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This page is an archive of main headlines from the UK for 18.09.2026.
It displays 68 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
18.09.2026 ⇢ The Day Spencer Insisted He Told the Truth
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Earl Spencer’s serialisation dominated a second day. After the Palace dismissed his account that Charles said Diana would soon be forgotten as grief clouding reason, papers led on a further claim that Charles sounded giddily elated, like a lottery winner, in a call hours after her death. Royal sources called it utter nonsense.
Spencer answered in a BBC interview that he was telling the truth, adding that Charles went ballistic in the call, that the late Queen reacted tetchily to the crash news, and that lack of care afterwards left Harry to spin out of control.
Attention shifted during the day to Russia, with warnings of near-daily drones over UK military sites, Polish and French warnings of accidental attack and intensifying hybrid attacks, and assessments that Putin was preparing to escalate.
Late reports noted a US-Denmark deal over Greenland’s security after annexation threats.
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The party will vote on dropping the use of interest rates to control inflation
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02:07⇢Spencer's Lottery Winner Charge
⌨The newspapers return to Earl Spencer's Diana book (The Independent, The Mirror, Metro, Daily Mail). Coverage centres on the new claim that Charles sounded elated like a lottery winner in a call hours after Diana's death, building on the earlier 'forgotten' claim. The Palace 'grief can cloud reason' rebuttal is recapped. Canada-EU associate membership talk (The Guardian, BBC News) recedes to second place.
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The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
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England extended their extraordinary hex over Sri Lanka to a 14th game, Tom Banton and Harry Brook leading them to a six-wicket victory with 47 balls to spare in the second T20 international
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News | Noora Mykkanen
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07:44⇢Spencer Book Fallout Drags On
⌨The newspapers show fragmented front pages after days of Spencer-Diana focus. Lingering coverage centres on Earl Spencer's claims that Charles sounded elated after Diana's death and that she would be forgotten, with the Palace 'grief can cloud reason' rebuttal recapped (The Mirror, Daily Mail). A second thread links AI warnings from the King and questions over halting the AI arms race (Channel 4 News, The Economist).
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In latest extracts from upcoming memoir, Diana’s brother suggests some in Buckingham Palace were ‘relieved’ at her death
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At least one person is believed to have died and several injured after the shooting in Banga in Mindanao province.
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Plus: Piddington’s genteel uprising against illegal migration and how Reform can win the Waitrose belt.
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The gunman, a 16-year-old student, is among the dead in what is the third school shooting in the country since June.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has rescinded an award handed over on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to a Muslim cleric who praised Bin Laden.
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The gunman is among the dead in what is the third school shooting in the country since June.
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It is the first time MI5 has confirmed the BBC's revelation that it gave evidence based on lies in court.
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On the anniversary of 9/11, the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an award to a man who once gushed over Osama bin Laden. This is insane.
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UK | Sam Corbishley
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Increase from 1% to 1.25% follows US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank tightening monetary policy
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12:51⇢Putney Pusher Suspect Offers DNA Test
⌨The newspapers report on fragmented fronts with no single lead. Coverage of Earl Spencer's claims that Charles sounded elated after Diana's death lingers with the Palace grief rebuttal recapped (The Mirror, Daily Mail). New attention gathers around the 'Putney Pusher' case, focusing on the arrest raid account and the suspect's offer to pay for a DNA test (Evening Standard, The Telegraph).
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The Guardian
Number of private jets has surged in recent years, but they do not pay commensurate portion of fees to FAA operations
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The French president says he has tasked the government with protecting critical infrastructure and defence industry sites.
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Russia’s growing use of new weapons means Kyiv is under near-constant air raid alerts and energy infrastructure is expected to be targeted in the winter.
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Exclusive: Reserves at public service arm drop 66% as broadcaster undertakes large cuts in effort to save £500m
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German minister says companies are ‘exploiting situation’ in Middle East, as sky-high prices become major domestic issue for leaders
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Exclusive: Princess Diana's brother tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "we'll forget her soon enough" were "exactly" the words used by the then-Prince of Wales.
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17:24⇢Spencer Swears He Tells Truth
⌨The newspapers keep focus on Earl Spencer's Diana claims as he defends them as truth in a BBC interview, with royal sources dismissing them as utter nonsense and the Palace grief rebuttal recapped (BBC News, The Mirror, Daily Mail). Attention also turns to Russia, with reports of near-daily drones over UK bases and preparations to escalate in Ukraine (The Independent, The Telegraph, Channel 4 News).
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The Foreign Office has accused Russia of trying to “deflect attention” from its war in Ukraine after Moscow warned it reserved the right to take “retaliatory measures” over the UK’s military support.
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Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device
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Brentford won 3-0 against Chelsea via second-half goals from Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago and Fábio Carvalho
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Trump said the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics haven't been confirmed by Danish officials.
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Trump said the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics haven't been confirmed by Danish officials.
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23:57⇢Putin Gears for Wider War
⌨The newspapers shift from Spencer-Diana claims toward Russia, with reports of preparations to escalate and a new phase of total war and warnings of intensifying hybrid war against Europe (The Telegraph, The Economist, Channel 4 News, The Spectator). A late break reports a US-Denmark deal giving Washington control over Greenland security after annexation threats (BBC News, The Independent).
