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• Why Benjamin Sesko is not playing for Man Utd against Milan in final friendly

  15-08-2026 15:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sesko not in the squad taking on Milan today (Picture: Manchester United via Getty Images)Benjamin Sesko is not in the squad for Manchester United’s final pre-season match against AC Milan this afternoon.The Slovenia international has not played a minute of the pre-season campaign, missing all six games ahead of next weekend’s Premier League opener against Hull City.After a relatively slow start, Sesko shone following Michael Carrick’s arrival at Old Trafford last season, star
  
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• Indiana flooding victim identified as teen football star who jumped into surging river... as 'once-in-a-lifetime' disaster leaves six dead, including 4-year-old boy, with hundreds more rescued

  16-08-2026 16:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Morey, 18, has been identified as one of the victims who died in the terrifying flood in Indiana.
  
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• The dark side of Santorini: Some restaurants on the magical Greek isle beloved by high-end holiday makers are targeting Brits with hugely inflated rip off bills

  16-08-2026 16:08 via dailymail.com
  
  An undercover Daily Mail investigation found UK holidaymakers being asked to pay outrageous amounts in restaurants and bars across the Greek hotspot including £40 for just three prawns.
  
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• NDIS provider is arrested after allegedly making $5million worth of bogus claims to rip-off taxpayers

  16-08-2026 16:05 via dailymail.com
  
  A man, 38, was arrested at Adelaide Airport as he tried to leave the country as the second alleged member of a suspected NDIS fraud scheme.
  
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• This new crime thriller is a sci-fi True Detective – and I couldn’t stop watching

  16-08-2026 16:00 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 PageThis review is based on the first seven episodes of Lanterns.The DCU has got off to a mixed start. While Superman soared, Supergirl was more the woman of yesterday than tomorrow.Yet I’ve enjoyed the small screen offerings from this nascent shared universe.Creature Commandos impressed me with its weird confidence, while Peacemaker season 2 didn’t
  
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• Lone tenant refuses to move from council estate facing demolition

  16-08-2026 15:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Roche has lived in the flat for almost 30 years and isn't winning to give up his home despite the council earmarking marking the entire estate in estate in Rochdale for demolition
  
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• Indiana flooding victim identified as teen football star who JUMPED into surging river...as dangerous rapids bring rescuer's searches to a halt

  16-08-2026 15:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Morey, 18, has been identified as one of the victims who died in the terrifying flood in Indiana.
  
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• Mounjaro 'four weeks' advice for women taking contraception at same time

  16-08-2026 15:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Women may need to use different methods for weeks after starting the jabs
  
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• Reform plans to scrap Pip disability benefit in £50,000,000,000 welfare overhaul

  16-08-2026 15:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Reform UK said 2.89 million people would have their benefits removed or modified (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)Reform would get rid of the Pip disability welfare system if it wins power, as part of a plan to cut £50 billion from the UK’s benefits bill.Nigel Farage’s party will set out a full package of enormous savings, which would affect nearly three million people, at a press conference tomorrow morning.The party’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick said £2
  
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• Louise Haigh signed off on 'needless' emergency wildfire alert that startled millions of people

  16-08-2026 15:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Louise Haigh, who is head of the Cabinet Office, is understood to have approved the alert, which led to panicked Britons jamming 999 lines and startled drivers swerving across motorways.
  
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• Salamina fires - live: Greek island filled with Brits in flames as evacuations ordered

  16-08-2026 15:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Evacuation orders have been issued on the Greek island of Salamis after two massive wildfires erupted at the same time.The separate blazes broke out in the Peristeria area, and Selinia areas, with the latter heading toward the popular tourist village of Kaki Vigla.Salamina Mayor Giorgos Panagopoulos said: "The situation is difficult. There are two major fires, homes are under threat, and we have asked the police to bring us two ferry boats to Saterli Beach so that we can use them for people if w
  
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• Arsenal star set for transfer exit after Community Shield decision

  16-08-2026 15:27 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty)Arsenal are planning to offload Ethan Nwaneri before the summer transfer window closes after he was left out of the Community Shield against Manchester City.Nwaneri has been linked with another move away from Arsenal this summer after spending the second-half of last season on loan at Marseille.The 19-year-old is one of the most highly-rated players in Europe despite a disappointing 2025-26 campaign.The midfielder became the youngest player to ever play
  
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• US ship forced to ABANDON last post in Pacific and race to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln in Middle East...as sailors aboard carrier describe nightmare conditions

  16-08-2026 15:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The USS George Washington has relieved its post in the Pacific to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln ship that has been out at sea for more than 260 days.
  
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• Man, 55, dies 'after being bitten by German Shepherd on footpath' - as police arrest its owner on suspicion of murder

  16-08-2026 15:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A 55-year-old man died after he was reportedly attacked by the German Shepherd, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• US ship forced to ABANDON last post in Pacific and race to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln in Middle East...as sailors aboard war-torn carrier describe nightmare conditions

  16-08-2026 15:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The USS George Washington has relieved its post in the Pacific to relieve the war-torn USS Abraham Lincoln ship that has been out at sea for more than 260 days.
  
