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• SPF reapplication made easy with this Ultrasun Sun Stick SPF50

  25-06-2026 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The ease of application is a breeze with this handy stick. (Picture: Metro/Sephora/Getty)
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  Daily sun protection at a minimum SPF of 30 is essential for good skin – ask any dermatologist! Skip it and you could be risking pigmentation, premature wrinkles and skin sagging, not to mention things like skin cancer. That&rsqu
  
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• Toxic fish with razor sharp teeth are invading Greece in tourist season

  27-06-2026 13:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  A silver-cheeked toadfish after being caught by fishermen on the southern Greek island of Crete (Picture: INTIME NEWS via AP)Toxic fish with human-like teeth are invading Greece just as tourist season gets into full swing.The silver-cheeked toadfish is a torpedo-shaped species with prominent, razor sharp teeth.As well as having a vicious bite, it contains a powerful neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin, which can cause heart and lung failure, making the fish unsuitable for human consumption.Silver-ch
  
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• I hopped in the shower with my date – then he started peeing

  27-06-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  I watched in horror as his urine drained into the tub (Picture: Getty Images)‘I’m going to pee now,’ George* announced casually while standing in the shower bath with me.It was my first shower with him, after sleeping together the night before – and this was the last thing I expected him to say.I laughed, and blurted out: ‘Are you serious?’.I thought he was surely joking. He wasn’t.Before I knew it – and ignoring my laughs – G
  
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• Why the record heatwave feels like it ‘hits different’ in UK?

  27-06-2026 12:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  The UK heatwaves can feel like an extreme sport, but why is that? (Picture: EPA)People love to complain about the weather, and recently, for good reason, after enduring the UK’s record-breaking heatwaves.
  The blistering weather has been on everyone’s lips, and if it hasn’t, it probably means you have been lucky enough to escape the nearly 40C temperatures and humidity.
  June’s hottest record was officially set in Santon Downham, Suffolk, with 37.3C after three consecutive
  
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• Man Utd transfer concern as World Cup star is stretchered off in tears

  27-06-2026 12:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manuel Ugarte was in tears as he was carried off the pitch (Photo: Getty)Manchester United star Manuel Ugarte was in floods of tears as he was carried off the pitch on a stretcher as Uruguay crashed out of the 2026 World Cup.After embarrassing draws against Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde, Uruguay knew that defeat against tournament favourites Spain on Friday night would see them fail to reach the knockout stages.And that is exactly what happened, as the South American giants fell to a 1-0 defeat i
  
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• Harrowing new details emerge of elderly couple's 'fight or flight' plight during brutal life-threatening home invasion in a small country town

  27-06-2026 12:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Di Blessing has detailed the 'fight or flight' choice she and her husband Keith were forced to make after they were allegedly stabbed inside their NSW Northern Tablelands home.
  
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• Anyone with a lawn urged to do 5-minute task to fix brown spots after heatwave

  27-06-2026 12:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The extreme heat can scorch grass, leaving brown and dry patches that can ruin the overall look of your garden, but experts say there is a simple fix
  
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• 'A robbery of justice': Aria Thorpe's father reveals nine-year-old's siblings now fear boy cleared of killing her could turn up at their door

  27-06-2026 12:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Aria, nine, died after being stabbed in her chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on December 15 last year.
  
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• HMRC alert as 'one million Brits' could be owed a tax refund

  27-06-2026 12:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Here's how to check if you're owed a tax refund using the HMRC app
  
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• The full, heartbreaking, story of a middle class mother who took her two boys swimming to cool off in the French heatwave - then left them to die in a boiling car when she unpacked the shopping... and 'forgot about them'

  27-06-2026 12:25 via dailymail.com
  
  In a tragedy that has sent shockwaves through France , four-year-old Kassim Benouali, and his younger brother Sadek, two, died from a cardiac arrest after they were left in the car.
  
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• Stunning UK seaside town with cobbled streets hailed as the 'new Cotswolds'

  27-06-2026 12:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While the Cotswolds draws millions of visitors, another town offers similar medieval charm with cobbled streets, historic architecture, and the bonus of being close to a famous beach
  
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• Five ways a change in Prime Minister could affect your finances

  27-06-2026 12:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A change of Prime Minister in the middle of a parliamentary term can feel like pure Westminster drama — but it can have real knock-on effects for household finances
  
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• US soldier run over by 27-ton tank and crushed to death in training accident

  27-06-2026 12:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Combat engineer Adrian Bonsey, 29, of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, was killed on a training training exercise in California’s Mojave Desert when he was hit by a 27-ton tank
  
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• Micah Richards changes World Cup prediction: ‘They are my favourites now’

  27-06-2026 12:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former England defender Micah Richards (Picture: Getty)Micah Richards is now backing France to win the World Cup after they ended their group stage in style with a 4-1 win over Norway.France were one of the pre-tournament favourites, having won the competition in 2018 and finished runners-up in 2022.Didier Deschamps’ side are littered with attacking talent and that has been on full show in the group stages, with Les Bleus scoring ten goals in their first three games.Wins against Senegal a
  
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• Shabana Mahmood announces new refugee sponsorship route into UK

