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Donald Trump claims Iran war is ‘very close’ to being over

'I think they want to make a deal very badly.'

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Grieving mums ask ‘how many more kids will die before social media ban?’

Ellen Roome and Lisa Kenevan want the government to act now Bereaved parents are calling on Keir Starmer to ‘stop dragging his heels’ and back a ban on social media for children under 16 in a crucial vote on the issue tonight. The mums and dads of children whose deaths have been lin...

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Eddie Redmayne hit with £1,500 court bill after breaking London 20mph speed limit

Redmayne’s Audi was clocked by a speed camera at 28mph as he drove towards West Kensington

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Man ends up making world’s first ‘pickpocket map’ after visiting London just once

There is a new map for pickpockets in London (Picture: Getty/Metro) When Artem Liholitov came to London for the first time over the summer, he ‘fell in love with the city’. He spent the week visiting all the tourist hotspots, eating ‘delicious’ full English breakfasts and even ...

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Gareth Thomas nearly lost friends to chemsex. Now the rugby star wants to save lives

Gareth Thomas says society needs to have honest conversations about chemsex (Picture: @Gomezdevillaboa) Rugby legend Gareth Thomas has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of chemsex and drug misuse in the LGBTQ+ community. The Wales captain wants to help end the st...

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Iranian ships float right through Trump’s ‘Sieve of Hormuz’ blockade

More than 20 commercial ships, including three Iran-linked ships and a Chinese tanker,

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YouTuber terrorised Jewish communities by throwing money on floor to make ‘Jew traps’

'It says a lot about our youth that this sort of behaviour engages them.'

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Mum ‘died a hero’ pushing daughter’s pram to safety before crane killed her

Miller told officers ‘what’s happened mate? I ain’t hit no-one mate’

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'Sad step backward' for boy thrown from Tate Modern balcony

Family of boy who survived a 100 ft fall from London gallery but suffered life-changing injuries give sad update

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Moment killer laughs on night bus after stabbing student to death in south London

Dino Donaldson knifed Anojan Gnaneswaran to death after chasing him on to railway tracks in Twickenham

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BA passenger sues for £50,000 saying cut on little finger gave him nightmares

Andrew Chesterton, 61, was flying from Heathrow to Cincinnati for a holiday in 2023 when he put his hand in a gap between seats and caught two of his fingers on a sharp object (Picture: Champion News; Getty) A businessman is suing British Airways for more than £50,000, claiming he suffe...

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Neighbour ‘poisoned dad with ant killer in parking row’

Sally Beaney outside Southampton Magistrates Court where she appeared charged charged with poisoning her neighbour with ant killer (Picture: Daily Echo/Solent News) A 75-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with poisoning her neighbour with ant killer. Sally Beaney is accused ...

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Murdered student's father says he 'wanted to hold dying son's hand' as second man appears in court after Primrose Hill stabbing

Khalid Abdulqadir, 18, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, violent disorder and possession of a knife

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Moment pupil returns to high school to shoot 16 people before killing himself

The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a canteen employee and a police officer wounded, Mr Sildak said.

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Farmers in tractors bring Belfast Airport to a standstill in fuel protest

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Ghislaine Maxwell's nephew to stand as councillor in Tower Hamlets at local elections

Ted Maxwell is running as an independent candidate for the Bethnal Green West ward in Tower Hamlets

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Labour MP wants to make 2026 ‘summer of sex’ with x-rated display in Parliament

Samantha Niblett wants ‘lifelong sex education’ to encourage healthy relationships (Picture: @samantha_niblett_mp) A Labour MP has vowed to turn 2026 into the ‘summer of sex’ in a jaw-droppingly frank new interview arguing for broader, lifelong sexual education. Samantha Niblett...

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Trump says Aberdeen ‘should be booming’ in call for UK to ‘drill, baby, drill’ for North Sea oil

Donald Trump is grasping for solutions to the global oil crisis With oil prices skyrocketing after the Strait of Hormuz blockade, Donald Trump is grasping at the ‘special relationship’ for a solution. The US President, fresh from comparing himself to Jesus, took to social media to m...

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Street fight breaks out between families wielding studded planks and metal poles

A vigilante family took the law into their own hands in a neighbour's row, which saw a large group brawl with shocking weapons.

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Brit woman to marry Texas death row killer just weeks before scheduled execution

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