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• The catastrophic errors England can avoid at the World Cup without kicking a ball

  11-06-2026 13:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  There is plenty that must go right for England off the pitch (Picture: The FA via Getty Images)After months and months of preparation, England are ready to begin their World Cup campaign.Mexico and South Africa will lift the curtain this evening at the Azteca Stadium with the Three Lions underway in their Group L opener next Wednesday against Croatia – a nation they share plenty of history with.Thomas Tuchel officially took the reins at the start of 2025 with everything building towards t
  
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• World Cup 2026 referees: Full list of officials involved and how they were selected

  11-06-2026 19:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Oliver is one of two English referees at the World Cup (Picture: Getty)The World Cup 2026 is the biggest tournament in the competition’s illustrious history with 48 teams contesting a total of 104 games this summer.As such, this year’s edition is featuring more referees than ever before with 51 officials selected to take charge of matches across the US, Canada and Mexico.The pool of referees is made up of officials from all six confederations, with Europe providing the most
  
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• Secret chaos behind this year’s official World Cup anthem you didn’t know about

  11-06-2026 19:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The World Cup Anthem 2026 has been released (Picture: FIFA)FIFA have unveiled the 2026 World Cup anthem, DNA, a track that football fans will become very familiar with over the next few months.The song is a collaboration between Andrea Bocelli, David Guetta, Megan Thee Stallion, and EJAE. But they’re not the only ones who had a hand in this anthem.Daniel Goudie, with his composing partner Ashley Milton, helped write the original version of DNA, but had no clue it was going to be released.
  
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• Kansas heat will be as hard to beat as the top teams in the World, says Mirror man in US

  11-06-2026 19:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our reporter in Kansas City - where England's training camp is - has penned his latest first-person piece, which today explores the heat and humidity Harry Kane and company have to face...
  
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• Twin brothers, 10, were executed by their father in murder-suicide during family birthday celebration... as it's revealed dad tried to kill their mother but MISSED

  11-06-2026 19:15 via dailymail.com
  
  A California father who killed his 10-year-old twin boys in a horrific murder-suicide shot at their mother and missed, her family has revealed.
  
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• Harmony Montgomery's killer father has murder conviction OVERTURNED in shock court ruling

  11-06-2026 19:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Adam Montgomery was granted the shocking ruling on Thursday morning. He was convicted of killing Harmony, five, in 2024 after she went missing in 2019.
  
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• Cops rush to SECOND hazmat incident outside GW University - just two miles from Pentagon

  11-06-2026 19:09 via dailymail.com
  
  DC Metropolitan police have rushed to another reported hazmat-type incident outside George Washington University, less than two and a half miles from the Pentagon .
  
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• Harry Maguire handed speeding fine for a second time as two Man Utd team-mates also accused

  11-06-2026 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Harry Maguire has admitted speeding in his £130,000 Range Rover in Altringham, Greater Manchester, having previously been given a 56-day road ban for speeding offences
  
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• Insane moment fisherman wrangles great white shark on the shores of popular Nantucket beach

  11-06-2026 19:05 via dailymail.com
  
  White sharks are about four feet long when they are born and can grow up to roughly 20 feet while weighing more than 4,000 pounds.
  
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• Three men jailed for treating Henry Nowak protest like a 'blood-sport'

  11-06-2026 19:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Three more men have been jailed for their parts in the violence at a demonstration over the murder of student Henry Nowak - bringing the total number of arrests so far to 10
  
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• Why Donald Trump is not attending World Cup opening ceremony and USA’s first match

  11-06-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Trump expected to miss the ceremony and the game against Paraguay (Picture: Getty)President Donald Trump is not expected to attend the US opening ceremony for the World Cup or the United States’ opening match of the tournament on Friday.Mexico, Canada and the USA will each host their own opening ceremony in the coming days with Shakira and Burna Boy helping raise the curtain tonight ahead of El Tri’s opening game against South Africa at the glorious Azteca Stadium.Alanis Morissette
  
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• Teenage Brit dies on Benidorm holiday ‘after reaction to vape oil’

  11-06-2026 18:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harry was out for lunch when he had the deadly reaction (Picture: Family Handout/PA Wire)A teenager died on holiday in Benidorm after a suspected reaction to vape oil, his family have said.Harry Whitton, from Dundee, died in the Spanish tourist hotspot while he was with his girlfriend.His father Chris Whitton revealed in a post on Facebook that the 18-year-old’s family believe he had a deadly reaction while out for lunch.Discussing Harry’s post-mortem results, Chris said: ‘His
  
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• Fresh poll says Andy Burnham set to win crunch by-election thanks to right-wing Restore Britain party peeling away Reform's voters

  11-06-2026 18:59 via dailymail.com
  
  If Reform and Restore's vote shares were added together, the right would overtake Labour and quash Mr Burnham's dreams of returning to Parliament.
  
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• Teen Norwegian hired by Iran-backed group to carry out UK hit planned to shoot himself in the foot to get out of 'pickle', court hears

  11-06-2026 18:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Johannes Natland, 19, agreed to assassinate a target in Britain in return for £21,000, which he would use 'to buy a lot of drugs', the Old Bailey was told.
  
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• California girl, 10, hailed a hero for saving entire family from catastrophic house fire with her quick thinking

  11-06-2026 18:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Quick-thinking 10-year-old Elizabeth Morgan saved her sleeping family from a devastating house fire in Oakley, California.
  
