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• VIDEO: On red carpet with Best Exotic stars

  17-02-2015 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dame Judi Dench and Celia Imrie at the Royal Gala premiere of the Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  
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• What does the week have in store? Your tarot horoscope reading for August 17 to August 23

  16-08-2026 05:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Get ready for a new week (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)As Leo turns to Virgo season on August 22, the party is over and it’s time to clear house, declutter, get things in order and feel back in control again.
  You know what, that’s a good feeling — but it doesn’t mean you can’t make the most of those final days of Leo action.
  Go big or go home, be wild, have fun, celebrate and play with abandon and don’t worry about the aftermath too much. Life is for living, an
  
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• Chilling footage shows moments five shot, one fatally, in Kentucky in FOURTH mass shooting in just 24 hours as gunfire erupts in packed downtown district

  16-08-2026 04:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed reports of a shooting in downtown Lexington during his speech at the Kentucky Democratic Party 's Moving Forward Together at the Hyatt Regency.
  
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• Alleged parent-killer Nick Reiner denied trust fund millions for legal defense due to 'slayer statute'

  16-08-2026 04:19 via dailymail.com
  
  Nick Reiner allegedly lay in wait at his parents Rob and Michele's $13.5 million Los Angeles mansion in December, then slashed their throats as they slept. He wants access to his trust fund to pay lawyers.
  
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• Barefoot Investor's direct challenge to Albanese on gambling ads after the PM used his phrase to describe Australian property tax reforms

  16-08-2026 03:59 via dailymail.com
  
  The PM quoted Scott Pape in describing the government's previous property tax policies as resembling 'taxpayer-funded landlord welfare'.
  
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• Five shot, one fatally, in Kentucky in THIRD mass shooting in just 24 hours as gunfire erupts in packed downtown bar district

  16-08-2026 03:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed reports of a shooting in downtown Lexington during his speech at the Kentucky Democratic Party 's Moving Forward Together at the Hyatt Regency.
  
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• Family fear foul play after father's body found in Sydney creek

  16-08-2026 03:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Part of the police investigation will look at the deceased's past, including jail time.
  
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• Suspect arrested in shooting rampage at Virginia State University days before classes begin

  16-08-2026 03:37 via dailymail.com
  
  A teenager has been arrested hours after five people were shot at Virginia State University just as new freshman arrived on campus.
  
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• UK travel company plunges into liquidation after 10 years with all trips off

  16-08-2026 02:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The award winning UK travel company is 'no longer taking bookings' and has been appointed liquidators after organising trips across Europe for over a decade
  
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• Sprint sensation Amy Hunt jumps for joy as she wins her third gold at European Championships

  16-08-2026 02:42 via dailymail.com
  
  A win would see the 24-year-old achieve a record-equalling third gold in Birmingham after victory in the 100m and 200m.
  
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• Why DID Agatha Christie vanish for 11 days, sparking huge manhunt? After her car was found by 600ft drop, many feared suicide. Now a new book reveals the astonishing truth

  16-08-2026 02:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The abandoned Morris Cowley was the first clue. With its headlights still blazing in the morning mist, the car was discovered in bushes at a Surrey beauty spot, 500 yards down a steep slope.
  
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• Sprint sensation Amy Hunt jumped for joy as she won her third gold at European Championships

  16-08-2026 02:35 via dailymail.com
  
  A win would see the 24-year-old achieve a record-equalling third gold in Birmingham after victory in the 100m and 200m.
  
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• BBC tries to force Donald Trump's family to testify over £7billion defamation lawsuit

  16-08-2026 02:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The broadcaster is seeking subpoenas to force Mr Trump's eldest son Donald Jr, his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to testify in the case.
  
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• Anthony Albanese secures gun buyback in Aussie state after Bondi Beach massacre - but One Nation opposition makes it an election issue

  16-08-2026 02:17 via dailymail.com
  
  An agreement has been struck on a major federal-state gun buyback following the Bondi Beach massacre.
  
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• Woke artist who sparked firestorm in country town of Maitland over 'Jocko' statue of black boy on the High Street for 150 years shares evidence it is racist

  16-08-2026 02:16 via dailymail.com
  
  A country town divided about the statue of a 'little black boy' that's been on its main street for 150 years is about to explode in further accusations with the shocking truth of the bronze figure's real origins.
  
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• Solved... Agatha Christie's greatest mystery: When her Morris Cowley was discovered abandoned, amateur sleuths speculated her adulterous husband killed her. But what really happened?

