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• When will the heatwave end?

  25-06-2026 14:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  This hellish heat has us all asking – when will it END? (Picture: PA)A rare red warning for extreme heat has been extended into Friday, as parts of the UK brace for more record-breaking temperatures.The warning will now last until 9pm on Friday for London and parts of southeast England, leaving everyone asking one question: when will it end?On Wednesday, the June temperature record – held since the summer of 1976 – was smashed as provisional figures suggest it reached 36.1C in
  
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• Peckham fire LIVE: Black smoke fills sky as massive fire wreaks havoc in London

  25-06-2026 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 100 firefighters are tackling a huge blaze that has broken out in Peckham, south-east London - follow our live updates
  
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• Appalling reaction of UN 'expert on violence against women' as female October 7 survivor blasts her for denying Hamas rapes

  25-06-2026 23:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Ilana Gritzewsky testified at the UN Human Rights Council's 62nd session on Tuesday and offered a stirring account of the trauma Hamas inflicted on her when she was held as a hostage.
  
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• A$AP Rocky angers Rihanna fans with ‘disrespectful’ on-stage antics

  25-06-2026 23:35 via metro.co.uk
  
  A$AP Rocky has upset Rihanna fans with objectifying comments (Picture: Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)A$AP Rocky has infuriated fans with the ‘most disrespectful’ comment to female concert goers and to his partner, Rihanna.The rapper, real name Rakim Athelston Mayers, was performing in Phoenix, Arizona, while on his Don’t Be Dumb tour.It seems, despite the tour name, he couldn’t help acting up as he appeared to flirt inappropriately with women in the crowd.‘Thank God y&rsquo
  
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• Labour told to put more migrants 'on a plane home' as plans announced to give asylum seekers taxpayer-funded bed and board at three more former military barracks

  25-06-2026 23:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Ministers said they had lodged planning permission to turn RAF Barnham, RAF Linton-on-Ouse and a former Army barracks in Bicester into accommodation for asylum seekers.
  
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• Driver slashed in the face after stopping his car for a stranger as police hunt alleged attacker

  25-06-2026 23:32 via dailymail.com
  
  A 28-year-old man had stopped his car late at night in Sydney's west for a stranger.
  
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• Transfer news LIVE: Elliot Anderson agreement, Enzo Fernandez future, Diomande update

  25-06-2026 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Latest transfer news and rumours from around the Premier League, as well as the top European leagues with updates on Mateus Fernandes, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Enzo Fernandez and much more
  
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• Hold an IMMEDIATE General Election if political parties force their leader out of Downing Street early, demand over half of Brits

  25-06-2026 23:31 via dailymail.com
  
  The findings come amid a growing clamour for Labour to trigger an election after Sir Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he would step down as Prime Minister.
  
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• More military sites to be used for asylum seekers as 20 hotels close - see full list

  25-06-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Home Office is seeking planning permission to use MOD Bicester in Oxfordshire, RAF Barnham in Suffolk and RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire to house asylum seekers as it announced 20 hotels will shut
  
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• Maps shows where military barracks will be used to house asylum seekers

  25-06-2026 23:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Asylum seekers at the Crowborough Training Camp former military site in East Sussex (Picture Marcin Nowak/Anadolu via Getty Images)The Home Office has announced it is expanding the use of military bases to house asylum seekers, with three new sites set to open up in England.Barracks are considered a less problematic alternative to hotels for accommodating those who have arrived in the UK to seek asylum, while their claims are assessed.However, they are not without controversy, with questions ov
  
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• Man arrested after 'driving home from police station where he was detained for drug-driving'

  25-06-2026 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The driver, in Colchester, Essex, was pulled over having just been released from custody after failing a roadside drugs test - and went straight back to the police station after his re-arrest
  
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• Deluded Reeves STILL won't accept time is up: She talks of 'unfinished business' in bid to save job and see off Miliband

  25-06-2026 23:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Ms Reeves, who is widely tipped for the sack next month, said she had 'unfinished business' at the Treasury, including planned work on Mr Burnham's devolution agenda.
  
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• Texas man, 25, once gawked at by girls for being 'hot felon' suffers devastating physical blow after police car ran him over

  25-06-2026 23:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Adonis Porter, 25, had just left a local business in Lubbock, Texas, on June 6 when he was struck by a police officer's squad car. He survived, but has suffered several critical injuries.
  
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• Funeral director plea for mourners to attend service for man with no next of kin

  25-06-2026 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An urgent plea has been issued to the people of West Belfast after a local man died with no next of kin
  
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• MAGA congressional candidate is DISCHARGED from his swanky finance job at $22bn firm over 'unapproved activity' claims, SEC says

  25-06-2026 23:06 via dailymail.com
  
  Reid Rasner, a Republican, is one of the 10 candidates running in the GOP's primary race for Wyoming's sole congressional district.
  
