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• What protection do MPs get – and is it enough?

  15-07-2026 20:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage campaigning in Clacton (Picture: REUTERS)In the aftermath of the horrific death of Ann Widdecombe last week, the spotlight has once again been thrown on the safety of MPs in this country.Figures within Reform UK, for which Widdecombe was a prominent spokesperson in recent years, have been particularly vocal in their concern about the protection on offer.This morning, the party’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf set out plans for heavily beefing up security for Members of P
  
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• Fresh heartbreak for drowned frat boy Riley Strain's family after they tried to sue his fraternity brothers over his tragic death

  16-07-2026 17:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Riley Strain, 22, was found dead in the Cumberland River on March 22, 2024 after he was reported missing following a night out with his fraternity brothers on March 8, 2024.
  
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• Moment 'psychotic' Afghan migrant stabs dog walker to death at random as he's found guilty of the attempted murder of his landlord

  16-07-2026 17:39 via dailymail.com
  
  'Psychotic' Dawood Safi, 28, was today convicted at Southwark Crown Court after his rampage last October killed Wayne Broadhurst, 49, and left Shahzad Farrukh, 45, seriously injured.
  
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• Reform's Lee Anderson demands public apology from LBC host James O'Brien over 'distressing' and 'dehumanising' attacks on leader Nigel Farage

  16-07-2026 17:37 via dailymail.com
  
  James O'Brien dismissed claims from Nigel Farage about his security, and branded him a 'horrible excretion… bobbing around in the toilet bowl of public life'
  
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• Fetterman's explosive red line to Democrats: Abandon Israel and I'm gone, defiant senator vows in ominous warning

  16-07-2026 17:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, has previously shot down talks of leaving his party, despite frequent clashes with lead
  
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• London Mayor Sadiq Khan handed a peerage by Keir Starmer alongside 15 other Labour figures... just days before the PM leaves No10

  16-07-2026 17:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The London Mayor is entering the House of Lords in the latest batch of honours authorised by Sir Keir.
  
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• Urgent manhunt for escaped prisoner who is 'risk to others' – 'Do not approach'

  16-07-2026 17:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marwan Jumaa, 20, deemed to be a risk to himself and others, absconded after being transferred from a secure hospital facility to North Manchester Hospital for medical treatment
  
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• Trans ex-Labour candidate is charged over post hoping Ann Widdecombe had a 'painful death'

  16-07-2026 17:28 via dailymail.com
  
  Transgender ex-Labour candidate Heather Herbert, 50, has been charged over online posts about Ann Widdecombe's death.
  
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• Pauline Hanson and billionaire Gina Rinehart meet up at luxury Mediterranean hotel

  16-07-2026 17:26 via dailymail.com
  
  The pair were spotted at the Grand Hotel San Pietro in Taormina, Sicily in the area the hit show The White Lotus was filmed.
  
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• Labour nationalises British Steel to protect 'vital national capability' but Tories warn against 'blank cheque' for industry

  16-07-2026 17:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Labour's renationalisation of British Steel went ahead today as the Tories urged the government not to write a 'blank cheque' for the industry.
  
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• Bungling Home Office admits catalogue of costly errors including mistakenly reimbursing migrants £19million that they can't claw back

  16-07-2026 17:23 via dailymail.com
  
  Officials gave incorrect refunds totalling at least £18.7million to migrants who had paid a surcharge towards the NHS, the Home Office's annual report showed.
  
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• Sadiq Khan given peerage as Keir Starmer releases new House of Lords appointments

  16-07-2026 17:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sadiq Khan has been given a seat in the Lords by Keir Starmer in a political peerages list released before Parliament breaks for the summer recess
  
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• I had four periods in two months — I didn’t know it but I was fighting for my life

  16-07-2026 17:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Olamide had periods every 14 days (Picture: Jam Press/@olamideabisolao)‘I want women to know to push for answers and not dismiss what their body is telling them,’ says Olamide Ogunseye.The 36-year-old spent three weeks in ICU after what seemed like minor changes to her menstrual cycle spiralled into a life-threatening ordeal.The first sign that something was wrong came when Olamide began having periods every 14 days, three years ago.‘As the weeks went by, my stomach became rea
  
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• Teenager drives 70 miles with mum to rescue laptop from scammers

  16-07-2026 17:19 via metro.co.uk
  
  Blake Walker refused to give up on his computer (Picture: Cover Images)A teenager travelled 70 miles to confront scammers who tricked him into sending them his Apple MacBook.Blake Walker, from Whitfield, discovered he had been duped after ‘selling’ the £650 laptop on eBay and posting it to an address in Essex.Blake, who works in a shop, listed the laptop for sale on June 29, and it was quickly sold.He received what he believed to be a genuine email from eBay, telling him the b
  
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• Martin Lewis 'iPhone' and 'Amazon' alert as he admits 'I nearly got caught'

  16-07-2026 17:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The MoneySavingExpert founder said he will 'have to cope' with the consequences
  
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• Postman in England shirt seen 'kicking shih tzu like football' before dog dies

  16-07-2026 17:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A postman wearing an England shirt was seen on Ring doorbell footage kicking 11-year-old shih tzu Ethel - so hard she had to be put down by a vet
  
