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• The three signings Man Utd missed out on with another exit collapsing late on deadline day

  02-09-2026 11:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  United had a quiet end to the window (Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)Manchester United passed on a number of deadline day transfers, failing to sign a player on the final day of the summer window for the first time in seven years.Tuesday’s transfer deadline day passed without any late incomings at Old Trafford having signed three midfielders this summer in Andrey Santos, Youri Tielemans and Carlos Baleba.The club also recruited young winger Tynan Thompson from Totte
  
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• War over our coastal paths! They've been loved by the public for generations for their bracing air and stunning views. But suddenly more and more are being fenced off by wealthy landowners whose message is effectively: PLEBS KEEP OUT

  03-09-2026 00:08 via dailymail.com
  
  For more than 20 years, Clare and Matt Kennedy-Smith (pictured) and their two daughters have marked every special occasion with a family walk along the Glendorgal Headland.
  
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• Child dies after contracting infection linked to Melbourne petting zoo - as another toddler suffers kidney damage

  03-09-2026 00:06 via dailymail.com
  
  A child has died after contracting a horror infection in Melbourne.
  
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• Top Republican warns GOP could lose Senate as gulf with swaggering Speaker widens

  03-09-2026 00:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader John Thune has delivered a stark warning that Republicans could lose control of the Senate in November.
  
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• Thames Valley Police boss warns Burnham of 'exodus' of officers from forces across the country after Andrew Harper U-turns

  02-09-2026 23:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The chair of the Thames Valley Police Federation who campaigned against the early release of the killers of PC Andrew Harper said she would like the PM to understand what it's like to be a cop.
  
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• Parents, 70 and 31, of non-verbal girl found dead after going missing are arrested

  02-09-2026 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The parents of Saylor Hayes, five, have been arrested after she was found dead in a South Carolina waterway following a huge overnight search.
  
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• Teen, 17, has hand cut off in Sydney park assault - as 15-year-old is arrested

  02-09-2026 23:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have arrested a 15-year-old following an alleged assault in inner Sydney that left another teenager with a severed hand.
  
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• Labour creates yet another 'massive quango' to tackle the size of the state

  02-09-2026 23:47 via dailymail.com
  
  First Secretary of State Louise Haigh said she had created three taskforces to deliver the Prime Minister's promises.
  
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• Putin's threat to the UK is a Nato fiction, claims 'dangerously naive' Diane Abbott

  02-09-2026 23:44 via dailymail.com
  
  The veteran Labour MP wrote on social media that 'the imminent threat from Russia is a NATO fiction to justify their complete capitulation to Trump's demands for more military spending'.
  
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• Surge teams to tackle mega dinghies on French beaches as PM and Emmanuel Macron set to meet

  02-09-2026 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  French officers will be deployed on beaches in western France amid alarm about the arrival of a mega dinghy carrying 230 people over the summer - after numbers dropped to a six-year low
  
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• ‘Selfless’ teenage passenger killed after car smashes into tree

  02-09-2026 23:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  Harriet Boyles died four days after sustaining serious injuries in the crash (Picture: Staffordshire Police)A teenager who died four days after a crash in Staffordshire has been remembered as ‘compassionate’ and ‘selfless’.Harriet Boyles, 19, was travelling as a passenger in a Ford when it hit a tree on Lichfield Road in Armitage early in the morning of August 22.Despite the best efforts of medics, she died four days later on Wednesday, August 26.Her heartbroken family h
  
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• King Charles hails the Bayeux Tapestry 'a precious symbol of trust' between nations as he, Burnham and Macron come together for its unveiling

  02-09-2026 23:32 via dailymail.com
  
  The King and the French president came together at the British Museum to see the 70-metre-long embroidery, which is being loaned to Britain by France for the first time.
  
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• Teen, 17, has hand cut off in Sydney car park assault - as 15-year-old is arrested

  02-09-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have arrested a 15-year-old following an alleged assault in inner Sydney that left another teenager with a severed hand.
  
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• Premier League transfer spending spree has made a dog’s dinner of Europe’s old elite

  02-09-2026 23:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Enzo Fernandez joined Man City in a £125m deal from Chelsea on deadline day (Manchester City FC)You know what’s fun? Tight games of football with a couple of nice goals. Interspersed with plenty of creative passages of play until the team you support wins and you go for a lovely pint. Or, actually, battering the other lot 5-1, who cares about the quality then?You know what’s not? Contracts, painstaking negations to make the rich richer, sub-clauses, arithmetic.The transfer win
  
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• Is that it? Burnham to plead with Macron for more help in stopping the boats after France offers just 45 officers to tackle new mega-dinghies

  02-09-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister will use talks in Downing Street on Thursday to urge the French President to step up efforts to tackle illegal Channel crossings.
  
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• Second innocent man shot dead in Sydney this week - as chilling moment the gunman opened fire is caught on CCTV

  02-09-2026 23:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Police were called to a shooting in Sydney's west about 3.30pm on Wednesday.
  
