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• Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1

  24-09-2026 10:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of a tiny town in the remote northern reaches of Nebraska (Picture: Reuters)Elsie Eiler is 92, or somewhere around that. Despite her age, she’s the mayor of a town in the United States.She’s also the bartender, chef, librarian, treasurer and clerk.You might think that’s a lot of responsibility for one person — especially one some 30 years over retirement age — but she doesn’t have much choice. Elsie is the only person who live
  
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• Top Labour MP Peter Kyle slams Andy Burnham over failure to boost economy as he says UK is still facing 'growth emergency'

  26-09-2026 10:11 via dailymail.com
  
  Speaking to the BBC, Mr Kyle accused Mr Burnham of not focusing enough on boosting economic growth, and called on him to act with 'more urgency'.
  
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• British holidaymakers are evacuated from Jet2 flight when passenger says they have bomb in their luggage before flight from Tenerife to Stansted

  26-09-2026 10:11 via dailymail.com
  
  The Jet2 plane was cleared at Tenerife South airport shortly before its scheduled departure at 11.20am yesterday after a passenger claimed to be carrying a bomb in his luggage.
  
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• Blue Star ferry erupts into huge fireball off Mykonos as 29 people rescued

  26-09-2026 10:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Blue Star Ferries vehicle ferry caught fire off Mykonos, Greece, with 29 people rescued after a huge blaze broke out on board.
  
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• All we know as police launch new investigation into Jill Dando's unsolved murder

  26-09-2026 10:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BBC Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham, London, in April 1999 - her death launched one of the biggest murder inquiries in the country's modern history
  
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• Inside Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as PM - from 'Hope Again' slogan to looming Budget

  26-09-2026 10:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror looks at Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as leader of the party - from the 'Burnham bounce' to the topics MPs want to hear more about
  
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• ‘I earn thousands more than you do every month – and I don’t even exist’

  26-09-2026 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ayushi Anand is ‘India’s first synth human’, according to her Instagram (Picture: Ayushi Anand)We all wish we could be in two places at once. One of us clocks in at work, while the other does the laundry and finally sees the dentist.But for Ayushi Anand, a filmmaker in Mumbai, India, this is her reality.Ayushi, 35, created an AI clone of herself that is now a fashion icon and film star, raking in thousands of pounds a month.She shares her social media accounts with her artific
  
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• Emmerdale star Amelia Flanagan confirms future for April – and it’s much different

  26-09-2026 10:00 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 PageApril Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) has endured far more than any child should in Emmerdale.After a period living on the streets, during which she met future love, Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) and suffered a stillbirth, she returned to the village and into the waiting arms of her dad Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock), though it was clear that the trauma she&rsqu
  
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• Devastated Kim in bits as she is forced to say goodbye in Emmerdale

  26-09-2026 10:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  More devastation (Picture: ITV)Emmerdale’s Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is very much sticking to his decision of getting rid of Baby Tate.The poor kid doesn’t even have a name, yet Joe can’t even bring himself to look at him. Every time he does, he feels burning resentment that Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) died giving birth to him. The baby doesn’t stand a chance against that kind of hatred.Joe’s bitterness towards his son has grown along with his cold attitude, telling
  
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• Channel Nine star Peter Overton rocked by family tragedy as his father passes away

  26-09-2026 09:53 via dailymail.com
  
  John Herbert Overton AM died 'peacefully' surrounded by his loving family.
  
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• Massacred on camera: Searing footage that exposes true barbarity of how protesters are slaughtered in Iran

  26-09-2026 09:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The deadliest massacre of protesters in modern history saw tens of thousands of Iranian citizens beaten, shot and mutilated under the orders of the late Ali Khamenei.
  
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• Tyson Fury ‘confirms’ replacement opponent if Anthony Joshua fight falls through

  26-09-2026 09:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Fury is claiming the fight is on the verge of falling through (Picture: Action Images via Reuters)Tyson Fury has approved a fight with David Benavidez should his Battle of Britain with Anthony Joshua not go ahead.In stunning developments overnight, the fight that took over a decade to make appears to be in danger of falling through just three days after it was officially announced with Fury accusing Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn of ‘pulling out’.‘The Gypsy King’ cl
  
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• British climber, 28, dies in 200ft fall from mountain in northern Spain

  26-09-2026 09:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  A British man has died after falling from Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa range in Asturias, northern Spain (Picture: Sepa/112asturias)A British climber has died after plunging some 200ft from a mountainside in northern Spain.The unnamed male excursionist fell from the east side of Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa range on the border of Asturias and Castilla y Leon.Spain’s Guardia Civil confirmed a mountain rescue team was deployed following repo
  
