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• The common phrase that warns restaurant staff you’re going to be ‘hard work’

  16-09-2026 14:34 via metro.co.uk
  
  If you’re this person, please stop… (Picture: Getty Images)There are plenty of phrases hospitality workers hear from customers that are guaranteed to make a shift all the more difficult.But one in particular really annoys them.Restaurant employees say that when a customer asks, ‘Could you work your magic for me?’ it almost always indicates unrealistic expectations.This phrase shows staff they’re about to be put through their paces as — despite what the punte
  
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• Carabao Cup fourth round draw: Arsenal and Chelsea learn next opponents

  16-09-2026 23:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  The fourth round ties have been confirmed (Picture: James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images)Liverpool will host Chelsea in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with Arsenal heading to Fleetwood Town.Xabi Alonso will be heading back to Anfield with his Chelsea side in the pick of the fourth round fixtures.The lowest ranked team left in the competition in Fleetwood will host the Premier League champions who eased past Ipswich Town in their third round clash this week.Defending champions Manchest
  
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• Pentagon whistleblowers send 'urgent SOS' about Pete Hegseth in extraordinary public appeal: 'Dumb, deluded and utterly incompetent'... as chaotic blunders get so bad, Army leaders turn on 'worst defense secretary in history'

  16-09-2026 23:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Pentagon staffers are risking their careers to blow the whistle on the disarray and discontentment consuming the Department of Defense under Secretary Pete Hegseth.
  
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• Left-wing leader of Britain's trade union movement given seat on Bank of England's board just hours after calling for new tax on banks' 'mega profits'

  16-09-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Paul Nowak, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, has been appointed a non-executive director of the Bank's Court of Directors by Chancellor John Healey.
  
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• Ohio house of horrors mom-of-16 pleads not guilty to child abuse charges as she cradles stomach in court - but lawyer refuses to say if she's pregnant again

  16-09-2026 23:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Elizabeth Siders, 34, appeared to be cradling a protruding bump under her bright orange prison garb during her court appearance on Wednesday in Ohio.
  
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• Two adults and child found dead in $1 million San Diego home after neighbor heard 'loud bangs' in the night

  16-09-2026 23:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Police said they were called to the home on Boulder Lake Avenue in Lake Murray shortly before 8.20am after getting a call from a concerned neighbor.
  
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• Jamie Redknapp blasts Man Utd star who ‘couldn’t pass the ball’ in Brighton defeat

  16-09-2026 23:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Another disastrous night for Michael Carrick (Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire)Jamie Redknapp blasted Joshua Zirkzee’s performance off the bench in Manchester United’s Carabao Cup defeat to Brighton, accusing the Dutchman of being ‘unable to pass the ball’ to his teammates.After their derby defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, United looked to get back on track at home to Brighton on Wednesday night.
  It was a dream start for Michael Carrick’s side with youngster She
  
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• Minnesota woman's mugshot for stealing power tool batteries goes viral as her looks are likened to VERY famous celebrity

  16-09-2026 23:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Cyrena Anne Quast, 35, was arrested on a gross misdemeanor theft charge after she allegedly stole two double packs of power tool batteries worth $578 from a store in Monticello on August 30.
  
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• Minnesota woman's mugshot for stealing power tools goes viral as her looks are likened to VERY famous celebrity

  16-09-2026 23:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Cyrena Anne Quast, 35, was arrested on a gross misdemeanor theft charge after she allegedly stole two double packs of power tool batteries worth $578 from a store in Monticello on August 30.
  
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• Canadian mayoral candidate under fire for sharing video of him fixing pothole in front of woman's home

  16-09-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Ryan Bolender, who is running to be the next mayor of Cambridge , in Ontario, was placed under investigation after sharing a campaign video of himself fixing a pothole outside a woman's home.
  
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• San Francisco landlord searches for new tenant to live in sage-colored townhouse after he allegedly murdered his last renter

  16-09-2026 23:09 via dailymail.com
  
  A three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in San Francisco can be rented for $6,300, but its last tenant was killed outside of it just months ago by the landlord, according to prosecutors.
  
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• Mom issues urgent warning over creepy jack-o'-lantern that sings VERY explicit song

  16-09-2026 23:02 via dailymail.com
  
  A mother of three took to social media to warn other parents after she heard the suggestive words sung by a singing jack-o-lantern toy she bought for her children. 
  
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• Andy Burnham urged to rule out tax rises in next month's Budget - after being stung by jibe that he's just 'another tax and spend socialist'

  16-09-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith called for a moratorium on further tax rises, warning they are 'crushing' the economy.
  
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• Student, 21, makes astounding request as he's arrested over child abuse images

  16-09-2026 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ashraful Islam, 21, of Chippenham, was handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to taking indecent images of children and voyeurism
  
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• Man in his 30s is arrested after teenage girl 'raped under bridge in daylight attack'

  16-09-2026 22:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Police were called to Novi Sad bridge, which is located close to Norwich City's Carrow Road, at around 12.40pm on Tuesday.
  