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• Trump health mystery deepens as army of doctors checks president

  11-06-2026 18:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Trump's personal physician Navy Capt. Sean Barbarella made the staggering submission after the President's visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
  
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• Fears RAF's new high-tech Tempest fighter programme could be scrapped with ministers silent over whether first aircraft will fly next year as planned

  11-06-2026 18:49 via dailymail.com
  
  The Tempest Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is a joint venture between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a sixth-generation stealth jet, with a proposed target of 2035 for it to enter service.
  
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• England consider BANNING alcohol as Ben Stokes nightclub incident could prompt retirement

  11-06-2026 18:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  England director of cricket Rob Key has spoken publicly for the first time since Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were dropped from the Test side for breaking a team curfew in a nightclub
  
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• Woman’s life saved from gun-wielding dog by gaming PC

  11-06-2026 18:47 via metro.co.uk
  
  Some people on Reddit are sceptical about whether the dog is to blame (Bethesda)A PC gamer has shared the story of how their rig saved their life, after they were fired upon by their neighbour’s dog.Last year, we reported on a story where someone was nearly shot by a bullet that came through their wall while they were asleep and were only saved by their collection of Pokémon cards.Now, an eerily similar incident has happened to someone else, except this time it was their gaming PC
  
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• Boy, 15, and man, 43, remanded over Bobby Bloomfield 'murder' as details emerge

  11-06-2026 18:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The court hearing came four days after 12-year-old Bobby Bloomfield was found with serious injuries following the incident in Pilgrims Hatch, Essex
  
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• Tourist grabbed seagull and ‘punched it close to death’ in front of horrified kids

  11-06-2026 18:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  A seagull walks along the top of a wall (Picture: AFP)Locals are outraged after a tourist is alleged to have punched a seagull in a Cornish seaside town.It was reported that the suspect, who was with his family, struck the seagull and smashed it off a wall after it allegedly snatched his pasty in St Ives on Wednesday.One person posted: ‘This coward yesterday grabbed a seagull in St Ives and killed it in front of families and children on the seafront.’Another witness said: ‘Aft
  
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• Manhunt after tourist grabbed seagull and ‘punched it close to death’ in front of horrified kids

  11-06-2026 18:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  A seagull walks along the top of a wall (Picture: AFP)Locals are outraged after a tourist is alleged to have punched a seagull in a Cornish seaside town.It was reported that the suspect, who was with his family, struck the seagull and smashed it off a wall after it allegedly snatched his pasty in St Ives on Wednesday.One person posted: ‘This coward yesterday grabbed a seagull in St Ives and killed it in front of families and children on the seafront.’Another witness said: ‘Aft
  
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• Engineer who raped and murdered his girlfriend, 37, visited two prostitutes while her body was lying undiscovered at his flat, court hears

  11-06-2026 18:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Marine engineering worker Stephen Sexton, 38, strangled Joanna Derkacz, 37, a recruitment consultant after their relationship broke down, jurors were told.
  
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• World Cup opening ceremony UK times and performers for all THREE events

  11-06-2026 18:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shakira loves a World Cup (Picture: Getty Images)The biggest World Cup ever does not just have one opening ceremony, but it has three!Seen as there are three host nations for this summer’s tournament, each one will produce an opening ceremony to see in the event.All three will be ahead of the home country’s first group stage match, over the first couple of days of the tournament.Mexico get the opening ceremony bonanza underway, followed by Canada and then USA will look to round them
  
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• All asylum seekers have been moved out of Epping's Bell Hotel which was at centre of anti-migrant protests after Ethiopian resident sexually assaulted girl, 14

  11-06-2026 18:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Asylum seekers who were staying at The Bell Hotel, which was at the centre of anti-migrant protests, have all been removed from the site.
  
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• Police force gives tech giants brutal ultimatum as they tackle phone theft epidemic

  11-06-2026 18:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although phone theft in the West End has fallen by 50 per cent in the past year, the Metropolitan Police are calling on tech firms to work with the force in a bid to disrupt the global criminal networks
  
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• Man Utd legend Roy Keane names his World Cup favourites and rules out huge team

  11-06-2026 18:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  Roy Keane is confident over France’s chances after their runners-up finish last time out (Picture: Getty)Manchester United great Roy Keane has ruled out Portugal’s chances of lifting the World Cup and named France as his favourites to come out on top.France fell at the final hurdle four years ago, as Argentina and Lionel Messi triumphed on penalties after an all-time classic final in Qatar.It should come as no surprise that Les Blues enter this summer’s spectacle as one of the
  
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• King Charles beams as he meets football mascot before World Cup finally starts

  11-06-2026 18:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It was cod save the King as Charles met the Mighty Mariner, the mascot of Grimsby Town Football Club at Blundell Park, where the monarch was presented with a customised jersey
  
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• Karmelo Anthony jurors fear for their lives as disturbing trend explodes in retaliation for verdict and they're gagged from speaking publicly

  11-06-2026 18:07 via dailymail.com
  
  A disturbing new online trend has emerged in the wake of the Karmelo Anthony conviction.
  
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• Bulgarian immigrant jailed for more than 11 years after killing a toddler while watching TikTok videos at the wheel

  11-06-2026 18:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Hristo Iliev, 32, spent around seven minutes looking at clips on the social media platform before smashing into a stationary car near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, in March 2025.
  
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