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• Third Strictly Come Dancing star confirmed as Delta Goodrem joins 2026 cast

  12-06-2026 19:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Strictly Come Dancing have announced the name of the third celebrity appearing on the BBC dance competition this summer - after Lacey Turner and Dani Dyer were announced
  
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• Casualties as car ploughs into Derbyshire bowling alley after crash outside

  14-06-2026 14:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Three pedestrians have been hurt after two cars collided and one ploughed through the side of MFA Bowl in Ilkeston
  
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• World Cup LIVE: FIFA makes Omar Artan decision after referee banned from US, winner prediction announced

  14-06-2026 14:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Somalian referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the US in controversial circumstances despite having been expected to officiate in matches during the World Cup
  
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• Sarah Ferguson leaves friend 'stunned' by missing wedding of relative she 'loves so much'

  14-06-2026 14:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Ferguson has reportedly stunned friends by failing to attend the wedding of her beloved family member
  
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• Suspect named after girl stabbed in neck in broad daylight on Lancashire street

  14-06-2026 14:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police, including armed officers, swarmed the scene in Brierfield, near Nelson, in Lancashire after the girl, 17, was horrifically attacked
  
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• Thierry Henry issues statement after offending Nigeria World Cup fans

  14-06-2026 14:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thierry Henry angered Nigerian football fans during USA’s opening game against Paraguay (Picture: Getty)Thierry Henry has issued an apology after offending Nigerian football fans during Fox’s broadcast of the USA’s opening game of the tournament.The Arsenal legend is working for, amongst others, Fox during the tournament alongside the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexi Lalas.
  Henry caused a stir with his viral reaction to the USA 94 icon’s scathing assessment of James
  
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• Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea set new price to sign England World Cup star Morgan Rogers

  14-06-2026 14:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Morgan Rogers is preparing for England’s World Cup campaign (Picture: Getty)Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea have reportedly been set a new price to sign England World Cup star Morgan Rogers this summer.Aston Villa midfielder Rogers is currently in the United States preparing for England’s World Cup opener against Croatia on Wednesday night.Rogers is competing with Jude Bellingham for a place in the team and Thomas Tuchel looks set to go with the Real Madrid star for England&r
  
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• Brother of Nottingham attack victim Barnaby Webber says death instantly aged him five years

  14-06-2026 13:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Three people were killed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane in Nottingham - including Barnaby Webber, whose brother reveals the lasting effect of the tragedy that shocked the nation
  
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• Dramatic footage shows British forces storm sanctioned Russian oil tanker during night

  14-06-2026 13:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer said the six-hour military operation delivers 'another blow to Russia and reminds those fuelling (President Vladimir) Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide'
  
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• 'My wife wants a unique spelling for our baby's name - I think it's tacky'

  14-06-2026 13:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A dad-to-be is asking for advice after his wife said she wants to give their daughter a name with a unique spelling - as he believes it's 'tacky' and will ruin their kid's life
  
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• Robinson detained at Heathrow under terrorism act after Moscow trip with Musk's dad

  14-06-2026 13:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Tommy Robinson, the far-right activist, was held by police at Heathrow Airport at the weekend under counter-terror laws. He was subsequently released.
  
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• Met Office puts 18 UK areas on alert for heavy downpours as huge band of rain on way

  14-06-2026 13:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UK is set for downpours with up to 32mm falling in an hour in some areas as a 250-mile band of rain sweeps the country before hotter weather arrives
  
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• Labour's electric car revolution stalls: Keir Starmer 'slashes' EV sales targets in stinging blow to Ed Miliband's green agenda

  14-06-2026 13:38 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister is understood to have overruled the Energy Secretary following sustained lobbying from industry leaders, the Unite union and Business Secretary Peter Kyle.
  
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• World Cup LIVE: FIFA makes Omar Artan decision after referee banned from US

  14-06-2026 13:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Somalian referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the US in controversial circumstances despite having been expected to officiate in matches during the World Cup
  
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• Trump turns 80! The president kicks off his new decade with an over-the-top White House bash…. as bruised hands and swollen ankles escalate health fears

  14-06-2026 13:34 via dailymail.com
  
  On Sunday, Donald Trump will be the second US President to turn 80 in office, as he gets closer to setting the record for oldest President ever.
  
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• More than 150,000 voters demand free-to-air TV be protected amid internet costs warning

  14-06-2026 13:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: More than 150,000 people have demanded free-to-air terrestrial TV be protected, while Andy Burnham faces calls to throw his weight behind it if he becomes PM
  
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• 'As anti-business as anything I have seen': Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin says Britain under Labour is 'returning to the 1970s'

  14-06-2026 13:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Mr Martin told of how he worked in a bed-making factory in Wokingham during the bleakest part of the 1970s - a period of severe economic stagnation.
  
