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• Two teens seriously injured after sword attack on first day back at school

  21-08-2026 19:50 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 PageTwo teenagers have been left with severe injuries after being attacked by a man with a sword at a Swedish high school.The pupils had just returned to the Brinell High School in the small town of Fagersta, central Sweden, following their summer break.A massive emergency response was triggered when a man armed with a sword entered this afternoon, with two boys
  
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• Female teachers from Scots College make explosive claims about students' 'sexualised gestures', deepfakes and wolf-whistles in wake of gang rape charges

  22-08-2026 08:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Three teenage boys were arrested last week over the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in an alleyway in Bondi Junction.
  
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• Aussie taxi driver's Bali holiday nightmare after devastating spinal injury leaves him unable to walk

  22-08-2026 08:33 via dailymail.com
  
  A 72-year-old Queensland taxi driver has been left unable to walk after a devastating spinal injury in Bali, with his family facing more than $100,000 in expenses
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's former nanny's first impression of Sussexes

  22-08-2026 08:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lorren Khumalo was hired to look after Prince Archie in the months after he was born at Frogmore Cottage, and has since spoken candidly about her time working for The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
  
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• Jetstar flight dramatically halted on runway as crew ask 'is there a doctor?'

  22-08-2026 08:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jetstar flight 841 was due to go from Whitsunday Coast Airport in Australia to Sydney just after 3pm on Saturday, but was halted on the runway
  
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• Bruce Forsyth's widow now as beautiful mansion they once shared 'left to rot'

  22-08-2026 08:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bruce Forsyth's former Wentworth mansion, once shared with widow Lady Wilnelia, has reportedly been left empty and deteriorating years after she sold it for £5.7million
  
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• Jetstar plane halted on runway after medical episode: 'Is there a doctor on board?'

  22-08-2026 08:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Jetstar 841 bound for Sydney was due to take off from Whitsunday Coast Airport, also known as Proserpine Airport, just after 3pm on Saturday.
  
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• Boeing's fatal disasters from mid-air disintegration to 'deadliest crash in history'

  22-08-2026 08:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Netflix documentary Freefall: A Reckoning of Boeing chronicles the deepening corporate crisis, alleged safety failures and tragic death of whistleblower John Barnett
  
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• Creep at center of massive search for missing women posted on his vile website bragged about acting as 'perverted serial killer' on unearthed podcast

  22-08-2026 08:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Raymond 'R.C.' Horsch once bragged he was a 'natural' at playing a 'perverted serial killer' in an unearthed 2013 podcast.
  
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• Simba’s bank holiday sale offers up to 30% off cooling mattresses and bedding

  22-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
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  The last bank holiday before Christmas is here, and while the long weekend means lie-ins, a four-day work week and the final days of summer, Simba’s sale is not to be missed in between all the fun. The sleep brand has
  
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• Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mum ‘still blames herself’ four years after her daughter was shot dead

  22-08-2026 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot and killed four years ago today (Picture: PA)For Cheryl Korbel, every day is a reminder her daughter was shot and killed.
  ‘I do not need an anniversary to mark the day for me,’ she told Metro. ‘Her absence is felt in everything.’It’s four years to the day since Olivia, aged nine, was shot and killed in her home in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.Gunman Thomas Cashman had been lying in wait to attack drug dealer Joseph Nee in Kingsheath Avenue.
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• Andrew Rannells: ‘My father died when I was 22 – it was a lot to process’

  22-08-2026 08:00 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 PageFor many, Andrew Rannells is recognised as the quick-witted, sassy and iconic Elijah Krantz in Lena Dunham’s Girls.But his many stage and screen performances highlight his ability to stretch genres and tone with ease and prowess, and his latest role is no exception.In his new HBO film titled Miss You, Love You, Rannells stars as Jamie Simms alongside A
  
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• Edgware Road incident: Station closed as police close off huge area in London

  22-08-2026 07:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Edgware Road Tube station was closed due to a police incident, with officers seen swarming the busy north-west London street
  
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• NHS worker drove wrong way down M61 slip road to avoid traffic jam

  22-08-2026 07:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A motorist is prosecuted every week for risking a head-on collision by reckless drivers who are caught reversing along the motorway, shocking research has found
  
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• Hollywood A-lister gets embarrassing dressing down from Paramount after 'genocide' remarks

  22-08-2026 07:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo accused David Ellison's Paramount of 'powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.'
  
