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• World’s largest container ship comes to UK port 

  22-06-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new mega-vessel called 21,413 TEU OOCL Hong Kong, which can carry 21,000 20ft containers, arrived at thePort of Felixstowe in Suffolk after a 17-year absence from UK waters,.
  
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• Games Inbox: Is Xbox worth saving?

  17-06-2026 02:10 via metro.co.uk
  
  What will happen today? (Microsoft)The Wednesday letters page has new theories for why Nintendo is being so secretive about Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, as readers are disgusted by corporate buyouts.Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]
  Rescue package
  So this month is only going to get worse and worse for Xbox, huh? Its developers, it fans, and… I would say its execs but they ne
  
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• Trump's women crisis: Half the senior females in his White House have suddenly fled or been fired... now insiders are revealing the brutal real reason why

  17-06-2026 02:08 via dailymail.com
  
  When President Donald Trump assembled his second administration, he proudly boasted a phalanx of high-profile women at the levers of American power.
  
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• 'Thugs in uniform' council enforcement officers who threatened to 'rip out' man's teeth are unmasked as it's revealed they 'acted like gangsters' for weeks

  17-06-2026 02:05 via dailymail.com
  
  The two 'thugs in uniform' can today be named for the first time as Joseph Fernandes, 38, and Umar Siddiq, 25, both of whom have now been sacked by Harrow council over their aggressive conduct.
  
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• Harry Potter star Rupert Grint's plans to convert £5.4m mansion into 15 homes are finally given green light - but he'll have to pay up to £200K towards local schools and the council

  17-06-2026 02:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in JK Rowlings' hit series, had enraged neighbours with his plans to build 15 new houses on his estate at Kimpton Grange near Hitchin.
  
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• Under siege from newbuild estates: Million-pound homeowners fear their village is being turned into a 'metropolis' after series of controversial planning applications

  17-06-2026 02:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Neighbours in Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire, say their village cannot cope with the influx of new housing, warning it will clog up already busy roads and overwhelm the local primary school.
  
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• Groceries you should never pay full price for: How you can ALWAYS get a discount on certain products at at least one supermarket

  17-06-2026 02:04 via dailymail.com
  
  Branded household staples such as cereal, orange juice and biscuits were discovered in a Which? investigation to be on promotion somewhere every day of the year.
  
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• Just go! Wes Streeting says Keir Starmer must resign THIS WEEK to end the 'drift and uncertainty' paralysing the Labour government

  17-06-2026 02:03 via dailymail.com
  
  The former health secretary said it was time to end the 'drift and uncertainty' at the top of the top of the Labour government.
  
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• Revealed: Emma Raducanu's new boyfriend is the privately educated son of a Queen's Club committee member

  17-06-2026 02:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The tennis star, 23, was spotted snuggling up to public relations executive John Friend, 32, in London 's Battersea Park a day after losing the Queen's final.
  
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• In once booming Aberdeen, Ed Miliband is a four-letter word and the city's a grim warning from the future of what Net Zero will do to the rest of Britain: STEPHEN DAISLEY

  17-06-2026 02:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Aberdeen has always been synonymous with opportunity. But that has begun to change: the eclipse of fossil fuels and the Net Zero agenda have played their part.
  
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• F1 25: 2026 Season Pack review – the next best thing to F1 26

  17-06-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  F1 25: 2026 Season Pack – not a sequel (EA)Instead of making F1 26, Codemasters and EA have opted to add this year’s radically different Formula One cars to F1 25 via DLC, ahead of a franchise reboot next year.In normal circumstances, now would be the time of year when developer Codemasters and publisher EA would release a new iteration of their annual Formula One video game franchise. However, there will be no F1 26. The franchise is taking a year off because, according to EA, &lsq
  
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• Manhunt underway as hospital employee shoots coworker dead and injures another in Delaware

  17-06-2026 01:57 via dailymail.com
  
  A manhunt is underway in Delaware after a hospital employee shot two coworkers and fled the scene.
  
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• Winston Churchill's old boarding school Harrow partners with £60,000-a-year all-girls college Downe House

  17-06-2026 01:56 via dailymail.com
  
  The 450-year-old school for boys in North London is joining forces with the all-girls Downe House School in Berkshire in a new 'structural' alliance.
  
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• Thierry Henry’s priceless reaction as Zlatan Ibrahimovic awkwardly shuts down US pundits

  17-06-2026 01:53 via metro.co.uk
  
  Thierry Henry’s face was a picture as Zlatan Ibrahimovic shut down Alexi Lalas’ analysis (Picture: FOX Sports)There was tension both on the pitch and in the studio as France came through a stern test to get their World Cup campaign off to a winning start against Senegal.Kylian Mbappe took centre-stage with a second-half brace to move past Olivier Giroud on France’s all-time top scorers list, with the Real Madrid star now boasting 58 goals for his country at the age of just 27.
  
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• Defence chief warns military will have to cut exercises and operations without funding boost

  17-06-2026 01:47 via dailymail.com
  
  The head of the UK's Armed Forces has laid bare the reality of Sir Keir Starmer's defence policy - that current spending projections will result in fewer military operations and exercises.
  
