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• Why is Star Wars suddenly so good at video games? – Reader’s Feature

  11-10-2026 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Star Wars Zero Company – a successful game in an unusual genre(EA)Impressed by recent games like Zero Company and Galactic Racer, a reader suggests that the Star Wars licence is perfect for resurrecting video game genres that have fallen out of fashion.Star Wars and video games have always been very closely related in my mind. The old Atari coin-op is a very fond childhood memory for me and I remember lots of great Star Wars games at virtually every stage of gaming and me growing up, from
  
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• Trump rally descends into chaos as screaming protesters are dragged from Ohio stadium

  13-10-2026 03:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Hecklers have been a recurring theme at Trump rallies as he tours through the country in an attempt to defend Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
  
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• Trump lashes out at fury over Putin diesel deal and says 'the EU paid Russia $250billion for energy - Always, America first'

  13-10-2026 03:18 via dailymail.com
  
  The President hit back at critics and declared 'America first' following his controversial agreement with Putin last week.
  
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• Sneering critics want Oliver Curtis forever defined by his jail stint. Tall poppies of Australia, here's a newsflash for you: PVO

  13-10-2026 03:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Australians like to think that they believe in second chances, but how true really is that?
  
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• More than 30 types of gender reassignment surgery could be funded by Aussie taxpayers at a cost of up to $80,000 each

  13-10-2026 03:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Australian taxpayers could soon fund gender reassignment surgeries under Medicare.
  
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• Games Inbox: What is the next FromSoftware game?

  13-10-2026 03:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Duskbloods – supposedly a 2026 release (Nintendo)The Tuesday letters page wants to know if The Duskbloods has been delayed or not, as a reader has some advice for Activision and Call Of Duty.Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
  Out for blood
  Saw the reader talking about how the 2026 releases are starting to dry up now, with Phantom Blade Zero being the last big one befo
  
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• UK internet outage latest: Sky, BT, Vodafone and EE all down in broadband blackout

  13-10-2026 03:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers across the UK are facing issued with their broadband as multiple providers are down for hundreds across the nation
  
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• 911 audio reveals chaos after Christa Pike survived execution attempt as dispatch deemed call for paramedics fake

  13-10-2026 03:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Tennessee police were left confused and incredulous after prison officials reported that Christa Pike survived her execution attempt last month.
  
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• Man dies after 'falling' from US rollercoaster as son watched in horror

  13-10-2026 02:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A man plunged from the Goliath ride at Six Flags Over Georgia reportedly smashing against the cart multiple times as he fell. His son was sitting beside him on the ride as the tragedy unfolded
  
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• Man charged with 210 offences after allegedly secretly filming the sexual abuse of three women on Central Coast

  13-10-2026 02:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher John Ridings was arrested after police allegedly uncovered 2.5 million files which they allege document the sexual and physical abuse of three women over a seven-year period.
  
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• Man, 63, appears in court accused of murdering his 94-year-old father

  13-10-2026 02:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Mark Lord was charged with the murder of Allan Lord after an incident in Bolton.
  
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• Pokémon cards found in an attic could sell for sky-high £270,000

  13-10-2026 02:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Auctioneers said their jaws 'hit the floor' when they laid eyes on the 42 sets of collectables - 'all in mint condition'.
  
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• 911 call sparks confusion among first responders and prison staff after Christa Pike survived execution attempt

  13-10-2026 02:38 via dailymail.com
  
  Tennessee police were left confused and incredulous after prison officials reported that Christa Pike survived her execution attempt last month.
  
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• I heard the full 6-minute recording behind the James Talarico hoax. Here's what's actually in it

  13-10-2026 02:36 via dailymail.com
  
  I had been looking into why Talarico mysteriously took 10 days off in the middle of a historic election and one of the most watched campaigns in the country.
  
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• Mother-of-four died in 'freak accident' when she threw bin bag onto garden fire, inquest hears

  13-10-2026 02:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Katie Louise Marshall suffered burns on around half of her body when the garden bonfire blasted back at her in Newport, Gwent, on June 26.
  
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• 911 recordings reveal confusion among first responders and prison staff after Christa Pike survived execution attempt

  13-10-2026 02:13 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month.
  