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• Outrage as 'America's wokest prosecutor' negotiates wildly lenient sentencing deal for DOUBLE murderer

  22-08-2026 07:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Families of two murder victims are furious after Marquez Hill-Turnipseed, 24, received concurrent sentences totaling 40 years for killings committed three years apart.
  
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• Moment killer followed estranged wife from 'bar to bar' before murdering her

  22-08-2026 07:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Raymond Williams, 61, slashed the throat of Tania Williams outside her home after seeing her with another man during a night out in Norwich
  
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• Alex Jones's $50m penalty for lying about Sandy Hook victims is massively reduced

  22-08-2026 07:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Alex Jones claimed victory in a Texas Court, where judges cut his payment to families of victims of the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary from $50million to just $6million.
  
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• Wayne Rooney's new job and drastic body transformation as BBC pundit returns after surgery

  22-08-2026 07:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new-look Wayne Rooney is all set to return to our televisions ahead of the 2026/27 Premier League season
  
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• Hull City vs Man Utd: Predicted lineup today and confirmed team news

  22-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sesko could have some role to play this weekend (Picture: Manchester United)Manchester United begin their Premier League campaign away to newly-promoted Hull City this afternoon.Summer transfer business at Old Trafford is not done yet with the club working on getting a deal for Brighton’s Carlos Baleba over the line.But Michael Carrick has refreshed his midfield options with Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans arriving from Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively.Santos featured heavily in pre
  
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• Full list of all London Underground closures this weekend with multiple Tube lines down

  22-08-2026 07:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Anyone travelling should check their journey this weekend before leaving. (Credits: Getty Images)Londoners are being urged to check before they travel this weekend because multiple Tube lines will be shut for planned engineering work.The Piccadilly line faces major disruption overnight between Friday and Saturday, and then on Sunday, the Circle, District, Metropolitan, and Hammersmith and City lines all face closures across various points of the day.Several London Overground lines are also faci
  
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• Dollar General workers noticed child's strange behavior and called cops... who unearthed sordid sex allegation in house of horrors where 16 children lived 'like feral animals'

  22-08-2026 06:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Elizabeth Siders and Gary Siders Jr were arrested and charged with 16 counts of child endangerment after authorities found 16 children living inside their squalid Ohio home.
  
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• Trump claps back with 'mom' jibe after protestor's brazen stunt at rally

  22-08-2026 06:47 via dailymail.com
  
  With the crowd largely behind him and cheering his every move, he was interrupted twice by protesters, who were promptly escorted out to the delight of Trump's MAGA fanbase.
  
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• Family's remarkable praise for cops who gave them false hope when Lily Hooper was found dead

  22-08-2026 06:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Ms Hooper's family endured a heartbreaking ordeal after first being told she was found alive, only to later learn she had died.
  
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• Outrage as 'America's wokest prosecutor' negotiates wild sentencing concession for man convicted of TWO murders

  22-08-2026 06:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Families of two murder victims are furious after Marquez Hill-Turnipseed, 24, received concurrent sentences totaling 40 years for killings committed three years apart.
  
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• Wild new claim about a 'fourth buttock slap' emerges from inside Swans scandal hotel room - as details of team's raucous partying before bombshell allegations are revealed

  22-08-2026 06:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The raucous partying of Sydney Swans stars before an alleged sexual assault scandal has been detailed.
  
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• At least 15 killed and 130 injured in Russian drone strike on Ukrainian shopping mall

  22-08-2026 06:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as a double-tap strike and large-scale Russian strikes have become a regular occurrence this summer
  
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• BBC axed iconic show, top star took pay cut, new Match of the Day pundits join in shake-up

  22-08-2026 06:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The BBC has made a number of changes to its football coverage, including to its flagship programme, Match of the Day
  
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• Twisted criminals killed a beloved granny and a kind neighbour. This week in Australia, both got 'hope for freedom'

  22-08-2026 06:26 via dailymail.com
  
  If Victorians thought the sentence of Lolene Whitehand was bad, they may have missed this. 
  
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• Trump imposes fresh round of 50% tariffs on Canada's imports after last-ditch crisis talks collapsed

  22-08-2026 06:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to the failed negociations, calling the last-minute changes in the US proposed terms 'unfair and uneconomic'
  
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