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• ‘Super common’ banking problem could see charges build up without Brits knowing

  09-07-2026 07:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People with bank accounts have been urged to act
  
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• Measles death confirmed in UK as cases surge and vaccine drive launched

  09-07-2026 12:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There have been 883 confirmed measles cases reported in England this year, according to the UK Health Security Agency
  
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• 'Tired skin' looks 'brighter' with £22 cream now £2.50 at Home Bargains

  09-07-2026 12:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The offer is available in stores across the UK as well as online
  
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• Desperate search for missing Aussie mum who mysteriously vanished without her newborn baby

  09-07-2026 12:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Jana Armstrong was last seen at a unit in Toowoomba on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• 'I spoke to royal staff – they had savage three-word nickname for Prince Harry'

  09-07-2026 12:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry has returned to the UK to mark the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games, but his trip has been marred by rows with the royals - and one journalist recalled his unflattering nickname
  
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• Wimbledon star Arthur Fery opens up on dual-nationality – 'I feel very British'

  09-07-2026 11:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arthur Fery has reached the semi finals of Wimbledon and the British-French tennis player has spoken out on his nationality amid questions over where his allegiance lies
  
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• Family’s heartbreaking tribute to ‘murdered’ mum and daughters – dad on the run

  09-07-2026 11:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead in a £1.3 million detached house in Carnoustie Drive, Great Denham, near Bedford
  
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• Lidl making change to trollies in stores under new update starting mid-July

  09-07-2026 11:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shoppers will notice a change to some trollies in selected stores from the middle of the month
  
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• Edinburgh fire live: Historic building left in ruins after inferno on Princes Street

  09-07-2026 11:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services rushed to Prince Street in Edinburgh in the early hours of this morning after a raging fire sent thick clouds of black smoke across the city centre
  
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• Revealed: The top baby names in England and Wales as Muhammad takes top spot for boys for third year running and Olivia is most popular girls' name

  09-07-2026 11:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Out of the top ten boys' name, the one that has seen the biggest rise in the last decade is Luca, which has rocketed up 49 places to be ranked fourth, while Oliver was the biggest faller (down five).
  
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• Let the Burnham coronation begin! Fawning Labour MPs QUEUE to back incoming PM as nominations open - with last rival Al Carns pulling out of race

  09-07-2026 11:48 via dailymail.com
  
  MPs are set to rush to show their loyalty to the incoming PM - after his last potential rival Al Carns threw in the towel.
  
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• Andy Burnham sparks fears he will resurrect Chagos 'surrender' as he confirms deal's champion Jonathan Powell will stay as national security chief

  09-07-2026 11:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The would-be prime minister, who is almost certain to replace Keir Starmer on 20 July, said he would retain Jonathan Powell as national security adviser.
  
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• Assistant housemaster at £51,000-a-year private school who stroked female pupil's hair and sent her late night emails is banned from teaching

  09-07-2026 11:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Sammy Laurent was sacked after failing to 'maintain professional boundaries' when he developed a 'very inappropriate' and overly 'familiar' relationship with a female student.
  
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• Mum, dad and 'severely ill' son plunged to deaths from London tower block 'onto other building'

  09-07-2026 11:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aditi Vijay Paralkar, her husband Rakesh Narayan Pai and their nine-year-old son Sid died after falling from a south London tower block in May
  
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• Llama vs alpaca: Key differences between the two animals explained

  09-07-2026 11:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Llamas and alpacas are both domesticated animals from the camel family, but there are numerous differences between the two species
  
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• 'I met Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his jaw-dropping question stopped me in my tracks'

  09-07-2026 11:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Harriet James, a former member of the country band Pearl, TN, reportedly sat opposite the former prince at a dinner and responded by saying "you can't ask me that"
  
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• Tour de France 2026: stage six updates as riders take on the Tourmalet – live

  09-07-2026 11:33 via theguardian.com
  News from the 186.2km run from Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre
  Stage-by-stage guide | Stage five report | And mail AndyAfter stage five:1. Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility): 16hrs 32min 07secs2. Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost): +28secs3. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek): +3mins 50secs4. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): +7min 53secs5. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +7min 53secs6. Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Premier Tech): +8min 6secs7. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): +8min 16se
  
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• World Cup 2026: France v Morocco quarter-final buildup, Collina defends refereeing – live

  09-07-2026 11:30 via theguardian.com
  ⚽ All the latest as we look ahead to the quarter-finals
  ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology| Golden Boot | Email usOur very own Jonny Weeks has been doing clever things with photos from across the World Cup.Check them out! Continue reading...
  
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• Pilot instructor who jumped to his death during a lesson - leaving student to land the plane - had been seeing a psychiatrist but not told his colleagues

  09-07-2026 11:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Leandro Bertazzo, 42, jumped from the pilot's seat of a Cessna 150 on July 4, leaving the 22-year-old student he was flying with to land the aircraft alone.
  