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• King Charles hails the Bayeux Tapestry 'a precious symbol of trust' between nations as he Burnham and Macron come together for its unveiling

  02-09-2026 23:28 via dailymail.com
  
  The King and the French president came together at the British Museum to see the 70-metre-long embroidery, which is being loaned to Britain by France for the first time.
  
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• Google ordered to change ad practices after judge ruled tech giant operated illegal monopoly

  02-09-2026 23:28 via dailymail.com
  
  It follows a ruling last year that the tech titan violated US antitrust laws by unlawfully maintaining monopoly power in open web display advertising.
  
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• We need to root out this crackpot ideology... first we had the lactation for kinksters, now we have a charity organising an event that is just as unbelievable...

  02-09-2026 23:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Lactation conference in October will now take place online after criticism of one of the speakers at the event who had previously spoken of kinks in relation to lactation
  
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• American billionaire spotted at tiny Scots train station as it's transformed for lavish party

  02-09-2026 23:25 via dailymail.com
  
  This week the normally quiet village of Boat of Garten in the Cairngorms National Park was transformed into a hive of activity.
  
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• Newlywed wife's heartbreaking last words to Brit husband before vanishing in Nepal floods

  02-09-2026 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A British man whose wife, mum, brother and uncle are missing following the horrific floods in Nepal has flown out to try and find his family
  
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• New documents reveal Tim Curry’s cause of death aged 80

  02-09-2026 23:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tim Curry played everyone from IT to Nigel Thornberry (Picture: AP Photo/Peter Kramer)The world is still mourning the tragic death of the multi-talentedTim Curry aged 80.The Rocky Horror Picture Show actor known for loving playing the villain had struggled with ill health towards the end of his life.
  After a stroke in 2012 left him partially paralysed, the actor retreated from the spotlight.Dispatch audio obtained by TMZ revealed police responded to a death investigation last Tuesday at Curry&r
  
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• John Higgins reveals retirement plans as legendary snooker career nears end

  02-09-2026 23:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  John Higgins’ epic snooker career is nearing its end (Picture: Getty Images)John Higgins is planning to wind down his snooker schedule as he eyes up retirement in the next two years.The legendary four-time world champion is 51 years old but still competing at the top of the sport, reaching the World Championship semi-finals this year.The Wizard of Wishaw is ranked number six in the world, but still feels the time to hang up his cue is getting close.Motivation to practice is low and he exp
  
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• Just a day after revealing SNP's plan to tackle bloated public sector, John Swinney's blueprint unravels under the spotlight...

  02-09-2026 23:04 via dailymail.com
  
  John Swinney's public sector reforms started 'unravelling' yesterday as he ruled out compulsory redundancies and refused to identify job cuts.
  
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• Family mourn new mother randomly slain in Times Square knife attack

  02-09-2026 23:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Erin Piacenti died from her injuries after being attacked on the street (Picture: GoFundMe)The family of a banking executive who was stabbed in Times Square have paid tribute to the ‘thoughtful and devoted’ mother.Erin Piacenti, 32, was named as the victim in the rampage at the Crossroads of the World, which also saw an elderly man stabbed.The female suspect, Pamela Cisneros, 49, is said to have randomly attacked strangers with two kitchen knives in the packed tourist attraction bef
  
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• Debbie’s party speech will both raise and break your heart in Coronation Street

  02-09-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Debbie’s birthday celebrations are set to be a rollercoaster of emotions (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street fans should prepare for an emotional night at the Rovers next week, as Debbie Webster’s (Sue Devaney) birthday celebrations take a particularly poignant turn.Debbie has been living with young-onset vascular dementia, having received her diagnosis in April 2025.Since then, viewers have watched as the condition has increasingly affected her life, with Debbie facing memory loss and
  
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• Disgraced New England mayor drags her heels with repaying $240,000 in taxpayer cash she improperly used to feather her own nest

  02-09-2026 22:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Erin Stewart, 39, ended her gubernatorial campaign after an investigation exposed alleged misuse of a New Britain credit card on social clubs, tuition fees, clothes and makeup.
  
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• Cop's daughter, 20, who was about to be sworn in as deputy killed in freak accident involving ALLIGATOR after breaking the first rule of driving

  02-09-2026 22:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Cassi Taylor was driving southbound on a highway in Titusville, Florida, when a horrifying chain of events sparked by the reptile led to her death on August 30.
  
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• Three women and a man are arrested 32 years after mother 'was murdered at home with a fork' in Holyhead

  02-09-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Four people have been arrested 32 years after farmer's widow Doreen Morris, 64, was found dead in her burned-out bungalow on the outskirts of Holyhead, Anglesey, in March 1994.
  
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• Canadian mansion covered in MAGA flags is vandalized as woke locals call for it to be torched

  02-09-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  The outrage comes as the US and Canada are on the brink of a trade war. However, the Trump-loving Canadian said he believes the two countries will soon 'kiss and make up.'
  
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