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• Prince of Wales moved by courage of Gazan children brought to UK for treatment

  The Prince of Wales was “moved by the courage” of the Gazan children he met who had been evacuated to the UK for specialist care.

• David Lammy to set out justice overhaul amid reports of more jury less trials

  Major reforms to be announced this week will “put victims front and centre” of the criminal justice system, Justice Secretary David Lammy has said, amid reports that jury trials could be restricted to rape, murder and manslaughter.

• Gaelic and Scots gain official status on St Andrews Day

  The Gaelic and Scots languages have gained official status in a “historic milestone” as people across Scotland mark St Andrew’s Day.

• Georgia Stanway treble helps England thrash China at Wembley

  Georgia Stanway scored a hat-trick as England made a triumphant return to Wembley with a 8-0 thrashing of China.

• Police granted extra time to question man over synagogue attack

  Police have been granted further time to question a man arrested in connection with the Heaton Park synagogue attack.

• Award winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies aged 88

  Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has died aged 88.

• Shabana Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

  Asylum seekers have been banned from using taxis for most medical journeys, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced.

• Corbyn and Sultanas party unveils name list as tensions simmer at conference

  The left-wing party formed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will seek use its debut conference to decide on key issues, including a formal name, as tensions simmer between its main figures.

• Lando Norris qualifying error

  F1 in Qatar

• Katie Melua and Fishermans Friends to play Kates carol service

  Together at Christmas service at Westminster Abbey

• Higher business taxes to cost pub sector 150m and threaten jobs

  – analysis

• Disruption expected in airports

  Software update issued for Airbus 320

• Aerosmith score first UK No1 album with Yungblud

  - Official Charts Company

• Zelenskys chief of staff resigns as Ukraine corruption investigation widens

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the resignation of his chief of staff Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.

• Prostate cancer screening Committee says no to testing all men

  Prostate cancer screening should not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the Government has said.

• Two child benefit cap a failed social experiment that had to go PM says

  Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the two-child benefit cap as a “failed social experiment” after Rachel Reeves announced the abolition of the limit in her tax-raising Budget.

• Housing market will bounce back into the new year after Budget uncertainty

  Speculation around property taxes ahead of the Budget contributed to a fall in home buyer demand and sales agreed in recent weeks, according to Zoopla.

• Number of cars built in the UK sharply down following JLR cyber attack

  The number of cars built in the UK fell last month, new figures show.

• Trump calls for Afghan refugees to be investigated after shooting

  President Donald Trump called for the reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under the Biden administration after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC.

• Rachel Reeves insists tax on working people kept at absolute minimum at Budget

  Rachel Reeves has insisted taxes have been kept at “an absolute minimum on ordinary working people”, even as an influential think tank said low-to-middle earners would have been better off with their tax rates rising than their thresholds being frozen.

• National emergency briefing to arm people with facts on climate change

  MPs, peers, business leaders and celebrities are set to attend an “emergency climate change summit” on Thursday where they will hear how the UK is unprepared for rising temperatures.

• Councils warned they are not immune to cyber attack and urged to prepare

  Councils have been warned of the “urgent need” to be prepared following an investigation into a “significant” cyber attack on Western Isles Council.

• Two National Guard members shot near White House

  Two National Guard soldiers have been shot near the White House in Washington DC and a suspect is in custody, according to law enforcement sources.

• Reeves launches 26 billion tax raid as welfare spending rises

  Rachel Reeves hiked taxes by £26 billion as she faced forecasts of weaker economic growth, faster inflation and higher unemployment.

• Sir Elton John Losing my eyesight is devastating

  Sir Elton John has told how his celebrity friends such as Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Mick Jagger often check in with him as he deals with losing his sight in one eye.