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• Why did Jimmy leave Emmerdale and how did he die? Nick Miles exit explained

  09-10-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jimmy King died last month after 22 years in the show (Picture: ITV)Emotions run high in Emmerdale as the villagers pay tribute to Jimmy King (Nick Miles) following his tragic death.It’s been an utterly devastating month for the residents of the eponymous village – not to mention the viewers at home! – as long-serving character Jimmy met an emotional demise.
  Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) has been so overwhelmed with grief – not just because of the fact that Jimmy died but also
  
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• Former pro labels Stephen Hendry ‘bigger animal’ than Ronnie O’Sullivan in snooker GOAT debate

  11-10-2026 16:52 via metro.co.uk
  
  Are Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry the two greatest players of all time? (Picture: Getty Images)If both snooker legends were playing at their peak, Stephen Hendry would get the better of Ronnie O’Sullivan, believes former pro Ian McCulloch.After Steve Davis dominated the 1980s and became the greatest player the game had seen, Hendry conquered the 90s and took the mantle from the Nugget.Debates on a sport’s GOAT are obviously matters of opinion, but in most people’s
  
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• Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed 'energy ceasefire' - after Zelensky vows to hold elections if Putin backs 60-day pause on fighting

  11-10-2026 16:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The US President posted on his Truth Social platform on Sunday: 'Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine.'
  
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• Screaming ICE protesters in Democrat city smash vehicle with bats in wild brawl with agents

  11-10-2026 16:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Dramatic footage shows one person brandishing a baseball bat before swinging it at a black federal vehicle, knocking off its side-view mirror as it slowly maneuvers through the parking lot.
  
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• Man in his 20s stabbed to death outside busy pub in early-hours attack in Birmingham as police launch probe

  11-10-2026 16:46 via dailymail.com
  
  Police have launched a murder probe after officers rushed to the scene in the Beggars Bush pub car park on Chester Road in Sutton Coldfield just before 2am.
  
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• Greg Norman blasts Qantas in tirade over long delays and says his decades of loyalty to the Aussie airline are over

  11-10-2026 16:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Once a high-profile ambassador for Qantas, the US-based former world number one took to social media on Sunday to blast the 'never on-time' airline, describing it as outdated.
  
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• Brighton beach tragedy with man found dead after public spotted 'person at water's edge'

  11-10-2026 16:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called to Rottingdean Beach in Brighton this morning after concerns were raised for the welfare of a man who had been seen at the water's edge
  
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• Christa Pike 'angry' over botched execution and was 'ready to die'

  11-10-2026 16:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A close friend of death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt, revealed the conversation they days before the murderer was due to die
  
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• Pope Leo reveals he will have surgery to remove a lung nodule during Sunday prayers

  11-10-2026 16:37 via metro.co.uk
  
  Pope Leo made the announcement in St Peter’s Square today (Picture: AP)Pope Leo announced today that he will undergo surgery to remove a ‘localised nodule’ in his lung.During Sunday prayers in St. Peter’s Square today, he told onlookers: ‘Recently, during some medical tests, doctors discovered a localised nodule in my lung.‘It was detected at a very early stage and is well localised. The doctors believe it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I h
  
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• Christa Pike's 'anger and confusion' revealed... as friend who was last to say 'goodbye' tells of her fears about lethal injection before botched execution: 'She was ready to die'

  11-10-2026 16:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Christa Pike, a convicted killer was scheduled to become the first woman to be executed in the state of Tennessee in more than 200 years.
  
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• 'Change law to stop people who run over cats from driving away' plea

  11-10-2026 16:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face calls to change to law to ensure drivers who run over cats are required to report it in the same way they have to for dogs and cattle
  
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• Why Dominik Szoboszlai misses Liverpool vs Man City

  11-10-2026 16:30 via metro.co.uk
  
  Dominik Szoboszlai was absent for Liverpool (Picture: Getty)Liverpool will be without influential midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai for Sunday’s mouth-watering Premier League clash against Manchester City.Man City visit Anfield on Sunday afternoon to play their first game since they were found guilty of over 100 breaches of financial rules.Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola made three changes from the team that beat Bournemouth 1-0 before the international break, with Lewis Koumas making his first
  
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• Zelensky says he will hold elections if Putin backs 60-day ceasefire - but tells Trump 'up to our people' to pick leader

  11-10-2026 16:23 via dailymail.com
  
  The US President on Saturday told Ukraine to 'get a new leader' just one day after he signed an oil deal with Putin. His Ukrainian opposite number responded on Sunday.
  
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• National Grid 'prepared' plan as households told they need six items

  11-10-2026 16:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  National Grid has shared its winter plan and is advising households to stock up on six essential items
  
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• He's become perhaps the Traitors' most unlikely heartthrob - all long limbs, cocked eyebrow and wry smile. But there's a secret heartbreak behind JAMES ACASTER's foppish curls... and a very unlikely love rival

  11-10-2026 16:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Geeky, lanky and awkward, with a penchant for corduroy trousers and grandad jumpers, 'heartthrob' is hardly the first word that comes to mind when you look at James Acaster.
  
