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• Telegraph stands by HSBC coverage

  19-02-2015 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The Daily Telegraph newspaper publishes an editorial saying it "makes no apology" for its coverage of the HSBC tax scandal.
  
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• Jordan Stephens hits out at ‘wild theories’ about Jade split

  31-07-2026 10:18 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 PageRizzle Kicks icon Jordan Stephens has spoken out after his shock split from pop superstar Jade, devastating fans.The stars parted ways after six years together, reportedly remaining amicable despite it ‘not being an easy time’.However, neither had actually confirmed the split until now, with Jordan, 34, feeling frustrated by the ‘wild&rsquo
  
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• Boy George drops out of Jesus Christ Superstar after backlash to pro-Israel song

  31-07-2026 09:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Boy George has pulled out of a West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar, his management has confirmed (Picture: Instagram/@Paul_kemsley_pk)Boy George has dropped out of a West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar following backlash to his pro-Israel song.
  The Culture Club singer, real name George Alan O’Dowd, has courted controversy in recent days after releasing a song voicing support for Israel’s military action in Palestine.
  The song, titled We Will Dance Again – a
  
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• Lewis Hamilton's father makes £2.9m selling 27 of his classic cars at auction

  31-07-2026 09:50 via dailymail.com
  
  If rumours are to be believed, Lewis Hamilton is earning £50m-a-year from his Ferrari F1 contact. But it's not just the seven-time champ cashing in recently in the Hamilton household.
  
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• Gianni Infantino's confirmed salary, FIFA president's wife and shocking World Cup plan

  31-07-2026 09:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gianni Infantino has been FIFA president since 2016 and has rocked the footballing world with his proposed plans for the World Cup
  
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• Adam Ramsay-Peaty needs to stop giving 'car crash' interviews and heal the bitter rift with his family, PR guru says

  31-07-2026 09:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Arguably the most respected publicist in the country, Mark Borkowski, has watched on, with sympathy, while Peaty has been left flailing in interviews.
  
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• £4,000,000 in cash found stuffed in Lidl and Sainsbury’s bags after drugs bust

  31-07-2026 09:49 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 PageSome £4 million in cash and a kilo of cocaine have been found stuffed inside shopping bags in south London.Police officers on duty in Catford on Wednesday evening stopped a suspicious vehicle.As they searched the vehicle and the driver, a 54-year-old man, they found a shopping bag with £35,000 in cash inside.  The man was arrested on suspici
  
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• Royal Mail customers should not write address in middle of envelope

  31-07-2026 09:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The delivery service has explained how to properly address items being sent by post
  
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• Pregnant Holly Ramsay-Peaty says she's 'proud' of her husband Adam and hints at the 'costs' of his return to racing after he missed out on Commonwealth Games gold

  31-07-2026 09:46 via dailymail.com
  
  The swimmer, 31, returned to racing at the games in Glasgow but missed out on winning gold in any of the four events he competed in.
  
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• Putin’s ‘doomsday radio’ crackles into life after Russian missile hits Poland

  31-07-2026 09:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow (Picture: Alexander Kazakov/Pool Sputnik K)Vladimir Putin’s notorious ‘doomsday radio’ crackled into life with a string of codewords after a suspected Russian missile hit NATO territory in Poland.The mysterious Cold War relic spewed out a sequence of cryptic messages hours after the incursion, which could further deepen tensions between the military alliance and Moscow.Volodymyr Zelensky also cl
  
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• Parents who had children between 2002 and 2011 'can claim £2,212'

  31-07-2026 09:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People are being urged by the HMRC rto check if they need to track down the money - with 750,000 missing out
  
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• Crete wildfires live: Greece emergency as hurricane-force winds fan Rethymno flames

  31-07-2026 09:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A state of emergency has been declared in parts of Crete and elsewhere in Greece as firefighters battle intense wildfires, with hurricane-force winds fanning flames
  
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• Federal Labor politician Luke Gosling banned from Government House after alleged assault

  31-07-2026 09:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Labor Federal MP Luke Gosling has been banned from coming within 50 metres of the Northern Territory's Government House.
  
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• Mum with stomach and back pain dies just one week after diagnosis

  31-07-2026 09:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maria Mason had put it down to arthritis
  
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• 'I was a Neet before a scrapyard saved my life - here's my message for Andy Burnham'

  31-07-2026 09:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the Prime Minister makes a pledge to fix Britain's 'Neets' crisis, we visit a scrapyard getting young people into work.
  
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• British man arrested in Cyprus accused of 'hostile surveillance' at RAF Akrotiri

  31-07-2026 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A British man is accused of carrying out hostile surveillance at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus before allegedly passing information to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp.
  
