In this Wednesday’s Mirror Daily Digest, we’ve pulled together the biggest stories of the day from Poland’s shooting down of Russian drones to King Charles paving the way for a reunion with Harry
Welcome to the Mirror’s Daily Digest, where we pull together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Sport teams and more. This Wednesday, we’re featuring everything from Poland’s shooting down of Russian drones to the latest on Prince Harry’s reunion with King Charles and one dad’s plea to the government.
This morning, many would have awoken to growing WW3 fears after Poland shot down Russian drones after ‘violating its airspace’ during an attack on Ukraine. Elsewhere, King Charles has been spotted back in London, paving the way for a reunion with Prince Harry and a dad has made urged the government to consider a new ban after he live blogged his own suicide.
Poland-Russia: Millions warned to take shelter after Putin’s ‘act of war’
WW3 fears grew this morning after it emerged that Poland had shot down a Russian drone after the country’s forces “repeatedly violated” its airspace during an overnight attack on Ukraine. The NATO nation used its air defence system to blast the drones out of the sky amid what it described as an “act of aggression that posed a real threat to the safety of our citizens”.
People living in the Podlaskie, Mazowieckie and Lubelskie regions of Poland, home to approximately 8.7 million people, were told to take shelter early this morning. Russia claimed its strikes had hit “designated targets” in Ukraine and insisted its drones would not have been capable of reaching Poland.
Tensions are also rising in the Middle East after Donald Trump condemned Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar’s capital of Doha, which killed at least five members of the militant group yesterday. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said that the county’s defences were “operating to intercept” the retaliatory strike which was launched from Yemen.
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King Charles spotted in London paving way for Prince Harry reunion
As Prince Harry continues his four-day UK visit, our Royal team broke the news that King Charles has been seen arriving at Clarence House in London – potentially paving the way for a reunion with his estranged son. The monarch was seen leaving the RAF Northolt in West London at around 3pm today after travelling back to the capital from Balmoral, where he has been spending the summer.
After driving from the private airbase with a police escort, the King set off for Clarence House, arriving at the royal residence at 3:46pm. Harry visited Imperial College London today where he dropped in on the Centre for Blast Injury Studies, which he opened 12 years ago before heading out for another visit this evening – meaning there is a potential window of opportunity to meet.
The Duke of Sussex is expected to attend an event, linked to the Invictus Games, elsewhere in London this evening, giving the father and son a small window of opportunity to meet. He is in the UK this week having attended the WellChild Awards in London on Monday night, before making a trip to Nottingham for a day of engagements on Tuesday.
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‘My son live blogged his suicide then I bought the poison he used – it needs to be banned’
The knock on the door came at 5.30am, and it changed David Parfett’s life for ever. “I looked out and there was a police car outside,” he recalls. “At that moment, I knew.”
What David knew was that his son, Tom – who loved sing-alongs in the car and his family – had taken his own life at the age of 22. David had been worried about Tom, who was autistic, lived with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder and had been sectioned for talking about suicide.
But the day before he died, in October 2021, Tom had told his dad he was planning to seek help. “I believed him,” David says. But instead, Tom checked himself into a Premier Inn in Surrey and ingested a lethal poison he had bought from a pro-suicide website.
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Strictly’s future called into question after two decades of scandals on show
Strictly Come Dancing has faced its fair share of scandals since it first aired on BBC back in 2004. Looking back at the hit show’s controversies, our Showbiz team have been trying to discern whether the show can continue amongst the drama.
Between the dreaded ‘Strictly curse’, horror injuries, sexism scandals, bullying rows, misconduct, stars being axed or suspended for their behaviour, and decisions to include some rather unpopular contestants, the iconic dance competition has been sending tongues wagging for over two decades now.
Despite rehearsals being in full swing ahead the new series this month, a dark cloud has already settled over Strictly’s star-spangled launch.The latest debate surrounding the show involves far-right Apprentice star Thomas Skinner who furiously stormed out of a scheduled roundtable interview on Tuesday before snatching a reporter’s phone.
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M25 ‘road rage brawl’ as woman drags motorist from car by hair
A woman was seen dragging another motorist out of their car by their hair, as six people were captured on camera having a “road rage brawl” on a motorway. The group of people – two men and four women – can be seen throwing punches at one another before a woman drags another woman out of a car by her hair.
According to a witness the fight involved occupants of a white Audi A3 and a larger black car on the M25. The scrap took place on Sunday evening on the southbound lanes of the motorway, in Surrey and near the J12 Thorpe interchange with the M3.
Surrey Police confirmed that four people were arrested on suspicion of affray and assault – three have since been released under investigation and one has been released with no further action. An eyewitness who drove past at the time said: “It looked like a road rage brawl.
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