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• UK weather: Arctic blast set to bring more snow and sub-zero temperatures this the weekend

  30-01-2015 22:56
  
  Forecasters are warning the UK to brace itself for another bitterly cold night as sub-zero temperatures take grip, with an Arctic blast set to sweep the country over the weekend.
  
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• Humiliating truth about the internet's most toxic brothers: Read the Tate brothers' toe-curling court confession about their RENTED supercars and $50M yacht

  24-08-2026 23:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Lawyers for Andrew, 39, and Tristan, 38, say federal authorities have made the same mistake as millions of online followers - taking their deliberately 'outrageous' social media boasts literally.
  
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• Balaclava-wearing youths gather with flares in hand to mark lives of dead 'joyriders'... while across the city silent prayers are held for PCs killed in A66 horror

  24-08-2026 23:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A throng of balaclava-clad youths set off flares and fireworks on Monday afternoon to remember the five A66 'joyriders' who died when they smashed into a police car.
  
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• Commuter chaos as a major Sydney train line is shut down due to emergency repairs

  24-08-2026 23:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Urgent repairs on overhead wiring at Chatswood station have halted all city-bound trains on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Distressing audio reveals moment doctor's husband who left daughter, 2, to die in hot car was found by nanny after killing himself just hours before he was due to be jailed

  24-08-2026 23:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher Scholtes, 38, took his own life in his $1 million home in Phoenix hours before he was to start a 20 to 30-year jail sentence for leaving his daughter to die in a hot car.
  
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• Female school worker called child UGLY then held them upside down by their feet, prosecutors say

  24-08-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Rachel Kirspel, 37, was allegedly caught holding the child upside down by a fellow employee at a Texas pre-kindergarten. She is being prosecuted after she was arrested in May.
  
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• Masked motorcyclists fire flares at memorial for A66 joyrider

  24-08-2026 23:03 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 PageA memorial for one of the men killed in the A66 crash has divided opinion after masked bikers set off flares while police watched on.
  Hundreds of people turned up to remember Jakub Matusiak, 23, one of the five men who were killed inside the Volkswagen Passat near Middlesbrough on Saturday morning.It had driven down the wrong way on the A66 seconds after a p
  
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• Spencer Pratt posts disturbing Lindsay Clancy reenactment cartoon as post partum murder trial divides America

  24-08-2026 23:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The case has divided America, with crowds turning out to support the mom after sympathizing with her mental state, while others, like Pratt, have condemned her as a cold-blooded killer.
  
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• Over 600 industry professionals sign open letter attacking BBC's 'unaccountable, inexperienced and failing' commissioning strategy

  24-08-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  'Despite a celebrated history, the current systems in place fails to ensure that senior commissioners meet consistent standards or demonstrate recognised industry leadership.'
  
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• Tragedy after Midwest tree trimmer decided to play joke on co-worker with heavy duty GRAPPLER machine

  24-08-2026 22:58 via dailymail.com
  
  A Minnesota tree-trimmer employee has been charged manslaughter after allegedly crushing his co-workers head with a hydraulic grapple.
  
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• Gary Neville urges Xabi Alonso to replace Chelsea star after Fulham win

  24-08-2026 22:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville (Picture: Getty)Gary Neville believes Robert Sanchez ‘undermines’ Chelsea and should be replaced by new Stamford Bridge boss Xabi Alonso.Sanchez made yet another mistake in Chelsea’s Premier League opener against Fulham on Monday night.The Blues looked in control after Joao Pedro broke the deadlock inside a minute at Craven Cottage, but Sanchez’s error gifted Fulham’s Josh King an equaliser.Sanchez also rec
  
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• Woman found dead in woodland was wanted over death of police officer husband

  24-08-2026 22:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  A woman accused of killing her police officer husband has been found dead in a ‘tragic murder-suicide’.Karen Solomon, 58, was wanted by police in Massachusetts after vanishing when her husband Kurt, 57, was found dead in their home last week.This is a breaking news story… More to follow… Comment nowCommentsAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
  
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• Author found dead in woodland was wanted for killing police officer husband

  24-08-2026 22:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  A woman accused of killing her police officer husband has been found dead in a ‘tragic murder-suicide’.Karen Solomon, 58, vanished when her husband Kurt, 57, was found dead in their Massachusetts home last week.Karen Solomon was wanted for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with serious bodily injury and was ‘considered armed and dangerous’.Kurt Solomon’s injury involved a sharp object, police said.
  Police released doorbell camera footage of Karen Sol
  
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• Moment 'mini tsunamis' hit Ibiza - flooding streets and restaurants

  24-08-2026 22:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Holidaymakers and locals were spotted fleeing from Platja de s'Arenal beach after a sudden change in sea level led to water flooding through the promenade on Monday morning.
  
