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• Why it is better for golf if BBC makes itself scarce on the fairways

  06-02-2015 23:31
  
  From 2017 the Open Championship will go to Sky Sports and the national broadcaster will take two hours of highlights each evening – and not before timeIf it means putting the cash towards more Wolf Halls, I’m entirely in favour of televised sport migrating to subscription channels. Wolf Hall is what the BBC does best. Better than anyone in the world, you might think. Sport? Once upon a time but no longer.It was announced this week that golf’s Open Championship will stay with the BBC but on
  
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• Man Utd vs AC Milan LIVE: Pre-season friendly latest score and confirmed lineups

  15-08-2026 15:21 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick (Picture: PA)Manchester United will wrap up their pre-season preparations against AC Milan this afternoon.After beating Leeds United on penalties in Dublin on Wednesday, United have travelled to Poland to take on a team managed by the man Michael Carrick replaced in January in Ruben Amorim.Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo are both back in training and could be in line to face the manager who froze them both at out at Old Trafford.Amorim is stil
  
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• Bonnie Tyler fans line the streets as coffin taken to former home

  15-08-2026 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died last month in a hospital in Portugal.
  
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• Mum runs for her life seconds before wildfire engulfs family’s ‘forever home’

  15-08-2026 15:19 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 PageA mum had just seconds to flee the Stourbridge wildfire before it swallowed her family’s ‘forever home’.Terrifying doorbell footage shows Rose-Anne Vinten running through her garden, followed closely by flames from the inferno which completely destroyed 19 homes on Thursday.Rose-Anne and husband Richard only moved in five months before thei
  
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• Millionaire grandpa, 64, was DRUNK when he crashed boat during 9pm trip and killed his two young grandkids who were his daughter's only children, police say

  15-08-2026 15:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Stephen Schneider, 64, was arrested after police say he drunkenly crashed his boat and killed his grandchildren.
  
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• Pregnant woman plunged into nightmare after WestJet canceled flight home from Jamaica... just days before her CONTRACTIONS started

  15-08-2026 15:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Julia Henry gave birth nine weeks early after she was plunged into a nightmare when her WestJet flight from Jamaica was canceled.
  
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• How Man Utd players have reacted to Marcus Rashford’s return

  15-08-2026 15:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marcus Rashford could make his Man Utd comeback today (Photo Getty)Marcus Rashford is expected to make his first appearance for Manchester United in over 18 months when they play AC Milan in their final pre-season friendly today.Rashford’s career at Old Trafford appeared to be over after he was axed from the first-team by Ruben Amorim in December 2025, before being shipped off on loan to Aston Villa and Barcelona.Surprisingly, the Spanish champions chose not to trigger the buy-out option
  
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• Marvel fans convinced legendary character is ‘cooked’ after latest Doomsday trailer

  15-08-2026 15:00 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 PageMarvel treated fans to another look at their upcoming superhero blockbuster Avengers: Doomsday yesterday. As you might expect, the trailer was jam-packed with action, superheroes stood around looking grim (although not Ben Grimm) and the promise that doomsday is coming.But if the fan theories are to be believed, it might be coming for one of Earth&rsquo
  
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• Heiress sues HSBC and Barclays for $15billion saying they helped her late father plunder her $650m trust fund after she found 350,000 document treasure trove in Jersey manor house

  15-08-2026 14:51 via dailymail.com
  
  At her fairytale wedding at a magnificent 400-year-old manor house on Jersey, heiress Tanya Dick-Stock appeared to possess everything money could buy.
  
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• 'While Nigel Farage argued with a bin, Andy Burnham got to work improving people's lives'

  15-08-2026 14:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Having wasted £250,000 of taxpayers’ money on an unnecessary poll, Farage is right back where he started: facing a Parliamentary standards investigation', TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak writes
  
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• Homes evacuated and major incident declared as fire breaks out at showroom

  15-08-2026 14:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Huge flames and large plumes of thick black smoke were seen billowing from the building in Luton in footage shared on social media.
  
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• A missing sister, a plane that vanished and a secret lover: Teresa Drake's disappearance sparked global headlines. Now her family reveal she may have been an MI6 spy killed by the US… and have been warned not to 'ask questions'

  15-08-2026 14:48 via dailymail.com
  
  On the evening of August 11, 1979, British secretary Teresa Drake boarded a private plane from Athens to Jeddah and was never seen again. Just months before, the 22-year-old had left a post in the Army.
  
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• Humiliation for Kamala Harris as rising star Democrat REJECTS failed presidential candidate's endorsement in upcoming election

  15-08-2026 14:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Mary Peltola says she doesn't want the failed presidential candidate's backing in a highly competitive race.
  
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• Mass shooter's ex-wife bravely reveals she and her children are safe after massacre of five following bitter divorce battle

  15-08-2026 14:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The ex-wife of a Michigan man who killed five people and left another critically injured before he apparently took his own life has said she and their three children are safe.
  