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• Lottery players urged to check online accounts as 1.5m have unclaimed winnings

  16-07-2026 17:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The National Lottery says 1.5 million players are sitting on unspent winnings in their online accounts, with individual prizes ranging up to £500
  
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• Argentine golfer taunts England fans with Enzo Fernandez celebration at The Open

  16-07-2026 17:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mateo Pulcini taunted England fans at The Open (Picture: Reuters/Sky Sports)Argentine golfer Mateo Pulcini took the opportunity to rub salt in the wounds of England fans after making a long birdie putt at The Open.Pulcini got his tournament underway on Thursday after a few light-hearted boos from English fans following the Three Lions’ semi-final exit to Argentina in the World Cup.However, the 25-year-old amateur took to the jeers in good spirit and got his revenge on the home fans w
  
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• Hardware to install breathalysers in cars ruled out by Government - but it will mandate speed limiters and cabin drowsiness cameras

  16-07-2026 17:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Alcohol Interlock Installation Facilitation (AIIF) will not be fitted as mandatory to cars at this time, the government has ruled today.
  
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• Watered-down Animal Farm from Andy Serkis will have you spitting feathers

  16-07-2026 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Be warned, this is not the best adaptation of Animal Farm (Picture: Imaginarium Productions)George Orwell’s 1945 classic novel Animal Farm remains a secondary school staple.
  But any youngsters tempted to skip actually reading it, be warned: this new cartoon version plays loosey-goosey with the original – particularly when it comes to the new feel-good (!) ending.Relocated from England to rural America, the story otherwise starts fairly faithfully. A mean, drunken farmer neglects and
  
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• The best airport co-ords for women to shop now from H&M, Primark and ASOS

  16-07-2026 17:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Use the airport lounge as your runway. (Picture: Metro/Getty)
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  Picture this: you’ve got your summer holiday booked, you’ve packed, the passport is ready, but there’s one thing left to sort out: your airport outfit.Now, some might find this trivial, but for us, it’s major.Not only do you need to be comfy, especi
  
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• Lionel Messi bathes baby Lamine Yamal in weird throwback snaps ahead of World Cup final showdown

  16-07-2026 17:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In 2007, the parents of Spain's Lamine Yamal won a competition to meet a Barcelona player when their son was a baby - and the player in question was Messi, then 20 and a rising star of the team
  
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• Heartbreaking moment sisters of Aussie tourist who remains missing in Las Vegas fight back tears as they speak out about the frantic search to find her

  16-07-2026 17:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Sally Grace Contarino, 26, was last seen in Las Vegas on June 20.
  
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• Bali wife's visa tip-off against her Aussie husband is revealed - after their toxic lovesplit took a deadly twist when he killed himself in a cell amid fears he might never see his son again

  16-07-2026 16:59 via dailymail.com
  
  Cameron Hughes, 39, died on July 10 after he was found unresponsive inside the bathroom of an Indonesian immigration detention cell.
  
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• Italian motorway boss is jailed for 12 years and dozens more officials are convicted over 2018 Genoa bridge collapse disaster that left 43 dead

  16-07-2026 16:57 via dailymail.com
  
  An Italian court sentenced 32 defendants on Thursday, including the former head of motorway operator Autostrade, for their role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago that killed 43 people.
  
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• Minute-by-minute, how England unravelled: Stats that prove Three Lions lost control BEFORE Thomas Tuchel's disastrous substitutions - then beleaguered coach made it worse

  16-07-2026 16:56 via dailymail.com
  
  JAMES SHARPE: The internet never forgets. Barely had the final whistle blown in Atlanta than an old interview with Thomas Tuchel quickly founds its way to the surface once again.
  
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• Man banished from every corner of Croydon

  16-07-2026 16:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  David Trench can be arrested if he ever tries to re-enter Croydon (Picture: BPM Media)A man has been banned from entering an entire London borough thanks to his ‘antisocial behaviour’.Police now have the power to arrest David Trench without a warrant if he ever tries to re-enter any part of Croydon, south London.Croydon Council secured an injunction against him after he ‘caused misery for local businesses and residents’, particularly in West Croydon.It is unclear what fo
  
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• Skipton Building society boss proposes new emojis to help Brits talk about money

  16-07-2026 16:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Skipton Building Society has designed and submitted a series of new British currency emojis to the Unicode Consortium, in a bid to make talking about money and finances easier for UK adults
  
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• Gavin Newsom faces fresh scrutiny as sordid cheating scandal that nearly derailed his political career two decades ago is detailed in splashy tell-all

  16-07-2026 16:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Ruby Rippey Gibney, the staffer who had an affair with Gavin Newsom back in 2007 when he was San Francisco's mayor, is now preparing to spill on the cheating saga that destroyed her marriage.
  
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• Nightmarishly claustrophobic theory about what happened to three missing boaters feared dead after deadly San Francisco pleasure craft sinking

  16-07-2026 16:47 via dailymail.com
  
  A survivor of the deadly accident gave a harrowing account of what may have happened to the three people who are still missing since the vessel sank on Tuesday.
  
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