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• Tory MPs revolt against Lynton Crosby’s ‘aggressive, uninspiring’ strategy

  08-03-2015 21:00
  
  Lynton Crosby, the Conservatives’ election campaign director, is facing a growing Cabinet backlash over his strategy, with ministers worried that the party is pumping out an aggressive and uninspiring message to voters.
  
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• The ‘instant boner button’ for men that women also think is amazing

  28-09-2026 16:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nipples are one of the three ‘primary erogenous zones’, alongside someone’s genitals and lips and mouth (Picture: Getty Images)A few different words dominated our feeds in 2025. There was ‘rage bait’, ‘parasocial’, and of course, ‘manifest’.And what will make the cut this year? We’d like to make a suggestion: nipple.From Kim Kardashian’s iconic SKIMS nipple push-up bra to Chappell Roan’s very deliberate nip slip at Paris Fa
  
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• Planning a Maldives escape? These three resorts should be on your radar

  28-09-2026 16:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Whether you want to swim with manta rays, slide into the lagoon from your overwater villa, or relax in a jungle spa, these hideaways will reflect your Maldivian island vibe (Picture: Supplied)The Maldives is about as close to paradise as you can get. All powder-soft white sands and turquoise waters, swaying palms, and thatched overwater hideaways. It’s the ultimate romantic escape. But if you think it’s only for honeymooners, you’re missing out.Choose the right retreat, and yo
  
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• Cause of house fire that killed mum and three children in ‘devastating incident’

  28-09-2026 16:07 via metro.co.uk
  
  Elisha Brabin pictured with her daughter – Prudence, seven – both of whom died in the fire (Picture: Merseyside Police/PA Wire)A mother and three children were killed after a lithium-ion battery ignited during the night and caused a house fire, authorities have confirmed.Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, eight, and Prudence, seven, were all found unconscious after flames engulfed their home in Bootle, Merseyside, on September 22.
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan beaten in Shenzhen Open first round by ‘Unstoppable Rising Star’

  28-09-2026 16:06 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ronnie O’Sullivan has fallen at the first hurdle in Shenzen (Picture: Getty Images)Jiang Jun was introduced for his match with Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Shenzhen Open as ‘The Unstoppable Rising Star’ and lived up to that moniker by beating the Rocket 5-2.The 21-year-old scored one of the biggest wins of his career on Monday, certainly beating the biggest name he ever has in a professional contest.Jiang took a 2-0 lead, but the seven-time world champion appeared to have se
  
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• Nicole Scherzinger left with horrific burns after boiling water accident

  28-09-2026 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nicole Scherzinger suffered burns and blisters moments before going on stage (Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Nicole Scherzinger suffered a nasty injury just moments before she was due on stage, leaving her with burns and blisters.The musician, 48, is currently on tour in Europe with Pussycat Dolls bandmates Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt after they reunited earlier this year as a trio.Despite low ticket sales forcing the Buttons hitmakers to axe a string of concerts in North American are
  
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• Waterloo Bridge faces closure ‘in three years’ without weight limits or repairs

  28-09-2026 16:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Concern is growing over the condition of Waterloo Bridge (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)London bridges are at risk of falling down after concerns were raised over another iconic river crossing in the capital.Structural issues have already closed Hammersmith and Albert Bridges to vehicle traffic.Now the latest bridge to make headlines due to its condition is Waterloo, which was built in 1942 to replace the original Georgian bridge after it was demolished.It has diligently served Londoners
  
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• Hi-tech AI cameras being tested on Britain's motorways in new crackdown on ghost plates

  28-09-2026 15:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Ghost registration plates are invisible to traditional automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras and can be used to skirt speed limits and low emission zones.
  
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• ‘London’s worst station’ is getting a £50,000,000 upgrade – here’s what’s changing

  28-09-2026 15:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Euston has been named the capital’s ‘worst’ station for a number of reasons (Picture: Belinda Jiao/Getty Images)A station branded ‘London’s worst’ is getting a major upgrade thanks to a £50,000,000 cash injection.Euston station will undergo a series of upgrades over the next three years, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said.Ms Alexander said this would include the phasing out of last-minute platform announcements – which cause crowds of passen
  
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• William Ash confirms controversial Emmerdale storyline is over after ‘extreme’ end

  28-09-2026 15:52 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 PageCaleb Miligan’s feud with Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) reached new heights last week in Emmerdale, but that may be as far as it goes, according to actor William Ash.Joe and Caleb have been at odds ever since Joe’s dastardly plot to steal Caleb’s kidney.More recently, Caleb saw an opportunity to get his own back by helping Dawn Taylor run away wi
  
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• British resident slips from top of waterfall and plunges to her death in front of horrified friend

  28-09-2026 15:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  27-year-old Valentina Stragliotto was rushed to hospital with catastrophic injuries after falling at Kithal Ella Waterfall in Sri Lanka, but tragically died shortly after arriving
  
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• Brit retiree, 85, 'violently murdered' in French village with manhunt for two suspects

