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Mirror Daily Digest: Our top stories from energy bills set to rise to a Boeing bursting into flames

In this Tuesday’s Mirror Daily Digest, we’ve pulled together the biggest stories of the day from Peter Andre’s ‘disgust’ at Katie Price’s comments, to the tragic story of a woman finding her ‘missing’ husband’s body

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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 Tuesday. we’re featuring everything from a warning over an increase in energy bills this winter, to the sad story of a woman who found her missing husband’s body in their garden.

Elsewhere, we’ve covered the shocking story of a Boeing bursting into flames during take-off at a Brit holiday destination, as well as Peter Andre’s disgust at his ex-wife Katie Price’s comments about his kids. Also, we’re taking a look at Prince Harry’s ‘painful’ message that could cause heartbreak for the rest of the royals.

Millions of UK households warned as energy bills set to rise again this winter

The new Ofgem price cap will start on January 1 and will be in place until March 31
The Warm Home Discount Scheme extension will see an extra 2.7 million households qualify this winter.(Image: Jacob King/PA Wire)

Our Money team earlier today reported that millions of households have been warned to brace themselves for higher winter energy bills.

Industry experts Cornwall Insight is forecasting that energy regulator Ofgem will increase its price cap to an average of £1,737 a year from the start of October. If so, it would be £17 a year – or 1% – more than the current level of the cap.

The predicted rise comes despite previous indications that bills would be lower this winter, and has been driven in part by funding an expansion of the Warm Home Discount for vulnerable households.

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Ofgem reviews its price cap every three months and is due confirm the level from October 1 on Wednesday next week. The cap from July to September fell to £1,720 a year, but covered the summer when many households use the least energy. The next cap, on the other hand, will prove a double blow as it is when those who can afford to usually turn up the heating.

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Peter Andre ‘disgusted’ over Katie Price’s comments about his kids as he calls in lawyers

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This morning, our SHowbiz team reported the latest update of the ongoing feud between Peter Andre and Karie Price.

Peter said he has has been left “shocked” by comments made by his former wife, Katie Price. The former glamour model has been seen counting huge stacks of money in a video released by her ex, Alex Reid, despite being declared bankrupt twice.

In the bombshell video, she tells her and Peter’s daughter, Princess, 18, that her younger siblings, Pete’s children with his wife Emily, were “irrelevant.” Katie can be seen counting cash in the video, before asking her daughter whether singer Peter “go on about” her bankruptcy and finances “a lot”.

While sitting on a sofa, the television personality said that she was “enjoying counting” the piles of cash, adding: “There’s loads here… I’m just sorting it out.” Princess asked if Katie would be contributing to hers and Junior’s private school fees, before Katie says: “Your dad can sit on that,” while raising her middle finger.

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Horrified wife finds ‘missing’ husband’s body in garden days after freak accident

Our UK News team have shared the sad story of a mum who has recalled the horrifying moment she found her “missing” husband’s body just days after he was killed in a freak garden accident.

Amy Parry, who had been married to her husband for 17 years, reported Ed missing after returning home to their house in Seasalter, near Whitstable, on April 21, 2025, and finding no trace of him.

The mum-of-two had been looking with the police to try and find Ed. It wasn’t until two days later, on April 23, that Amy discovered her husband’s body behind the shed after being led by the family dog.

Amy admitted it was a “complete and utter shock” to find her husband at the family home. “I never thought for one second he was on the property”, the devastated mum told KentOnline.

“I only found him because one of my dogs kept going behind the back there, and then it just dawned on me. I think I’m still in shock. I feel like I’m talking about someone in a film.”

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Boeing bursts into flames on Corfu take-off as passengers send ‘final texts’

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Stunned holidaymakers have described the horror moment a jet engine began erupting fire moments after take-off, our Travel team have reported.

Around 300 people on board a Condor Airlines Boeing 757-300 were left reeling on Saturday night when the plane’s right engine started emitting large flames and smoke shortly after leaving Corfu in Greece, with video footage capturing a spluttering fire visible from the ground. Passengers have since revealed how they began sending ‘final messages’ to their loved ones as smoke rose in front of their windows, fearing they were about to crash.

Flight tracking information shows the plane making a dramatic U-turn before it made an emergency landing in Brindisi, Italy.

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Prince Harry’s secret letter sends ‘painful’ message to royals after William ‘gut punch’

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex departs after attending a Court of Appeal hearing regarding his security at the Royal Courts of Justice on April 8, 2025 in London, England
A butler who used to live closely with the royals has lifted the lid on Harry’s claims about Camilla(Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Our Royal team have shared the story that Prince Harry’s secret letter that was placed at a war memorial sends a huge message to the Royal Family following a ‘gut punch”, according to a royal expert.

