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Andy Burnham will ‘welcome with open arms’ Nigel Farage’s decision to spend his summer ‘arguing with a bin’, says JAMES TAPSFIELD as he delivers verdict on Reform’s by-election backfire
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned his Clacton seat, triggering a by-election that he intends to contest himself, after a Parliamentary Standards investigation into an undeclared £5 million gift from British-Thai billionaire Christopher Harborne. According to Daily Mail Political Editor James Tapsfield, speaking on the paper’s Deep Dive podcast, the move is a “furious…
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Water firm CEO’s £660k payment ‘hard to accept’, says surfer
People criticise a £660,000 extra payment to Yorkshire Water’s boss amid rising bills and pollution.
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CAA Slams Meta for Using Opt-Out Policy for AI Platform Muse Image, Which Can Create Content Using Public Instagram Accounts
CAA released a statement Wednesday night calling out the privacy risks of Meta’s new AI model Muse Image, which gives users the ability to create an AI photo of someone just by plugging in their public Instagram handle. The AI model operates on an opt-out policy, meaning users have to manually block access if they…
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DAN HODGES: Farage is learning that when voters are shouting at you, it’s bad. When they’re laughing at you, it’s over…
‘I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.’
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US unleashes new round of strikes on Iran and Tehran targets Gulf allies after Trump claims they were begging for a deal but can’t be trusted: ‘They’re sort of crazy’
The United States and Iran exchanged a further round of heavy strikes on Wednesday, deepening a conflict in the Persian Gulf, as President Donald Trump branded Tehran “crazy” while claiming Iranian officials were desperate to strike a deal with him. The escalation matters because it threatens to collapse a fragile ceasefire and an interim agreement…
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Boyz II Men Headlines 2026 Tour of Australia and New Zealand
Boyz II Men have announced a 2026 tour of Australia and New Zealand, continuing the veteran R&B group’s long-running appeal to nostalgia-minded audiences. They will headline a package of 1990s US acts, joined by Grammy-winning rap group Salt-N-Pepa and new jack swing pioneers Bell Biv DeVoe, who will be performing in Australia for the first…
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Liberal senator Sarah Henderson could go to jail after breaking law during the Telstra outage – as Angus Taylor insists she was doing her job
Australian Liberal senator Sarah Henderson could face a jail threat after admitting she made two “test” calls to the Triple Zero emergency line during Wednesday’s nationwide Telstra outage. Making false calls to the emergency service is a criminal offence carrying a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment, so the admission has triggered political controversy. It…
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Platner’s disastrous candidacy exposes rifts that could dampen Democrats’ Senate hopes
Along with creating tumult in a must-win race for Democrats, Graham Platner’s exit is laying bare division between the party’s left wing and moderates.
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This 4-Part Sci-Fi Series Officially Changed the Winning Formula for Steamy TV Romance
A Collider feature by Kelcie Mattson, published on 8 July 2026, argues that the cult sci-fi series Farscape reshaped how television handles on-screen romance. It contends that the Sci-Fi Channel show, which ran from 1999, deliberately abandoned the industry’s long-standing “will they, won’t they” formula and instead placed a committed love story at the heart…
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U.S. Launches New Airstrikes On Iran And Tehran Fires Back At Gulf Arab States
The strikes came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the fragile ceasefire.