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• Why Australia is being warned to brace for a bushfire nightmare this summer

  28-07-2026 00:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The Californian wildfires carry a clear warning for southern and eastern Australia as spring and summer approach.
  
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• 'I'm on the hit list in Sydney's underworld war. This is what I do to stay alive - but getting shot dead is only a matter of time': Gangland target's life as a hunted man

  04-09-2026 14:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Former terror suspect turned media publisher Zaky Mallah is on a hit list in the current bloody gang war and fears it is only 'a matter of time' before he is shot dead.
  
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• Furious parents claim daughters 'left in tears' over school's 'woke' and 'sexist' uniform ban on girls wearing skirts

  04-09-2026 14:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Since the start of the new school year, the Co-op Academies Trust, which runs 14 secondaries, has required all its pupils to wear plain black tailored trousers.
  
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• Freed, child abuser who was jailed along with ex-SNP adviser

  04-09-2026 14:44 via dailymail.com
  
  One of Britain's most notorious paedophiles - who was jailed alongside a former SNP government adviser as part of a child abuse network - has been freed from prison.
  
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• First picture of man who died entering the canal at Notting Hill Carnival

  04-09-2026 14:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  Kelly Karnell, 25, died after entering the water at Notting Hill Carnival (Picture: John Dunne)A man who died after plunging into a canal while being chased by police at the Notting Hill Carnival has been named and pictured for the first. Police officers had attempted to stop Karnell Kelly, 25, on Monday. He was chased and entered the Grand Union Canal at Meanwhile Gardens. Canal boat owners and police battled to save him after dragging him from the water. He was taken to ho
  
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• UK's longest serving female inmate back behind bars weeks after release

  04-09-2026 14:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Maria Pearson, 70, fatally stabbed Janet Newton 17 times after just days after she got engaged to her ex-partner in 1986 - she spent nearly 40 years behind bars before being released
  
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• Xabi Alonso gives Moises Caicedo injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Chelsea

  04-09-2026 14:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Caicedo was forced off against Brighton (Picture: Getty)Moises Caicedo is a doubt for Chelsea’s Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday.The Ecuador international missed the opening game of the season against Fulham with an injury, returning to the squad last time out against Brighton.With the Seagulls launching a second-half fight-back, Caicedo was called from the bench against his former club but lasted just 11 minutes with injury striking again.The midfielder looked visibly upset
  
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• 'Evil' woman let paralysed sister rot to death surrounded by flies but avoids prison

  04-09-2026 14:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michelle Neill, 55, left her sister, Kelly Neill, 48, on the floor, wrapped in a soiled and filthy bed sheet, surrounded by urine, blood and flies before she died of sepsis
  
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• Reform UK conference LIVE: Nigel Farage mocked by brutal ad van as he insists 'foreign donations' claim has 'nothing to do' with party

  04-09-2026 14:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage has finally addressed allegations the party knowingly accepted foreign donations to pay for polls that weren't declared, hours before he speaks at Reform UK's conference
  
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• Martin Lewis tells Octopus E.ON, OVO, EDF customers 'do this today’

  04-09-2026 14:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On his BBC Podcast the money expert explained why they need to take action - with one caveat
  
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• Queen Camilla comforted by Olivia Colman after surprise reading of the Queen Mother’s letter

  04-09-2026 14:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Queen stunned the audience at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Thursday as she delivered a reading of the late Queen Mother’s letter penned in 1952
  
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• Home Bargains £5 item 'creates atmosphere' like £9 The Range and £12 Tesco products

  04-09-2026 14:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Home Bargains is selling an item that is almost identical to products sold at The Range and Tesco
  
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• Do this before handing in your notice — or risk being unemployed

  04-09-2026 14:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  A TikToker was put in a nightmare scenario after thinking her new job was secure (Picture: Shutterstock)You’ve secured a new job, and you’re already planning the celebratory dinner and the dramatic handing in of your notice.With around 243,000 UK resignations in the second quarter of this year alone, many will be stuck in the nether-zone between starting a new role and leaving their old one.But before you write that ‘I quit’ email and start mentally checking out, hold of
  
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• Daniel Khalife accomplice who helped ex-solider escape jail gets four-and-half years

  04-09-2026 14:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adeel Khan, 32, helped his former fellow inmate and Iran spy Daniel Khalife escape from HMP Wandsworth and by organising a way for him to get £400 in cash
  
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• Greggs confirms reason sausage rolls and pasties aren't always served hot

  04-09-2026 14:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There is a simple reason why staff do not keep the baked goods piping hot for customers
  
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• Former Arsenal player names £65m Man City star Mikel Arteta should have signed