It emerged that the Duke of Sussex paid a poignant tribute to his grandfather, Prince Philip, in the letter secretly left at the National Memorial Arboretum on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

It is said Harry asked a friend to discreetly leave the note and a wreath of red poppies at the Burma Star Memorial following the national commemorations attended by the King and Queen. Notably, the letter was also placed after Charles and Camilla left to avoid distracting from the service, which honoured the sacrifice of Second World War heroes who fought and died in the Pacific and Far East.

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Inside the Nuba Mountains and the alliance reshaping Sudan’s civil war

It is difficult to reconcile the brutal past with the contemporary reality, which emerged just as the RSF launched a campaign of indiscriminate killing in the Nuba Mountains.

Numerous victims or witnesses of those massacres reside in Nuba-area displacement camps.

Huda Hamid Ahmad, a 31-year-old mother of seven, fled a brutal attack by RSF forces on her home town of Habila in January of that year. She arrived at the al-Hilu camp in September of that year.

In response to the assault in January, Huda said, “They came to the homes, torturing, looting, and threatened to kill your children.”

Habila, which is only accessible via rough mountain roads, is 40 kilometers (70 kilometers) away from al-Hilu and has been a major site of ethnic cleansing and intense fighting in South Kordofan since the 2023 war began.

Huda’s journey was not always straightforward. She briefly settled in Kortala after escaping Habila before being forced to flee when the RSF launched yet another offensive and food supplies ran out.

Her husband, who had fled to al-Hilu shortly after the initial attack, had planned to farm and return the family’s land after it was looted and made unsafe.

On April 23, 2025, Fatima Ibrahim, 52, stands by her abutment in the al-Hilu camp.

After Huda and her children escaped Kortala with other civilians, the family was finally brought back together in the fall, but the trauma of what happened still persists.

Fatima Ibrahim, 52, fled her village of Fayu in January of last year after her husband was detained by RSF fighters.

She was informed by neighbors that soldiers had demanded that they sell their tractor to pay off, but neither his daughter, who is the couple’s only child, nor his daughter, has been seen since.

She said, “I don’t even want to know what happened,” raising her voice. She continued, “I fear the worst,” citing tales of girls being enslaved for sexual gain.

She escaped along with her 82-year-old mother, her late sister’s three children, their brother, age 17, and two young girls, 10 and 12, along with her mother.

They spent nine months traveling from village to village, shifting between attacks until reaching an artisanal gold mine where her nephew worked, before finally arriving at al-Hilu in October.

As the family fled, her mother accidentally fractured her hip, which has since recovered, leaving her dependent on a cane and Fatima’s assistance for movement.

Brookside child star unrecognisable 22 years after soap exit and where you have seen him recently

Jack McMullen, a former Brookside child star, is a long way from the beloved BBC series Brookside.

Jack McMullen is all grown up from his Brookside days (Image: PA)

Channel 4 soap Brookside is finally returning to television screens twenty years after the show was axed, but there is a totally unexpected twist.

As part of Hollyoaks’ 30th anniversary celebration this year, there’ll be a special episode combining with Brookside. Running from 1982 to 2003, Brookside was Sir Phil Redmond’s first soap and laid the foundation for the kind of storytelling Hollyoaks would later adopt.

Over the course of more than 20 years, Brookside star Jack McMullen made his name playing Josh McLoughlin in the television series. The relationship between Mike Dixon (Paul Byatt) and his stepmother, Bev (Sarah White), was so famous that it became famous.

When Vince Earl’s son Mike prevented the adoption of the child, Ron Dixon (Vince Earl) wanted to adopt the child, the situation became more problematic.

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The child star can be seen in hit Apple TV+ show Hijack(Image: apple tv)

After Ron and Bev’s wedding, Josh and Ron separated and the three of them moved out to start a new life.

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Child actor Jack made a very successful acting career in television after saying goodbye to Brookside in 2003.

The actor, now 34, landed the role of Tigger Johnson in the iconic kids’ show Grange Hill, which he starred in for four years.

He returned to work on a regular basis in another significant role, this time as Finn Sharkey in Waterloo Road on the BBC.

He has appeared in a number of difficult-hitting roles, including the dramatization of the real-life tragedy Little Boy Blue and the jail drama Time.

Most recently, he starred as Jamie Phelan in the hit BBC drama This City Is Ours opposite Sean Bean and James Nelson-Joyce. In 2023, Jack starred as Lewis in the Apple TV series Hijack, which stars Idris Elba in the main role.

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Jack McMullen and Sean Bean in This City Is Ours (Image: BBC/Left Bank Pictures/James Stack)

Jack’s has appeared in Le Mans ‘ 66, Screw, The Souvenir, The F1rst Team, and Dead Shot as well. Will Jack make another Hollyoaks crossover appearance in Brookside?

The location of the special Brookside episode will be Brookside Close in a residential area of Liverpool.

Some classic characters are expected to return, not just the location.

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