartman, 37, is still in the hospital and unable to speak nearly two weeks after he was found with deep gashes around his collarbone hanging out of a tent at a northern Michigan music festival.
  
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• Homeowner incandescent after tree surgeon marched into her garden and cut down majestic 150-year-old oak tree while working on school next door, lawsuit claims

  23-07-2026 23:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A New Jersey homeowner is suing multiple city and state officials for allegedly cutting down a tree she believes cannot be replaced.
  
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• Turkish governor fired for wearing tight cycling shorts that were ‘too snug’

  23-07-2026 23:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Damn you, sexy Mehmet! Mehmet Fatih Çiçekli has been urged to cover up with a fig leaf at least by opposing politicians (Picture: Instagram)Is he too sexy for his shorts? A lycra-clad politician has been sacked after going viral for wearing too tight cycling gear.Mehmet Fatih Cicekli, the governor of Ardahan province in eastern Turkey, was removed from his post by a presidential decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  The cycling mad politician rode headfirst into an unex
  
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• Jermain Defoe leaves first managerial job after SIX games - 'Impossible to continue'

  23-07-2026 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jermain Defoe took his first step into management with National League side Woking at the end of March, but the ex-England's striker reign has already come to an end
  
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• Man faces 43 charges after he is accused of creating explicit AI deepfake posters of eight women and displaying them in public

  23-07-2026 23:09 via dailymail.com
  
  The images allegedly featured the victims' faces superimposed onto bodies of women shown performing explicit sexual acts.
  
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• Dawn rocked by baby shock in Emmerdale as Gabby makes unexpected decision

  23-07-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jealousy isn’t a good look, Dawn (Picture: ITV)Dawn Taylor’s (Olivia Bromley) feelings for Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) began to resurface when she discovered that he had started seeing Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) in Emmerdale.
  After his marriage broke down, Billy chose to put a pause on all things romance. He focused on rebuilding his life away from Home Farm, being a dad to Clemmie, Lucas and Evan, and adapting to seeing his ex with Joe Tate (Ned Porteous).
  Billy being single gav
  
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