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• Switch 2 Lite still MIA but OLED model could be sooner than you think

  14-07-2026 13:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Switch OLED model launched four years after the original model (Nintendo)Nintendo is purportedly considering an OLED model for the Switch 2, with mass production potentially starting next year.While a new model of the Nintendo Switch 2 was recently announced, its only difference is that you can replace the internal battery. It’s also limited to Europe and is being done purely to comply with new regulations.As such, a true revision has yet to be confirmed, although both a Switch 2 Lite
  
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• Bryan Robson urges Man Utd to hijack Arsenal transfer after £100m demand

  17-07-2026 00:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester United captain Bryan Robson (Picture: Getty)Bryan Robson has urged Manchester United to rival Arsenal for a deal for Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.Arsenal made a ‘verbal offer’ for the Brazilian earlier in the month but Newcastle immediately rebuffed the £45m approach.The Gunners, looking to bolster Mikel Arteta’s title-winning squad, are weighing up whether to return with an improved bid.They have been boosted by reports Guimaraes has inf
  
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• Calls for UK government to put pressure on Texas cops to re-open case of Brit shot dead by her dad

  17-07-2026 00:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lucy Harrison, 23, was fatally shot by her dad Kris at his home in Texas after he had been drinking and their argument about the firebrand US President Donald Trump
  
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• Son charged with murdering father after allegedly setting him on fire outside Sydney home

  17-07-2026 00:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Police said the man, who is believed to be aged 64, was found suffering from multiple 'distressing' injuries including significant burns.
  
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• Chilling 'I'm a killer note' found in cabin of Dexter fan accused of murdering men found dismembered in woods

  17-07-2026 00:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Murder accused James Desborough, 40, is believed to have said he was "ready to execute any predators" and had previously lived with the two men at a hostel for the homeless
  
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• Sudanese Channel boat pilot who was identified by his garish festive jumper is jailed

  17-07-2026 00:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The boat driven by Bol Chuol was intercepted off the coast of Kent while trying to cross the English Channel on March 22 with 71 people on board, including an 11-month-old toddler, the CPS said.
  
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• Moment Bank of Dave hero has his bin taken by 'council workers who chanted "go, go" as they fled in rubbish truck'

  17-07-2026 00:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The Bank of Dave hero has called for the return of his bin after he watched council workers toss it in their truck and hastily drive away.
  
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• Graeme Souness slams ‘limited’ Arsenal star after England’s World Cup exit

  17-07-2026 00:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Liverpool and Scotland legend Graeme Souness (Picture: YouTube)Graeme Souness has criticised ‘limited’ Declan Rice and branded the Arsenal midfielder a ‘steady Eddie’ after England’s World Cup exit.Rice struggled with injury and illness during England’s World Cup campaign, which was ended by reigning champions Argentina in the semi-final stage.It would have been almost unfathomable for Thomas Tuchel to sub off Rice with England holding onto a narrow lead agai
  
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• Jesy Nelson’s twin daughters suffer fresh health setback after SMA campaign

  17-07-2026 00:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has provided an update on her daughters (Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)Jesy Nelson has revealed how her twin daughters have suffered a fresh health setback after her campaign to screen newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) secured a major breakthrough.The former Little Mix star said she ‘can’t stop crying’ after learning all babies born in England will now be tested for the rare genetic condition at birth.However, Jesy said tha
  
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• Mother wins fight to reopen inquest into son's 'death in TikTok challenge'

  17-07-2026 00:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Jools Sweeney, a 14-year-old from Gloucestershire, died in April 2022 and his parents believe social media played a role in his death - pointing to an 'online challenge gone wrong'.
  
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• Four out of every 100 obese people are likely to be unemployed 'solely because of their weight'

  17-07-2026 00:10 via dailymail.com
  
  The scale of the problem is twice as big as previously thought and is likely to have a 'substantial' economic cost for society, researchers say.
  
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• Andy Burnham's government expected to remain neutral on assisted dying despite pressure from supporters - as fresh bid to legalise controversial practice launched

  17-07-2026 00:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The assisted dying Bill was first introduced in October 2024 but it fell automatically after running out of time at the end of the last Parliamentary session.
  
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• Man, 45, found dead in Cumbernauld as murder probe launched after post-mortem

  17-07-2026 00:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John McMonigle, 45, was found with serious injuries at a property in Cumbernauld, with Police Scotland confirming his death is being treated as a murder
  
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• Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd charged with attacking new girlfriend after being released from prison

  17-07-2026 00:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Callous Romeo Jack Shepherd, 38, previously went on the run in Georgia while facing jail for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, 24, who died in a speedboat crash in the Thames
  
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• Defiant Hegseth Army Chief clears Blue Angels pilot who sent beachgoers diving for cover: 'No firings'

  17-07-2026 00:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Beachgoers in Pensacola Florida had their tanning interrupted by a Wednesday morning practice run by the Blue Angels fighter jets.
  
