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• VIDEO: 'I didn't think anyone would read it'

  27-01-2015 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Helen Macdonald wins the Costa Book Awards Book of the Year 2014 for her book H is for Hawk.
  
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• Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump have spoken in a phone call overnight

  13-08-2026 23:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Little detail has been provided about the conversation.
  
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• Mother and her two transgender lovers 'failed miserably' as parents before death of boy, 7, they're now accused of murdering

  13-08-2026 23:18 via dailymail.com
  
  William Michael Evans-Ellis, seven, was found dead inside a closet at an apartment in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 6. His mom and her two transgender lovers have been charged.
  
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• Clacton by-election result live: Reform chief Nigel Farage awaits fate in bin fight as voting closes

  13-08-2026 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polls closed at 10pm in the Clacton by-election - triggered after Nigel Farage's resignation from the Commons in the midst of a Commons probe over his finances. Follow the latest updates below
  
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• Burnham's migrants plan just proves he'll betray those who don't back Labour, Kemi Badenoch says

  13-08-2026 23:16 via dailymail.com
  
  The Tory leader has claimed the PM believes people living in middle class areas do not support his party and so must 'lump' the arrival of hundreds of migrants.
  
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• Toddler dragged along street after legs caught in Melbourne bus

  13-08-2026 23:13 via dailymail.com
  
  The boy, who is believed to be aged between three and five, boarded the bus in St Kilda alongside a man on June 5.
  
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• Labour will take 40 years to meet NHS waiting list target at current treatment rate - with list now standing at 7.27m

  13-08-2026 23:12 via dailymail.com
  
  It means Britons face decades more misery, with painfully long waits for routine care, such as hip and knee replacements.
  
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• Andy Burnham's top mandarin Dame Antonia Romeo facing questions over her role in prisons crisis as she was accused of presiding over 'ticking timebomb' while at Ministry of Justice

  13-08-2026 23:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Dame Antonia Romeo, now Cabinet Secretary, was in charge of the Ministry of Justice for four years as problems mounted with the plan to build more cells.
  
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• Trump lackeys once again vote to add his name to the Kennedy Centre despite previous ban

  13-08-2026 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Kennedy Centre's board of trustees have once again voted to add Donald Trump's name to the performing arts venue - despite being banned from doing so by a judge in June
  
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• Major Loose Women star quits show after 25 years

  13-08-2026 23:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Loose Women is losing one of its most popular stars (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)Denise Welch has confirmed her exit from Loose Women after over two decades as a popular panellist.The soap star and broadcaster, 68, made her Loose debut in 2000, a year after the chat show launched.She remained a regular until 2002 before leaving for the first time. Denise returned from 2005 to 2013 and again from 2018 to 2026.Now, she’s dipping out for a third time to focus on her acting.Addressing
  
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• Todd stages return and immediately declares his love in Coronation Street

  13-08-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Todd’s back in Weatherfield, and it it’s anything but smooth sailing (Picture: ITV)Todd Grimshaw is back in Weatherfield next week, and he’s barely had time to unpack before getting caught up in a whole load of Coronation Street drama.The character, played by Gareth Pierce, returns from Thailand and quickly finds himself pulled into Sarah Platt’s (Tina O’Brien) increasingly difficult situation behind bars.Sarah sends Todd a visiting order and he heads to the prison
  
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• Jimmy’s future destroyed in cruel twist of fate – and Emmerdale tragedy is set to follow

  13-08-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jimmy King’s stresses increase (Picture: ITV)Things are looking bleak for Jimmy King (Nick Miles) in Emmerdale.It’s bad enough his wife is rapidly falling out of love for him, having accused him of cheating and lamenting that he doesn’t have a romantic bone in his body. But now his business is set to take a lifechanging hit.We know as well that Jimmy is leaving the soap in a body bag, and the downfall of his business might be the slippery slope.Nicola realises that the B&B
  
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• Scowling female killer gets enormous sentence for murder of cop dad-of-two as he tried to arrest her

  13-08-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Andrea Rene Cothran, was sentenced to life over the August 2023 murder of Officer Jonah Oswald in Fairway, Tennessee.
  
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• Train derails in East Sussex: 20 in hospital after service carrying 150 passengers 'jumped off tracks'

  13-08-2026 22:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Live updates: A passenger train has derailed in East Sussex.
  
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• Distressing bad luck of Utah man, 24, who survived skateboard brain injury... only to be struck and killed by car while crossing road four years later

  13-08-2026 22:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Wesley Hadfield garnered nearly 90,000 followers on Instagram by documenting his recovery from a traumatic brain injury four years ago before he was killed on Monday.
  
