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• UK's weirdest hobbies from competitive hole digging to snail racing

  18-09-2026 12:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Universities are of course, seats of learning - but they can also be about fun as drink brand Dr Pepper discovered when asking about Brits' more quirky pastimes
  
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• Tragedy as nine-year-old boy is found dead inside a drainpipe in Australia

  23-09-2026 02:43 via dailymail.com
  
  A nine-year-old boy has been found dead after drowning in a drainpipe in the Northern Territory on Tuesday.
  
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• Andy Burnham meets Trump live: PM announces plans to 'disrupt' hostile information attacks

  23-09-2026 02:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has announced that he is "tasking our security chiefs to begin work on a new National Centre for Information Defence" which will work to "detect, attribute and disrupt these kinds of hostile state information attacks"
  
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• Burnham urges world leaders to unite to keep AI from destroying humanity

  23-09-2026 02:22 via dailymail.com
  
  In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister said global action was needed following a string of warnings that the technology could pose a threat to life.
  
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• Astonishing TEN-figure wealth increase of Democratic governor since he took office... as he eyes presidential run

  23-09-2026 02:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, has fueled speculation about a potential presidential run after admitting he's trying to make major health improvements.
  
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• Inside the Bali house of horror where Aussie dad strangled his two kids before taking his own life - as shattered family returns to murder-suicide home haunted by tragedy

  23-09-2026 02:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Maritime worker Damien John Shaw, 56, from Fremantle in Western Australia , smothered his son, Archie, 6, and daughter, Laura, 4, before killing himself at their villa near Kuta.
  
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• Games Inbox: Are you still an Xbox fan?

  23-09-2026 02:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Are you still an Xboxer? (Microsoft)The Wednesday letters page is appalled at the latest round of layoffs at Xbox, as one reader gives his verdict on Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave.Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
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  We knew it was coming but not only has Xbox laid off hundreds of people but now Rare is under Activision’s control. How long until the UK’
  
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• Beau Lamarre-Condon claims he took female friend's 'Taylor Swift' advice on dealing with Jesse Baird and Luke Davies' bodies

  23-09-2026 02:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial.
  
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• Sydney Swans stars return to face teammates for first time since Pullman Hotel scandal

  23-09-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon and Riley Bice have not returned to the club in any official capacity since they were stood down.
  
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• Bryan Kohberger didn't understand what was going on in court before pleading guilty to murdering four Idaho students, according to latest filing

  23-09-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Bryan Kohberger's lawyers questioned whether he understood guilty plea before he admitted murdering four Idaho students, bombshell memo reveals
  
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• Aussie's 'nightmare' luggage ordeal on Italian holiday takes bizarre twist as she finds her stolen bags dumped in bushes

  23-09-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Iona Pegley, 24, and her boyfriend Joseph Jelic had their luggage stolen from a car in Sardinia just hours after their airline returned it following a loss in transit.
  
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• Does Microsoft really want to save Xbox or have they already given up?

  23-09-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Is Microsoft serious about saving Xbox? (Microsoft)As hundreds more Xbox developers lose their jobs, GameCentral asks whether they’re necessary cutbacks or simply the latest step towards Microsoft giving up on gaming entirely.Perhaps the worst thing about Xbox’s latest round of job cuts is knowing that there’s over 1,300 more of them to come. Microsoft announced back in July that they were cutting ‘approximately 3,200’ jobs within the next year, with 1,600 going th
  
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• Brian Laundrie's parents suffer brutal 'karma' for killer son's sins: How Florida neighbors are exacting foul and filthy revenge in Gabby Petito's name

  23-09-2026 01:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Roberta and Christopher Laundrie have faced years of fury over allegations that they helped protect their son, Brian, as authorities searched for Gabby in 2021.
  
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• Five rare Northern African lion cubs explore their outdoor paddock at UK zoo for the first time

  23-09-2026 01:51 via dailymail.com
  
  New pictures show the lions exploring their new, and perhaps unfamiliar, Kingdom at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire.
  
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• Brits are a nation of 'armchair explorers': Three-quarters admit they would rather Google a beauty spot than visit it...