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• Tyra Banks sues Netflix over ‘surgical manipulation’ on America’s Next Top Model documentary

  14-06-2026 13:15 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tyra Banks was the marquee interviewee of Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model (Picture: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)Tyra Banks has reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over their America’s Next Top Model docuseries, in which she featured.The 52-year-old former supermodel was the marquee interviewee of the series, which reappraised the noughties reality show. In coverage of Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Banks was criticised from s
  
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• 'I had to bring my 6 month old baby to chemo appointments as I had no childcare'

  14-06-2026 13:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A devastated mum who spent her maternity leave battling advanced stage 3 cervical cancer has opened up about the gruelling reality of being forced to bring her newborn to her chemotherapy treatments
  
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• Tesco evacuated over massive fire threatening to engulf store as black smoke fills sky

  14-06-2026 13:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Images show huge orange flames and black smoke billowing from a fire close to a Tesco store in Glastonbury "with a high risk of the fire spreading to it", according to the fire service
  
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• The Tartan Army Can Boogie! Scotland fans enjoy wild celebrations at home after watching team triumph in Boston in first World Cup win for 36 YEARS - with more jubilant scenes to come ahead of tomorrow's bank holiday

  14-06-2026 13:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The Tartan Army turned the Massachusetts city into a sea of saltire flags, kilts and booming choruses of Flower of Scotland.
  
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• Gary Lineker questions Thomas Tuchel over ‘baffling’ England World Cup decision

  14-06-2026 13:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ex-England striker Gary Lineker (Picture: YouTube)Gary Lineker says he was ‘surprised’ by a number of Thomas Tuchel’s selections for England’s World Cup squad, including the ‘baffling’ omission of Lewis Hall. Newcastle United defender Hall was surprisingly overlooked by Tuchel, who last month picked the 26 players he would take to the United States as the Three Lions bid to win the World Cup. Manchester City’s Nico O’
  
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• I thought I’d be alone forever – at 51 I’m getting married

  14-06-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  She looked into my eyes with a certainty that terrified and thrilled me all at once (Picture: Danielle Bauter)‘It’s always been you’, my partner Luna said as she carefully dropped to one knee in the centre of the boat we rented that day.We were drifting through the canals of Naples, California.  The sun was setting and the scene was picturesque.‘Will you marry me?’She looked into my eyes with a certainty that terrified and thrilled me all at once. I thoug
  
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• Human remains identified as man who went missing in 2020

  14-06-2026 12:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Dennington’s remains have been identified (Picture: Nottinghamshire Police)Human remains, which were found on a bypass in Nottinghamshire, have been identified as a man reported missing more than six years ago.Michael Dennington, born in 1961, was last seen alive at King’s Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire on May 26, 2020.Afterwards, he seemingly vanished despite a wide public appeal for information and searches by drone and with divers.Human remains were found on a central r
  
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• Human remains found belonging to man who went missing in 2020

  14-06-2026 12:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Michael Dennington’s remains have been identified (Picture: Nottinghamshire Police)Human remains found on a bypass in Nottinghamshire have been identified as a man reported missing more than six years ago.Michael Dennington was last seen alive at King’s Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire on May 26, 2020.He was later reported missing by his family, but was never found despite a wide public appeal for information and searches by drone and with divers.Human remains were found on a centra
  
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• West Ham send new message to Man Utd and Arsenal over Mateus Fernandes transfer

  14-06-2026 12:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Man Utd and Arsenal are interested in signing Mateus Fernandes (Picture: Getty)West Ham shareholder Daniel Kretinsky insists the club are under no pressure to sell players for ‘financial reasons’ as Manchester United and Arsenal chase Mateus Fernandes.Portugal international Fernandes is one of several West Ham players who have been heavily linked with moves away from the London Stadium following the Hammers’ relegation to the Championship.West Ham signed Fernandes from Southam
  
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• Senior legal boss who joked raffle winner could take junior colleague's virginity has been banned from profession

  14-06-2026 12:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Darren Shaw (pictured), a chartered legal executive at personal injury firm Keller Postman, made the toe-curling comments when a prize was announced as a 'Virgin Experience Day'.
  
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• Inside Putin's £20billion mission to live forever including 3D printed flesh, human organs grown in pigs and naked ice baths

  14-06-2026 12:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Vladimir Putin has pumped£20billion into his quest to live forever, as state-backed scientists develop 3D-printed living tissue and attempt to grow human organs inside mini pigs for transplantation.
  
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• 'My neighbour does the same thing at 2.30am every weekend and I can't stop him'

  14-06-2026 12:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A person was left gobsmacked thanks to their neighbour doing one bizarre thing at 2.30am every single weekend, and they wondered if they should confront him about it
  
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• Molly Russell’s dad warns ‘rushed’ social media ban would be ‘deplorable’

  14-06-2026 12:46 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 PageThe father of Molly Russell, who took her own life aged 14 after seeing harmful content online, has warned a ban on social media for under-16s is being ‘rushed’ by the government.Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce tomorrow morning that the UK will follow Australia’s lead and prevent young people from accessing certain social media sit
  
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