  28-09-2026 15:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A murder investigation has been launched in France after an 85-year-old British man was found dead after allegedly being violently beaten
  
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• More than 100 turn up for vigil for cat whose tail was posted through letterbox

  28-09-2026 15:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Max was a ‘lovely cat’, one vigil-goer said (Picture: MEN Media/Hull Live)More than 100 people gathered at night for a vigil for Max, a missing rescue cat whose tail was posted through his owners’ letterbox.Owners Louise, 45, and Lisa, 47, last saw the tabby cat on September 14 in the shared garden of their flat on Appleton Road, west Hull.Five days later, Max’s white-tipped tail was stashed in the communal letterbox. The couple found Max’s body in a woodland near
  
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• 'Stay warm at home' with 'stylish' £30 Screwfix item for 'extra boost of heat'

  28-09-2026 15:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shoppers can stay warm at home with the £30 heater
  
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• White House reveals what Trump will say during major announcement TODAY in the Oval Office

  28-09-2026 15:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Donald Trump will make an announcement from the Oval Office at 2pm on Monday.
  
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• Donald Trump says the US has ‘best poverty numbers in history’

  28-09-2026 15:45 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 PageDonald Trump told a group of reporters that the United States currently has the ‘best poverty numbers in the history of our country’.Trump bragged about his administration’s victories ahead of November’s contested midterm elections.He added: ‘We have the best, uh, I guess you could say poverty. They talk about poverty.‘We
  
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• Midwest woman, 62, went on girls' trip to celebrate her birthday... only to meet horrific end at hands of female bartender on set of concrete steps, prosecutors say

  28-09-2026 15:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Joyce Tomlinson, 62, died on October 26, 2025, after she was allegedly shoved down a flight of stairs three weeks earlier while on Edisto Island in South Carolina.
  
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• British expat, 85, is found dead at his French home after 'very violent beating' as cops hunt two men

  28-09-2026 15:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The married man lived on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Verlus, near Toulouse, in the south west.
  
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• Mother and her three children aged 16, eight and seven, died in house fire sparked by battery used in e-bikes and scooters

  28-09-2026 15:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children Leo Brabin, 16, Ellis Brabin, eight, and seven-year-old Prudence Brabin died in the fire at their home in Bootle, Merseyside, in the early hours of September 22.
  
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• Jon Venables will not face a public parole hearing despite James Bulger's mother's plea

  28-09-2026 15:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Jon Venables will not face a public parole hearing despite the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger's desperate plea.
  
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• Nation's most notorious mistress accused of passing VERY snooty judgement on unwed mother while sleeping with married American Idol star on trial for wife's murder

  28-09-2026 15:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Alleigha Botner was mean to Sarah Reeves on realizing Reeves had borne a child out of wedlock, it is claimed.
  
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• Princess Anne cracks no-nonsense joke as she cheers on Sir Kevin Sinfield in gruelling challenge

  28-09-2026 15:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Princess Anne was on hand to greet Sir Kevin Sinfield as the completed the first part of the second day of his challenge of running seven ultra marathons in seven days to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease charities
  
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• All the freebies and pensioner perks you can claim if you are over 60

  28-09-2026 15:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you are struggling financially, it is worth doing a quick check to see if you are claiming all the free help that you could be entitled to - including free NHS prescriptions, eye tests and council tax discounts
  
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• 'Capable' swimmer, 15, drowns in lake – as dad reveals others are 'still going in'

  28-09-2026 15:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Cuckoo, 15, drowned after getting into difficulty in a muddy lake at a disused quarry in Swanscombe, Kent, which his dad says children are still going to
  
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• Mayor urges Andy Burnham to keep £2 bus fare 'for the lifetime of this Parliament'

  28-09-2026 15:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  North East Mayor Kim McGuinness said that while the latest bus fare cap is welcome, its temporary nature and regular lobbying for extensions prevented mayors from maximising the impact of fare changes
  
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• Barclays makes change for customers 'from Tuesday' as costs increase

  28-09-2026 15:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One expert said it also 'puts pressure on lenders like NatWest and Nationwide'
  
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• Traumatised Joe haunted by Dawn as Graham takes action in new Emmerdale spoiler video

  28-09-2026 15:20 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 PageGraham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) is determined to get through to Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) in Emmerdale, and he’s willing to use Joe’s grief to his advantage if that’s what it takes. With a video of the late Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) at his disposal, Graham may have finally found a way to reach him.Joe’s partner Dawn died after giv
  
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• Armed police rush to IKEA in Tameside as air ambulance is scrambled

  28-09-2026 15:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An air ambulance was pictured by an IKEA store in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, following a major emergency response including armed police
  
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• New Lidl 'double' air fryer similar to £200 Ninja model coming out Sunday

  28-09-2026 15:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The supermarket is bringing out its own 'vertical' version this week
  
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• Chancellor John Healey vows not to write off a million young people in major speech - 'moral duty'

  28-09-2026 15:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In his first major address to the party's conference as Chancellor, John Healey unveiled an extra £100million fighting fund to tackle Britain's 'Neets' crisis
  
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