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• Heathrow Airport flooding sparks travel chaos as passengers told 'do not drive'

  15-08-2026 14:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flooding at Heathrow Airport prevented access by road to Terminals 2 and 3 with passengers urged to use rail and underground services instead
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing officially announces new It Takes Two host

  15-08-2026 14:34 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 PageStrictly Come Dancing’s popular spin-off show, It Takes Two, is officially back with a brand new host, comedian Ellie Taylor.The shake up comes after Fleur East, 38, and Janette Manrara, 42, were both axed as presenters, with the latter emotionally confirming she’s ‘no longer a part’ of the show.Executives had reportedly sla
  
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• Powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake kills at least 38 in Indonesia

  15-08-2026 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A search and rescue operation is under way to find survivors in Flores, an island in eastern Indonesia.
  
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• Liam Delap sends message to Chelsea over transfer exit after Como approach

  15-08-2026 14:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea striker Liam Delap (Picture: Getty)Liam Delap is keen to remain in the Premier League after Como reportedly made an approach to sign the Chelsea striker.Chelsea beat a host of rivals, most notably Manchester United, to sign Delap in a £30million deal from Ipswich Town last summer.Much was expected of the young Englishman after a promising first season in the English top flight with Ipswich, but Delap struggled to kick on in his maiden season at Stamford Bridge.In a campa
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer release window, first world, and anime series unveiled

  15-08-2026 14:26 via metro.co.uk
  
  The graphics are pretty amazing (YouTube)Disney’s D23 event has seen the debut of a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4, confirming the first world it’ll be set in and narrowing down the release date.The D23 (as in 1923, when the company was founded) event from Disney doesn’t often feature much in the way of video games news but it’s understandable why there’d be an exception made for Kingdom Hearts, the long-running crossover between Disney and Square Enix properties
  
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• Mum's agony as daughter, 16, has half her brain permanently disconnected in radical operation

  15-08-2026 14:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUCIVE: Neive Williams suffered 12 seizures a day before surgeons conducted a procedure to permanently disconnect the two hemispheres of her brain in an intricate eight-hour operation
  
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• Mum's agony as daughter, 16, has half her brain cut in half in radical operation

  15-08-2026 14:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Neive Williams suffered 12 seizures a day before surgeons conducted a procedure to permanently disconnect the two hemispheres of her brain in an intricate eight-hour operation
  
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• The Atlassian 'velvet vixen' who 'has all the secrets': How Amy Glancey became Mike Cannon-Brookes' closest confidante as his marriage faltered and a rift grew with co-founder Scott Farquhar

  15-08-2026 14:16 via dailymail.com
  
  As Mike Cannon-Brookes' marriage and partnership with Scott Farquhar came under strain, chief of staff Amy Glancey emerged as an increasingly influential figure behind the scenes.
  
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• I'm 62 and almost own my $1.2m home - but I still can't afford to retire: VANESSA STOYKOV

  15-08-2026 14:13 via dailymail.com
  
  A 62-year-old woman has nearly paid off her $1.2million home, but with just $180,000 in super she fears she'll never be able to stop working.
  
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• Anthony Albanese has become the very leader he once despised after spending years condemning him - only this time a compliant media lets him get away with it: PVO

  15-08-2026 14:11 via dailymail.com
  
  From the WA GST deal to broken promises and the melons controversy, Albo now relies on the same playbook that destroyed the leader he once made a career out of condemning.
  
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• New Aldi robot cleaner similar to £300 Currys version out Thursday for £230 less

  15-08-2026 14:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers will be able to bring the new robot cleaner home that rivals other brands after its release on Thursday
  
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• Soaring heat, falling crowds - The Hundred's peculiar summer

  15-08-2026 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at the numbers behind the drop in attendances at The Hundred compared to 2025, in the tournament's first year under new private ownership.
  
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• Chelsea vs Real Sociedad LIVE: Pre-season latest score and goal updates

  15-08-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Palmer starts for Chelsea (Picture: John Walton/PA Wire)Chelsea take on Real Sociedad in their final pre-season friendly game this afternoon before the start of the new Premier League season.The Blues are back at Stamford Bridge after their tour of Australia and Asia, winning two of their five games.Chelsea won’t be leaving the country for the rest of the season with no European football on the agenda this term but it gives Xabi Alonso the opportunity to focus solely on the Premier League
  
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• Chelsea vs Real Sociedad LIVE: Pre-season friendly latest score and lineups

  15-08-2026 14:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Chelsea are back on home turf this afternoon (Picture: Getty)Chelsea take on Real Sociedad in their final pre-season friendly game this afternoon before the start of the new Premier League season.The Blues are back at Stamford Bridge after their tour of Australia and Asia, winning two of their five games.Chelsea won’t be leaving the country for the rest of the season with no European football on the agenda this term but it gives Xabi Alonso the opportunity to focus solely on the Premier L
  
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• Sadie Sink and Adam Driver to star in new X-Men movie

  15-08-2026 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Heartstopper's Kit Connor and Christopher Abbot are also joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  
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• Pub firm Greene King's record demand from wannabe landlords despite industry crisis

  15-08-2026 13:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pub firm Greene King says it has seen an average 26 applicants for every pub for let in the first six months of this year, which is said to be boosted by England’s thrilling run in the World Cup
  
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