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• Why is Gary Lineker appearing on ITV World Cup coverage tonight?

  20-06-2026 12:56 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker has not appeared on terrestrial TV since leaving the BBC 13 months ago (Photo: Getty)Gary Lineker is set to make a shock appearance on ITV’s coverage of the World Cup match between Germany and the Ivory Coast.The former Match of the Day host has not appeared on terrestrial television since his high-profile departure from the BBC over a year ago.Lineker was due to front a seventh and final World Cup for the Beeb this summer, bringing the curtain down on a near-three decade ass
  
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• Young boy, 12, is killed and three others rushed to hospital after allegedly stolen vehicle crashes in Stratford, Cairns

  21-06-2026 03:13 via dailymail.com
  
  The grey Toyota Fortuner wagon was being driven along Stratford Road at Stratford, in Cairns, when it left the roadway and rolled on Sunday.
  
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• Former Olympian seen in handcuffs as Trump threatens 'years in jail' and more arrests after vandals SABOTAGE Reflecting Pool with 'corrosive and destructive chemicals'

  21-06-2026 03:12 via dailymail.com
  
  The President on Saturday posted that Park Police 'have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our Nations magnificent Reflecting Pool.'
  
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• Mass shooting among weekend violence that leaves 6 dead and 28 injured in crime-plagued Chicago

  21-06-2026 03:07 via dailymail.com
  
  The weekend's largest spree unfolded on Friday when a mass shooting in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood on the South Side left 13 people injured Friday night.
  
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• Royal Mail urges kids to send letters of support to favourite World Cup players

  21-06-2026 03:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The initiative aims to inspire a new generation to rediscover the value of letter writing while wishing the national squads well during the 2026 World Cup
  
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• Public backing for Royal family plunges to lowest level in decades, new poll suggests - with Gen Z, millennials AND Gen X shedding support

  21-06-2026 03:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Public backing for the Royal family has fallen to its lowest in over three decades, a new poll has suggested. 
  
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• Under-18s should now be barred from 'doomscrolling' on phones after 9pm watershed, urges ex-minister who prompted Keir Starmer's tech U-turn

  21-06-2026 03:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Tory peer Lord John Nash said tech firms should prevent under 18s from 'addictive' features after 9pm, including 'infinite scrolls', 'streaks' and autoplay, amid fears their sleep is being affected.
  
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• Report reveals best and WORST days to fly this summer after jet fuel airline price hikes

  21-06-2026 03:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Research has revealed the time you choose to travel could have a huge impact on your experience.
  
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• Harrow boys boarding school launches campaign to teach pupils about toxic masculinity

  21-06-2026 03:01 via dailymail.com
  
  When it was founded over 450 years ago in 1572, women were expected to be submissive second class citizens in a patriarchal society.
  
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• Rider who injured Nicky Campbell's daughter in hit-and-run 'was showing off on bulky, souped-up illegal e-bike' - and fled when an ambulance arrived

  21-06-2026 02:53 via dailymail.com
  
  The Long Lost Family presenter, 65, said Lilla was out on Friday night with two of her sisters and a friend in Peckham, south-east London , when the speeding bike hit her at a crossing.
  
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• Oxford Union head being investigated by counter terrorism police after calling Hamas a 'resistance group' and saying Oct 7 was 'proportionate' response to Israeli actions

  21-06-2026 02:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Oxford Union President Arwa Elrayess who said ' Hamas would be lauded as heroes' and whose actions were proportionate on October 7 is being investigated by counter terrorism police.
  
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• Barefoot Investor issues warning about massive EV trap that will leave Aussies worse off in the long run

  21-06-2026 02:42 via dailymail.com
  
  The Barefoot Investor has unleashed against electric vehicles.
  
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• Donald and Ivana Trump's former £24m Connecticut mansion set to be demolished

  21-06-2026 02:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Connecticut home that President Donald Trump once shared with his first wife, Ivana Trump, is set to be demolished, with a new luxurious mansion to be built in its place
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Ecuador vs Curacao updates as Gary Lineker aims dig at BBC

  21-06-2026 02:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker appeared on ITV's World Cup coverage amid several mouthwatering matches for fans on Saturday night
  
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• Gary Neville backs Manchester United to sign ‘outstanding’ World Cup star ahead of Mateus Fernandes

  21-06-2026 02:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville says Felix Nmecha has been ‘outstanding’ for Germany at the World Cup (ITV)Gary Neville has urged Manchester United to target Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha as a potential alternative to West Ham’s Mateus Fernandes.United have already agreed a £35 million deal to sign Brazil international Ederson from Atalanta but Michael Carrick is keen to add another midfielder to his squad in the summer transfer window.An approach has been made to West Ham for Fernandes
  
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• Gary Neville backs Man Utd to sign ‘outstanding’ World Cup star ahead of Mateus Fernandes

  21-06-2026 02:08 via metro.co.uk
  
  Gary Neville says Felix Nmecha has been ‘outstanding’ for Germany at the World Cup (ITV)Gary Neville has urged Manchester United to target Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha as a potential alternative to West Ham’s Mateus Fernandes.United have already agreed a £35 million deal to sign Brazil international Ederson from Atalanta but Michael Carrick is keen to add another midfielder to his squad in the summer transfer window.An approach has been made to West Ham for Fernandes
  
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• Roy Keane blasts WAGs who wear football shirts with their husbands' names on

  21-06-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Now his latest targets are the England WAGs who have found themselves on the receiving end of the former Manchester United star's acid tongue.
  
