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Flights could be grounded to stop passengers being exposed to solar flares

Many commercial flights may need to be rerouted or grounded to prevent passengers from being exposed to space radiation from solar flares.

08-18 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/17/flights-grounded-stop-passengers-exposed-solar-flares-29394668/

Moment woman jumps from burning 11th-floor building

'That was a real nail-biter.'

08-17 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/16/moment-woman-jumps-burning-11th-floor-building-29388637/

The ‘holy grail’ of Nintendo consoles is on sale for £9,000 at auction

The three consoles were officially licensed variants of the Game & Watch series used to promote Phosphatine, a popular French cereal and infant food product.

08-17 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/14/holy-grail-nintendo-consoles-sale-9-000-auction-29377804/

Japan is selling ‘human fridges’ for genius reason

It's just two metres tall and made of stainless steel.

08-14 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/13/japan-selling-human-fridges-genius-reason-29367684/

Deadly Ebola virus could be mutating after thousands of cases

Health officials are planning to scale up efforts to fight disease with a high mortality rate.

08-10 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/07/deadly-ebola-virus-mutating-thousands-cases-29323191/

‘I pretend to be a cannibal and watch porn for 8 hours a day – it’s all part of my job’

'Even if you're given, "how do you molest a two-year-old," despite having a two-year-old in the house, the task is timed.'

08-10 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/09/i-pretend-cannibal-watch-porn-hours-work-29126979/

School trip got so out of hand they had to apologise to entirety of Thailand

Five students were fined by police.

07-28 https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/27/italian-school-forced-apologise-whole-thailand-bad-behaviour-29231654/

Theme park cable car plunges to the ground and narrowly avoids people below

The accident happened at a fair in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, on Friday night during the event's second day of activities.

07-21 https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/20/theme-park-cable-car-plunges-ground-narrowly-avoids-people-29182419/

Fisherman survives nine days lost in the wilderness

The 79-year-old had headed out into dense woodland near the remote village of Pilvo on Russia's Sakhalin Island.

07-18 https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/17/man-manages-survive-lost-wilderness-nine-days-going-fish-29150145/

British man jailed in Iran has ‘unjustifiable’ sentence extended by two years

'We didn’t think we could be any more shocked at their appalling treatment, but in this case we are absolutely flabbergasted.'

07-16 https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/15/british-man-jailed-iran-unjustifiable-sentence-extended-two-years-29144174/