  04-09-2026 14:12 via metro.co.uk
  
  Al-Hilal signed Gabriel Martinelli from Arsenal earlier this week (Photo: Al-Hilal/Twitter)Arsenal have been told they should have beaten Manchester City to the signing of a £65million on deadline day, who would have ‘hit the ground running’ at the Emirates.It was known from the start of the summer that Mikel Arteta was looking to improve his options on the left-flank but his side are now arguably even weaker in that position.Christos Tzolis was signed to replace Leandro Tross
  
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• Battle of Orgreave inquiry to look at police destruction of documents

  04-09-2026 14:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'Battle of Orgreave' remains one of the most controversial episodes of the 1984 miners' strike, with violent clashes between pickets and massed ranks of police
  
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• Pharmacist issues urgent warning to millions taking metformin over hidden side-effect

  04-09-2026 14:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than three million people take metformin for type 2 diabetes with more than 26 million prescriptions dispensed every year
  
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• Man, 25, who fled police at Notting Hill Carnival and jumped into canal is named - as officers probe cause of death

  04-09-2026 14:10 via dailymail.com
  
  A man who jumped into a canal while fleeing officers at Notting Hill Carnival has been named for the first time as police launched a search of the water.
  
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• Rockstar wants to turn Miami into a GTA 6 tourist attraction but the cops say no

  04-09-2026 14:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Did Rockstar forget that Vice City is technically already a real place? (Rockstar)GTA 6’s Vice City is based on Miami, so Rockstar figures why not turn parts of it into Vice City – but unsurprisingly local law enforcement isn’t keen.In case it wasn’t blatantly obvious from the trailers, GTA 6’s setting of Vice City is heavily inspired by the real world city of Miami in Florida.So, it’s not too surprising to hear that developer Rockstar would like to take adva
  
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• Boy, 12, is killed when car he was in is hit by train at level crossing in Ireland

  04-09-2026 14:07 via dailymail.com
  
  The collision happened in County Mayo shortly after 8.45pm on Thursday, with the boy pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Jai Arrow an emotional wreck as he reaches 100-game milestone despite crippling MND conditions

  04-09-2026 14:03 via dailymail.com
  
  The former Queensland State of Origin forward was given a guard of honour by more than 100 Souths old boys in his 100th game.
  
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• Police issue statement ahead of funeral for man killed in wrong-way A66 crash

  04-09-2026 14:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Crowds and quad bikes are expected to congregate for the funeral of Jakub Matusiak, who died in the A66 crash, as schools and services such as GPs have confirmed they will close early
  
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• Boy, 4, is killed by bus while ‘playing chase’ with his brother

  04-09-2026 13:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Zaahir Jan Feizi died after being hit by a bus outside a hospital in Margate (Picture: Azaria Green/Cover Media)A four-year-old boy was fatally struck by a bus when he ran into the road while ‘playing chase’ with his brother.Zaahir Jan Feizi was visiting his nan at Margate’s QEQM Hospital when he was struck by a single-decker bus on a zebra crossing near the A&E entrance.
  The much-loved little boy from Canterbury was rushed inside but sadly doctors could not save him.At an
  
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• Recruits banned from leaving Russia with fears of mass draft after Ukraine death toll soars

  04-09-2026 13:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terrified Russians trying to flee across the border to escape rumoured frontline 'mobilisation' are being stopped as Putin denies he will impose a dreaded mass draft on his people
  
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• Fabric nightclub 'raves' at St Paul's Cathedral are 'an insult to Lord Nelson's memory' says naval commander's family

  04-09-2026 13:56 via dailymail.com
  
  St Paul's has agreed a four-year partnership with Fabric, making the nightclub its exclusive partner for music events until 2030.
  
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• Bleary-eyed residents' fury at 24-hour Co-op keeping them up at night as delivery drivers 'play music, slam on brakes and make phone calls'

  04-09-2026 13:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Staff at the store in Norwich have put a sign in the window asking delivery drivers to 'keep noise to a minimum during overnight hours' but locals claim it has had no effect.
  
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• El Nino weather forecast with '100% chance' as Met Office issues verdict for UK

  04-09-2026 13:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Forecasters say the El Nino weather phenomenon will almost certainly persist until at least February, with the UK facing extreme conditions this winter
  
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• Man, 25, who fled police at Notting Hill Carnival and jumped into canal suffered injuries in water before dying in hospital

  04-09-2026 13:52 via dailymail.com
  
  A man who jumped into a canal while fleeing officers at Notting Hill Carnival suffered injuries in the water before dying at hospital, it has emerged.
  
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• Body of NHS doctor who died while descending Pakistan mountain is discovered

  04-09-2026 13:46 via dailymail.com
  
  The body of an NHS doctor who died while descending a 23,000ft mountain has been recovered.
  
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