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• FIFA vows to press on with plans to sell stake in the World Cup despite worldwide backlash and boycott threats: Football chiefs issue furious late-night statement

  31-07-2026 09:16 via dailymail.com
  
  FIFA issued a response to furious backlash over the controversial plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors by blaming the media for the uproar.
  
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• Sainsbury's sells its Argos business to Swift Partners for £120million

  31-07-2026 09:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Sainsbury's will get cash proceeds of at least £120 million from the sale, with a £70 million up-front payment when the deal completes, which is expected in February next year.
  
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• BP pulls out of North Sea after being battered by Labour windfall taxes and Net Zero drive - ending six decades of oil production

  31-07-2026 09:12 via dailymail.com
  
  BP is exiting the North Sea as it puts the business up for sale ending 60 years of production in the basin.
  
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• Girl, 14, with 'stomach bug' could 'only have months left to live'

  31-07-2026 09:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Annabell Robinson began feeling unwell in June, but it was initially put down to the hot weather
  
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• Suffolk fire live: Dunwich Heath wildlife habitats devastated as blaze burns on

  31-07-2026 09:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wildlife habitats devastated by the 'utterly sickening' wildfire at Dunwich Heath could reportedly take up to 25 years to recover
  
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• Woman wrongly jailed for 88 days exposes how scorned ex and his new partner's twisted revenge plot nearly destroyed her life

  31-07-2026 09:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Michelle Hadley, now 39, was arrested in July 2016 for allegedly cyberstalking and threatening her ex Ian Diaz and his wife Angela Connell.
  
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• Manchester election results LIVE: Andy Burnham's successor as mayor to be announced in biggest ever by-election

  31-07-2026 09:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's Bev Craig is favourite to be named Mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding Andy Burnham, following Britain's biggest ever by-election as Nigel Farage's Reform stumbles
  
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• Hollyoaks confirms shocking child grooming plot as Brooke Vincent’s Abigail targets Dee Dee

  31-07-2026 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The powerful storyline will explore the dangers of grooming from institutional positions of power (Picture: Lime Pictures)As some Hollyoaks viewers suspected, we haven’t seen the true side of newcomer Abigail Matthews – and the sordid nature of the character will send shockwaves through the village, deeply impacting grieving teenager Dee Dee Hutchinson (Chloe Atkinson).
  Fans were delighted by the announcement of Coronation Street Sophie Webster icon Brooke Vincent in a new role for
  
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• AC Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi dies aged 66

  31-07-2026 08:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Franco Baresi has died aged 66 (AFP via Getty)AC Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi, one of the key players of the golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 66.Baresi captained AC Milan for 15 seasons, winning three European Cups and six Serie A titles.For Italy, Baresi was part of the squad that won the 1982 World Cup and captained the ⁠team to the 1994 final, which ended in a penalty shootout defeat to Brazil.Last August, Baresi underwent surgery to
  
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• Scientists uncover traces of two mysterious 'ghost' ancestors in human DNA

  31-07-2026 08:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new findings suggest modern-day humans are the result of thousands of years of interbreeding between various groups of primates called hominis - but only one survives today: Homo sapiens
  
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• Urgent recall of baby bottle cleaner over fears it could contain insects

  31-07-2026 08:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Milton has recalled its baby bottle cleaner (Picture: Milton)Milton International SAS has urgently recalled several batches of cleaner over concerns that it has been contaminated.Insects were found in bottles of the brand’s 500ml baby bottle washing-up solution, resulting in it being pulled from shelves.In a statement, Milton told customers: ‘The safety of babies and the trust of parents are our highest priorities so we want to be open with you about a recent issue with Milton Baby
  
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• UK woman first in world to receive pioneering cancer therapy

  31-07-2026 08:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tracy Tomlinson has already beaten the odds to stay alive
  
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• FIFA hits back as UEFA plan to boycott World Cup over Gianni Infantino plan

  31-07-2026 08:33 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gianni Infantino has faced widespread criticism over FIFA’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup (AFP via Getty)FIFA insists ‘nobody is selling football’ and will carry on with consultations over introducing private investment into the World Cup.On Thursday, UEFA’s 55 member nations voted unanimously to boycott all FIFA tournaments if Gianni Infantino’s controversial plans to sell stakes in the World Cup go ahead.But in a statement released in the early hours of Fr
  
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• Mystery hero wakes sleeping family with desperate warning as flames engulf their home...before vanishing without a trace

  31-07-2026 08:32 via dailymail.com
  
  The blaze erupted at Danna Shabtai's Las Vegas Valley home just before 5am on July 5. Video shows the mystery hero rushing to the front door to wake the family.
  
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