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• Urgent warning issued over deadly bat virus after more than 40 Aussies bitten or scratched in just two weeks

  13-10-2026 02:04 via dailymail.com
  
  An urgent warning has been issued to Aussies.
  
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• A sinister mural above a shrine of bones, a secretive 'faerie cult' in the Sicilian hills... and the mystery of the naked Yorkshireman found dead in his tent, next to a rope and a knife

  13-10-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Shortly after midnight on September 7, a few hours before flying to Sicily to attend a gathering of New Age gay hippies, Benjamin Braithwaite expressed his excitement in textwith his partner.
  
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• Valor Mortis review – a first person Soulslike with a Sharpe edge

  13-10-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Valor Mortis – a different perspective on Soulslikes (Lyrical Games)The Napoleonic Wars are the backdrop for a new fast action Soulslike from the makers of Ghostrunner, that sees 19th century Europe overrun by zombies.Despite the success of Assassin’s Creed, historical video games remain uncommon. There’s always a goodly supply of games set in Medieval Europe, and various periods in Japanese and Chinese history, but that’s generally it. No doubt publishers are worried ab
  
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• The 72 hours of chaos before Trump hired press secretary: Karoline Leavitt's late warning, how the president bypassed Susie Wiles... and the names on the chopping block as Katie Zacharia arrives

  13-10-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Trump finally appointed the 41-year-old mother of four as his new press secretary without consulting his chief of staff Susie Wiles, four sources have told the Daily Mail.
  
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• Inside the new life of 'road rage killer' Tracie Andrews, as a Channel 5 drama retells her astonishing web of lies - and her daughter reveals devastating impact mother's crimes had on her childhood

  13-10-2026 02:00 via dailymail.com
  
  For a woman who once longed to be famous, Jenna Goldsworthy leads a quiet life. Tracie Andrews, as she was then, became a household name when she stabbed her fiancé to death.
  
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• No laughing matter: Midwives win £750,000 after being exposed to nitrous oxide at hospital

  13-10-2026 01:58 via dailymail.com
  
  The compound, known as laughing gas, is used for pain relief in labour, but long-term exposure has side-effects.
  
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• Horror at West Sussex train station as youths 'wield machetes' and brawl on platform

  13-10-2026 01:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage, filmed from inside a train carriage, shows men lunging and slashing at each other on the platform while terrified passengers watch on from inside the train carriage
  
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• Emergency response for Christa Pike's botched execution was delayed as 911 audio shows dispatcher believed call was fake

  13-10-2026 01:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month.
  
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• Deep blue Oregon shifts towards electing first Republican governor in 39 years as locals tire of woke chaos

  13-10-2026 01:46 via dailymail.com
  
  State Senator Christine Drazan surprised many observers when she came within four points of Kotek in 2022, and at least one poll has shown her leading Kotek ahead of this year's rematch.
  
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• Reform vows to shut UK asylum system for five years - as Farage poses in front of 43ft replica migrant dinghy

  13-10-2026 01:43 via dailymail.com
  
  The monster prop was front and centre at the Reform UK leader's press conference focused on ending migration into the UK.
  
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• John Swinney doubles down on 'misleading' Scots pension claims

  13-10-2026 01:34 via dailymail.com
  
  John Swinney has doubled down on his controversial claim that Scots pensions are at risk from the removal of the triple lock.
  
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• Why do people lionise Brown Bread Fred, the Kray crony who murdered their enemies with such relish?

  13-10-2026 01:32 via dailymail.com
  
  For the best part of 50 years, Freddie Foreman rode shotgun on the coat-tails of London's lowlife.
  
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• So much for Russia's energy ceasefire, Mr Trump: Putin's missiles pound six sites hours after The Donald declared truce

  13-10-2026 01:32 via dailymail.com
  
  The Ukrainian president dismissed Vladimir Putin's offer of a one-day ceasefire and ignored the threats of a furious Donald Trump.
  
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• Inside Beau Lamarre-Condon's Kmart shopping spree in the hours after he allegedly murdered Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

  13-10-2026 01:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial.
  
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