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• Two men in their 20s die after collapsing during the Great North Run

  14-09-2026 16:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The men, who were both aged 25 and from the North East of England, fell ill during Sunday's half-marathon event and died 'despite the very best efforts' of medical teams.
  
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• Putin's 'builds new Black Sea palace' - but it has one major drawback

  26-09-2026 11:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vladimir Putin visited his old Black Sea summer residence dozens of times with his secret lover in the years leading up to the war in Ukraine
  
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• Big Brother’s Will Best complains about ITV switch-up after ‘absolutely disastrous’ interview

  26-09-2026 11:08 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 PageBig Brother host Will Best agrees with the fans: the live eviction interviews are way too short. Last night, Chelsey Ammari became the second housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house after clashes with celebrity guests Jedward and hugely popular housemates were blasted by viewers. The social worker was up against Pauline Adeyemo and didn&
  
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• Matt Lucas shoots down reports he’s planning to reboot controversial BBC comedy

  26-09-2026 11:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Matt Lucas has no plans to revive TV’s most controversial sketch show (Picture: BBC)Matt Lucas has responded to claims Little Britain is making an unexpected return.The controversial sketch show written and starring Lucas and David Walliams became one of the UK’s most-watched shows of the decade when it ran for three series from 2003 to 2006 after initially starting as a radio show. It was famed for deeply problematic characters like Vicky Pollard, Andy and Lou, and ‘the
  
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• Memorial created for schoolboys infected with HIV and hepatitis in blood scandal

  26-09-2026 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Multiple victims came forward for the statue unveiling (Picture: PA)Boys who were infected with HIV and hepatitis when they were experimented on as schoolchildren have been recognised with a new memorial.During the 1970s and 1980s, boys with the blood clotting disorder haemophilia were given experimental blood products while they attended the Lord Mayor’s Treloar’s College, a boarding school in Hampshire.Of the 122 pupils with haemophilia who attended the school between 1970 and 198
  
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• Forget matcha, there’s a new way to drink iced tea that’s annoyingly good

  26-09-2026 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Would you try this? (Picture: Metro/Robertson Buckhaven)Matcha’s everywhere; have you noticed?What started as a niche beverage has taken over coffee shop and dessert menus across the UK; you can even order it at Greggs.
  But for those of us who prefer our drinks to be a little less green, there’s another iced tea fizzing its way across social media, known as Hong Kong Sprite Iced Tea.
  And the best bit? It doesn’t require any ceremonial grade powders, and there are no whisks in
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing fans have demands after BBC makes yet another change to show

  26-09-2026 10:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Strictly Come Dancing has been through a lot of change recently(Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)Strictly Come Dancing has undergone a lot of change in the last 12 months or so.
  The crown jewel in the BBC’s Saturday night line-up has lost hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, several fan favourite dancers have left, and they’ve got a new spin-off.Apparently this is all part of the Beeb’s plan to attract a younger audience to the series.Still, all this turmoil has caused disquiet
  
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• How Ukrainian robots killed 3,000 Putin fighters behind his frontline

  26-09-2026 10:55 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 PageDramatic new footage shows how Ukrainian robot drones managed to break through Russian defences.The war tactic deep behind the Russian frontline triggered ‘total panic’ among Kremlin commanders as they were hit where they least expected it.As many as 3,000 troops are believed to have been lost as Ukraine works to retake territory illegally claime
  
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• Mount Etna eruption live: Catania Airport flights suspended as 4km ash cloud sparks red alert

  26-09-2026 10:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flights at Catania Airport have been suspended until 4pm as Mount Etna sends a 4km-high ash cloud into the sky, with a red aviation alert in force.
  
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• Three British men arrested after man shot four times near Costa del Sol bar

  26-09-2026 10:42 via metro.co.uk
  
  Three British suspects have been arrested following a shooting at a beach bar in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol (Picture: SOLARPIX.COM)Three British tourists have been arrested at a Costa del Sol resort following reports a man was shot at a beach bar four times.A 31-year-old man from Lithuania survived the gunshot attack near the Sonora beach club in Estepona in July.The three British supects were detained in the resort of La Zenia in Orihuela, 350 miles away on the Costa Blanca.Two ha
  
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• Ukraine bomber drones drop ground robots behind Russian lines to kill or injure 3,000 enemy troops in groundbreaking 'safari' mission.

  26-09-2026 10:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Ukrainian bomber drones were used to drop ground robots behind the Russian frontline in a groundbreaking new 'safari' mission that targeted as many as 3,000 enemy troops. 
  
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• TV Licence ITV rule as Big Brother viewers could be fined £1,000

  26-09-2026 10:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you're watching Big Brother or Strictly Come Dancing, you could be fined £1,000 without realising why
  
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• New ‘6 in 1’ Lidl item ‘keeps you warm’ in £13 deal in all stores on Thursday

  26-09-2026 10:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lidl is set to launch a product that can keep you warm during the colder autumn and winter ahead
  
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• Top Labour MP Peter Kyle slams Andy Burnham over failure to boost economy as he says UK is still facing 'growth emergency'

  26-09-2026 10:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Speaking to the BBC, Mr Kyle accused Mr Burnham of not focusing enough on boosting economic growth, and called on him to act with 'more urgency'.
  
