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• Six missing in deadly Kentucky floods

  15-07-2015 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Search teams in Kentucky are looking for six missing people after heavy floods that have already claimed two lives.
  
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• Top guide dog myths debunked – can they really read maps?

  24-07-2026 11:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Recent research shows that while Brits are confident they know what a guide dog is, many still have gaps in awareness about how these highly-trained dogs work and how they should interact with them.
  
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• Moment drunk driver flies through the air and crashes Land Rover into lamppost with girlfriend in passenger seat

  24-07-2026 11:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Alistair Thompson, 34, was more than twice over the legal limit when he crashed his car in Aberdeen on November 14 last year.
  
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• Dramatic bodycam shows rescue of two boys seconds from drowning

  24-07-2026 11:49 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 PageTwo young boys who were just seconds away from drowning were pulled to safety after becoming trapped beneath Blackpool Pier.Footage shows the children, Subby, 10, and another boy aged 12, clinging to the structure as the water rushed around them on May 28.They had been on a family day out when they became stranded by the fast-rising tide and clung on for aro
  
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• Kevin Keegan fans' bid for 'fitting tribute' to England legend in Scunthorpe where career began

  24-07-2026 11:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keegan, known to fans as King Kev, enjoyed a glittering career, which saw him win 63 England caps, including 31 as captain and win an array of trophies, including two Ballon d’Ors
  
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• Angry neighbour complains about parents calling children in for their tea

  24-07-2026 11:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Children have been making the most of the summer and the patch of grass in front of their homes (Picture: SWNS)Parents on a street in Lincolnshire have been warned to keep the noise down when they’re calling their children in for their tea.A letter from housing association Amplius to people in Viscount Close, Pinchbeck, states that they have received complaints about ‘shouting children to come inside following playtime on [the] communal grass area’.But people living around the
  
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• Killer whales attack and sink sailing yacht with crew having to be rescued off Spanish coast

  24-07-2026 11:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Orcas have sunk a yacht off Spain's north-west coast after ramming another three in the same area.
  
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• ‘I thought my breast milk was coming in - it was actually a sign of stage 3 cancer’

  24-07-2026 11:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-two Alex now worries if she'll be able to see her children grown up
  
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• Xbox is testing ads on streaming video games you already own

  24-07-2026 11:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cloud streaming Xbox games may require you to sit through ads in the future (Xbox)Playing games through streaming on Xbox could get even less appealing as the company is testing ads before gameplay sessions.In-game advertisements have been a thing for years on mobile, but you’ll rarely find anyone who actively wants them, that isn’t a business executive. Regular players have shown to be actively hostile to even just product placement, especially if they don’t make sense within
  
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• Argentina forced to make change as FIFA ruling emerges after World Cup final

  24-07-2026 11:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Argentina's disgraced team will be forced to make a change following their World Cup final loss
  
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• Inside TV’s biggest mystery as Top Gear’s The Stig is ‘unmasked’

  24-07-2026 11:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  Many have tried to unmask The Stig (Picture: PA)The Stig is one of the BBC’s most iconic characters of all time.
  The mute motorist in the all-white boiler suit was charged by the Top Gear trio with setting lap times and racing across the world.Yet the identity of this wonderful wheelman was a mystery for decades.
  However, in July 2026 one of the men (more on this later) behind the carbon fibre visor has outed himself to sue the BBC.
  Paul Rees alleges that the BBC failed to treat his injur
  
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• Harry and Meghan share private family pictures after visiting Diana’s childhood home

  24-07-2026 11:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry and Meghan’s summer holiday included family reunions (Picture: Meghan Markle/Instagram)Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have shared family pictures with the kids after a visit to Princess Diana’s childhood home and final resting place.The Sussexes arrived in the UK for their ‘summer holidays’, with Harry landing days before to launch his one-year countdown to his Invictus Games in Birmingham.A few days later, Meghan and the kids, Prince Archie and Prin
  
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• How suspicious public fell in love with horse-drawn monster that became nation's favourite gadget

  24-07-2026 11:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Celebrating 125 years since Hubert Cecil Booth invented the vacuum, the appliance has evolved from a horse-drawn monster into high-tech device found in every home...
  
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• ‘Elite’ discontinued 70s sweets spotted back on supermarket shelves

  24-07-2026 11:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  A nostalgic sweet treat has returned after being axed in 1998 (Picture: Shutterstock/Badger Castle)From Kinder Bueno Dark to Walkers Max KFC Chicken crisps, discontinued favourites have been making long-hoped-for comebacks left, right and centre recently.Now, after being axed almost 30 years ago in 1998, one retro sweet treat has been spotted back on shelves — and shoppers are being hit with a wave of nostalgia.Today, Opal Fruits are better known as Starburst, having been rebranded back i
  
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• New mum stranded in Tenerife after giving birth five weeks early on ‘babymoon’

  24-07-2026 11:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rico was born five weeks early in Tenerife meaning he has no travel documents (Picture: SWNS)A British mother who gave birth while on holiday is unable to come home because her newborn son doesn’t have a passport.Chantelle Ali, 33, delivered son Rico five weeks early at 7.08pm on July 12 – the last day of her break in Tenerife with partner Ben Major.Nearly two weeks later, mother and baby are still unable to get home because they’re stuck in the lengthy process of getting an e
  
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• Southport killer Axel Rudakabuna 'manipulated the system' to obtain transfer to secure hospital

  24-07-2026 11:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Axel Rudakubana 'played the system' to get a move from HMP Belmarsh to the high-security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor, the Prison Officers' Association said
  
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• British father, 29, trapped in ICE detention says he was 'treated like a murderer' after being dragged away from American wife and twins

  24-07-2026 10:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Connor Read, originally from Chatham, Kent, has lived in Florida since he was nine years old but now the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to deport him.
  