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• The bar so woke that the story of what happened when it dropped its face mask rule for one night will make you shake with laughter

  26-09-2026 09:38 via dailymail.com
  
  If woke really is dead, no one told the owners of the Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
  
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• 'I'm a locksmith - burglars will target your home if they spot security mistake'

  26-09-2026 09:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A locksmith has shared a common security mistake that burglars love to exploit - and it's something that can be easily fixed
  
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• David Pocock puts the boot into federal government over Medicare AI breach: 'It looks pretty silly now'

  26-09-2026 09:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The Independent senator has called for dedicated AI safety laws after an OpenAI agent breached a Medicare statistics portal.
  
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• Pharmacist gives Vitamin D warning over disease worries

  26-09-2026 09:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  NHS advises everyone to consider taking 10 micrograms (400 IU) of vitamin D daily during autumn and winter - but there are risks from high doses
  
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• Major update for anyone taking Atorvastatin for cholesterol in UK over 'death risk'

  26-09-2026 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Key study looked at impact of medication on stopping heart attacks - but also side effects and compared risk of death
  
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• London-bound Jet2 flight disrupted as 'bomb threat' sparks evacuation at Tenerife airport

  26-09-2026 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Jet2 flight from Tenerife South Airport to London Stansted was evacuated after a reported bomb threat.
  
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• Agatha Christie's extraordinary secret life - from surfing to foreign travel and photography

  26-09-2026 09:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Fifty years after Agatha Christie's death a new exhibition lifts the lid on the amazing unknown life of the world's best selling novelist of all time
  
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• 'I dropped my rape case after being told I'd face three-year wait for trial'

  26-09-2026 09:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Trapped in an huge backlog of cases and overwhelmed by the police handling of her case, student Florence Carter made the heartbreaking decision to drop her allegations. Now, as new specialist rape courtrooms are promised nationwide, the 21-year-old speaks out on the crippling delays destroying survivors' lives
  
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• Local slaughterhouse worker who butchered kind OAP in his home caught in forensic first

  26-09-2026 09:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In 2002, 91-year-old Edwin Hiles was murdered in his Oxfordshire home and the way police tracked down his killer changed forensic investigations forever and led them straight to the killer
  
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• BRIAN READE: Nigel Farage's only selling point - vote for me and I'll drag us back to 1930s'

  26-09-2026 09:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Voters are tiring of Nigel Farage's phoney patriotism, says Brian Reade, with other right-whingers riding this wave too, but this only opens more doors for Labour to forge ahead with its roadmap for a brighter future
  
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• What I Own: We built our London home — it’s now worth 70% more than the cost

  26-09-2026 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  This weekend, we’re in Archway visiting Tash South (Picture: Joseph Lockley)Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder.Tash South and her husband took possibly the most strenuous route to homeownership possible: they built their own home.Unable to find a home in their price range — and inspired by their neighbours, who also took on their own build — the couple bought a
  
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• Woman 'raped by unknown man' in Stoke-on-Trent as police release CCTV

  26-09-2026 08:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim was allegedly raped after being taken into an alleyway in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, as Staffordshire Police released an image of a man officers want to speak to.
  
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• Asda new £40 rule at 262 fuel garages as customers have ‘until October 14’

  26-09-2026 08:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fuel prices have hit a new record during the Iran war - and shoppers can get money off due to the deal
  
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• UK banking customers can get salary early - and may get a 'double payday'

  26-09-2026 08:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers are offered a chance to 'double your salary'
  
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• Tyson Fury claims Anthony Joshua fight is OFF just days after official announcement

  26-09-2026 08:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Joshua vs Fury is in trouble again (Picture: Getty)Tyson Fury claims his fight with Anthony Joshua is in danger of being called off just days after it was officially announced.Fury and Joshua are set to meet in a long-awaited Battle of Britain on 11 December at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium with the fight to be streamed live on Netflix.An official announcement came through on Wednesday with a press conference scheduled in London next week.But stunning developments over night have left th
  
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• You could be owed thousands in council tax refunds - how to check

  26-09-2026 08:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Council tax bands were set back in 1991 in England and Scotland (2003 in Wales) based on a rough valuation of what your property would have sold for at the time
  
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• Worried about cost of retirement? How to give your pension a mid-life MOT

  26-09-2026 08:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Over six million people don’t have a plan to pay their rent or mortgage when they retire
  
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