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Mum who nearly died after Turkey cosmetic surgery urges people to stay in the UK
Katrina Marshall was left with severe infections after having three surgeries on the same day in Turkey (Picture: Katrina Marshall/Metro)
A woman who ended up fighting for her life after infections following cosmetic surgery in Turkey…
Major UK supermarket launches £129-a-month weight loss jab club
The supermarket says its offering could help customers to lose up to 20% of their bodyweight in a year.
Manhunt after woman sexually assaulted in street near Tube station
The man allegedly attacked the woman in Hammersmith in May.
Fraudster conned own grandad out of £64,000 life savings leaving him ‘ruined’
Aidan Frier, 26, from South Shields, faked photos of himself out on jobs and bank statements to convince his family he had a high-flying position with a water company.
How a generation-bending TikTok campaign saved a local boozer
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Child killer Ian Huntley’s cruel football shirt taunt inside prison
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Pensioner dies after car crashes down embankment onto railway
The car had landed on its roof after a fall down the steep embankment in Harrogate (Picture: YappApp)
A man in his 70s has died after his car fell down an embankment onto the railway tracks in North Yorkshire.
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Moment boy, 15, shot dead in front of children at family fun day in ‘Teletubbies Park’
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Family pays tribute to man, 58, killed in M60 motorbike crash
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Amber warning for torrential rain and thunder issued as UK hit by downpours
All of London, Brighton and parts of Cambridge have been issued an amber alert with forecasters fearing torrential rain and flooding.
Amber warning for torrential rain and thunder issued as UK hit by downpours
All of London, Brighton and parts of Cambridge have been issued an amber alert with forecasters fearing torrential rain and flooding.
Banksy’s manager reveals the central London building hiding his ‘unseen’ artwork
There is an unknown treasure trove of graffiti in a London car park.
Four students killed in 94mph crash after drunk driver lost control of car
Makyle Bayley, 22, Eva Darold-Tchikaya, 21, Anthony Hibbert, 24, and Daljang Wol, 22, died at the scene.
Italian Oasis fans recreate iconic Manchester street Renaissance photo
‘What a joyful thing in this miserable world.’
‘Gangster granny’ who got her cat a £400 Gucci collar jailed over £80,000,000 cocaine plot
Deborah Mason, dubbed ‘Queen Bee’, recruited relatives into the ‘extraordinarily profitable’ operation.
Coward who murdered ex’s ‘gentle’ dad in ‘revenge’ for break-up jailed for life
Kamar Williams, 34, was caught at Notting Hill Carnival after spending a month on the run for murdering bus driver Derek Thomas.
WH Smiths stores begin reopening as TG Jones on UK high streets
The 480 WH Smith stores around the UK will disappear over the coming weeks – but many will reopen under a new brand.
The Epping unrest proves far-right violence never went away
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What is devil’s breath? The truth behind the ‘world’s scariest drug’
The potent drug is said to have been used on a woman on the Tube.
Experts warn London to Berlin trains ‘might not happen’

Train experts have said that plans for a direct route between the UK and Germany should be taken with ‘a pinch of salt’.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz yesterday signed an agreement which aims to create direct train services between London and Berlin.
The Kensington treaty, which also included e-gates for frequent travellers, school exchange programmes and defence, aims to begin services within the next decade.
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A joint task force has been set up to smooth barriers that block direct train travel, including border control, commercial and technical issues, as trains and tracks can be different between the countries.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said UK passengers could be able to visit iconic Berlin sights directly by rail ‘in just a matter of years.’
She said: ‘This landmark agreement – part of a new treaty the Prime Minister will sign with Chancellor Merz today – has the potential to fundamentally change how millions of people travel between our two countries, offering a faster, more convenient and significantly greener alternative to flying.’

Other possible routes include Frankfurt, Cologne and Geneva.
However, an expert in European rail travel, Mark Smith, who runs the popular Man in Seat 61 website, said a direct link between London and Berlin is unlikely.
‘If you’re running several trains a day from Frankfurt or Cologne, you can probably justify that. One train a day to Berlin that would take all day, you probably can’t justify that either,’ Mark told Metro.
‘I think it is unlikely that an operator will find a commercial way to run a train all the way to and from Berlin with full customs, border control and passport checks located in Berlin.
Eurostar journey times between London and Europe
- London – Paris: 2h 16m
- London – Brussels: Less than two hours
- London – Amsterdam: 3h 50m
- London – Lille: 1h 20m
- London – Rotterdam: 3h 31m
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‘As distance increases, the track access costs rise, the number of journeys you get out of the rolling stop dramatically reduces – to Berlin, you are basically going to get one journey a day out of a very expensive piece of kit.
‘And yet, the money you can get from London to Berlin isn’t that much greater than London to Brussels because a one-directional flight, which you’re competing with, is about the same cost.’
A journey between the capitals would only be possible if the government poured money into subsidising the route or it was taken over by an operator with enough train stock, he said.
Due to platform and rolling stock limitations, there might only be one train a day, but there would still have to be border checks and separated facilities at stations as the UK is outside the Schengen zone.
But Mark did say people appear to be eager for more train routes after a new eight-hour train from Paris to Berlin launched in December, which is ‘heavily booked.’
‘This is because people are fed up with air travel in airports, and they want to travel more sustainably,’ he said. ‘But that Paris to Berlin train doesn’t need border controls.
‘There is demand for longer-distance travel, but it is difficult to serve commercially from the UK with all the border controls.
‘I give credence to a train to Cologne and Frankfurt. Eurostar have actually said they want to run to Frankfurt and Geneva, and the run to Frankfurt goes via Cologne.
‘It’s not going to be easy to find secure platform space at Frankfurt and Geneva, but Cologne is going to be a real problem, and they haven’t got a solution for that yet.’
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Full list of store closures in July 2025 from Poundland to New Look and River Island
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