Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Andy Burnham has insisted Britain will continue to “support Ukraine 100 per cent”, a couple and their teenage daughter have died after getting into trouble in the water off Shoreham-by-Sea, and inflation rose to 2.9 per cent in July.

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1 | Burnham hits back after Russia threat over Ukraine’s ‘use of British drones’ in record attacks

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2 | Three members of same family die after incident in sea off Sussex coast

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3 | Ukraine’s ousted defence minister challenges Zelensky and calls for wartime elections

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4 | UK inflation rises to 2.9% in blow for Burnham

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5 | Burnham urged to join EU pact to tackle boats and fix Brexit ‘mess’

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Knife-wielding gang emerge from BMW to attack and steal watches

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The price of a taxidermy “fox head” at an antiques market, which has sold for £50,000 after it was revealed to be a rare Tasmanian tiger.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I don’t set artificial timelines. All I know is the president is eager to enforce our trade policy, he’s eager to make sure our companies aren’t discriminated against.”

Donald Trump’s threat of a 100 per cent import tariff on the UK over Britain’s digital services tax on American social media firms is “not a bluff”, US trade representative Jamieson Greer said.

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