2 h. ago Top doctor behind bot that ‘skips’ UK driving test queue for eye

The Mirror's probe comes after the practical test backlog topped 600,000 for the first time earlier this year – with the average wait time now a staggering 22 weeks

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3 h. ago Death in Paradise fans thrilled as detective returns to iconic role in spin

The spin-off series, Beyond Paradise, is already filming in Cornwall, and fans are delighted.

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3 h. ago Bert the police dog who took part in Queen's funeral and once sniffed out £250,000 of cash in single search dies in car crash

PD Bert, a five-year-old springer spaniel, was involved in a collision with a BMW on Stockton Street, Hartlepool at around 9pm on Thursday, July 17.

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3 h. ago More than 140 fall ill with unexplained virus on cruise ship

An investigation has been launched after passengers and crew had to be isolated

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4 h. ago US tech boss suspended after viral Coldplay kiss cam clip sparks probe

Tech firm Astronomer has launched an internal investigation following the incident

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4 h. ago I have the world's longest chin... doctors have no idea why it didn't stop growing, but I blame something I ate

A Japanese YouTuber has gone viral for having what he claims to be the world's longest chin.

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4 h. ago £20k reward offered to solve murder of boy, 15, shot dead at London park festival

Rene Graham died after being shot at a music festival a crowded park in Ladbroke Grove, west London.

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4 h. ago S Club 7's Jon Lee reveals secret crystal meth addiction which almost almost killed him

Iconic band S Club 7 has been hit by a series of tragedies in recent years and on of its band members has now revealed a harrowing drug addiction which saw him almost die

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4 h. ago A doctor laughed in my face when I said I felt like a ghost was touching my body

For nearly 20 years, UK author Chris Bridges lived with bizarre, unexplained symptoms, numbness, fatigue, and sensations that felt like ghostly touches. Doctors told him it was stress.

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4 h. ago Roger Norrington: a maverick, an irresistible firebrand and a musical visionary

The conductor, whose historically informed evangelism helped transform the classical music world, has died. Tom Service remembers a man who looked to the past to find a fresh and thrilling present.• Five key Norrington recordingsThe conductor Sir Roger Norrington, whose death was announced yesterday at the age of 91, remains still the maverick presence that classical music needs. His mission wasn’t only to make us hear the repertoire we thought it knew through the prism of the techniques and playing styles of its time, rather than the ossifications of later traditions. He was also an irresistible firebrand in performance, whose energy wasn’t only about inspiring his performers to get closer to the music they were playing, it was also an invitation to his audiences that their listening should be involved too. Norrington wanted everyone to feel the urgency of Beethoven’s rhetorical power and rudeness, from the radiance of one of his favourite pieces, the Missa Solemnis, to the emetic ...

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4 h. ago Miriam Margolyes: ‘The closest I’ve come to death? When the media reported my imminent demise’

The actor on disappointing her mother, the only time she will tell a lie, and a terrible spat with Glenda JacksonBorn in Oxford, Miriam Margolyes, 84, began acting at Cambridge University. In 1994, she won a Bafta for her role in The Age of Innocence and was later cast as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films. Her stage credits include Wicked, The Vagina Monologues and Dickens’ Women; her TV work includes Trollied and Blackadder. In 2002, she was made OBE, and in 2022 received a BBC Audio Drama lifetime achievement award. She takes Margolyes and Dickens: More Best Bits to the Edinburgh fringe at the Pleasance at EICC, Pentland theatre from 9-24 August. She lives in London.When were you happiest? On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine by metal chain in freak accident

The 61-year-old suffered catastrophic injuries at Nassau Open MRI in Long Island on Wednesday afternoon

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5 h. ago Air India pilot's final words as he left home on day of plane crash that killed 260 'after he turned off fuel switches'

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the senior pilot onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that plummeted into a residential area, killing 241 people on board and 19 people on the ground.

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5 h. ago Man sucked into MRI machine while wearing large metal necklace dies

The man, who has not yet been identified, was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries but he sadly died a day after the horror incident.

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5 h. ago Brit who drowned in Portugal hotel pool tragedy 'died trying to save his best friend'

King Edonmi, 29, and Mo Liasu, 27, both from Ipswich, died after being pulled from a hotel swimming pool in Albufeira, Portugal, and were pronounced dead at the scene

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6 h. ago Driver in his 70s dies after car crashes on to railway track

North Yorkshire Police said the car was found on the line near Stray Rein in Harrogate.

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6 h. ago Tech CEO suspended after Coldplay kisscam embrace 'with head of HR' goes viral

Beleagured bosses at the US tech firm where colleagues rumoured to be the Coldplay kiss cam couple work have suspended the CEO amid a probe into the matter, they said in a statement

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6 h. ago 'I thought alcoholic Mum was making me laugh then her eyes rolled back and she died'

Heart Radio's Pandora Christie opens up about the tragic, heartbreaking life events that she won't let define her - and her friendship with co-host and new dad, Mark Wright

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6 h. ago Coleen Nolan emotional as she gives major update on brother's cancer after sister's death

Coleen Nolan has opened up on her family's well-being in her latest newsletter, exclusively for the Mirror

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6 h. ago Full Man United squad for Leeds United friendly as decisions made on four players

Man United new signings Matheus Cunha and Diego Leon could feature for the first time since signing against Leeds United in a pre-season friendly

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