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• 'Royal Family's bumper pay rise in cost of living crisis is a tough pill to swallow'

  25-06-2026 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new deal with the Treasury means the Royal Family are to get £100million a year of taxpayer money - and Royal Editor Russell Myers says we should be entitled to more transparency
  
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• Prince William is now billionaire and richer than the King - as new documents reveal tax paid

  25-06-2026 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Yearly accounts have been published for the Duchy of Cornwall, which Prince William inherited when he became heir to the throne four years ago - and the amount he paid in tax has been revealed for the first time
  
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• King Charles will never live at Buckingham Palace despite £369m taxpayer-funded refurbishment

  25-06-2026 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  King Charles's official London residence will remain as Clarence House and not Buckingham Palace once refurbishment work at the famous building is completed next year, it has been confirmed
  
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• King and Queen quit Buckingham Palace despite £369,000,000 facelift

  25-06-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  King Charles III won’t be moving back into Buckingham Palace (Picture: via REUTERS)King Charles won’t move back to Buckingham Palace once the almost £370million worth of refurbishment work has been finished.The 10-year renovation plan might be drawing to a close, but the King and Queen Camilla will not return to the historic home as their official residence.The palace will remain ‘monarchy HQ’ but Charles has decided that Clarence House will be his official London
  
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• Cain in Emmerdale rocked to the core by Graham bombshell – and fury erupts

  25-06-2026 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Cain Dingle makes a discovery (Pictures: ITV)Kyle Winchester (Huey Quinn) thought he had found a way to channel the big emotions he was feeling in the wake of his dad’s cancer diagnosis – and it was to pick up a lighter and start barn fires on Emmerdale Farm.For ages, the farm was tormented by a mystery arsonist who had cleverly gone unidentified.
  At first, it was believed the fire starter was after Moira (Natalie J Robb). Then, Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) became terrified the flame
  
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• 'Buckingham Palace has to earn its keep with £397 million of public money being spent on it'

  25-06-2026 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although King Charles and Queen Camilla won't live at Buckingham Palace after its £397 million refurb, the landmark will remain the operational centre of "monarchy HQ"
  
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• Devastating moment show-off driver ploughs into own friend 'as something of a game'

  25-06-2026 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mehmet Celik, 24, smashed his car into best friend Thomas Rees, 23, on his way to pick him up from a night out - leaving him with a brain injury and multiple broken bones
  
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• Angelina Jolie war with Brad Pitt over sale of lavish French wine estate turns in his favor as secretive vodka billionaire buyer forced to testify

  25-06-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Brad Pitt scored another legal victory in his bitter battle with ex-wife Angelina Jolie over the sale of their Chateau Miraval vineyard after a Russian oligarch partner was ordered to testify.
  
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• Bearded Midwest CEO gave his yacht a VERY vulgar name... now it has caught the feds' attention and he faces ruination

  25-06-2026 22:40 via dailymail.com
  
  Daniel Robinson, 51, the owner of an Illinois medical practice, has been accused of stealing millions of dollars and using the money to fund his lavish lifestyle.
  
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• College basketball legend and daughter, 18, behind wheel without a license are charged with plowing into girl, 3, on restaurant patio on Father's Day

  25-06-2026 22:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Jasmine McFadden, 18, and her college legend father Ken McFadden, have been charged after a little girl, three, was plowed by the car they were traveling in.
  
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• The vicious Situation Room ambush that exposed the bitter feud between two of Trump's cockiest Cabinet members

  25-06-2026 22:33 via dailymail.com
  
  Before their heated argument at the exclusive Ned's Club, which their reps deny, two of President Donald Trump's most hot-headed Cabinet members had a Situation Room showdown.
  
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• Man Utd agree deal to offload £47m star after Michael Carrick decision

  25-06-2026 22:32 via metro.co.uk
  
  United will get him out the door very soon (Picture: Getty Images)Manchester United are set to agree a fresh loan deal with Trabzonspor for goalkeeper Andre Onana.Onana, a £47million signing from Inter Milan three years ago, was shipped out of Old Trafford last summer after a calamitous spell in goal, joining the Turkish side on a season-long loan deal.That deal expired at the end of the season and the Cameroon international was scheduled to return to Carrington for the start of pre-seaso
  
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• Lancashire train crash recap: Driver dead and child fighting for life as 'train hits car' at crossing

  25-06-2026 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services rushed to Station Road, Hoghton, this morning following a collision at a level crossing between a car and a train, with a person dying and a child fighting for their life
  
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• UK weather live: Peak District burns as hottest June record broken again at 36.7C

  25-06-2026 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heatwave conditions continue to cause havoc across the UK as Met Office weather forecasters predict record-breaking highs of 38C today
  
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• Moment van driver stops and gives armed police a LIFT to chase a suspect

  25-06-2026 22:23 via dailymail.com
  
  In footage shared online by Kent Police, body-worn video shows armed officers in pursuit of a man on a residential street in Thanet at 12.49pm on Tuesday, June 16.
  
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