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• Two boys aged 14 and 16 charged with murder after student Marco Tapia was allegedly shot dead inside his Glen Alpine home in case of mistaken identity

  16-09-2026 22:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Two teens will appear in a children's court on Thursday over the death of Marco Tapia, 23.
  
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• Man, 48, is charged with murder after woman, 74, found dead following 'domestic incident'

  16-09-2026 22:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Carole Langley's body was found at an address in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Monday morning.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton weighs in as message sent to Macklemore after Ed Sheeran row

  16-09-2026 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage, and Lewis Hamilton is among the celebrities who have shown solidarity with the rapper
  
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• Excruciating moment wheelchair-bound Mitch McConnell, 84, has to be told what to do as he struggles to speak in Senate meeting

  16-09-2026 22:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, was recorded visibly struggling to speak during a Wednesday meeting on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Jennifer Garner’s stark reaction to being cast as ex Ben Affleck’s wife

  16-09-2026 22:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jennifer Garner didn’t hold back when dropping out of Ben Affleck’s film (Picture: SBM/Plux/REX/Shutterstock)Jennifer Garner was all set to star in her ex-husband Ben Affleck’s film – until he decided to play her on-screen partner.The 13 Going on 30 icon, 54, was famously married to the Gone Girl star, also 54, from 2005 until 2018.Since their split, the couple are said to be on very good terms,  spending a lot of time together for their children: Violet, 
  
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• Macklemore donates $1,000,000 earnings from Ed Sheeran tour to Palestinian support groups

  16-09-2026 22:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Macklemore will donate his Ed Sheeran tour money (Picture: ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP via Getty Images)Macklemore has made a statement after all of Ed Sheeran’s tour openers and live band members dropped out of the Loop Tour.The Downtown rapper, 43, was removed from the US leg of the tour over his speech on stage calling for a ‘Free Palestine’.After comments from Pink condemning Macklemore, stadium bosses reportedly told Ed he wouldn’t be allowed to perform if
  
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• Met Office issues 'summer returns' forecast as temperatures may reach high-20s

  16-09-2026 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Met Office weather forecasters say there could be a 'sense that summer returns next week' as temperatures begin to rise and potentially reach the high 20s in some areas
  
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• Charles told Earl Spencer ‘we’ll forget Diana soon enough’ just days after death, new book claims

  16-09-2026 22:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  King Charles is said to be ‘mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason’ after the Royal rift.
  (Picture: Tim Graham Photo Library)Charles told Princess Diana’s brother that he and young Prince William and Harry would ‘forget her soon enough’ in a row over her funeral.Diana’s brother Earl Spencer claims he told the now King just days after Diana’s car crash death in Paris that she wouldn’t want the boys, then aged 15 and 12, to make t
  
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• Truck driver gives ridiculous reason he accidentally veered off highway and crashed his truck

  16-09-2026 22:18 via dailymail.com
  
  A pit stop was needed during a Florida man's morning routine after he crashed his pickup truck on the highway while distractedly applying deodorant.
  
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• Elizabeth Line worker grandad killed with single punch by passenger who missed train

  16-09-2026 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grandfather-of-five Jorge Ortega, 61, died after being punched by 29-year-old passenger Ayodele Jamgbadi, who had lashed out after missing his train
  
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• Body found in search for missing Noah Woods, 3, in Brantham as volunteers weep

  16-09-2026 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police searching for three-year-old Noah Woods, who vanished from a playground in Brantham, Suffolk, on Tuesday afternoon, have recovered the body of a child from nearby Decoy Pond
  
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• 'Baroness Chakrabarti is correct — the law must not have a blind spot on the right'

  16-09-2026 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Baroness Shami Chakrabarti had said Shabana Mahmood should consider outlawing far-right group Patriot Platform under terrorism laws, such as Palestine Action
  
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• Andy Burnham watches Everton with Canadian leader Mark Carney who also lost his dad to Alzheimer's

  16-09-2026 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite grieving his dad, Andy Burnham continues to work — and today he had an engagement with Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, who joined him to watch Everton play Wolves
  
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• Illegal immigrant filmed screaming 'f**k Trump, Biden forever' during arrest is deported back to his native Haiti

  16-09-2026 21:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, 25, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Boston in January. The illegal migrant had a lengthy rap sheet of at least 17 convictions.
  
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• The Battle of Piddington is NOT over: Campaigners hope Home Office great crested 'blunder' may halt plans for asylum camp near Oxfordshire village that has voted to leave the UK

  16-09-2026 21:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Records uncovered by campaigners have revealed numerous protected wildlife species are located on and next to the base.
  
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