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• Assisted dying Bill to fall but issue not going away say campaigners

  MPs have been told they must decide what happens next in the long-running and divisive debate on assisted dying, as an attempt to change the law formally fails on Friday.

• Trump threatens big tariff on UK over digital tax on US tech firms

  US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms.

• One in 10 operations either cancelled last minute or postponed analysis finds

  Around one in 10 operations in England were either cancelled within 24 hours or postponed because patients were not adequately prepared, new analysis has found.

• Increased demand for jobs including pilots and postal workers

  A study of job adverts has revealed increased demand for authors, translators, postal workers, couriers, pilots and air traffic controllers.

• Number of websites selling child abuse images doubled last year

  That's according to the Internet Watch Foundation

• Man City climb to Premier League summit after victory relegates Burnley

  The Clarets join Wolves in the Championship next season

• Cancer cases reach record level as UK population ages

  That's according to analysis by Cancer Research UK

• Liam Rosenior sacked as Chelsea head coach

  Liam Rosenior has been sacked by Chelsea following a run of five consecutive Premier League defeats in which the team failed to score.

• Netflix announces intimate upcoming documentary about Kylie Minogue

  It is directed by Michael Harte and produced by John Battsek’s Ventureland

• James Tavernier to leave Rangers at end of season

  He has scored 144 goals in 562 appearances for the Gers

• Ons Jabeur has announced she has given birth to a baby boy

  He was born on the 20th of April

• Starmer to face PMQs amid pressure over Mandelson vetting scandal

  Sir Keir Starmer will face questions in the Commons for a second time this week amid the ongoing fallout over the vetting of Lord Peter Mandelson.

• UK inflation accelerates after Iran war drives sharp rise in fuel prices

  UK inflation lifted to its highest since December after a sharp jump in diesel and petrol prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East, according to official figures.

• Donald Trump extends Iran ceasefire with Tehran regime seriously fractured

  Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran saying the Tehran regime was “seriously fractured”.

• CPI inflation in March rose to 33 per cent

  That's according to the Office for National Statistics

• Regulator to get power to ban energy bosses bonuses under reforms

  That's according to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

• More than 100 child deaths in six years with links to temporary accommodation

  Data has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• McDonalds UK boss says hard to do business but will keep investing in workers

  The company says it will offer five-day placements to 16 to 25-year-olds nationwide

• Liam Rosenior seethes at indefensible Chelsea display

  Brighton won at home 3-nil to go sixth in the Premier League table

• Government to introduce amendment to schools Bill to make phone bans statutory

  The Government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

• Rapist admits religiously aggravated attack on stranger he targeted on a bus

  A sex attacker who subjected a stranger to racist and anti-Muslim abuse as he raped her at her home has changed his pleas to guilty after being verbally abused in the dock.

• Inquiry under way into Lord Mandelson vetting leak says No 10

  An inquiry into the leak of information relating to Lord Peter Mandelson’s security vetting is under way, the Government has said.

• High Court challenge over Met Polices use of live facial recognition thrown out

  Two people have lost a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police over its use of live facial recognition technology in London.

• Tube strike set to hit pubs and restaurants

  Pubs and restaurants in London fear that this week’s strikes by London Underground drivers will have a big impact on their business.

• Robbins defends actions in Mandelson case after being fired by Starmer

  Former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins said there was a “dismissive approach” to Peter Mandelson’s security vetting from No 10 with an “atmosphere of pressure” to get the appointment through.