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THE NUMBER of EU citizens seeking British citizenship has soared by 80 per cent following the Brexit referendum, with more than 28,000 people applying for UK passports, according to new figures. Daily Express :: News Feed

All of Netflix’s Marvel heroes come together in The Defenders and it sets up a bond between The Iron Fist and Luke Cage, along with Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. This article contains spoilers about Netflix’s The Defenders Season 1. Simone Missick, who plays Misty Knight, previously teased her character getting the bionic arm seen in the Marvel Comics. In ...

Dana Brooke is the WWE professional wrestling name of 28-year-old Ashley Mae Sebera, whose Instagram account has been paying tribute to her late boyfriend, Dallas “Big Country” McCarver. As reported by the Inquisitr, the sudden death of Dallas – with McCarver’s cause of death potentially related to insulin use, according to the 911 call – has shocked the bodybuilding world. ...

With all the recent attention on the 20th anniversary of death of the Princess of Wales, the Diana industry is back in business. But the magazine covers, documentaries and endless headlines also take people back to a dark period for a House of Windsor that has been trying to focus on the future. CBC | World News

As the Canadian-led NATO battle group in the Baltics goes through its first major exercise, a senior Russian official told CBC News that her government sees the war games as “a very provocative action.” CBC | World News

CHRIS Eubank has compared the chances of a Conor McGregor victory tonight in Las Vegas to the shock Brexit referendum result last year. Daily Express :: News Feed

TWO men have died after a light aircraft crashed in a field, police have confirmed. Daily Express :: News Feed

Hurricane Harvey settled over southeast Texas early Saturday, lashing the state’s Gulf Coast with damaging winds and dumping torrents of rain over hundreds of kilometres of coastline that braced for what forecasters predicted would be life-threatening storm surges — basically walls of water moving inland. CBC | World News

SEVERAL people have died and four people have been injured after a crash involving two lorries and a minibus on the M1 on Bank Holiday Saturday close to Newport Pagnell. Daily Express :: News Feed

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of a Shia Muslim mosque in Afghanistan’s capital as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least 30 people as worshippers gathered for Friday prayers, officials said. CBC | World News