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Passengers said they were trapped inside the aircraft for more than two hours as temperatures soared.

Passengers treated like ‘animals’ in shocking flight ordeal

Passengers say the temperature soared to ‘high 40s’ and likened the experience to being ‘locked inside a sauna’.

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The new British Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party, Andy Burnham, gestures as he speaks to the media as he arrives at 10 Downing Street.

Britain’s new PM promises a lot but reveals little

THE ECONOMIST: Andy Burnham’s soaring rhetoric has not been matched by a transformative vision for government. 

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 Andy Burnham chops mushrooms as he helps prepare breakfast during a visit to The Passage Homeless Charity. Later he became the UK's 59th Prime Minister,

UK’s new PM sends signal with visit to homeless charity

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Andy Burnham’s day began with a visit to a homeless shelter in central London before he shook hands with King Charles III in the gilded splendour of Buckingham Palace.

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Andy Burnham delivers his inaugural speech as UK's new Prime Minister on on July 20, 2026 in London, England.

New UK PM Burnham pledges 10-year plan for Britain

Andy Burnham has given his first address as UK Prime Minister with a vow to make this moment “a circuit breaker for Britain”.

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Father-of-four Jez Bridges has revealed how doctor's discovered he has a rare eye cancer that has spread to his liver.

How dad learnt of terminal diagnosis after no symptoms

A father-of-four has revealed how a routine appointment uncovered a terminal eye cancer diagnosis that has spread to his liver, leaving him with just two years to live.

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Major health update for toddler allegedly thrown into croc enclosure.

Health update for toddler allegedly thrown into croc enclosure

Loved ones have released a new statement following the boy’s seventh surgery.

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Andy Burnham has promised Britain's ‘biggest rebalancing of power’ during a speech in Manchester. (AP PHOTO)

New PM faces old problems: How to grow Britain’s economy

THE NEW YORK TIMES: One after the other, Britain’s recent prime ministers have pledged to revive the nation’s economy. One after the other, the promised growth eluded them.

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The new rule came into effect in February.

New passport rule leaves teen stranded overseas for months

The 15-year-old missed six weeks of education, prompting her school to intervene in the ordeal.

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The ceremonial knife used by killer Vickrum Digwa becomes a focal point of a legal argument with his brother in the back of a UK police van.

‘I am a fool’: Cop van confession from Nowak killer emerges

The man who killed the UK 18-year-old with a ceremonial blade and told police that he was the victim of a racial attack was recorded confessing to his brother 36 hours afterwards.

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Emma Marsden contracted the parasite after falling into a wheelbarrow full of dirt and water while wearing contact lenses.

Horror as parasite eats mum’s eye after one small mistake

‘I’ve had three kids and giving birth is a dream compared to this pain,’ she said.

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Sir Keir Starmer now begins packing up his things in preparation to leave Downing Street, just two years after walking in on the back of a mammoth and historic landslide. 

Unusual effect of Starmer's final farewell as UK PM

LATIKA M BOURKE: Sir Keir Starmer now begins packing up his things in preparation to leave Downing Street, just two years after walking in on the back of a mammoth and historic landslide. 

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Prince Harry's trip to the UK may have healed his rift with his father but his relationship with brother Prince William still appears as fractured as ever.

Missing from Prince Harry’s UK trip: A brotherly reunion

Harry is clearly repairing his relationship with King Charles III, but the rift with his brother William remains unresolved.

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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.

UK police arrest man who threatened to shoot Farage in head

The arrest came less than a week after the murder of fellow Reform UK member Ann Widdecombe.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend his final PMQs on July 15, 2026 in London, England.

Jokes, barbs & a TV appointment: Keir’s last Question Time

The Labour leader fielded questions, criticism and praise in a final Prime Minister’s Questions session, in which he noted an ‘important appointment with the television’ to watch England take on Argentina.

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Keir Starmer is poised to leave number 10 Downing Street.

Keir Starmer prepares for final acts as UK’s PM

Keir Starmer will face his last grilling in Britain's parliament as prime minister before handing the reins to his Labour colleague Andy Burnham.

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There's widespread concern about the negative effect of late-night scrolling on teens.

Social media ban extended beyond 16yr olds

Teens will be blocked from social media between midnight and 6am, in bid to prevent the negative effects of late-night scrolling on mental health.

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UK police are still trying to establish a motive for the murder of former minister Ann Widdecombe.

‘Targeted attack’: Update in ex-MP's murder as motive probed

The murder of a former British foreign minister was a targeted attack, UK police say.

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A Ryanair flight from the UK to Albania was rerouted twice and the flying time was quadrupled.

‘It was mental’: 3-hour flight turns into 12-hour nightmare

What was supposed to be a three-hour journey became 12 hours of hell, with passengers staging a mid-air ‘mutiny’.

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