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• The 10 best Arcade Archives games on modern consoles – Reader’s Feature

  26-07-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ridge Racer is one of the newer games on offer (Hamster)A reader discusses some of his favourite arcade games, from Scramble to Ridge Racer, and how you can play them for cheap on any current format.If you’re a certain age (or even if you’re not), now and again you might get a pang (pun intended) for the old arcade scene from the heyday of the 80s and 90s. Whilst it’s difficult to replicate the sticky carpets, shifty looking customers, and visual and audio overload of walking
  
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• How much do Strictly contestants get paid? Celebs, dancers and judges’ pay revealed

  19-09-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s time to get back on the dance floor with a new look Strictly (Picture: Ray Burmiston/BBC/PA Wire)Strictly Come Dancing became one of the most beloved programmes on British TV when it launched in 2004.Now, over two decades later, the BBC’s besequinned series is marking a year of big changes for 2026 as fans welcome new hosts Emma Willis, Johannes Radabe and Josh Widdicombe, replacing Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.A new line-up of contestants like Lacey Turner, Delta Goodrem, W
  
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• Horrifically violent MobLand season 2 villain ‘was inspired by Noel and Liam Gallagher’

  19-09-2026 14:00 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 TV villains are so nefarious and downright devious that they can terrify you even after the TV’s been switched off. I’m thinking of characters like Gus Fring, Ralph Cifaretto, and Richard Hillman – twisted small-screen psychos who are some of the best baddies ever to grace the small screen. And with the release of MobLand sea
  
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• Mother weeps for missing Lillia, 13, as she says 'My heart is breaking without you here' eight days after she first went missing

  19-09-2026 13:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Lillia, 13, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, was reported missing by her family on September 11.
  
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• Moment 'inappropriate old man' jumps on primary school worker's motorbike and grabs her hips in front of his laughing pals

  19-09-2026 13:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Footage - captured on her friend Charlotte's bike helmet camera on September 12 - shows Ellie waiting in traffic on Oldham Street on her bright green Kawasaki ER-6F bike.
  
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• Millwall vs West Ham LIVE: Huge police presence with fears of violence as statement released

  19-09-2026 13:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millwall and West Ham will go head-to-head in the Championship on Saturday lunchtime with police issuing statements ahead of the fixture
  
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• Man Utd owner Jim Ratcliffe 'living on another planet' after attack on UK

  19-09-2026 13:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The founder of chemicals giant Ineos, who moved to Monaco from the UK in 2020, had claimed the country is on the slide, hitting out at high taxes and immigration
  
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• Londoners are flocking to the ‘perfect’ commuter village with homes £384,684 cheaper

  19-09-2026 13:24 via metro.co.uk
  
  Just over one hour from London is the riverside village of Mistley (Picture: Getty Images)Perched right on the River Stour in Essex lies the unassuming village of Mistley, famed for its warm community feel and unique history.Being an hour away from the capital by train, it’s little surprise Londoners are packing it in and heading to this well-connected piece of coastline.It’s not just a speedy commute you’ll have to look forward to, either. The house prices are a fairly jammy
  
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• 'I left my three jobs in the UK for tropical paradise where luxury pad costs £500 a month'

  19-09-2026 13:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sophia Moulson was working up to 15 hours a day at times in the UK, but says her work-life balance is now much better
  
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• 'I had near-death experience - dying doesn't scare me after terror and ecstasy of what I saw'

  19-09-2026 13:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientist Dr Christof Koch has made a close study of near-death experiences after coming close to death himself during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic
  
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• Michael Marra announced as new Scottish Labour leader

  19-09-2026 13:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The North East Scotland MSP called his election a 'singular honour', and now faces the daunting task of turning the party around after Scottish Labour lost its fifth consecutive Holyrood election
  
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• MI5 secrets exposed in explosive new book from Profumo Affair to Heathrow bomb plot

  19-09-2026 13:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Featuring never-before-published info and images, an explosive new book is shining new light on MI5’s involvement in some of the biggest political events, from the Profumo Affair to the Cambridge Spy Ring
  
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• Our first date lasted 7 hours in the least romantic venue possible

  19-09-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  There isn’t much about the actual fall that I remember (Picture: Getty Images)Cycling through East London with a man I really liked, I suddenly realised the brakes on my electric bike weren’t working.I tried to stop for a pedestrian but I ended up flying over the handlebars to avoid the crash. I wasn’t wearing a helmet – stupid mistake, I know – and had no time to catch myself.There isn’t much about the actual fall that I remember – just the impact
  
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• Fresh sighting in search for girl, 13, who has been missing for a week

  19-09-2026 12:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Lillia, from Bolton, Manchester, was reported first missing on September 11 (Pictures: Greater Manchester Police)Police searching for a 13-year-old girl who disappeared from home more than a week ago have identified a new sighting of her on CCTV.Lillia, from Bolton, Manchester, was reported first missing on September 11.The teenager was last seen at 1.50pm last Saturday at the Trafford Centre.She had then boarded a 247 bus towards Altrincham in south Manchester.It is unclear for how long she st
  
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• Funeral for hot tub couple shown touching mementos from their lives

  19-09-2026 12:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thomasina Tobin, 51, and her husband Patrick ‘Paddy’ Tobin, 48, died at the villa they were renting with their teenage children (Picture: Pixel8000)A funeral for the couple found dead after a hot tub accident at a Spanish holiday villa heard their two children ‘were at the heart of their lives’.Thomasina Tobin, 51, and her husband Patrick ‘Paddy’ Tobin, 48, died at the villa they were renting with their teenage children in the resort of Cullera near Valencia
  
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• Labour considers lowering mansion tax threshold to £1.5m in Budget raid on nearly 300,000 households - including many middle-class families in London and south east

  19-09-2026 12:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Up to 300,000 homes could be hit by the tax on property values, particularly in London and the south east, in a move first exclusively predicted in the Mail on Sunday.
  
