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• Trump slams Christa Pike's lethal injection team after they couldn't execute the murderer: 'It shoudn't be difficult!'

  02-10-2026 03:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Speaking to the press in Texas, the President seemed absolutely baffled by the failure at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee late Wednesday.
  
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• Heartbroken families of 'beautiful' girl, 16, and 'funny and handsome' boy, also 16, pay tribute to teens killed when car plunged into River Wear

  02-10-2026 15:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Luke Etheridge and Zara Shaw, both 16, died alongside 17-year-old Jackson Duke on Tuesday afternoon after the black Audi A3 went into the River Wear in Sunderland.
  
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• Alison Hammond rushed off This Morning during live show after falling ill

  02-10-2026 15:46 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 PageThis Morning viewers became panicked as Alison Hammond was rushed off air today, seemingly in pain.The beloved presenter, 51, was hosting alongside Dermot O’Leary, 53, when the incident occurred, with audiences at home saying it was ‘really worrying to watch’.At the time, Dr Scott Miller was leading a phone-in, offering advice to a dog owne
  
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• Woman left almost blind after botched eye operation 'felt like she was being tortured'

  02-10-2026 15:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Geraldine Guite, 61, from Staines, Surrey, was left with severe damage to her right eye after a botched procedure at the SpaMedica private hospital in Wokingham
  
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• 'Madonna's bra' sculptures are too hot to handle: £20,000 spinning structures moved into shade after burning children's hands

  02-10-2026 15:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The 'A Hand's Turn' exhibit, created by artists Natalie Bradwell and Livia Spinolo, was installed in Farnham, Surrey, back in 2023.
  
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• Zack Polanski urges Brits to 'vote Green' in order to drag Labour even further Left on rent controls, wealth taxes, banning North Sea oil and Gaza

  02-10-2026 15:35 via dailymail.com
  
  In his keynote speech to the Greens' conference in Brighton, the self-described 'eco-populist' claimed backing his party was the 'most powerful vote you can make'.
  
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• NHS flu and Covid 'come forward' reminder - check if you're eligible

  02-10-2026 15:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millions could be offered extra protection this winter against viruses
  
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• Death row killer Christa Pike made final request before surviving botched execution

  02-10-2026 15:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Death row killer Christa Pike made a final request before her execution in Tennessee - she survived the procedure despite two lethal injections
  
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• The niche but ‘intimate’ fetish that gets men’s engines going

  02-10-2026 15:31 via metro.co.uk
  
  It’s men who are more likely to be turned on by feet (Picture: Getty Images)Whether it’s missionary being their ‘go-to’ sex position or the body part that’s an ‘instant boner button’, we’ve got a pretty solid idea of what turns men on.A foot fetish isn’t a surprise either, with about one in seven people (typically men) getting turned on by our toes. In fact, the price of foot-related is far outpacing inflation due to demand.
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• Jesse Baird's housemates raged at him for lounging around shirtless and 'cleanliness issues'. This week, the petty qualms they furiously texted about were seen in a whole new light - at Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial

  02-10-2026 15:30 via dailymail.com
  
  At the time, they had no idea Baird, 26, and his partner Luke Davies, 29, had allegedly been killed inside their Paddington, Sydney, share house.
  
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• Wannabe gangster who stabbed boy to death over £20 drug debt jailed for life

  02-10-2026 15:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, knifed Joshua Ingram (pictured) with a 19cm-long blade he had hidden in his tracksuit bottoms (Picture: Family Handout/British Transport Police)A wannabe gangster who stabbed a 16-year-old boy to death over a £20 drug debt has been jailed for at least 14 years.The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, knifed Joshua Ingram with a 19cm-long blade he had hidden in his tracksuit bottoms at Seaford railway station in East Sussex, on September 10, 2025.Hove Cro
  
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• Car ploughs into house in Mossley crash as woman rushed to hospital

  02-10-2026 15:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One woman has been taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a house in Mossley this afternoon, with emergency services flooding the scene
  
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• 'I thought my daughter was safe - until a message from our nanny changed everything'

  02-10-2026 15:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A mum was horrified after getting a text message from her 11-year-old daughter's nanny about what she was getting up behind her back online. The mum is trying to warn others about parental settings
  
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• Thomas Tuchel gives injury update on Arsenal star ahead of England vs Croatia

  02-10-2026 15:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thomas Tuchel’s England take on Croatia on Saturday (Photo: Getty)Thomas Tuchel has shared a positive injury update on Ezri Konsa after the Arsenal star missed England training last week.The Three Lions are gearing up for their third Nations League game of this extended international break in Croatia on Saturday.After defeat to world champions Spain in their opening game, England roared back with a 2-0 win over 10-man Czech Republic after Tuchel changed his line-up signicantly.Two of thos
  