  27-06-2026 12:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Inspired by a Canadian scheme that has settled 400,000 people in the country since 1979, the new safe routes will allow communities and some universities to sponsor refugees
  
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• Unexpected Casualty love story ‘confirmed’ for Jan and Siobhan

  27-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Something appears to be brewing (Pictures: BBC)Casualty fans are beginning to wonder if a new romance storyline might begin soon between Jan Jennings (Di Botcher) and Siobhan McKenzie (Melanie Hill).The BBC One medical drama is usually so jam-packed full of chaos and lives being in danger, so a love interest storyline is certainly going to come as a welcomed contrast.Both Jan and Siobhan could do with some happiness. While Jan’s life has been quiet in recent years, she is a lonely soul, h
  
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• ‘The men I care for forget me, but I don’t forget them’

  27-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tom decided to go into care homes after his nan, Lil, died of dementia at 98 (Picture: Supplied)When Tom Roberts first started visiting care homes to provide residents with personal grooming, the reality of his good will gesture soon became clear.After losing his own nan Lil to dementia when she was 98, he’d wanted to provide services to people in care homes to give them a boost alongside a personal groom – but it wasn’t as simple as he’d imagined.‘They’ve sh
  
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• Met Office extends heatwave warning as 31 areas told not to exercise for 4 hours

  27-06-2026 11:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has extended its amber weather warning for extreme heat as heatwave conditions continue to cause chaos in the UK this weekend
  
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• ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus is resurrected after backlash from religious conservatives

  27-06-2026 11:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  The way to Hel is back (Picture: Michal Dobrasa/PKS Gdynia via Reuters)‘All aboard for Hel!’ may well have been heard at Warsaw’s western station on Friday as a controversial bus service made its triumphant return.Coach operator FlixBus has resurrected the notorious 666 bus route, three years after religious complaints forced the bus to change its number.In Christian tradition, 666 is known as the number of the beast, but this bus doesn’t go to the underworld – it
  
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• Sarah Ferguson ‘visited Epstein on prison release at fake office used to abuse women’

  27-06-2026 11:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sarah Ferguson visited Epstein as he was serving a sentence for child prostitution (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Sarah Ferguson visited paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein twice while he was on release for child sex offences.
  Epstein was serving a 12-month jail term for soliciting a child for prostitution when he was visited by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife.
  They met twice at a Palm Beach office in Florida of a fake company, where Epstein’s victims claim he carried ou
  
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• 40p baked beans from budget supermarket branded 'better than Heinz'

  27-06-2026 11:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Baked beans are a staple in most British households
  
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• Two women are sexually assaulted on Bournemouth beach amid heatwave as men aged 24 and 37 are arrested

  27-06-2026 11:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The first attack was reported at 3.07pm on Tuesday at Bournemouth beach and involved a woman in her 20s, while the second was in her late teens and made known just an hour later.
  
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• Motorhome and campervan owners face new local council parking restrictions

  27-06-2026 11:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'staycation' boom is putting pressure on popular tourist hotspots
  
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• British influencer, 23, facing death by firing squad for 'murdering Brit' is STILL barred from seeing a lawyer as campaigner says: 'I cannot overstate how concerned I am'

  27-06-2026 11:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Brooke George, 23, from Gravesend, Kent, has been accused of murdering Bill Treeby, 26, at an apartment in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
  
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• ‘Brilliant’ Netflix thriller spends seven straight weeks in streaming Top 10

  27-06-2026 11:36 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 PageIf I asked you to picture a show about undercover agents dismantling drug cartels, you’d likely think of Narcos or The Wire.Well, all of that might be about to change, judging by the popularity ofNetflix’s Legends, which features Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan and a group of ordinary men and women tackling a heroin epidemic.Created by Neil Fors
  
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• The full, heartbreaking, story of a middle class mother took her two boys swimming to cool off in the French heatwave - then left them to die in a boiling car when she unpacked the shopping... and 'forgot about them'

  27-06-2026 11:33 via dailymail.com
  
  In a tragedy that has sent shockwaves through France , four-year-old Kassim Benouali, and his younger brother Sadek, two, died from a cardiac arrest after they were left in the car.
  
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• Gary Glitter may face new sex assault charges against young girl after alleged victim contacts police

  27-06-2026 11:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Glitter, 82, whose real name is Paul Gadd, has been questioned in jail over alleged attacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s against a woman who was under the age of 14, police said.
  
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• Terrifying moment brave woman hiker comes face-to-face with ferocious 700lb grizzly bear - would YOU know what to do?

  27-06-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman was walking on a trail in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, on Wednesday when the 700lb animal emerged from the forest and tried to attack her dog.
  
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• Towels will be soft and fluffy again when 2 items are added to the wash — not fabric softener

  27-06-2026 11:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If your towels have lost their softness, there's a simple trick to restore fluffy towels to their former glory
  
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• 'This boy has never left my head' - haunting stories from the survivors of Gaza

  27-06-2026 11:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Syrian writer Samar Yazbek shares the horrific, hidden stories of Gaza war survivors. Her vital new book exposes the unbearable civilian atrocities and trauma ignored by the world.
  
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