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• This is the amount Brits think you should spend on a wedding gift

  28-08-2026 13:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Would you drop three figures on a gift? (Picture: Getty Images/Tetra images RF)Going to a wedding is a costly exercise, with the average spend for a wedding guest (who isn’t in the bridal party) amounting to around £272.But, let’s forget that for a minute, because there’s actually a certain amount Brits believe you’re obligated to spend on a wedding gift.If you’re close to the bride and groom, people think you should be spending £76 to £100 on the
  
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• Grandfather, 85, dies after 'being attacked by burglars who broke into his house'

  30-08-2026 13:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Gordon Nicholass was assaulted after confronting the burglars at his home in Helmshore, Lancashire, shortly before 3am on April 29.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival gets off to colourful start as revellers douse each other with paint in dawn ritual - amid backdrop of mammoth police and security operation

  30-08-2026 13:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Thousands are already flocking to the streets of Notting Hill for the historical Caribbean event held annually over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
  
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• I’ve been to 28 countries in Europe, and found its most underrated beach escape

  30-08-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Many travellers don’t even realise that Lithuania has a coastline (Picture: Visit Neringa)I have travelled to 28 European countries, and I’m not sure I have been rewarded with such inviting beaches, beautiful nature and consistently good food as on my recent visit to the Baltic coast of Lithuania.A most wonderfully underrated place.This discovery started in the UK, where I found regular flights to Palanga, from £88 return. Yet many don’t even realise that Lithuania has a
  
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• Ireland’s best hotel for book lovers has Dublin’s finest bookshops on its doorstep

  30-08-2026 13:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The garden is an oasis in the heart of Dublin city (Picture: The Merrion)What is it about Dublin that inspires generations of writers?From James Joyce to Sally Rooney, Irish authors have conjured such vivid images of the city that it can be hard to separate fact from fiction.And if Dublin is the stuff of literary legend, there is surely nowhere better to soak up its legacy than The Merrion.Widely praised as the Irish capital’s finest five-star hotel, the property – spread across fou
  
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• Pistachio Green named hottest colour of the year - and it's everywhere

  30-08-2026 12:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The soft green hue has been dubbed the trendiest colour of 2026 so far
  
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• Sara Shariff's killers now - card games with Lucy Letby to near decapitation by can lid

  30-08-2026 12:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool are living very different lives in prison after murdering 10-year-old Sara. Here we look at their warped lives now
  
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• Jet2 flight from London to Ibiza declares emergency at 35,000ft and diverts to Paris

  30-08-2026 12:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The plane, a 27-year-old Boeing 737-800 broadcast an emergency “squawk 7700” code before making an abrupt U-turn about an hour after taking off from Stansted Airport headed for Ibiza
  
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• Inside the secret high-flying world of Paris Ow-Yang's ex after the Navy SEAL quit the military to protect the super rich before he died suddenly aged just 31

  30-08-2026 12:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Rocket Stickney spent six years in the elite US Navy SEALs until 2025 when he joined Gideon Risk Management, a global security firm which operates in 32 countries.
  
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• Dozens of children aged 12 or under reported to forced marriage unit since 2021

  30-08-2026 12:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Campaigner Dame Jasvinder Sanghera escaped a forced marriage aged 14 (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Schools will be missing children after the summer holidays, experts have warned, as new figures reveal the scale of underage forced marriage in the UK.At least 100 children aged 12 or younger have been referred to the government’s forced marriage unit in the past five years, an FOI request uncovered.There have been 27 children aged up to five who were referred to the service, whil
  
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• Iceland votes to stay out of European Union as public rejects closer ties with Brussels amid fishing and Trump fears

  30-08-2026 12:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Early this morning the country's 'No' camp had accrued 52.5 per cent of the vote with just a few ballots left to be counted in one of the six voting districts.
  
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• Police in Middlesbrough 'had five pleas for help ignored by government' before deadly gang violence that precipitated A66 crash

  30-08-2026 12:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Matt Storey, Cleveland's police and crime commissioner, had written at least seven letters to the government since July 2024 warning that officers were 'woefully underfunded'.
  
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• British woman, 31, is stabbed to death at German railway station as police arrest man

  30-08-2026 12:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Police were called to the Rosenheim train station in Upper Bavaria early on Sunday morning.
  
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• Mum said I’d be lonely after coming out – then I met my wife

  30-08-2026 12:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  The last thing I am is lonely (Picture: Gemma Taylor)‘You’re going to be a very lonely woman if you do this’, my mother said to me, as I sat with her at my newly painted home.It was 1981 and at 30, I had come out as a lesbian after ending a five year marriage with a man.It was painful to hear her words. She really didn’t believe I could be happy.‘You’re not a lesbian, if you were, I would know’, she added, and over the following weeks there were more co
  
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• Barman who won a spectacular £3.5million Omaze clifftop Cornish mansion puts it up for sale after one summer to open his own pub

  30-08-2026 12:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Darren Summers, 50, scooped the four-bedroomed seaside home in south-east Cornwall after spending £20 on the winning entry to an Omaze draw in June.
  
