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• World first as US airline flies commercial passenger plane using fuel made from TREE BRANCHES

  15-11-2016 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Boeing 737-800 departed from Washington, US, yesterday, carrying 163 passengers including three members of the state's congressional delegation
  
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• Micah Richards changes World Cup prediction: ‘They are my favourites now’

  27-06-2026 12:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  Former England defender Micah Richards (Picture: Getty)Micah Richards is now backing France to win the World Cup after they ended their group stage in style with a 4-1 win over Norway.France were one of the pre-tournament favourites, having won the competition in 2018 and finished runners-up in 2022.Didier Deschamps’ side are littered with attacking talent and that has been on full show in the group stages, with Les Bleus scoring ten goals in their first three games.Wins against Senegal a
  
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• Unexpected Casualty love story ‘confirmed’ for Jan and Siobhan

  27-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Something appears to be brewing (Pictures: BBC)Casualty fans are beginning to wonder if a new romance storyline might begin soon between Jan Jennings (Di Botcher) and Siobhan McKenzie (Melanie Hill).The BBC One medical drama is usually so jam-packed full of chaos and lives being in danger, so a love interest storyline is certainly going to come as a welcomed contrast.Both Jan and Siobhan could do with some happiness. While Jan’s life has been quiet in recent years, she is a lonely soul, h
  
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• ‘The men I care for forget me, but I don’t forget them’

  27-06-2026 12:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Tom decided to go into care homes after his nan, Lil, died of dementia at 98 (Picture: Supplied)When Tom Roberts first started visiting care homes to provide residents with personal grooming, the reality of his good will gesture soon became clear.After losing his own nan Lil to dementia when she was 98, he’d wanted to provide services to people in care homes to give them a boost alongside a personal groom – but it wasn’t as simple as he’d imagined.‘They’ve sh
  
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• ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus is resurrected after backlash from religious conservatives

  27-06-2026 11:54 via metro.co.uk
  
  The way to Hel is back (Picture: Michal Dobrasa/PKS Gdynia via Reuters)‘All aboard for Hel!’ may well have been heard at Warsaw’s western station on Friday as a controversial bus service made its triumphant return.Coach operator FlixBus has resurrected the notorious 666 bus route, three years after religious complaints forced the bus to change its number.In Christian tradition, 666 is known as the number of the beast, but this bus doesn’t go to the underworld – it
  
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• Sarah Ferguson ‘visited Epstein on prison release at fake office used to abuse women’

  27-06-2026 11:51 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sarah Ferguson visited Epstein as he was serving a sentence for child prostitution (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Sarah Ferguson visited paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein twice while he was on release for child sex offences.
  Epstein was serving a 12-month jail term for soliciting a child for prostitution when he was visited by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife.
  They met twice at a Palm Beach office in Florida of a fake company, where Epstein’s victims claim he carried ou
  
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• Two women are sexually assaulted on Bournemouth beach amid heatwave as men aged 24 and 37 are arrested

  27-06-2026 11:39 via dailymail.com
  
  The first attack was reported at 3.07pm on Tuesday at Bournemouth beach and involved a woman in her 20s, while the second was in her late teens and made known just an hour later.
  
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• British influencer, 23, facing death by firing squad for 'murdering Brit' is STILL barred from seeing a lawyer as campaigner says: 'I cannot overstate how concerned I am'

  27-06-2026 11:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Brooke George, 23, from Gravesend, Kent, has been accused of murdering Bill Treeby, 26, at an apartment in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
  
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• ‘Brilliant’ Netflix thriller spends seven straight weeks in streaming Top 10

  27-06-2026 11:36 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 PageIf I asked you to picture a show about undercover agents dismantling drug cartels, you’d likely think of Narcos or The Wire.Well, all of that might be about to change, judging by the popularity ofNetflix’s Legends, which features Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan and a group of ordinary men and women tackling a heroin epidemic.Created by Neil Fors
  
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• The full, heartbreaking, story of a middle class mother took her two boys swimming to cool off in the French heatwave - then left them to die in a boiling car when she unpacked the shopping... and 'forgot about them'

  27-06-2026 11:33 via dailymail.com
  
  In a tragedy that has sent shockwaves through France , four-year-old Kassim Benouali, and his younger brother Sadek, two, died from a cardiac arrest after they were left in the car.
  
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• Gary Glitter may face new sex assault charges against young girl after alleged victim contacts police

  27-06-2026 11:30 via dailymail.com
  
  Glitter, 82, whose real name is Paul Gadd, has been questioned in jail over alleged attacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s against a woman who was under the age of 14, police said.
  
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• Terrifying moment brave woman hiker comes face-to-face with ferocious 700lb grizzly bear - would YOU know what to do?

  27-06-2026 11:29 via dailymail.com
  
  The woman was walking on a trail in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, on Wednesday when the 700lb animal emerged from the forest and tried to attack her dog.
  
