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      <title><![CDATA[TFG London brands hit by cyber-attack as H&M probes separate breach claim]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dozens of seabirds found dead or dying on Orkney beach]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welsh Government Secures Labour Support for £60m Children's Learning Needs Budget]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Federal Minister Condemns 'Racist' Stoning Remarks After 19 Death Threats]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal minister Anne Aly condemns parliamentary remarks calling for her to be "stoned in the square" as racist and misogynistic, revealing she received 19 death threats in one week. The comments by opposition MP Angie Bell sparked debate over escalating threats against Australian parliamentarians.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burnham to visit Scotland during SNP conference, reiterates independence referendum is 'off limits']]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Over 150 clinicians urge government to cut classroom screen time over health fears]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone strikes sink ship off Bulgaria; 11 crew still missing in Black Sea]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cockroach Janta Party leaders arrested after breaching Delhi protest barricades]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Test Your Football Knowledge With Three Daily Quizzes]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Test your football knowledge with three daily quizzes: identify mystery footballers, answer rapid-fire questions, and solve brain-teasing riddles. Enable notifications for new challenges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:19:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newcastle's Community Cupboard opens as social supermarket tackles cost-of-living crisis]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Newcastle-under-Lyme's first social supermarket opened on Monday, offering customers the chance to buy groceries at cost price with dignity and choice. Founded by Thomas Cliffe and Laura Steele, Community Cupboard addresses local poverty affecting one in four children.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[E Jean Carroll's Trump victory documentary and tonight's essential viewing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[E Jean Carroll's documentary about suing Donald Trump twice dominates tonight's viewing, alongside Bake Off bread week, the Blue Lights trial finale, John Simpson's BBC retrospective, and the Sky Arts Awards from London's Roundhouse.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cornwall Cracks Down on Fly-Tippers With £5,000 Fine Threat]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cornwall Council is intensifying its fight against fly-tipping with fines up to £5,000 and covert cameras. The county recorded 17,500 incidents over five years, with a 27% surge in 2024/25.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Red squirrel conservation groups invited to bid for £250k in community grants]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Conservation groups across northern England and southern Scotland can now apply for grants up to £5,000 to support red squirrel protection projects. The £250,000 scheme aims to engage communities in protecting the endangered species, which has declined to around 287,000 individuals across Britain.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mother's anguish as drink and drug driver freed after serving half sentence for killing two children]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A mother has expressed anger after the driver who killed her two children in a 2022 M4 crash was released from prison after serving less than half his nine-year sentence. Martin Newman, who was drink and drug-driving, struck the family's stationary car, killing Gracie-Ann, four, and Jayden-Lee, t...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IMF raises UK growth forecast to 1.3% for 2026 but warns of slowdown ahead]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bumble shares surge 50% on $1bn takeover talks with Ithaca Holdings]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bumble's stock price surged nearly 50% following reports of advanced acquisition talks with Ithaca Holdings at approximately $1bn, though the valuation remains far below the company's 2021 peak.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Labor pledges $630m for charities as Greens split on Ukraine weapons and tech regulation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Labor announces a $630 million funding boost for charities following Fair Work Commission wage determinations, while the Greens negotiate tech regulation legislation and face internal disagreement over military support for Ukraine.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burnham revives Brexit debate as Labour pushes for closer EU ties]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reopened debate about Brexit, arguing the UK should deepen ties with the EU. He plans to pursue short-term deals at a November summit while leaving open the possibility of a future referendum on EU membership.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[650 more prisoners freed in second phase of early release scheme]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[About 650 more offenders will leave jails in England and Wales on 13 October in the second phase of the government's early release scheme. The releases are putting strain on probation services, with staffing shortages reaching 25–30% in some areas. Probation officers are voting on potential strik...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mobeen Azhar's Muslim Documentary Tackles Islamophobia With Unflinching Honesty]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Varadi hails return of banana craze as City fans embrace club's turbulent past]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Richardson withdrawn from World Championships amid misconduct investigation]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[SNP Minister Defends £11,000 Artist-in-Residence Role for Shetland]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burnham to seek new EU deals on trade, energy and mobility at November summit]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burnham pledges to release details of Manchester City meetings from his time as mayor]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woman arrested following suspicious death of baby girl in Cambridgeshire]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[French supermarkets hit by major cyber attack that heated fridges to 50C]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Britain will not tolerate threats, Miliband warns after summoning Iran ambassador]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI cameras detect nearly 19,000 driving violations in two-week West Midlands trial]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA['Andy Burnham handed us the award': Inside Courteeners' Not Nineteen Forever]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Normandy Veteran Henry Rice Dies at 100]]></title>
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