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• Two-year-old euthanised in Netherlands in first assisted dying case of its kind

  28-09-2026 11:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A two-year-old toddler has been euthanised in the Netherlands after being born prematurely and suffering from severe medical conditions
  
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• Armenian HMRC worker accused by boss of 'trying to kill Russians' wins £16,000 payout

  29-09-2026 19:36 via dailymail.com
  
  The Armenian HMRC trainee, known only as Ms X, began working at the company in January 2019.
  
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• Moment joyriding balaclava-clad teenage e-bikers leave father-of-seven with life-changing injuries after smashing into him at high speed

  29-09-2026 19:17 via dailymail.com
  
  The teenagers, both 15, were captured on CCTV doing wheelies and speeding along public roads on Sur-Ron bikes in Thornaby, Teesside, on January 31.
  
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• Man killed in huge explosion on quiet Rotherham street

  29-09-2026 19:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  There were reports of an explosion on Clifton Mount in Rotherham.The body of a man has been discovered after an explosion on a row of terraced homes.The victim was found dead at 1.18pm on Tuesday following reports of an explosion on Clifton Mount in Rotherham.Craig Cockram said he ‘heard a bang…as if there was a shooting.’The resident, who lives in a block of flats nearby was evacuated from the scene. He told the BBC ‘I’m just shocked, bemused,’ he said.
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• 'Quantity of petrol' found in three vans near RAF Fairford, but officers have found no improvised explosive devices, police confirm

  29-09-2026 19:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have confirmed that no explosive devices were found in vans near RAF Fairford, but a 'quantity of petrol' has been recovered.
  
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• Three of the 'Cornell 7' break their silence over alleged gang rape as new text messages from accuser reveal what she told a friend

  29-09-2026 19:10 via dailymail.com
  
  The allegations have sparked widespread outrage and intense scrutiny of Cornell and local authorities. Three of the accused seven have now publicly denied the claims.
  
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• The Witcher 3 is 2026’s highest rated video game thanks to remaster

  29-09-2026 19:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  2026’s highest-rated game has been changing every couple of months or so (CD Projekt)It was already one of the top-rated video games of 2015 and now The Witcher 3 has poached the number one spot for 2026 from Big Walk.There has been stiff competition for 2026’s highest rated video game all year. Just when you think one game will comfortably hold the number one spot, something new drops just a few months later to overtake it.In August, Big Walk took the top spot on Metacritic from fe
  
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• Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon must give evidence to a Westminster probe into the SNP embezzlement fallout

  29-09-2026 19:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell should be forced to give evidence to an upcoming Westminster probe into the fallout from the £400,000 embezzlement scandal.
  
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• Terror cops probing RAF Fairford 'plot' discovered 'quantity of petrol' in vans

  29-09-2026 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five British nationals were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism - and have now been released on bail - after the three vans were found near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire
  
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• Hollywood filmmaker in council battle after being 'locked out' of 'Downton Shabby' mansion

  29-09-2026 19:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hopwood DePree, 56, says Rochdale Borough Council locked him out of his family’s 600-year-old home - despite years spent trying to rescue the historic property
  
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• River Wear - live: Three teens feared to be in car as it plunged into water in Sunderland

  29-09-2026 19:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A major rescue operation is underway after a car entered the River Wear near Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland, with three teenagers feared to have been inside
  
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• New Scottish Labour leader admits country's bloated benefits bill is 'unsustainable' and calls for it to be cut

  29-09-2026 19:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Scotland's benefits bill is 'unsustainable' and must be cut by getting more people into work, according to the new leader of Scottish Labour.
  
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• Who's a good buoy! Playful pooches make a splash in luxury heated lido

  29-09-2026 19:04 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 200 dogs and their owners had one day to take a dip together in the heated public pool in Gourock, Renfrewshire, before it shut for the winter.
  
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• Transgender New York Times executive 'infuriated his in-laws by letting son wear girl's dresses' before they allegedly shot him dead

  29-09-2026 19:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was shot dead in a parking lot in Dublin, California on Saturday. Police arrested his in-laws Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Gerry’s shock return to Blue Lights after season 1 death ‘will give fans closure’

  29-09-2026 19:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gerry’s back in Blue Lights reveals Andi Osho (Picture: BBC/Two Cities Television)‘I could tell that it was good. It’s just a matter of if our audience is going to pick up on that,’ says Andi Osho, remembering the first time she read the Blue Lights script.The Belfast-based police drama quietly launched on BBC One back in 2023 but by the end of its first series had already become a hefty juggernaut in a crowded landscape, following a team of rookie cops as they become em
  