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• Illegal migrant Deliveroo rider raped woman he had dragged off the street 'like a ragdoll' - then went to hospital 'to get to her again'

  19-09-2026 12:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Salem Rekoub, 28, was caught on CCTV wearing his turquoise Deliveroo uniform and smirking as he followed the ambulance of the woman he had just raped to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
  
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• ‘Single’ benefits cheat caught after posting wedding photos on Facebook

  19-09-2026 12:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  Benefit fraudster Judith Blackmore was found out after she shared pictures on her social media of her wedding despite saying she was single to get payoutsA benefit fraudster who pretended to be single to claim more than £40,000 was found out after posting pictures of her wedding and honeymoon on Facebook.Judith Blackmore claimed she was single and had no money or savings and that she was in a shared tenancy with a man who turned out to be her partner and future husband.Hull Crown Court he
  
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• Hospitals on alert for Russia attack as emergency meetings called across Europe as Putin escalation fears rise

  19-09-2026 12:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  War plans outlining how hospitals would deal with thousands of wounded soldiers are among the alarming scenarios being drawn up in European capitals as intelligence chiefs warn of a growing threat
  
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• 7 best on-sale bed sets that will transform your room for autumn

  19-09-2026 12:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Swap out bed set for the new season with our pick of the best on-sale bedding from Dusk, Debenhams, Habitat and more
  
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• Parents send urgent warning over four-year-olds forced to take school test on touchscreen devices

  19-09-2026 12:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anxious parents who have shielded their children from smartphones and tablets have warned the newly digitised Reception Baseline Assessment is at odds with screen time guidance for under 5s
  
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• Katie Price models in OnlyFans show days after confirming Lee Andrews split

  19-09-2026 12:22 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 PageKatie Price returned to London Fashion Week on Friday night, days after confirming her split from Lee Andrews live on TV.The former glamour model, 48, walked the catwalk with windswept hair and heavy eye make-up for the OnlyFans x Natasha Zinko show, held at the Collins Music Theatre in Islington, north London.Price’s catwalk look was a black pseudo-su
  
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• Missing schoolgirl Lillia spotted at Manchester bus station as police issue fresh CCTV appeal

  19-09-2026 12:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have released a new CCTV image showing the last-known sighting of missing 13-year-old schoolgirl Lillia, who was last seen by her family on September 11
  
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• Diana 'still is deeply resented' in Buckingham Palace says David Dimbleby after Earl Spencer's bombshell King Charles revelations

  19-09-2026 12:17 via dailymail.com
  
  In his explosive new memoir - exclusively serialised in the Daily Mail - Diana's brother claims Prince Charles told him 'we'll forget her [Diana] soon enough' during an argument.
  
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• Summer returns next week with temperatures set to reach 26C

  19-09-2026 12:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Parts of the UK are set for a summer throwback next week when a warm spell returns (Picture: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock)The UK could be graced with one last spell of warm weather before the autumn kicks in.
  Britain has endured a record-breaking heatwave summer, which brought tropical temperatures and sunshine but also left a serious drought that still lingers.
  Although the sweaty nights and scorching days now feel like a bad dream, it is difficult to say goodbye to the summer altogether.
  And
  
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• Doctor Who fans want Daniel Craig as next Time Lord in news no one expected

  19-09-2026 12:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Could you see the former 007 as the next Time Lord? (Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Daniel Craig as the next Doctor? Stranger things have happened…This week, the BBC confirmed that a new series of Doctor Who is officially in the works, and the plan is to strip the show back to its basics and create a brand new era.While it’s unlikely that we’ll find out who the next Time Lord is any time soon, considering the sci-fi series likely won’t return until 2028 or 2029 at
  
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• Andy Burnham's new work from home rules - your legal rights explained

  19-09-2026 12:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Following the announcement of Andy Burnham's government changing rules when it comes to working from home - employees have looked into their legal rights
  
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• 'Labour cannot let hope of two-state solution disappear'

  19-09-2026 11:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Labour got it badly wrong in stubbornly refusing to join calls for a ceasefire early on in the hostilities', former shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth writes
  
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• 'Harmful' health warning issued to parents with babies suffering from colic

  19-09-2026 11:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The MHRA acknowledged it could be 'distressing for babies and their families'
  
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• British military sites were targeted by drones hundreds of times in last year, new figures show as tensions rise with Russia and Iran

  19-09-2026 11:48 via dailymail.com
  
  British military sites have been targeted by drones hundreds of times in the last year amid escalating tensions with Russia and Iran, new figures show.
  
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