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• Lifebuoys were 'not recommended' on Mersea beach where mum and daughter died

  24-07-2026 10:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A risk assessment of public rescue equipment on the West Mersea beach where Shally Rahman, 41, and Samiha, 15, died was carried out just four months ago, Colchester Council confirmed
  
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• Lidia Thorpe's little-known ex-tradie son, 35, makes debut speech to parliament as part of Victoria's controversial Indigenous treaty

  24-07-2026 10:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Andew Thorpe left behind a career in construction to follow in his mother's footsteps in politics
  
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• ‘Missing’ Coronation Street star confirms return to screens after months

  24-07-2026 10:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Who’s back on the Cobbles? (Picture: ITV)The fans demanded, and Coronation Street delivered. Quite possibly the most popular recurring character on the show, PC Jess Heywood is back to walk the beat on the Cobbles once more, as actor Donnaleigh Bailey leaks her return to Weatherfield online with a cheeky Instagram post.The minor character became a major hit with viewers, after diehard Corrie-lovers bombarded the show’s social with requests to make the brilliant bobby a permanent add
  
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• Yellow heat alert warnings issued for 6 counties as temperatures to hit 30C - full list

  24-07-2026 10:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heat health warnings are in place for part of the UK as the country faces further high temperatures which could reach 30C with a "risk to life" for vulnerable people
  
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• Power banks are causing flight delays — latest rules for easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air and more

  24-07-2026 10:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Today is the busiest day of the year for UK airports (Picture: Getty Images)With schools in England and Wales officially out for summer, today will be the busiest flying day of the year as over 550,000 people jet off.But passengers have been told to pack carefully before they do.
  The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued a warning about summer flights being delayed by wrongly packed electrical gadgets, such as vapes and power banks.The regulator predicts that some 30 million passengers will le
  
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• Meghan and Harry share snaps of their European summer holiday as pro-Sussex People magazine reveals they stayed at Princess Diana's childhood home with Archie and Lilibet

  24-07-2026 10:41 via dailymail.com
  
  After being unable to stay at Buckingham Palace, the Duchess of Sussex has revealed to her 4.7million Instagram followers that the family stayed as guests of Harry's uncle Earl Spencer at Althorp.
  
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• Another embarrassing climbdown for Burnham as Angela Rayner says rent controls are NOT happening... days after he insisted they were being considered

  24-07-2026 10:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham said earlier this week that the Government was 'looking at' the idea of rent freezes to help with the cost of living - something he has called for previously.
  
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• Major search for two men last seen going to the sea near Haven holiday park in North Wales

  24-07-2026 10:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two men are missing after they were last seen with inflatable kayaks at a beach near Hafan-y-Mor, Pwllheli, North Wales - a major search effort is underway
  
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• 'My best friend ruined my wedding day'

  24-07-2026 10:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coleen advises a reader who doesn't know how to tell her bestie that she spoiled her big day with her selfish antics. The friend even turned up wearing a white dress!
  
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• We live in Britain's driest village: Locals adopt 'Mediterranean lifestyle' after seeing no rain for a month as they use bath water to keep plants alive

  24-07-2026 10:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The village of Histon, north of Cambridge, has seen just 196.4.mm of rain fall since January 1 making it the driest place in the UK according to the Met Office.
  
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• Fly-tippers dump 200 tonnes of waste in countryside

  24-07-2026 10:23 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 major clean-up has begun after more than 200 tonnes of waste was illegally dumped on a retail park.The mountain of rubbish has been building up near St Oswald’s Retail Park, Gloucester, since February.Among the waste dumped without the landowner’s permission are household waste, white goods and even asbestos.So much has been fly-tipped at the s
  
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• Britain in Iran's crosshairs: How regime 'space rocket' puts London in range - as mullahs renew threat against UK after RAF Fairford was used for Trump's bombing raids

  24-07-2026 10:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The Islamic Republic has renewed its threat of revenge against Britain for letting Washington use RAF Fairford to launch a B1 bomber raid on Iran.
  
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• Man dead and three others in hospital after explosion that ‘sounded like a bomb’

  24-07-2026 10:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Brunel Road in Bedford yesterday afternoon as a fire ripped through an industrial unit (Picture: Google Maps)A man has died and three others have been injured after an explosion on an industrial estate.
  Emergency services were called to Brunel Road in Bedford yesterday afternoon as a fire ripped through an industrial unit.
  Residents said it sounded like a ‘bomb going off’ while another said they ‘thought it was a shooting’.
  Louise Church
  
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