  23-09-2026 01:51 via dailymail.com
  
  A poll of 2,000 adults found 77 per cent now spend more time viewing adventures on television or social media than exploring in real life.
  
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• Nolan Wells' family blasts grand jury ruling on accidental drowning despite 'trauma' to teen's body in autopsy

  23-09-2026 01:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Wells's mother, Christine Wonsley, said she didn't understand how the grand jury concluded that her son had accidentally drowned given the autopsy findings.
  
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• Scotland's child death rate is the UK's worst as medics warn of the 'unhealthiest generations' in decades

  23-09-2026 01:43 via dailymail.com
  
  More children are dying in Scotland proportionally than elsewhere in the UK as medics warn the state of the health service risks raising one of the 'unhealthiest generations' in decades.
  
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• Ashley Jensen stars alongside Mark Bonnar again in new Rambling comedy

  23-09-2026 01:42 via dailymail.com
  
  For years they played an unhappily married (and later divorced) couple with a hilariously toxic and awkward dynamic.
  
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• Six arrested after 'hostile' protesters clash with riot police over small boat arrival in Gosport

  23-09-2026 01:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The French coastguard reported that around 60 migrants on a small boat endured more than 33 hours at sea 'in precarious conditions' while attempting to cross the English Channel
  
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• Drug smugglers' £13.8million plot foiled after they were forced to pay excess baggage charge

  23-09-2026 01:40 via dailymail.com
  
  A court heard some of the bags were so heavy, couriers had to pay an excess charge at Bangkok Airport to put them in the hold.
  
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• The truth behind Melania Trump's 'fierce' modesty during rare world stage appearance at the UN

  23-09-2026 01:38 via dailymail.com
  
  The First Lady hosted 57 spouses of world leaders at the event promoting her signature initiative, Fostering the Future Together.
  
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• Andy Burnham pulls off tough first meeting with Donald Trump — and evens wins his praises

  23-09-2026 01:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham, who only became Prime Minister in July, said he and Donald Trump made a “good connection” during talks after the UN General Assembly in New York City
  
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• Trump's 'hand of friendship' to Burnham on their first-ever meeting is a power gesture, body language expert reveals

  23-09-2026 01:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The US President and British Prime Minister came face-to-face for the first time on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
  
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• How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios... and the most likely is probably not what you think

  23-09-2026 01:28 via dailymail.com
  
  There's no shortage of fantastical scenarios, and most of them involve the concept of 'superintelligent' AI - that is, AI that's more capable than humans.
  
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• The Morning Poll: Is it right for Andy Burnham to pave the way to undo Brexit?

  23-09-2026 01:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The Morning Poll: Is it right for Andy Burnham to pave the way to undo Brexit?
  
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• Qantas passenger allegedly tried to open plane door mid-flight after abusing traveller and cabin crew - before armed cops dragged him off at Perth Airport

  23-09-2026 01:13 via dailymail.com
  
  A West Australian man has been charged after allegedly abusing another passenger before attempting to open a Qantas plane door mid-flight.
  
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• Was murder on millionaires' row a gangland assassination? Victim, 28, was an international fraudster convicted for gang robberies across London - as detectives hunt killers

  23-09-2026 01:07 via dailymail.com
  
  A murder investigation is entering its second week after 28-year-old Reece Salmon was found with stab wounds outside a £1.55million home in Islington.
  
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• Saudi billionaire landowner joins furious villagers at war with developers over 13 'XXL mega-sheds' which will swallow six MILLION sq ft of countryside

  23-09-2026 01:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Wafic Said, 86, a Syrian-born businessman and former Conservative donor, is opposing plans for the mega-sheds beside the M40 near Stoke Lyne.
  
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• Fury over plans for 1,200 homes in tiny Domesday Book village which has become home to hi-tech business in 'UK's Silicon Valley'

  23-09-2026 01:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Building work to create Springstead Village on a 138-acre site between the village and Cambridge Airport is well under way with around 200 homes already built.
  
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• 'I shudder to think about wrongly assessed children forced to sleep next to adults,' Children's Commissioner warns

  23-09-2026 01:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Urgent action is needed to stop child asylum seekers being wrongly assessed as adults, Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza will say today
  
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