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• Woman escapes blast as pavement explodes into flames from faulty underground cable

  31-05-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christine Somers, who has just recovered from breast cancer, was walking her dog when the ground shook and fire leapt from cracks in the ground
  
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• Jamie Carragher names Arsenal’s biggest rival for the Premier League title after Chelsea win

  25-08-2026 00:41 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jamie Carragher after Chelsea’s opening win over Fulham (Picture: Sky Sports)Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has named Arsenal’s biggest rival for the Premier League title this season.The Gunners clinched their first league title since 2004 last season, finishing seven points ahead of Manchester City.Mikel Arteta’s side made a bright start to their Premier League title defence, beating newly-promoted Coventry City 3-0 on Friday night.Arsenal then saw several of their possible
  
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• Supreme Court clears path for Trump's mail-in voting crackdown ahead of make-or-break midterms

  25-08-2026 00:27 via dailymail.com
  
  The court´s conservative majority didn´t decide the legality of Trump's order, instead ruling that the states did not have the legal right to challenge it.
  
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• Iran places £7m bounty on Barron Trump's head as sickening assassination video aired

  25-08-2026 00:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US and Iran have been in conflict since February 28, when joint US-Israeli forces carried out strikes on several key Iranian sites - Iran retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz waterway and striking US allies
  
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• Girl, 8, dies from 'brain-eating amoeba' she likely caught while swimming in Louisiana lake

  25-08-2026 00:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lillian Smart died after contracting the rare Naegleria fowleri “brain-eating amoeba”, believed to have been picked up while swimming in a Louisiana lake.
  
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• Gavin Newsom's unrelenting attack dog turns on Pete Buttigieg as the Democratic knife fight starts two years early

  25-08-2026 00:14 via dailymail.com
  
  The 2028 presidential election may still be more than two years away - but the battle for the Democratic nomination is already heating up.
  
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• Arsenal squad disagree with Mikel Arteta decision as star approves £40m transfer

  25-08-2026 00:13 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta during a training session (Picture: Getty)Mikel Arteta’s treatment of Gabriel Martinelli has caused ‘some discomfort’ within the Arsenal squad, according to reports in Brazil.Martinelli is closing in on a move away from Arsenal after being told to find a new club by Gunners boss Arteta.Having made his first-team debut in 2019, Martinelli is Arsenal’s longest-serving player and has racked up just shy of 300 appearances for the club.Martinelli
  
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• Defiant Democrat files fresh impeachment push against Trump as his own party ducks for cover

  25-08-2026 00:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Representative Al Green has launched another extraordinary attempt to remove President Donald Trump from office.
  
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• Donald Trump ‘falls asleep’ standing up after delivering address at Rose Garden

  25-08-2026 00:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US President appeared to fall asleep again after speaking at the Rose Garden sparking further health concerns
  
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• Burnham says NO snap election... but leaves the door open for tax hikes

  25-08-2026 00:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The Prime Minister said he would not be 'unrealistic' about the help he can offer households with the cost of living and would not 'take risks'.
  
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• Newsnight 'could be axed' as BBC bosses battle to save £500million

  24-08-2026 23:55 via dailymail.com
  
  After more than 40 years on air, staff fear the show could be shut down by the end of next year as the corporation shifts focus to its streaming service iPlayer.
  
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• Met Office names 26 areas facing downpours on Thursday as weather maps turn blue

  24-08-2026 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of areas across the UK will face heavy downpours, with rainfall set to remain above average until early September
  
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• worFEMA reliefBombshell report confirms FEMA workers who skipped Trump supporters' homes after Hurricane Milton broke the law: Watchdog finds crews avoid homes with MAGA flags

  24-08-2026 23:52 via dailymail.com
  
  Damning findings released Monday by the DHS's Office of Inspector General, confirm the politically charged snubs in the weeks leading up to the 2024 presidential election.
  
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• Jobs market for graduates is the worst it's been in at least 10 years

  24-08-2026 23:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Just 8,383 vacancies for graduates were advertised last month, according to recruitment website Adzuna - down 45.6 per cent on the same month a year earlier.
  
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• Chicken being investigated as part of the salmonella outbreak which has left 340 people ill

  24-08-2026 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chicken products have been recalled in the UK amid concerns that they are potentially contaminated with harmful bacteria that has struck down hundreds of people in Britain
  
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• Art dealer stunned after $50,000 Picasso print stolen from his gallery years ago found on wall of Midwestern apartment after tenant evicted

  24-08-2026 23:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Bill DeLind, the owner of Milwaukee-based DeLing Fine Art Appraisals, never thought a rare Picasso print that was stolen in 2018 would never make its way back to his gallery in Wisconsin.
  
