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• 'So embarrassed after accidentally proposing to him'

  26-06-2026 10:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coleen advises a reader whose comment over a dress has led to a fallout with her daughter-in-law. She can't work out how to fix things. Could the menopause be to blame?
  
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• Mr Blobby causes carnage on GMB as Kate Garraway topples off chair

  26-06-2026 11:56 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 PageIn a moment of British TV madness, ITV’s Kate Garraway toppled off her chair after Mr Blobby fell over on Good Morning Britain (GMB).No, this isn’t a heat-induced fever dream – the incident occurred on Friday morning’s programme and viewers have called it ‘hilarious’.During the breakfast TV show, Mr Blobby, who first appea
  
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• Xbox consoles suffer 33% price hike and there’s more increases to come

  26-06-2026 11:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  A failed console, at a higher price (Microsoft)Microsoft has announced another worldwide price hike for the Xbox Series X/S, as it discontinues the 2TB model entirely. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft have all raised the price of their respective consoles over the past year, due to the ongoing memory shortage crisis, but it seems the price hikes aren’t stopping anytime soon.Microsoft has announced another increase for the Xbox Series X/S, citing the ‘current component costs crisis
  
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• Stay sun safe and save on SPF from La Roche-Posay, Heliocare and Aveeno in the Prime Day sale

  26-06-2026 11:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  With a heatwave on the way, now’s the time to treat your skin to a new SPF. (Picture: Metro/Amazon/Getty)
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  Amazon Prime Day is now on day three, and a plethora of unmissable deals are still making their way across the website.Whether you are shopping for beauty, fashion, home appliances or tech gadgets, maybe gardening gear, Pri
  
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• ‘Heartbroken’ Lionel Richie postpones next show after being rushed to hospital

  26-06-2026 11:43 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 PageLionel Richie has postponed his next two shows after falling ill and ‘swaying uncontrollably’ at a previous concert.The 77-year-old was forced to bring the first gig of his new Sing A Song All Night Long tour to a halt at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday night.Audience members reported Richie saying that he felt ‘
  
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• Former Aussie Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces surprise new job - sparking political outrage

  26-06-2026 11:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Australia's 30th Prime Minister looks forward to sharing his insights in his latest role.
  
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• Hospital records of boy, 3, injured in crocodile attack accessed 40 times

  26-06-2026 11:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  A three-year-old boy is now in a stable condition after being thrown into a crocodile pit (Picture: Newsquest / SWNS)The hospital records of a three-year-old boy seriously injured after he was thrown into a crocodile pit at a zoo in Cambridge were accessed by 40 members of staff.
  An investigation has been launched after the boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital where up to 40 staff accessed his medical details.
  The boy remains in a stable condition after he was thrown into the crocodile
  
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• Parents arrested for murder after letting son, 7, get to 18 stone before he died

  26-06-2026 11:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Casper O’Brien died in November weighing around five times the normal weight for a seven-year-old
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  A seven-year-old boy died weighing 18 stone with his parents arrested for murder, child abuse and torture.
  Casper O’Brien, from Flint Township in Michigan, was 4ft 2ins tall and weighed more than 18 stone when he died from heart failure in November.This is five times the normal weight of a seven-year-old boy.
  Damien and Jessica O’Brien w
  
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• Parents arrested for murder after boy, 7, dies weighing 18 stone

  26-06-2026 11:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Casper O’Brien died in November weighing around five times the normal weight for a seven-year-old
  (Picture: Flint Township Police Department)
  A seven-year-old boy died weighing 18 stone with his parents arrested for murder, child abuse and torture.
  Casper, from Flint Township in Michigan, was 4.2 ft tall and weighed more than 18 stone when he died from heart failure in November.This is five times the normal weight of a seven-year-old boy.
  Damien and Jessica O’Brien were arrested on
  
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• David Miliband refuses to rule out shock Cabinet return under Burnham... as he urges more 'ambition' on Brexit reversal and hints at need for 'wealth' taxes

  26-06-2026 11:25 via dailymail.com
  
  David Miliband pointedly refused to rule out a Cabinet return when he was asked directly at an event last night, merely saying Mr Burnham would 'make his own choices'.
  
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• Venezuela earthquake live: Woman pulled from rubble as death toll hits 235

  26-06-2026 11:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two powerful earthquakes rocked northern Venezuela on Wednesday night - at least 235 people have been confirmed dead so far, with the figure expected to rise as tens of thousands are missing
  
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• Newly released video shows moment Henry Nowak's Sikh killer repeatedly lies to police telling them his dying victim was 'racist, drunk and hadn't been stabbed' - as cop tells him, 'I know mate'

  26-06-2026 11:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Vickrum Digwa falsely accused the student of being racist and calling him a 'p*ki' as Henry was getting CPR yards away.
  