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• Chilling moment mom carrying gaunt daughter refused to let officers into her home to carry out welfare check on her children... just days before girls were found starved to death

  11-10-2026 16:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Justine May, 31, was arrested on homicide charges for the deaths of her children, Harlow Deacon, 15 months, and Emory Deacon, two, on September 29.
  
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• Backers of huge data center planned for picturesque Northeast town ridiculed over dystopian 'AI slop' lobbying effort

  11-10-2026 16:13 via dailymail.com
  
  The area is known for bald eagles, the official national bird of the US. Activists say they fear the birds' future could be jeopardized.
  
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• Nigel Farage says Reform is on ’emergency footing’ as he predicts snap election in months

  11-10-2026 16:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage says he placed Reform UK onto ’emergency measures’ three weeks ago (Picture: PA)Nigel Farage has predicted there will be a snap election in the foreseeable future as he put his party on a national campaign footing.The Reform UK leader has said he believes Andy Burnham will take the country to the polls next May.The party leader and long-time political campaigner is now embarking on a tour to woo voters across the UK.Farage said Burnham would likely go to the country aft
  
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• Worker who fell 30 feet from pylon after safety line error wins £10,000,000 payout

  11-10-2026 16:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gavin Pugh was working in East Staffordshire when he fell (Picture: Wales News Service)A worker left paralysed when a loosened nut on an electricity pylon caused him to fall over 30 feet has won more than £10,000,000.Power lines maintenance man Gavin Pugh, from Bangor, North Wales, was working to dismantle a pylon in East Staffordshire in April 2022 when he fell.Mr Pugh had unknowingly clipped his safety line onto a section of the structure which had already been worked on by ot
  
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• Mum 'one step closer to fulfilling promise' to sons after ex-husband lured them to their deaths in blazing loft

  11-10-2026 16:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Claire Throssell said she was closer to keeping a promise to her boys she made as their lives ebbed as new legislation was due to return to the House of Commons
  
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• Michelin star chef Aji Akokomi shows us how to make delicious Nigerian dish

  11-10-2026 16:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aji Akokomi is the creative mind behind restaurants Akara and Akoko (Picture: Supplied)The theme of Black History Month this year is ‘Honouring our Communities’ and, as such, Metro is celebrating the Black people doing amazing things for food and culture in the capital.The Diaspora Dish, Metro’s newsletter focusing on African and Caribbean chefs from across the diaspora, is back for a second series. They will be sharing their signature recipes and the stories behind them.This
  
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• Confronting CCTV emerges of teens allegedly stealing alcohol during terrifying bottle shop rampage - as a teen, 13, is arrested

  11-10-2026 15:59 via dailymail.com
  
  A group of teenagers allegedly stole $1,000 worth of alcohol from The Bottle-O Narellan Vale on Saturday.
  
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• Tech boss fired for falling asleep in sauna explains why she’s suing for £76,000,000

  11-10-2026 15:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  Shannon Burns has claimed her former company, German software firm Gitpod, has discriminated against her because of her ADHD (Picture: Georgia Bates/Solent News)A tech executive who said she had to resort to sleeping in a sauna room during a work trip has explained how she’s suing her former company for a record-breaking sum.Shannon Burns was sacked by German software firm Gitpod after the tech boss from Boston ended up losing the key to her bedroom following a work team-building exercise
  
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• The 'pay zero Council Tax' rule the government urges millions not to miss

  11-10-2026 15:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Most people aged over 18 have to pay Council Tax but the government has issued an alert to some who get it free of charge
  
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• Nearly 140 migrants are dead after overcrowded boat capsizes off Djibouti - as 84 remain missing

  11-10-2026 15:45 via dailymail.com
  
  More than 80 people remain missing following the incident near Guhere, north of the fishing town of Obock, Djibouti, the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, citing survivor accounts.
  
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• Trump weighs in on joining Saudi strikes after Houthi terrorists killed 1 American and 11 others in Riyadh airport bombing

  11-10-2026 15:43 via dailymail.com
  
  President Trump has weighed in on whether the US will joing Saudia Arabia's strikes following the deadly airport bombing that left at least 12 dead on Saturday, including one American.
  
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• Stricter emissions rules for new cars and vans from next month

  11-10-2026 15:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Euro 7 will come into force for all new cars and vans in the UK on November 29
  
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• Reform vows to deploy Trump-style tariffs against countries that refuse to accept return of illegal migrants

  11-10-2026 15:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Foreign airlines could also be banned from using British airspace, under drastic action intended to end the 'invasion of our country'.
  
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• Suspect hauled back to UK and arrested years after double 'murder' at lockdown party

  11-10-2026 15:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder over the deaths of Junior Ajose and Cheriff Tall - the pair were killed at a lockdown party in Manchester in 2020
  
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• Bikie revenge plot against P-plater accused of ploughing into Knights fans: The disturbing jail 'hit' that saw police rush Indika Samarasinghe, 18, out of Newcastle

  11-10-2026 15:42 via dailymail.com
  
  As public anger boiled over after the Knights crash, police were warned of a far more sinister threat. The Mail can reveal why authorities feared the teen could become a target behind bars.
  
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