  16-08-2026 02:14 via dailymail.com
  
  The abandoned Morris Cowley was the first clue. With its headlights still blazing in the morning mist, the car was discovered in bushes at a Surrey beauty spot, 500 yards down a steep slope.
  
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• Our siblings have kept our mother's body in an undertaker's metal drawer for FOUR YEARS... now we've sued them for £60,000 but our nightmare goes on: JANE FRYER meets a family at war

  16-08-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Laura died on July 29, 2022, in London's Charing Cross Hospital, six months after contracting Covid. Ever since Laura's body has been in a metal drawer in an undertaker's mortuary in London.
  
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• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is further proof of the Marvel video game curse – Reader’s Feature

  16-08-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls – not a guaranteed hit (Sony Interactive Entertainment)With Sony’s Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls off to a shaky start, a reader looks back at the surprisingly long list of Marvel video game flops and asks why even good games don’t sell.Sony has fumbled the launch of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls and I don’t really know why. I’m sure they had deadlines to make but if the PC version was so buggy why not just delay it for a fe
  
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• No water cannon, no violence and no swearing: The very British tourism demo in the Cotswolds' prettiest village where polite locals say: 'We love visitors - just not too many'

  16-08-2026 01:54 via dailymail.com
  
  We've had water pistols in Barcelona, violent demonstrations in the Majorcan capital, blocked beaches on the Spanish Costas and aggressive marches in Venice - all in response to over-tourism.
  
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• Multiple shooters STILL at large hours after rampage at Virginia State University days before classes begin

  16-08-2026 01:52 via dailymail.com
  
  At least five people have been gunned down at Virginia State University with multiple shooters on the loose.
  
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• Top authors tell Andy Burnham to give small bookshops same tax relief as pubs

  16-08-2026 01:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Fantasy author Sir Philip Pullman and children's laureate Patrice Lawrence are among those backing calls for the industry to be included in the business rates relief scheme introduced for pubs.
  
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• Campaigners urge UK to fight back over Taliban's purge on women's rights

  16-08-2026 01:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The commemoration included a Kabul military parade in which Humvee trucks abandoned in the chaotic withdrawal of a US-led coalition force were rolled out as victory trophies.
  
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• Woke Bay Area school took children on trip to mosque where girls were 'encouraged' to wear HIJABS while being told that Islam is aligned with social justice: lawsuit

  16-08-2026 01:35 via dailymail.com
  
  The federal suit alleges that photographs of the students were also posted online, without the parents' permission.
  
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• What a blazing idiot! Ranger has stern word with man cooking over open flame near prime minister's country home as wildfires burn across the UK

  16-08-2026 01:34 via dailymail.com
  
  A countryside ranger was involved in a heated conversation with a man using a portable stove in the tinderbox-dry bushes of Buckinghamshire's Coombe Hill on Saturday.
  
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• Multiple shooters STILL at large hours after rampage at Virginia State days before classes begin

  16-08-2026 01:28 via dailymail.com
  
  At least five people have been gunned down at Virginia State University with multiple shooters on the loose.
  
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• Iran mocks Trump's plan to declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory by telling president 'it can't be seized by tweet'

  16-08-2026 01:22 via dailymail.com
  
  The President made the assertion during a speech at a Long Island police academy on Friday.
  
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• Five people shot at Virginia State University as police launch frantic manhunt for 'multiple suspects'

  16-08-2026 01:13 via dailymail.com
  
  At least five people have been gunned down at Virginia State University with multiple shooters on the loose.
  
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• 'Appalling' wildfire rages near people's homes in Wales as 200 soldiers are deployed to help firefighters

  16-08-2026 01:11 via dailymail.com
  
  South Wales Fire and Rescue service has issued a major incident update, and said it had already received 736 calls compared to an average of about 300.
  
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• What a blazing idiot! Ranger gets in row with man over lighting a portable BBQ - just days after Andy Burnham banned the open-flame stoves amid ravaging wildfires across the UK

  16-08-2026 01:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The ranger sternly reminded the defiant cook that using an open-flame stove in the baking conditions could prove dangerous.
  
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• Family-of-four reveal how they save up to $45,000 a year in rent by living in strangers' houses: 'We live comfortably on one income'

  16-08-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  A mum-of-two has revealed how she saves huge amounts of money by house-sitting full-time instead of paying rent.
  
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