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• Henry Nowak killer Vickrum Digwa to appeal life sentence after murder and 'wicked lies'

  29-09-2026 18:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vickrum Digwa, the killer of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, has been given permission to appeal his prison sentence
  
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• Grandmother, 63, smashed car through nursery fence and pinned boy, 2, to wall

  29-09-2026 18:57 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jayne James, 63, was dropping her grandchild off at the nursery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, when the crash happened on the morning of June 16 (Picture: Liverpool Echo)A grandmother who crashed through a fence into a nursery playground, pinning a toddler against a brick wall, has walked free from court with a two-year driving ban.Jayne James, 63, was dropping her grandchild off at the nursery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, when the crash happened on the morning of June 16.Her grey Omoda people ca
  
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• Students now have to pay 84% of the cost of their degrees following massive increase - new report says

  29-09-2026 18:52 via dailymail.com
  
  The government now only pays for a sixth of the cost of undergraduate degrees in England, a new report has found.
  
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• Henry Nowak's killer is allowed to appeal his sentence after he was ordered to serve 21 years in jail for stabbing 18-year-old student to death

  29-09-2026 18:50 via dailymail.com
  
  On Tuesday, court officials confirmed that a judge had given Vickrum Digwa the green light to appeal against his sentence.
  
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• Fatal house fire that killed mother and her three children was started by charging e-scooter battery

  29-09-2026 18:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children Leo Brabin, 16, Ellis Brabin, eight, and seven-year-old Prudence Brabin died in the devastating blaze at their home in Bootle, Merseyside
  
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• Olivia Attwood reveals moment Pete Wicks fell for her and it could anger ex Bradley Dack

  29-09-2026 18:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Olivia Attwood has revealed the exact moment that Pete Wicks started falling for her, and it came shortly after she split from her husband, footballer Bradley Dack.
  
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• William and Kate will never be publicly drawn into row over Earl Spencer's book and will not take any part in a documentary to mark 30th anniversary of Diana's death, royal sources say

  29-09-2026 18:38 via dailymail.com
  
  The royal couple will keep their thoughts to themselves, especially about the bombshell memoir, serialised in the Daily Mail, and the damage it has inflicted on King Charles.
  
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• What state pension triple lock changes mean as Andy Burnham uses speech to outline plans

  29-09-2026 18:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham used his Labour conference speak to announce a watering down of the pension triple lock to fund a planned revolution in social care
  
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• What state pension triple lock changes mean as Andy Burnham uses speech to outline major change

  29-09-2026 18:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham used his Labour conference speak to announce a watering down of the pension triple lock to fund a planned revolution in social care
  
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• 'Andy Burnham's speech were words of man who has stared into abyss and thought better to die trying'

  29-09-2026 18:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad Roy's presence was felt in Liverpool – not just in his son's determination to build a National Care Service, but in the sense of urgency people feel in bereavement, the sudden understanding that it’s later than we think.
  
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• Brendan Fraser back as hunky hunter Rick in first pictures of The Mummy 4

  29-09-2026 18:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Brendan Fraser is back as Rick O’Connell in the fourth The Mummy film (Picture: Shutterstock/ClickNewsandMedia)Brendan Fraser is officially back in his adventurer gear as Rick O’Connell – and apparently years away from The Mummy has done very little to diminish his ability to pull off a leather jacket.The 57-year-old actor has been pictured filming the hotly anticipated fourth instalment in the franchise for the first time, giving fans an early glimpse at the return many have
  
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• Kemi attacks Burnham's '1970s' big state plan for Britain as PM axes pension triple lock while backing renationalisation and undoing Brexit - but won't cut benefits

  29-09-2026 18:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Addressing activists in Liverpool for the first time as leader, Andy Burnham said the next manifesto will commit to scrapping the 'triple lock' on state pensions.
  
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• Brits rediscover iconic 'bad boiler' TV ad that 'wouldn't be allowed today'

  29-09-2026 18:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A viral TV advert from the early 2000s featuring a 'bad boiler' has resurfaced on TikTok and people are still in disbelief that it was ever allowed to air on UK television
  
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• Seven key points from Andy Burnham's major speech - from pension triple lock to voting reform

  29-09-2026 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In his first major address to Labour's conference, Andy Burnham vowed to overturn a series of Thatcher-era reforms - giving the public greater control over housing, water and energy
  
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• KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Andy Burnham is a fearless PM who wants nobody to be in doubt about what he wants'

  29-09-2026 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  OPINION: Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire says Andy Burnham is a confident Prime Minister with promises that can transform the nation, but he must deliver to stop Britain lurching to the right
  
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