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• Prince Harry wants to return to UK ‘every few months’ after ‘happy’ reunion

  16-08-2026 15:17 via metro.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry could be visiting the UK ‘every few months’ over the coming year (Picture: Aaron Chown/Getty Images)Prince Harry could visit the UK more regularly after his recent ‘successful’ trip back, royal sources say.
  The Duke of Sussex visited the UK last month for the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham.
  He arrived a few days before Meghan Markle and the couple’s young children, Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie, joined him for the summer ho
  
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• Now Putin goes to war... on OnlyFans models: Vladimir hunts down glamorous young women who fail to follow his 'traditional values'

  16-08-2026 15:15 via dailymail.com
  
  In recent years, Vladimir Putin has been leading a crusade against OnlyFans models in Russia.
  
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• The most puzzling cases from Trump's released UFO files - from 'star craft' to Apollo 17 mystery

  16-08-2026 15:13 via dailymail.com
  
  A fresh trove of files released under Donald Trump's administration has offered a glimpse inside some of the most baffling encounters investigated by the US government.
  
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• Wildfire victims helped as communities rally round to raise huge sum

  16-08-2026 15:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 30 homes were destoryed and dozens more damaged in Stourbridge alone last week and money has been raised to help families rebuild their lives across the west Midlands
  
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• Man, 55, dies 'after being bitten by dog on footpath' - as police arrest its owner on suspicion of murder

  16-08-2026 15:05 via dailymail.com
  
  A 55-year-old man died after he was reportedly attacked by the out-of-control animal, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• The country that has sorted its migrant problem - so why can't we? The man behind a massive drop in asylum claims tells where Britain is going badly wrong

  16-08-2026 15:01 via dailymail.com
  
  The hardline minister who slashed the number of migrants coming to his country has revealed how he thinks Britain could do the same - by toughening up.
  
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• 10 years ago, a wave of ‘killer clowns’ wreaked havoc on our streets – but then what happened?

  16-08-2026 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Did you think they had gone back into the gutter? (Picture: Getty Images)In the early hours of a warm summer’s day in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a dark parking lot under a bridge was unsettled by an eerie visitor.  Dressed in a tattered clown outfit, complete with white face paint and caricature features, the stranger clasped four balloons as he stared into the distance, then walked off.Captured on CCTV at 2am, the grainy black and white photos of the sinister character soon went vir
  
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• 10 years ago, a wave ‘killer clowns’ wreaked havoc on our streets – but then what happened?

  16-08-2026 15:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Did you think they had gone back into the gutter? (Picture: Getty Images)In the early hours of a warm summer’s day in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a dark parking lot under a bridge was unsettled by an eerie visitor.  Dressed in a tattered clown outfit, complete with white face paint and caricature features, the stranger clasped four balloons as he stared into the distance, then walked off.Captured on CCTV at 2am, the grainy black and white photos of the sinister character soon went vir
  
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• Four Antonello da Messina paintings stolen in Renaissance master's hometown

  16-08-2026 14:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The burglars struck at the MuMe regional museum in Messina where they made off with three of the remaining five panels that made up an altarpiece known as Polittico di San Gregorio
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after woman aged in her 90s dies in a house fire

  16-08-2026 14:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency services were called to Elmgrove Road West in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, shortly before 4am today after reports of a fire.
  
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• Hurricane Lala kills at least one in Hawaii as rapid moving floods sweep away homes in America's Pacific paradise

  16-08-2026 14:43 via dailymail.com
  
  The Category 1 hurricane is barreling past the Hawaiian Islands without making landfall, killing one person in a storm-related car accident.
  
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• Man, 55, dies after being bitten by dog on footpath - as police arrest its owner on suspicion of murder

  16-08-2026 14:41 via dailymail.com
  
  A 55-year-old man died after he was attacked by the out-of-control animal, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, yesterday afternoon.
  
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• Man dies after being bitten by ‘dangerously out of control’ dog

  16-08-2026 14:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Two people came to help the injured man (Picture: Google Maps)A man has died after an ‘out of control’ dog bit him along a footpath in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
  The unnamed man, 55, was injured on an abandoned railway line off Blacker Lane in Calder Grove, near the village of Crigglestone, at 1.30pm.
  He was taken to hospital in a critical condition but died just after 7pm.Police issued an appeal today asking two people who helped the wounded man, one of whom is named Sophie, to com
  
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• Pippa Middleton told to dig up 'unsightly' car park built on her Berkshire estate after complaints from neighbours

  16-08-2026 14:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Princess Catherine's sister, alongside her husband James Matthews, applied for retrospective planning permission after constructing the car park last year.
  
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• Twenty wildfires rage across south Wales as exhausted firefighters reinforced by 200 soldiers battle tinder dry conditions

  16-08-2026 14:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Days after Andy Burnham described Britain as a 'tinderbox' and imposed a temporary ban on disposable barbecues, fire chiefs said the situation was now 'exceptional'.
  
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