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• Major travel update issued for millions of Aussies visiting five countries after Donald Trump's Middle East peace deal: What you need to know

  17-06-2026 01:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Warnings for Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been reducedby the Albanese government.
  
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• Family's heartbreak as toddler, 1, sitting in his car seat is shot dead by COP during wild chase in Walmart parking lot

  17-06-2026 01:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Kohen Wiley, 1, was killed and another woman was critically injured in Senatobia on Sunday outside a Walmart when a cop opened fire on their car.
  
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• Three girls walked into a mall to buy Christmas presents and vanished forever: Inside one of America's most haunting unsolved mysteries

  17-06-2026 01:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Rusty Arnold and his big sister Mary 'Rachel' Trlica were best friends. But on December 23, Rusty's life would be shattered forever.
  
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• Moment Mercedes almost mows down pedestrian during 100mph police chase before crashing into a tree: Man is arrested on suspicion of burglary and dangerous driving

  17-06-2026 01:25 via dailymail.com
  
  The chase began after officers were alerted to reports that a Mercedes CLC had been stolen and was heading towards Greater Manchester.
  
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• Hillary Clinton skewers Biden's 'terrible mistake' of running again and reveals how 2024 should've played out

  17-06-2026 01:18 via dailymail.com
  
  Hillary Clinton upbraided President Joe Biden for making a 'terrible mistake' in running for reelection in 2024, a move that ultimately greased President Donald Trump's return to the White House.
  
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• Pauline Hanson faces her biggest test yet today - so can she prove she's a real contender for power? PETER VAN ONSELEN

  17-06-2026 01:17 via dailymail.com
  
  For three decades, Hanson has survived on the outside of politics but, for the first time, she will speak at the ultimate Canberra insiders club.
  
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• Donald Trump's 12-point peace plan with Iran unveiled - including no concrete nuclear promise

  17-06-2026 01:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  So far, the fine print of the agreement between the pair of nemesis nations has remained shrouded in mystery days before the formal signing of the 12-point agreement in Switzerland
  
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• More than 30 calls were made to police over the welfare of Kumanjayi Little Baby's mother - as cops claim they feared for her life

  17-06-2026 01:11 via dailymail.com
  
  In the months before Kumanjayi Little Baby's death, NT Police were called on more than 30 occasions to respond to reports her mother was being assaulted.
  
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• Wes Streeting says Labour should ditch Ed Miliband's Net Zero targets... and takes swipe at Andy Burnham's Left-wing agenda

  17-06-2026 01:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Labour should ditch Ed Miliband's controversial green energy targets and focus on delivering 'cheap electricity', Wes Streeting suggested.
  
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• Major overhaul of murder laws could see crime split into 'first' and 'second' degree under Law Commission plans

  17-06-2026 01:08 via dailymail.com
  
  The offence of murder could be watered down in the biggest shake-up in decades, under plans by the Law Commission.
  
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• The Morning Poll: Do you believe Donald Trump's Iran peace plan will last?

  17-06-2026 01:07 via dailymail.com
  
  Do you believe Donald Trump's Iran peace plan will last?
  
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• Mikel Arteta tipped to sell Arsenal star in summer transfer window: ‘Doesn’t trust him’

  17-06-2026 01:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are looking to raise funds to make signings this summer (Picture: Getty)Mikel Arteta has been tipped to cash in on Ethan Nwaneri this summer, with Alan Smith unsure if the Arsenal manager has ‘trust’ in the teenager.Nwaneri made a name for himself as one of the most exciting young talents in English football having broken into Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad aged just 15 back in 2022.The midfielder featured 26 times in the Premier League in the 2024/25 c
  
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• The everyday supermarket essentials you should never pay full price for

  17-06-2026 01:02 via metro.co.uk
  
  New research has revealed which grocery items you shouldn’t pay full price for (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)Key PointsAI-generated content
  Which? found key grocery staples are discounted so often, full prices might be misleadingBranded items like Special K and Tropicana were on sale at least 50% of the time across major supermarketsConsumers urged to focus on unit pricing and track deals across stores to maximise savingsCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editor
  
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• One in five young men ‘don’t recognise the signs of dangerous form of abuse’

  17-06-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  A person controlling how their partner spends their own money is a key sign of economic abuse (Picture: Getty Images)Almost a fifth of young men in the UK do not see controlling a partner’s personal bank account as a form of abuse, a new poll has found.The alarming survey, carried out for Surviving Economic Abuse and the TSB bank, asked men of different ages about six different signs of economic abuse.It found 19% of 18 to 24-year-old men would not think the partner of a friend was being
  
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• Daily horoscope June 17, 2026: Today’s redictions for your star sign

  17-06-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)The Venus-Neptune link today could make everything feel dreamy and shimmering. Don’t let this mystic feel cloud your vision.
  Cancer, Leo and Virgo, you could feel drawn towards reinvention today. Whether it’s your professional image, domestic surroundings or the urge to travel, listen to this.Keep your feet on the ground, and this placement will serve you well. You can stray from your roots and then find th
  
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