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• Africa's only nuclear plant suffers three 'airborne radioactive contamination' events

  16-07-2026 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Koeberg Power Station, on South Africa's west coast, has suffered three separate incidents involving 'airborne radioactive contamination' following a loss of power in recent days
  
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• Andy Burnham's controversial land tax plans could knock 20 per cent off house prices in parts of the South

  16-07-2026 23:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The incoming prime minister has repeatedly backed the idea of imposing a new Land Value Tax, describing it as 'aspirational socialism'.
  
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• Family in anguish as grandmother is arrested by ICE on her way to chemotherapy as doctors fear she could die without urgent treatment

  16-07-2026 23:37 via dailymail.com
  
  She's a legal US resident and was on her way to chemotherapy treatment Wednesday, but instead the Texas grandmother is siting in an ICE detention center in Texas, her family claims.
  
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• Fresh sourdough every morning, an abundant herb garden and gushing praise from Nigella - the chef aiming to put Irish food on the map from her beautifully curated farmhouse

  16-07-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Irish food exists, and it is magnificent. The story has just never quite made it out of the kitchen. Until now, perhaps, with Cherie Denham's second cookbook
  
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• Volunteers thrown under the bus, Bacik running from questions, Trumpian attacks on the Press. The summer recess might quell the Ogbu saga but it will haunt Labour

  16-07-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Shown a couple of hard questions, what did Ms Bacik do? She allowed the party to attack the press, decline to comment and go to ground. Some leadership
  
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• Trump hyped 20 companies days after buying stock as Democrats cry 'textbook corruption'

  16-07-2026 23:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump repeatedly touted companies or their products days after he purchased large amounts of their stocks, according to a new analysis.
  
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• Appalling moment six-strong mob clobbers elderly man outside 7-Eleven store in crime-ridden Baltimore

  16-07-2026 23:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Troubling survelliance footage captured the moment an innocent 74-year-old man was beaten to a pulp by sixed masked supects outside a 7-Eleven in Baltimore, Maryland.
  
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• British pupil, 17, dies on school trip in Malawi 'after going missing in lake'

  16-07-2026 23:24 via dailymail.com
  
  A 17-year-old British schoolboy has drowned while snorkelling on a school trip to Malawi.
  
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• Why Thomas Tuchel refused to play Kobbie Mainoo for England at the World Cup

  16-07-2026 23:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Man Utd midfielder Kobbie Mainoo did not feature for England (Picture: Getty)Kobbie Mainoo was one of the few members of Thomas Tuchel’s squad not to play a single minute of England’s promising but ultimately unsuccessful World Cup campaign.Mainoo was one of England’s most influential players during their run to the Euro 2024 final and earned a spot in the World Cup squad with a strong finish to the 2025-26 season.The 21-year-old went through a difficult period at Manchester U
  
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• Heartbroken Jude Bellingham weeps on dad's shoulder after England's devastating defeat to Argentina

  16-07-2026 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old could not hide his emotions as he was comforted by his parents. England's Morgan Rogers, a close friend from childhood, also offered his support in the stands.
  
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• Missouri man gets trapped INSIDE porta-potty's waste tank forcing firefighters to stage grim rescue

  16-07-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  A sanitary worker was in for a bleak surprise after arriving to pick up a set of outdoor toilets in Kansas City.
  
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• Left tells Burnham to put Red Ed in No11: Now hardliner MPs try to halt move to make Mahmood the next Chancellor

  16-07-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Rachael Maskell became the first Left-wing backbencher to publicly criticise his potential choice and back Energy Secretary Ed Miliband instead.
  
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• British boy, 17, dies on school trip in Malawi 'after going missing in lake'

  16-07-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  A 17-year-old British schoolboy has drowned while snorkelling on a school trip to Malawi.
  
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• Schoolboy dies after vanishing on snorkelling trip in Malawi

  16-07-2026 23:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  The private school boy vanished underwater in Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi (Picture: Cooperazione)A teenager from London was found underwater after he vanished whilst swimming on a school trip.Eugene Enoch Kwon, 17, from Hampton in London, was snorkelling with schoolmates on a camping trip to Malawi on Tuesday.A search was launched in Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi, and he was found underwater.He was rushed to hospital but died. His cause of death was suffocation due to drowning, police said.Supt Patri
  
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• 'Argentina players disgraced themselves with Falklands banner stunt - FIFA must act'

  16-07-2026 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'The behaviour of Argentina players was especially contemptible given how many of them earn fortunes at English clubs. They are happy to take the wages and applause, yet used victory to deny wishes of Falkland Islanders'
  
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