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• Heatwave latest: Emergency alerts sent to millions across England and Wales over threat of wildfires - Sky News14 August 2026, 10:47 pm
  Heatwave latest: Emergency alerts sent to millions across England and Wales over threat of wildfires  Sky NewsFires prompt national alert as 19 homes destroyed  BBCEmergency alert warning of wildfire risk sent to phones in England and Wales  The GuardianWildfires in Britain hit record levels after homes burn in intense heat  reuters.comEmergency wildfire phone alerts descend into chaos  The Telegraph
  
• Audrey Werro holds off Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson to win European 800m gold - The Guardian14 August 2026, 10:38 pm
  Audrey Werro holds off Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson to win European 800m gold  The GuardianEuropean Athletics Championships 2026: Keely Hodgkinson takes 800m silver behind Swiss rival Audrey Werro  BBCEuropean Athletics Championships 2026: Werro holds off Hodgkinson for gold in 800m, Hughes takes silver in 200m – live  The GuardianEuropean Athletics Championships 2026: Updates from Birmingham as Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson compete  Sky SportsCoe: Friday's 800m final could be the "race of the year" – and it'll be won or lost in the "killing zone"  Athletics Weekly
  
• Trump downplays concerns about sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln amid record deployment - The Guardian14 August 2026, 10:15 pm
  Trump downplays concerns about sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln amid record deployment  The GuardianUS aircraft carrier on way to relieve USS Lincoln after issues reported on board  BBCUS navy sailor jumps overboard after 250 days at sea  The TelegraphHegseth says reports about poor conditions aboard carrier are misrepresented  reuters.comNavy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War  The New York Times
  
• X Factor star gives birth to first child – eight years after reaching show final - The Sun14 August 2026, 8:31 pm
  X Factor star gives birth to first child – eight years after reaching show final  The Sun
  
• ‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires - The Guardian14 August 2026, 8:00 pm
  ‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires  The GuardianWhat we know so far about the West Midlands fires  BBCDon’t light fires in ‘tinderbox’ Britain, says Andy Burnham before farms meeting  ITVXStourbridge Fire Update from Chief Fire Officer – 14 August 2026  West Midlands Fire ServiceBurnham warns of ‘tinderbox’ Britain after week of intense heat  Financial Times
  
• Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead - The Guardian14 August 2026, 7:56 pm
  Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead  The GuardianJason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead  BBCJason Arday obituary: youngest ever black Cambridge professor  The TimesJason Arday dead: Former Cambridge University academic don die afta accuse of magomago  BBCJason Arday found dead  The Telegraph
  
• Liverpool: FSG sell minority stake to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos-backed consortium led by Amit Bhatia - Sky Sports14 August 2026, 7:28 pm
  Liverpool: FSG sell minority stake to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos-backed consortium led by Amit Bhatia  Sky SportsJeff Bezos: Amazon founder part of consortium that agrees to buy into Liverpool  BBCFSG announces strategic minority investment in Liverpool FC  Liverpool FCArsenal in talks over Quansah; transfer news; Giuliani slams Infantino’s critics: football – as it happened  The GuardianAmit Bhatia to be Liverpool vice-chairman as part of £1.65bn deal  The Times
  
• Luigi Mangione admits killing healthcare boss as victim's family condemn 'heinous act' - BBC14 August 2026, 7:23 pm
  Luigi Mangione admits killing healthcare boss as victim's family condemn 'heinous act'  BBCLuigi Mangione admits killing healthcare CEO and pleads guilty to federal charges  BBC‘I shot Mr Thompson’: Luigi Mangione describes his planning and the killing of health insurance CEO  The GuardianLuigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO  CNNWhat to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Double Jeopardy Claims  WSJ
  
• He told 999 call he was 'like Jekyll and Hyde' as he stabbed at girlfriend's head - liverpoolecho.co.uk14 August 2026, 7:14 pm
  He told 999 call he was 'like Jekyll and Hyde' as he stabbed at girlfriend's head  liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
• Train derails in Essex in second incident in two days | ITV News Anglia - ITVX14 August 2026, 7:03 pm
  Train derails in Essex in second incident in two days | ITV News Anglia  ITVX'The train swung wildly,' says passenger on board derailed service in Essex  BBCNational Rail says heat poses ‘exceptional challenges’ after two trains derail in 24 hours  The GuardianWickford derailment latest: National Rail insists British trains ‘among safest in world’ after second crash in 24 hours  The IndependentEssex train derailment: second train derails in less than 24 hours  The Times
  
• You can now buy the 626bhp Defender Dakar racer – and drive it on the road - Autocar14 August 2026, 7:02 pm
  You can now buy the 626bhp Defender Dakar racer – and drive it on the road  AutocarLand Rover’s building a limited-edition, road-legal V8 Defender Dakar  Top GearRoad-legal Defender Dakar is 635hp 'pinnacle'  PistonHeadsMad Land Rover Defender Dakar is a rally hero you can actually drive on the road  Auto ExpressThe Defender Dakar Is the Most Extreme Land Rover Yet  Car and Driver
  
• Builders discover £7.6m of gold hidden in wall - The Telegraph14 August 2026, 6:55 pm
  Builders discover £7.6m of gold hidden in wall  The TelegraphBelgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer  The GuardianBuilders unearth €9m gold loot sealed in walls of Belgian property  BBC€9m treasure trove found by construction workers: ‘I thought they were €1 coins’  VRTM of gold found hidden in brewery cellar while laying sewage pipe  New York Post
  
• Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule - BBC14 August 2026, 6:25 pm
  Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule  BBCUnder the Taliban, Afghanistan is, for once, peaceful  The EconomistFive years after the Taliban takeover: the normalization of the exclusion of women and girls in Afghanistan  UN WomenFive years after the Taliban swept to power, does the West have any influence?  BBCAfghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule  The New York Times
  
• The new Flachbau RS is a one-off Porsche 911 GT2 RS built to look (a bit) like Moby Dick - Top Gear14 August 2026, 6:00 pm
  The new Flachbau RS is a one-off Porsche 911 GT2 RS built to look (a bit) like Moby Dick  Top GearPorsche Flachbau RS: the Sonderwunsch one-off that brings a legendary motorsport silhouette back to life  PorschePorsche Flachbau RS resurrects slantnose 911  PistonHeadsPorsche's brought the 911 GT2 RS back to life with new one-off Flachbau  evo.co.ukThe iconic Porsche Flatnose is back, and it’s as stunning as you’d expect  Auto Express
  
• Two dead after light aircraft crash in Trawsfynydd - BBC14 August 2026, 5:27 pm
  Two dead after light aircraft crash in Trawsfynydd  BBCTwo people dead after aircraft crashes in Wales  Wales OnlineTwo people die following aircraft crash in Gwynedd | ITV News  ITVX🚨 (UK NEWS) A multi-agency air and ground search was launched after the aircraft failed to arrive at Caernarfon airport  facebook.comTwo people dead after light aircraft crash  Yahoo News Canada