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• Sonic The Hedgehog 35th anniversary interview – the persistence of an icon

  21-06-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Seven Sonic themed murals have been set up in London (Sega)For the 35th anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog, we quizzed series producer Takashi Iizuka and brand officer Ivo Gerscovich about how the franchise has lasted so long and why it’ll never stop.There’s no denying that the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise has, to put it charitably, stumbled many times throughout its history. Some of those mishaps would’ve killed most other franchises and yet something about the cocky blue mamm
  
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• Autistic pet owner saves her mother, brother and all NINE of her animals from 1am house fire before collapsing from stress insists the real hero was elderly terrier who woke her with seconds to spare

  21-06-2026 01:53 via dailymail.com
  
  Maddy Villatte, 25, who has autism and ADHD, was woken in the early hours of Thursday morning to find the inferno tearing through her bedroom after a candle she forgot to blow out was knocked over.
  
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• Keir Starmer 'will announce as early as Monday that he is quitting as Prime Minister' after spending weekend locked in tense talks about his future with his wife Victoria at Chequers

  21-06-2026 01:51 via dailymail.com
  
  The PM was said to have reached the conclusion that his position was no longer tenable after talking to Cabinet colleagues, No 10 advisers, union leaders and key Labour donors.
  
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• Harrods sells blue Miu Miu apron for an eye-watering £1,470 after it appeared on the Paris Fashion Week catwalk last year

  21-06-2026 01:40 via dailymail.com
  
  The Miu Miu garment, in ink-blue gabardine, was paraded on the catwalk by German actress Sandra Hüller for Paris Fashion Week last year.
  
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• Giorgia Meloni rips 'senseless' attacks from Trump as Italian Prime Minister refuses to back down amid G7 feud

  21-06-2026 01:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Giorgia Meloni branded Donald Trump's repeated attacks 'senseless' after he insisted she had asked him for a G7 photograph and questioned her popularity in Italy.
  
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• After Tartan Army hordes drink Boston dry, thousands of pints of beer trucked in for arrival of equally thirsty England fans

  21-06-2026 01:17 via dailymail.com
  
  Last week bars in Boston ran dry after 50,000 members of the Tartan Army drank more than four times as much lager as Americans drink over the July 4 public holiday.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'beautiful' young woman, 18, killed in horror Southend park collision

  21-06-2026 01:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tallulah Bradford died six days after being involved in a horror incident at Chalkwell Park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Her loved ones have now paid tribute to the 'beautiful' 18-year-old
  
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• Michael Gove is PM, Nicola Sturgeon is his deputy - and we're at war with Russia: That's the make-believe scenario in new doomsday docudrama

  21-06-2026 01:08 via dailymail.com
  
  It is the final realisation of a long-held dream for Michael Gove: Prime Minister of the UK.
  
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• Daily horoscope June 21, 2026: Today’s redictions for your star sign

  21-06-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)The Sun enters Cancer today, bringing a certain warmth and glow to life. Bright things are on the cards.
  Cancer, Leo and Virgo, this placement is all about authenticity. Whether to yourself others, be the most honest version you can be.
  As great as grand achievements are, there’s joy to be had in the mudane. Appreciating the little things will go a long way.
  Ahead, you’ll find all star signs’ horoscop
  
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• Man charged in connection with Edinburgh attacks that left five men injured

  21-06-2026 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five men, two aged 22, and others aged 24, 27, and 39, sustained a range of injuries and three required hospital treatment following a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday - a man has now been charged by police
  
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• Nine passengers fight for life as investigators probe why crash train went past signal - as King Charles says he's 'greatly saddened' by driver's death

  21-06-2026 00:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The driver died instantly when his Luton Airport Express service ploughed into the back end of a stationary passenger train at 5.15pm on Friday near Bedford.
  
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• Police 'toned down' statement of mother whose hotel worker daughter was murdered by an asylum seeker in case it led to race riots

  21-06-2026 00:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Rhiannon Whyte, 27, (pictured) was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver by Sudanese national Deng Majek while waiting at a train station.
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Germany break Ivory Coast hearts as Gary Lineker aims dig at BBC

  21-06-2026 00:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gary Lineker appeared on ITV's World Cup coverage amid several mouthwatering matches for fans on Saturday night
  
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