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• Witness reveals what happened during Christa Pike’s ‘torturous’ botched execution

  02-10-2026 15:14 via metro.co.uk
  
  Christa Pike was set to become the first woman in over 200 years to be executed in Tennesee (Picture: Knoxville News Sentinel-USA TODAY NETWORK)Death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of a lethal injection on Wednesday during a botched execution attempt. Now a witness has spoken out about the ordeal.The 50-year-old had been incarcerated in solitary confinement for over 30 years for the 1995 torture and murder of her classmate, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, with her then-boyfriend.Pike&r
  
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• 'Godfather of the swimming pool industry' Chris Papageorgiou charged with assaulting 'first love' as court rejects bid to keep case details secret

  02-10-2026 15:14 via dailymail.com
  
  They reunited years after a teenage romance ended. Now an executive dubbed the 'godfather' of the pool industry faces assault charges as a court rejects his bid to keep aspects of the case out of public view.
  
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• Putin 'orders his military leaders to abandon the rules of war' as Ukraine sees increase in attacks on civilians

  02-10-2026 15:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Zelensky said that according to intelligence intercepted by Kyiv, the Russian president had eliminated the restrictions that governed earlier air campaigns.
  
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• GTA 6 will feature sex scenes as Vice City signs pop up in Miami

  02-10-2026 15:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  A risqué romance (Rockstar)An age rating in Australia and New Zealand has confirmed GTA 6 will feature sex scenes, but will it be different to past games? GTA has attracted controversy over the years for various reasons, but its handling of sex has always been a hot button issue. While the games have largely skirted around showing sex explicitly, they have always allowed you to pick up sex workers and have relations with them. The biggest sex scandal in the series was the Hot C
  
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• Major evacuation in Bolton over 'gas leak' fears as police car crashes into shop

  02-10-2026 15:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A police car has crashed into another vehicle and then a shop in Bolton, leading to fears of a gas leak with local residents evacuated from their homes
  
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• Mum who 'fell pregnant on prison visit' worried partner set for early release 'will end up back behind bars'

  02-10-2026 15:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manchester mum Sarah Walker, 34, says her partner Kieran Sendall is expected to leave HMP Woodhill 11 months early in May 2027, but fears he could be recalled without the right probation and resettlement support.
  
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• NHS says leg symptom could be sign of heart failure

  02-10-2026 15:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Certain groups are more at risk than others
  
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• Bishop of Salisbury suspended from ministry amid allegations of financial misconduct and 'safeguarding' concerns

  02-10-2026 15:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The Right Reverend Stephen Lake facesallegations of 'financial irregularities', while concerns have also been raised with the Church's National Safeguarding Team.
  
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• Halifax follows Nationwide with extra costs for customers 'from today'

  02-10-2026 15:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The week ends with more bad news and predictions of more 'stress'
  
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• Nurse 'left unconscious man to die in police cell believing he was faking it'

  02-10-2026 15:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sean Cregg, 36, is on trial following the death of 38-year-old William Cameron at Loddon Valley police station, where the defendant was a custody nurse
  
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• Rioter blasts woman in the face with a flamethrower and off-duty cop is kicked unconscious as French student protests descend into anarchy

  02-10-2026 15:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Harrowing new footage shows how a French student rioter blasted a woman in the face with a makeshift flamethrower as the country faces yet another day of violence. 
  
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• Binman shares 'massive headache' when everyday item is thrown in bins

  02-10-2026 15:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One popular item could create serious problems once it ends up in household waste
  
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• Bath councillors want to drop its unique UNESCO world heritage status so it can build new homes to meet Labour's targets

  02-10-2026 15:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Bath, world-famous for its historic Roman baths and Georgian architecture, is the only entire city with protected status.
  
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• Murdered transgender NY Times executive gifted child book about how to mourn your dead mom that chilled his wife to the core, she claimed in ugly unearthed documents

  02-10-2026 14:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Jonathan McKinsey's wife, Candice Jang, described feeling frightened by the birthday gift he allegedly gave their daughter.
  
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• Zack Polanski insists he WON'T have to quit as Green leader if he fails to win Holborn by-election - as activists are told to leave party's conference to help his struggling campaign

  02-10-2026 14:57 via dailymail.com
  
  The self-described 'eco-populist' said his position at the head of the Left-wing party would not depend on him being elected as an MP in the north London seat.
  
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• Inside the new Jill Dando probe - what forensic experts will be doing to try to identify her killer

  02-10-2026 14:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A top video analyst explains how the move from analogue to digital technology could help to crack the unsolved murder of the BBC star 27 years on as police examine CCTV of a possible suspect
  
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