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• British holidaymakers are evacuated from Jet2 flight when passenger says they have bomb in their luggage before flight from Tenerife to Stansted

  26-09-2026 10:11 via dailymail.com
  
  The Jet2 plane was cleared at Tenerife South airport shortly before its scheduled departure at 11.20am yesterday after a passenger claimed to be carrying a bomb in his luggage.
  
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• Blue Star ferry erupts into huge fireball off Mykonos as 29 people rescued

  26-09-2026 10:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Blue Star Ferries vehicle ferry caught fire off Mykonos, Greece, with 29 people rescued after a huge blaze broke out on board.
  
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• All we know as police launch new investigation into Jill Dando's unsolved murder

  26-09-2026 10:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BBC Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, London, in April 1999 - her death launched one of the biggest murder inquiries in the country's modern history
  
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• Inside Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as PM - from 'Hope Again' slogan to looming Budget

  26-09-2026 10:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror looks at Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as leader of the party - from the 'Burnham bounce' to the topics MPs want to hear more about
  
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• ‘I earn thousands more than you do every month – and I don’t even exist’

  26-09-2026 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ayushi Anand is ‘India’s first synth human’, according to her Instagram (Picture: Ayushi Anand)We all wish we could be in two places at once. One of us clocks in at work, while the other does the laundry and finally sees the dentist.But for Ayushi Anand, a filmmaker in Mumbai, India, this is her reality.Ayushi, 35, created an AI clone of herself that is now a fashion icon and film star, raking in thousands of pounds a month.She shares her social media accounts with her artific
  
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• Emmerdale star Amelia Flanagan confirms future for April – and it’s much different

  26-09-2026 10:00 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 PageApril Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) has endured far more than any child should in Emmerdale.After a period living on the streets, during which she met future love, Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) and suffered a stillbirth, she returned to the village and into the waiting arms of her dad Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock), though it was clear that the trauma she&rsqu
  
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• Devastated Kim in bits as she is forced to say goodbye in Emmerdale

  26-09-2026 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  More devastation (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale’s Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is very much sticking to his decision of getting rid of Baby Tate.The poor kid doesn’t even have a name, yet Joe can’t even bring himself to look at him. Every time he does, he feels burning resentment that Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) died giving birth to him. The baby doesn’t stand a chance against that kind of hatred.Joe’s bitterness towards his son has grown along with his cold attitude, telling
  
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• Channel Nine star Peter Overton rocked by family tragedy as his father passes away

  26-09-2026 09:53 via dailymail.com
  
  John Herbert Overton AM died 'peacefully' surrounded by his loving family.
  
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• Massacred on camera: Searing footage that exposes true barbarity of how protesters are slaughtered in Iran

  26-09-2026 09:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The deadliest massacre of protesters in modern history saw tens of thousands of Iranian citizens beaten, shot and mutilated under the orders of the late Ali Khamenei.
  
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• Tyson Fury ‘confirms’ replacement opponent if Anthony Joshua fight falls through

  26-09-2026 09:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fury is claiming the fight is on the verge of falling through (Picture: Action Images via Reuters)Tyson Fury has approved a fight with David Benavidez should his Battle of Britain with Anthony Joshua not go ahead.In stunning developments overnight, the fight that took over a decade to make appears to be in danger of falling through just three days after it was officially announced with Fury accusing Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn of ‘pulling out’.‘The Gypsy King’ cl
  
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• British climber, 28, dies in 200ft fall from mountain in northern Spain

  26-09-2026 09:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  A British man has died after falling from Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa range in Asturias, northern Spain (Picture: Sepa/112asturias)A British climber has died after plunging some 200ft from a mountainside in northern Spain.The unnamed male excursionist fell from the east side of Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa range on the border of Asturias and Castilla y Leon.Spain’s Guardia Civil confirmed a mountain rescue team was deployed following repo
  
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• The bar so woke that the story of what happened when it dropped its face mask rule for one night will make you shake with laughter

  26-09-2026 09:38 via dailymail.com
  
  If woke really is dead, no one told the owners of the Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
  
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• 'I'm a locksmith - burglars will target your home if they spot security mistake'

  26-09-2026 09:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A locksmith has shared a common security mistake that burglars love to exploit - and it's something that can be easily fixed
  
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• David Pocock puts the boot into federal government over Medicare AI breach: 'It looks pretty silly now'

  26-09-2026 09:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The Independent senator has called for dedicated AI safety laws after an OpenAI agent breached a Medicare statistics portal.
  
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• Pharmacist gives Vitamin D warning over disease worries

  26-09-2026 09:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS advises everyone to consider taking 10 micrograms (400 IU) of vitamin D daily during autumn and winter - but there are risks from high doses
  
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• Major update for anyone taking Atorvastatin for cholesterol in UK over 'death risk'

  26-09-2026 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Key study looked at impact of medication on stopping heart attacks - but also side effects and compared risk of death
  
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