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• Man 'confined to one room for five years' after falling down stairs

  26-06-2026 11:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 53-year-old injured his spine in a fall at home
  
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• Iconic high street store closes for good after 66 years

  26-06-2026 11:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The iconic department store has closed for the final time, bringing the shutters down on a city's best-known retail landmark.
  
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• Saudi doctor jailed for life after killing six in German Christmas market attack

  26-06-2026 11:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six people died in the attack that lasted just over a minute and involved a rented BMW X3 on December 20, 2024, in the German city of Magdeburg
  
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• Coronation Street’s Ryan Mulvey departing for big new role but there’s good news

  26-06-2026 11:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  There’ll be a Brody-shaped hole in Coronation Street, but only for a while (Picture: Farrell/Backgrid/ITV/Metro)Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey) was hardly the most likeable lad Coronation Street had ever introduced when he turned up last year as the ‘top dog’ of Dylan Wilson’s (Liam McCheyne) young offenders unit.Of course, a lot of why he was such a hateful little scrote was explained when we were introduced to his parents, Mick and Lou Michaelis (Joe Layton and
  
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• The 'loft hatch method' that could suck heat out of your home and drop temperatures

  26-06-2026 11:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK has been hit by a severe heatwave - with temperatures predicted to hit 39C and 'tropical nights' meaning few people are getting any sleep
  
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• Moment British girl, 13, is punched in the face 'by Spanish thug as brawl breaks out over her sitting on someone's sun lounger' at hotel

  26-06-2026 11:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Shocking video footage shows a girl who was knocked over onto a chair and repeatedly hit by a man as dozens of terrified tourists screamed at the family hotel in Costa Brava, Spain.
  
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• Shabana Mahmood locked in explosive stand-off as minister hits back 'stay classy'

  26-06-2026 11:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary Ms Mahmood dramatically called for Mike Tapp to be sacked after he penned an article demanding her immigration rules are watered down without her knowledge
  
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• Pop-up sauna appears on the Tube – just when you thought it couldn’t get hotter

  26-06-2026 10:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Temperatures have been sweltering on the Tube this week, but the hottest carriage may be this one which comes with its own sauna (Picture: Currys)It’s frequently compared to a sauna – and now the London Underground has got its own. As the country sizzles in a record-breaking heatwave, a tiny steam room appeared at the end of a Tube compartment packed with hot commuters trying to keep cool. The installation by Currys may have appeared authentic but all was not qui
  
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• Keep laundry 'out of sight' with 'stylish' new £13 Home Bargains hamper

  26-06-2026 10:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shoppers can find the new item in stores and online
  
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• 'Doctors failed me and now I fear my son will be left alone'

  26-06-2026 10:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Candice says her son already lost his father when he was nine and she is now battling to stay with him
  
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• Van driver gives armed police a lift to help catch suspect during dramatic chase

  26-06-2026 10:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bodycam footage shows the moment a quick thinking van driver helped armed police catch a fleeing suspect by giving an officer a lift during a dramatic chase in Kent.
  
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• Brothers so close they lived as neighbours die just days apart

  26-06-2026 10:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brothers Chris Rogers and Dave Rogers had both appeared healthy just months before their two unrelated illnesses turned fatal
  
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• BBC radio icon Trevor Nelson ‘taking break’ from work due to health issue

  26-06-2026 10:44 via metro.co.uk
  
  BBC radio DJ Trevor Nelson has said he is ‘concentrating on getting better’ (Picture: BBC/PA Wire)Award-winning BBC radio DJ Trevor Nelson has announced that he is taking a break from work due to ‘health issues’.Writing on Instagram, the R&B icon said: ‘I wanted to let my followers, radio listeners and all my Soul Nation party-people know that I’m going to be taking a little break from my work commitments. Some of you may already have noticed that I&rsquo
  
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• Mystery van hero of Margate who helped armed police catch suspect by giving them a lift goes viral 

  26-06-2026 10:41 via dailymail.com
  
  In footage shared online by Kent Police, body-worn video shows armed officers in pursuit of a man on a residential street in Thanet at 12.49pm on Tuesday, June 16.
  
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• New update for UK fexofenadine users as record 36C temperatures hit

  26-06-2026 10:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new June record was set on Thursday
  
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• 'I had £55,000 job but couldn't afford a house - this method changed my life'

  26-06-2026 10:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Philly Garrett had a £40,000 deposit and a good salary but found it nearly impossible to buy a home
  
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• Woman credits her youthful looks on fairies after they told her to do one thing

  26-06-2026 10:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karen Kay has been talking to fairies since she was four and says she can also see centaurs and mermaids
  
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• Newly-released video shows moment Henry Nowak's Sikh killer repeatedly lies to police telling them his dying victim was 'racist, drunk and hadn't been stabbed' - as cop tells him, 'I know mate'

  26-06-2026 10:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Vickrum Digwa falsely accused the student of being racist and calling him a 'p*ki' as Henry was getting CPR yards away.
  
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