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• Towels will be soft and fluffy again when 2 items are added to the wash — not fabric softener

  27-06-2026 11:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If your towels have lost their softness, there's a simple trick to restore fluffy towels to their former glory
  
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• 'This boy has never left my head' - haunting stories from the survivors of Gaza

  27-06-2026 11:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Syrian writer Samar Yazbek shares the horrific, hidden stories of Gaza war survivors. Her vital new book exposes the unbearable civilian atrocities and trauma ignored by the world.
  
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• NHS GP shares simple ‘15 minute rule’ to reduce morning stress and anxiety

  27-06-2026 11:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An NHS doctor has explained how one common morning habit could trigger stress before your day has even begun
  
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• Madonna admits she was ‘jealous’ of Kylie Minogue during Graham Norton interview

  27-06-2026 11:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  Madonna has said she was previously jealous of Kylie Minogue (Picture: Getty)Madonna has confessed she was once jealous of Kylie Minogue after believing one of her ex-husbands had a crush on the Australian pop icon.The Queen of Pop made the admission during her one-off BBC special with Graham Norton, which offered fans a behind-the-scenes look at life as she prepares to release her long-awaited new album, Confessions II.The special, filmed at London’s Koko – where Madonna played her
  
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• When will UK heatwave end? Met Office forecast reveals temperature plunge to 13C

  27-06-2026 11:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Temperatures surged past 37C as the UK recorded its hottest June day ever yesterday - Met Office weather forecasters now say the heatwave should start to ease
  
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• Warning as hot weather can trigger health 'disorder' and signs to look out for

  27-06-2026 11:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Extreme heatwaves and high humidity are recognised triggers for the medical condition
  
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• Symptoms with 48-hour isolation warning as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's recall 13 fruits

  27-06-2026 11:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S and Sainsbury's are recalling fruit over fears the products could be contaminated with salmonella - full list of affected products and symptoms to watch for
  
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• Body of man, 22, pulled from River Severn in yet another heatwave tragedy

  27-06-2026 11:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brody Leach, 22, reportedly got into difficulty in the River Severn during the heatwave - his body was recovered in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on Saturday morning
  
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• Forget lattes and flat whites, there’s a new way to drink coffee

  27-06-2026 11:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  It shouldn’t work, but it does (Picture: Robertson Buckhaven)Drinking coffee the regular way is so passée. Didn’t you get the memo?   According to social media, the only way to consume the bean is in an espresso bomb. It’s the drink that shouldn’t work, but bizarrely, it does. And, being the consummate professional, I even tried it for you.  Here&rsqu
  
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• 'Emma Hayes' ITV kitchen set was shameful - imagine men being asked to use a chalkboard'

  27-06-2026 11:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  ITV came under fire after legendary Emma Hayes had to deliver her match analysis on a chalkboard. Tara Mae Kirk, a striker for Peterborough Women's, tells the Mirror of her own sexism storm
  
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• Venezuela earthquake live: King Charles speaks out as death toll nears 1,000

  27-06-2026 10:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela this week with at least 920 people confirmed dead so far - King Charles has sent a message of sympathy to the country
  
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• Vicar wins permission to bury a father's ashes after they were left behind by a stag party at a racecourse burger van

  27-06-2026 10:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Reverend Gail Minter of St Mary's Church in Greenham, Berkshire, has been granted permission to bury unclaimed ashes - after the urn was left behind by a stag party at Newbury Racecourse.
  
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• Furious Marcelo Bielsa yells at reporter after ‘disgraceful’ Uruguay World Cup exit

  27-06-2026 10:28 via metro.co.uk
  
  Marcelo Bielsa was furious at full-time (Picture: Getty)Marcelo Bielsa took his anger out on a TV reporter after his Uruguay side were knocked out of the World Cup in the group stages.Following disappointing draws with Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde, Uruguay needed to beat Spain in their final group game to qualify for the knockout stages.But a 1-0 defeat, courtesy of a costly mistake from goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, saw their tournament come to an end in acrimonious fashion.Uruguay captain
  
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• Horror as a couple are savagely attacked by an aggressive mastiff while walking their dog on the Gold Coast

  27-06-2026 10:26 via dailymail.com
  
  The frightening ordeal unfolded while the couple were out walking their dog in Arundel on the Gold Coast shortly before 6pm on Thursday.
  
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• British doctor is arrested over murder of model whose body was found in suitcase - after he claimed to be watching England in World Cup at the time of killing

  27-06-2026 10:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Matthew Foster-Smith, 46, from Poole, Dorset, has been arrested by police in Ecuador over the murder of Natalia Villalba Angarita, 36, who was found dead inside a suitcase on June 22 in Colombia.
  
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• Child, 12, injured by bison at Yellowstone National Park and rushed to hospital

  27-06-2026 10:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A child has been attacked by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, which is home to an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 of the animals
  
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• New bins arriving for homes in England and what can and can't go in them

  27-06-2026 10:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some areas are now starting to receive their new bins, and there are recycling rules they must begin following
  
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• 'I was Prince William's private secretary – his three-word command petrified me'

  27-06-2026 10:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton was the private secretary to both Prince William and Prince Harry for eight years and he has now opened up about what it was like being in their inner circles
  
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