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• Business strategist reveals why iconic Aussie retailer General Pants is teetering on the edge of collapse and how it could win back shoppers

  09-07-2026 11:27 via dailymail.com
  
  General Pants, founded by Tom and Bronwyn Tsipris in 1972, has been kept afloat by $22 million in shareholder funding from private equity firms ACTA Capital and Alceon.
  
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• Jermaine Jenas names the team that will stop France winning the World Cup

  09-07-2026 11:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ex-England midfielder Jermaine Jenas (Picture: Getty)Former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas has been blown away by ‘very scary’ France but does not expect them to win the World Cup.Two-time winners and current World Cup favourites France face African side Morocco in the quarter-finals on Thursday night.Didier Deschamps’ side have been the standout team so far during the tournament, topping Group I with emphatic wins over Senegal, Iraq and Norway.France scored ten goals in th
  
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• Trump says Iran truce is ‘over’ as US hits 170 targets over two nights – Middle East crisis live

  09-07-2026 11:21 via theguardian.com
  Interim truce looks increasingly precarious as Iran carried out retaliatory strikes on US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and QatarAlso in Mashhad, Iranian state media reported a US strike on two railway bridges on the route to the city from the capital Tehran.Train services in Mashhad were suspended as technical and operational teams were dispatched to the scene, Iran’s official Irna news agency reported.The ministry of foreign affairs condemns in the strongest terms the aggressive attacks of th
  
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• 'My boyfriend's death opened my eyes, I've sold everything to go to South America'

  09-07-2026 11:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebekah sold her car and put all her clothes on Vinted to raise enough for an open-ended trip
  
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• Police tracked down 12ft alligator that mauled and killed hiker, 31

  09-07-2026 11:20 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 12-foot alligator that mauled a woman to death while she was swimming in a Florida river has been tracked down by police.
  Brittany Clark, 31, was killed on June 28 after being attacked by the 12-foot alligator while hiking with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, her friends and dogs in the Little Big Econ State Forest, just northeast of Orlando.As Clark stood
  
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• Hollywood stuntmen sue film company for £200,000 after 'unauthorised' 18-second clip featuring them was used in Sir Elton John's farewell tour

  09-07-2026 11:20 via dailymail.com
  
  British stunt performers Theo Morton and Douglas Robson have launched a High Court claim over 18 seconds worth of film clips showing the singer beating up baddies.
  
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• Why three England stars missed training ahead of Norway World Cup clash

  09-07-2026 11:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thomas Tuchel watches on during Wednesday’s training session (Picture: Getty Images)Three England players sat out of training on Wednesday ahead of Saturday’s huge World Cup quarter-final with Norway.The Three Lions are back at their training base in Kansas City, preparing at the Swope Soccer Village for this weekend’s game, which is taking place in Miami.It is not a clean bill of health in the England squad before the massive clash with the Norwegians, with Thomas Tuchel
  
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• VW faces protests in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures

  09-07-2026 11:19 via theguardian.com
  Demonstrations at 18 sites set up as radical transformation plan put to board of Europe’s biggest carmakerVolkswagen’s proposal to slash up to 100,000 jobs and close factories faces a major test on Thursday as formal proposals are put to the supervisory board at Europe’s biggest carmaker, with protests planned at all plants in Germany.IG Metall, the influential staff union, has organised demonstrations involving shop stewards and union council members at 18 sites, including the
  
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• Trump is bombing Iran again and blundering again. He has no grasp of his enemy | Sina Toossi

  09-07-2026 11:17 via theguardian.com
  The president is behaving as if the battleground is the same, but it isn’t. Iran has leverage and knows itAnd so to war. Again. After a ceasefire and a hiatus, Donald Trump is now into the second day of a new phase of bombing Iran, with the US military claiming to have struck 170 Iranian targets in the past 48 hours.This is no surprise. Speaking at the Nato summit in Ankara this week, Donald Trump said he believes the US-Iran memorandum of understanding is “over”. He described
  
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• Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75

  09-07-2026 11:15 via theguardian.com
  Welsh singer and Eurovision entrant’s other hits included Footloose soundtrack smash Holding Out for a Hero
  • From Swansea clubs to worldwide fame: Bonnie Tyler – a life in picturesBonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose husky yet commanding voice made songs such as Total Eclipse of the Heart into 1980s classics, has died aged 75.A message on her Facebook page reads: “Bonnie’s family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie unexpectedly passed away last night in
  
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• ‘A lot of art in Ireland was made by one type of man’: Richard Malone on taking his colourful fabric creations to the EU Council

  09-07-2026 11:15 via theguardian.com
  As his bold yet delicate sculptures fill the glass buildings of Brussels for Ireland’s turn at the EU presidency, the Wexford artist discusses working with Björk, his decorator father – and one noisy horse‘Just so you know,” says Richard Malone before we begin talking, “if you hear any neighing, it’s not me!” The Irish artist is speaking to me from an unusual studio space: a farm in Stradbally, County Laois. It may have the odd equine intruder, hung
  
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