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• GOP civil war erupts over the creepy 'Big Brother' weapon following MILLIONS of Americans as ex-CIA officer delivers chilling warning

  24-08-2026 22:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Republicans are split over license plate-reading surveillance cameras that some argue can help solve crimes while others say they infringe on liberty as ' Big Brother' debate sparks major divide.
  
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• Sunbed wars at Mallorca hotel sees tourists scramble by poolside as early as 6am

  24-08-2026 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Edward Lawton, a tourist on his summer holiday, described scenes at Globales Santa Lucia Hotel in Palma Nova, Mallorca as "mayhem" and shared online
  
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• Georgia cops are hunting down a man who picked up $30 from a Walmart floor and didn't turn it in...and people are angry about it

  24-08-2026 22:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Georgia cops are under fire online after starting a search for a man who pocketed $30 someone dropped on the floor of a Walmart.
  
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• Family left heartbroken as ICE rips away 5-year-old boy from his mother on the way to soccer game

  24-08-2026 22:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Victor Martinez Nieto and his son, Liam Tadeo were arrested by ICE on August 16 during a vehicle stop in Austin Texas.
  
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• Sudanese woman is allowed to stay in UK with her refugee cousin because they are married... after couple had 'customary Islamic' wedding in their home country

  24-08-2026 22:32 via dailymail.com
  
  After Isra Abdallah Ibrahim's asylum bid was refused, she claimed deportation would breach her ECHR rights, because she would be separated from her husband.
  
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• Prince Harry quits 'rape and torture' charity that the Mail exposed

  24-08-2026 22:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The Duke of Sussex, revealed last week to be returning home to the UK with his wife Meghan after six years away, was a trustee of African Parks for the past decade.
  
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• Two week electricity blackout sees power crews SHOT AT in notoriously-scary Midwest city where Michael Jackson was born

  24-08-2026 22:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Utility crew members with NIPSCO were scouting in Gary, Indiana, when gunfire erupted as they work to restore power following devastating storms.
  
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• Scottish Labour leadership frontrunner admits party faces 'systemic' problems as he vows new taxes on families and big businesses

  24-08-2026 22:20 via dailymail.com
  
  The frontrunner to be Scottish Labour's next leader has proposed a series of new taxes on families and big businesses and admitted his party faces 'systemic' problems.
  
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• Mothers' plea to Prime Minister after children catch deadly illness on Windermere trip

  24-08-2026 22:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Mothers of two children struck down with E.coli and campylobacter after visits to Lake Windermere are calling on the Prime Minister to stop sewage release into watercourses.
  
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• Firefighter who battled wildfires loses everything as blaze destroys his own family home

  24-08-2026 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The community rallied to help Phil Morris, a group manager with Mid and West Wales Fire Service, after a fire recently tore through the father of three's family home
  
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• Family of grandmother, 73, who died after taking Mounjaro say doctors 'were fixated on fat jab side effects', inquest hears

  24-08-2026 22:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The family of 73-year-old Caroline Savage voiced concerns that clinicians too readily attributed her symptoms to side effects of the drug before her death near Harleston, Norfolk in 2024.
  
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• Lunar eclipse 2026: When and where to watch the sky spectacle in the UK this week

  24-08-2026 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The event, also known as 'blood moon' due to the Moon's copper colour, comes just two weeks after a spectacular solar eclipse that was visible across the UK
  
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• Man 'killed partner by stabbing her 70 times before turning knife on her daughter', court hears

  24-08-2026 21:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Alan Dore is accused of killing grandmother Samantha Turner at her home in Shepherd's Bush, west London, on Tuesday, August 18.
  
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• CCTV is released after woman 'is sexually assaulted in Derby car park'

  24-08-2026 21:56 via dailymail.com
  
  The alleged attack, which Derbyshire Police said occurred at a car park at Becket Well Lane, took place some time between 4:30am and 5:25am on Sunday, August 23.
  
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• Jaw-dropping percentage of Americans who now do marijuana, even though almost half the country disapproves of the drug

  24-08-2026 21:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The self-reported rate of marijuana use among Americans is at a record high, while alcohol consumption has hit all-time lows, according to recent Gallup surveys.
  
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• Firefighter who was having a day off after spending weeks fighting summer wildfires then lost his own home in devastating blaze

  24-08-2026 21:37 via dailymail.com
  
  After firefighter Phil Morris remotely checked the external CCTV footage connected to his home while out selling his wife's car - it was clear something was wrong.
  
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