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• Was the terrifying Sussex train crash caused by the heatwave? Passenger train came off 'buckling track in extreme heat' in Lewes, transport expert says

  13-08-2026 22:27 via dailymail.com
  
  The eight-carriage train came off the line between Haywards Heath and Lewes at around 3.54pm this afternoon, with services set to be cancelled until 10pm.
  
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• Wife's final text hinted at why husband murdered her, their child and his mother in Minnesota daycare massacre that shocked Midwest

  13-08-2026 22:26 via dailymail.com
  
  On Wednesday, Hopkins police chief Brent Johnson said the wife, husband and child believed to be theirs had been found dead around 9am while inside the daycare.
  
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• Lewes train crash horror as terrified passengers stand on top of derailed and sideways carriages

  13-08-2026 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two people have been left with 'serious' injuries after a train dramatically derailed near Lewes, East Sussex, as emergency services rushed to the area to come to passengers' aid
  
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• New York Magazine accused of using HITLER font for 'anti-Semitic' special edition that infuriated many Jews by using phrase 'the land mass currently called Israel'

  13-08-2026 22:16 via dailymail.com
  
  The magazine's latest edition, titled 'Habibi City', was intended to laud the diverse mix of Middle Eastern cultures in New York City, but many Jews are furious.
  
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• Why I've no regrets about throwing my shoes at George W Bush and would do it again

  13-08-2026 22:01 via dailymail.com
  
  The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W Bushreveals what he thinks nearly two decades later.
  
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• Overwhelmed Tim faces murderer Richie’s daughter in Coronation Street – and she’s intense

  13-08-2026 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Things are getting even more complicated (Picture: ITV)Tim Metcalfe’s (Joe Duttine) whole entire world changed when he knocked on the door of his cousin Richie’s (Nathan Sussex) house in Coronation Street.The duo reconnected a couple of days ago, after Tim picked Richie up in his taxi. He then invited his cousin back to his house for some drinks.Afterwards, it became apparent that Richie’s partner Rachel wasn’t happy about him staying out all night.Richie had been thrown
  
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• Girl, 16, who vanished from Florida home in dead of night without explanation is filmed flying home after popping up 1,600 miles away in New Jersey

  13-08-2026 21:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Sophia Veronica Cover went missing in the early hours of July 31. She was last seen in eerie surveillance footage leaving her home, but was later found safe almost two weeks later.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's ex-adviser 'bewildered' by former First Minister's attack on John Swinney

  13-08-2026 21:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has been criticised by another former aide for her latest book tour and decision to attack John Swinney's election strategy.
  
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• Nickelodeon star Christy Knowings dies aged 46 after asthma attack causes brain damage

  13-08-2026 21:40 via metro.co.uk
  
  Christy Knowings has died at the age of 46 after an asthma attack (Picture: Frederick M. Brown for Daily Mai)Nickelodeon star Christy Knowings has died at the age of 46 after suffering an asthma attack which reportedly left her with brain damage.The actor and comedian, best known for starring in the iconic children’s sketch show All That, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after being taken to hospital days earlier.According to TMZ, Knowings suffered an asthma attack on Friday and was subsequ
  
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• Trump official's X-rated sex toy video with foreign agent she lives with in debauched 'frat house'... read their wild texts

  13-08-2026 21:34 via dailymail.com
  
  The small purple vibrator skitters across the cream carpet of the yacht's salon.
  
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• Passenger train came off 'buckling track in extreme heat' in Lewes, transport expert says: Nine in hospital after derailment

  13-08-2026 21:33 via dailymail.com
  
  The eight-carriage train came off the line between Haywards Heath and Lewes at around 3.54pm this afternoon, with services set to be cancelled until 10pm.
  
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• Train derails in East Sussex: Two people seriously injured after service carrying 150 passengers 'jumped off tracks' near Lewes

  13-08-2026 21:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Live updates: A passenger train has derailed in East Sussex.
  
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• Parents now have custody of baby born to surrogate who refused their demand to abort after fetus was found to have heart defect

  13-08-2026 21:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The baby boy, who was born on Wednesday morning in Texas, is now in custody of his biological parents. The couple had previously demanded the surrogate, McKenna West, have an abortion.
  
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• John Swinney raised fears over a lone wolf terror attack in Scotland

  13-08-2026 21:27 via dailymail.com
  
  Fears of a surprise 'lone wolf' terror attack in Scotland were voiced by John Swinney in talks with police chiefs, according to newly released official papers.
  
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• Boy, 6, jumped out upstairs window while high on COCAINE, cops say... now his mother has been charged

  13-08-2026 21:27 via dailymail.com
  
  The boy tested positive for cocaine in the hospital. Police searched the mother's apartment and said they found 'a white powder substance' and drug paraphernalia.
  
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