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• Reform vow to evict social home tenants for new 50,000 homes if they don't mow their lawn

  24-08-2026 23:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Lee Anderson, Reform's chairman and chief whip, suggested yesterday that tenants should keep council homes to a 'reasonable standard' or face being kicked out.
  
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• Burnham backtracks on spending housing fund only on building social homes

  24-08-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  About 40% of £10bn from Affordable Homes Programme will now go on types of housing such as sheltered and shared ownershipAndy Burnham has backtracked on his proposal to rip up the government’s housing plans and boost social home building.Ministers laid out plans on Monday to spend an initial £10bn from the 10-year Affordable Homes Programme on a mix of subsidised housing types in England, in line with the Starmer government’s policy. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Burnham challenges councils to 'build this country out of housing crisis' as £10billion allocated

  24-08-2026 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister will unveil £10billion of funding for social and affortable housing across England, with officials expecting more than 70,000 desperately-needed homes will be needed
  
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• Humiliating truth about the internet's most toxic brothers: Read the Tate brothers' toe-curling court confession about their RENTED supercars and $50M yacht

  24-08-2026 23:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Lawyers for Andrew, 39, and Tristan, 38, say federal authorities have made the same mistake as millions of online followers - taking their deliberately 'outrageous' social media boasts literally.
  
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• Balaclava-wearing youths gather with flares in hand to mark lives of dead 'joyriders'... while across the city silent prayers are held for PCs killed in A66 horror

  24-08-2026 23:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A throng of balaclava-clad youths set off flares and fireworks on Monday afternoon to remember the five A66 'joyriders' who died when they smashed into a police car.
  
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• Commuter chaos as a major Sydney train line is shut down due to emergency repairs

  24-08-2026 23:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Urgent repairs on overhead wiring at Chatswood station have halted all city-bound trains on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Distressing audio reveals moment doctor's husband who left daughter, 2, to die in hot car was found by nanny after killing himself just hours before he was due to be jailed

  24-08-2026 23:14 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher Scholtes, 38, took his own life in his $1 million home in Phoenix hours before he was to start a 20 to 30-year jail sentence for leaving his daughter to die in a hot car.
  
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• Female school worker called child UGLY then held them upside down by their feet, prosecutors say

  24-08-2026 23:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Rachel Kirspel, 37, was allegedly caught holding the child upside down by a fellow employee at a Texas pre-kindergarten. She is being prosecuted after she was arrested in May.
  
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• US supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in voting

  24-08-2026 23:09 via theguardian.com
  Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midtermsDonald Trump’s administration can proceed with a nationwide crackdown on mail-in voting, the US supreme court has ruled, approving its emergency appeal.It remains unclear, however, how his administration can implement the decision in time for the midterm elections in November, and the ruling leaves room for legal challenges. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea’s front three dazzle as they edge out Fulham in derby thriller

  24-08-2026 23:05 via theguardian.com
  This was a crash course for Xabi Alonso in life at Chelsea. His new side thrilled in possession at Craven Cottage. The front three of João Pedro, Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers combined to devastating effect and there was even an assist for the new £52m centre-back, Maxence Lacroix.At times the only issue was the two No 10s both laying claim to the ice cold celebration. Palmer had a point to prove after missing out on England’s World Cup squad and Rogers scored on his debut aft
  
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• Masked motorcyclists fire flares at memorial for A66 joyrider

  24-08-2026 23:03 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 memorial for one of the men killed in the A66 crash has divided opinion after masked bikers set off flares while police watched on.
  Hundreds of people turned up to remember Jakub Matusiak, 23, one of the five men who were killed inside the Volkswagen Passat near Middlesbrough on Saturday morning.It had driven down the wrong way on the A66 seconds after a p
  
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• Spencer Pratt posts disturbing Lindsay Clancy reenactment cartoon as post partum murder trial divides America

  24-08-2026 23:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The case has divided America, with crowds turning out to support the mom after sympathizing with her mental state, while others, like Pratt, have condemned her as a cold-blooded killer.
  
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• Over 600 industry professionals sign open letter attacking BBC's 'unaccountable, inexperienced and failing' commissioning strategy

  24-08-2026 23:00 via dailymail.com
  
  'Despite a celebrated history, the current systems in place fails to ensure that senior commissioners meet consistent standards or demonstrate recognised industry leadership.'
  
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• Tragedy after Midwest tree trimmer decided to play joke on co-worker with heavy duty GRAPPLER machine

  24-08-2026 22:58 via dailymail.com
  
  A Minnesota tree-trimmer employee has been charged manslaughter after allegedly crushing his co-workers head with a hydraulic grapple.
  
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