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• PC Andrew Harper's killers to remain behind bars as Andy Burnham blocks early release of 'hundreds' of killers and grooming gang child sex attackers

  30-08-2026 12:23 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister has been forced to keep hundreds more people behind bars who would otherwise be eligible for release to ensure Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole are not let out.
  
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• Teenager fighting for life in hospital with head and spinal injuries after dirt buggy crash near Sydney

  30-08-2026 12:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Paramedics were called to a private property at Oakdale on Sunday after the horrific crash.
  
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• Nine stars will miss Man Utd vs Ipswich Town including £75m man

  30-08-2026 12:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manchester United will be without a number of players for their Premier League clash with Ipswich Town, with nine players in total potentially missing the Old Trafford showdown
  
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• British woman killed in stabbing attack at Germany railway station

  30-08-2026 12:11 via metro.co.uk
  
  Rosenheim railway station in Bavaria, where the woman was stabbed (Picture: Krüger/imageBROKER/Shutterstock)A British woman has died after being attacked by a man with a knife at a railway station in Germany.The 31-year-old, who has not been named, was stabbed in the early hours of this morning at Rosenheim station, near the border with Austria.Emergency services were called to the scene at around 12.50am, but the woman died in hospital as a result of her injuries.A 27-year-old German man
  
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• British woman, 31, stabbed to death at train station in Germany as man arrested

  30-08-2026 12:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A British woman has died after being stabbed at Rosenheim train station in Germany, with a 27-year-old man arrested at the scene.
  
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• The X Factor to return after 7 years ‘with fresh new judging panel’

  30-08-2026 12:09 via metro.co.uk
  
  The X Factor could be back on screens imminently (Picture: Ken McKay/Shutterstock) (Credits: Ken McKay/Shutterstock)Over half a decade after The X Factor vanished from our screens, the hit British reality competition series is reportedly returning to ITV.The show ran for several successful seasons, launching the careers of stars like Leona Lewis and One Direction, with the judging panel headed by Simon Cowell.In the last series before it was shelved, Cowell was also joined behind the desk by &n
  
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• You could get paid to post about Royal Family on social media

  30-08-2026 11:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The starting salary is up to £34k a year
  
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• British schoolgirl, 16, who died in boat explosion on Caribbean family holiday suffered burns on 60% of her body, inquest told

  30-08-2026 11:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Abigail Lainton, from Swindon, passed away on July 30 - three days after the fatal boat trip off the coast of the Dominican Republic.
  
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• Harry 'still angry' with other royals despite post-Megxit return to UK

  30-08-2026 11:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex is said to have come back to the UK bristling on multiple levels, with his representatives also reportedly making a case to the Home Office about his security
  
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• Bruno Fernandes responds to £133m transfer offer to leave Manchester United

  30-08-2026 11:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes (Picture: Getty)Bruno Fernandes has rejected an offer worth £133m to leave Manchester United, according to reports.Fernandes, who has been United’s most important player for the best part of a decade, came close to leaving Old Trafford last summer.Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal offered Fernandes a lucrative contract and approached Manchester United with a proposal worth almost £100m.United did not instantly reject the proposal despite
  
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• Police launch murder probe after 'woman in her 70s' is found dead in park

  30-08-2026 11:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Officers were called to Stanley Park on Friday afternoon following reports of a body discovered in a walled garden area.
  
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• Brick wall smashed to rescue orphaned fox cubs stuck between two houses

  30-08-2026 11:39 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 PageThree adorable fox cubs have been released back into the wild weeks after they became trapped in a small gap between two houses.Firefighters smashed through bricks on a garage wall in Leicester after the 12-week-old cubs became wedged between two walls on Easter Sunday this year.Rescue teams were called to Letchworth Road after receiving reports from residen
  
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• Story behind the Taliban's most infamous execution: Mother-of-seven shot in the head in front of 30,000 spectators baying for blood after she poisoned her abusive husband

  30-08-2026 11:34 via dailymail.com
  
  To the cries of a crowd of 30,000 in Kabul's Olympic Stadium in Afghanistan, a panicked woman is led across the football pitch, flanked by armed guards.
  
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• Glamorous ex-wife of wealthy Geocon property developer says traumatic marriage split led to Sonya Georgalis's $20,000 cocaine court allegations

  30-08-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Sonya Georgalis separated from Nick Georgalis, the founder and managing director of ACT-based construction giant Geocon and Iconic Hotels, sometime in 2023.
  
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• Dolly Parton's niece confirms funeral has already taken place in emotional post

  30-08-2026 11:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dolly Parton has been laid to rest next to husband Carl Dean in a private funeral attended by close friends and family, her niece Lainey Mae Parton has confirmed
  
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