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• Met Office forecasts 'unprecedented' months of storms and rain across UK

  21-08-2026 08:26 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  After a record hot summer, the UK will be battered by heavy rain and high winds
  
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• FSA tells some people to avoid some eggs and egg products in outbreak, full list

  21-08-2026 14:39 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  More than 200 people have fallen ill and one has died
  
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• Man overboard from cruise ship in UK waters as major search operation launched

  21-08-2026 14:20 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The alarm was raised when emergency services were alerted to a man having fallen into the North Sea
  
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• Thousands of books given away in drive to improve children's literacy

  21-08-2026 14:10 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The initiative is part of the South Yorkshire Festival of Reading
  
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• UK weather maps show 4C cold snap on Saturday - full list of 10 counties

  21-08-2026 14:05 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Weather maps from WXCharts.com show temperatures could plunge to as low as 4C in parts of the UK
  
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• M62 car fire LIVE updates as driver face long delays as traffic builds

  21-08-2026 13:19 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Car on fire causes delays
  
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• Tributes as 'incredibly special' mum, 45, dies in horror crash

  21-08-2026 13:01 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Lynne Trump, 45, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the A4109 near Neath in Wales
  
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• Driver ignored ban and killed great-grandfather in stolen Maserati crash

  21-08-2026 12:56 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Fraser Garden, 55, was jailed for over 13 years after admitting causing the death of John Bell, 74
  
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• Andy Burnham tax increases 'plausible' as Government 'could raise two HMRC levies'

  21-08-2026 12:52 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  One tax increase could "hit pensioners", an expert warns
  
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• Doctor explains why salmonella symptoms are so serious after fatal outbreak

  21-08-2026 12:21 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Dr Khattak says you should call a doctor if your symptoms are not improving after 48 hours
  
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• Huddersfield Town's new safe standing area at Accu Stadium completed

  21-08-2026 12:12 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Huddersfield Town is one of six EFL clubs to introduce safe standing
  
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• Dearne Valley Parkway shut LIVE updates as major route shut after crash

  21-08-2026 11:40 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Major road shut after crash
  
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• Cold water shock killed 'lovely' boy, 17, swimming with pals at Lake District beauty spot

  21-08-2026 11:39 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Absi Ahmed Mohammad got into difficulty while attempting to reach an island at High Dam near Windermere
  
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• Girl, 3, dies after becoming 'trapped in toy oven' while left 'unattended'

  21-08-2026 11:35 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Briella Holmes was found "wedged inside a wooden toy oven" at her babysitter's home in Florida, US, and died four days later from probable positional asphyxia
  
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• 'I knew I couldn't go on' - Spirit guides told me to quit 25-year long career

  21-08-2026 11:28 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Jaelithe Leigh-Brown said she was 'five steps away from getting cancer'
  
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• Mastercard ruling as millions born before 1992 could get £70 compensation

  21-08-2026 11:25 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Mastercard customers could receive payouts of up to £70 as part of a landmark group legal case
  
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• HMRC tax bill warning for 5.3 million people with savings accounts

  21-08-2026 11:14 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The number of savings accounts liable for tax has increased by 1,047% since 2018
  
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• Katie Price sent to specialist as doctors look into unexpected weight loss

  21-08-2026 11:03 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Katie Price has opened up about her health and the reason behind her unexplained weight loss
  
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• Cat types 'banned' in the UK for safety or health reasons - full list

  21-08-2026 10:33 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Everyone knows some dogs are banned, but there are also rules around owning cats
  
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• Holiday spot restaurant blaze leaves five people missing and injures eight

  21-08-2026 10:04 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Fourteen people fled the restaurant with some seriously wounded
  
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• 100 shops could go as managers consider 500 branches and three warehouses

  21-08-2026 09:40 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  There are fears for the future of warehouses employing 90 people as well as High Street shops
  
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• Met Office heavy rain forecast for 79 UK counties next week - full list

  21-08-2026 09:28 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued a heavy rain forecast for the UK as 79 counties set to be drenched with downpours
  
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• How long it takes for a brown lawn to turn green again after drought

  21-08-2026 08:41 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  If your lawn is looking brown and dry after the summer drought, you might be wondering how long it will take to recover
  
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• Two fishermen rescued after 5 days adrift in Pacific Ocean inside cooler box

  21-08-2026 08:29 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Guerrero Martínez and José Luis Portelas Villegas were found alive more than 130 nautical miles off the coast of Chiapas, according to Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy, after a five-day battle for survival at sea
  
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• Air France Flight 447 pilot's last words before horror plane crash

  21-08-2026 08:19 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A330 was en route from Brazil to France when it vanished in the midst of a ferocious storm in 2009
  
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• Council shells out £500k in injury payouts - including £160k to one person

  21-08-2026 08:13 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  A freedom of information request has shown what the council has had to pay in the past year.
  
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• 'Tiger whisperer' zookeeper mauled to death by Malayan tiger

  21-08-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Stacey Konwiser, a zookeeper and tiger expert aged just 38, died after suffering a severe mauling from Hati, a 12-year-old Malayan tiger, at Palm Beach Zoo in Florida in 2016
  
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• Air France pilot's chilling last words before crash killed all 228 aboard

  21-08-2026 08:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A330 was flying from Brazil to France when it disappeared in a violent storm in June 2009 - and not a single one of the 228 people on board survived the Air France Flight 447 crash
  
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• 38-year-old says 'people assume he's my dad' as she dates man, 73

  21-08-2026 07:37 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  The Yorkshire couple say people stare and say hurtful things
  
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• Huddersfield 'fresh start' ends in court for man with 'lifetime of drug misuse'

  21-08-2026 06:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Jobless man with over 100 convictions trying to make a "fresh start"
  
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