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• Search for three year old Noah Woods ends in tragedy as body found

  A body has been found in the search for three-year-old Noah Woods who vanished after a visit to a village playground.

• McLaren announces plans for 500m investment in UK

  Luxury carmaker McLaren has announced plans to invest £500 million in the UK and to create 1,000 new jobs, a move hailed by the Prime Minister as “doubling down on Britain”.

• Police keep open mind on missing Noah 3 but nothing to indicate criminality

  The search for a three-year-old boy who vanished from a Suffolk village remains a missing persons investigation with no indication anything sinister has happened, police have said.

• Disgraced celebrity police officer jailed over suspects sex video

  A disgraced celebrity police officer who created a “toxic” WhatsApp culture has been jailed for four years after asking for a female suspect’s sex video.

• Andy Burnham assures Nato chief Mark Rutte of UK commitment to alliance

  Andy Burnham assured Nato chief Mark Rutte that the UK’s commitment to the alliance remains despite the change in prime minister.

• Hundreds of volunteers join search to find missing three year old Noah

  Hundreds of members of the public have joined the search for a three-year-old boy who vanished following a visit to a village playground.

• Parents of Southport victim devastated after court files accessed

  The parents of a child injured in the Southport attack have said they are “devastated” after court files were accessed without authorisation.

• Government wont take risks with living standards says PM as inflation jumps

  The Government “will not take risks with people’s living standards” in the Budget next month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said, after official figures showed another jump in inflation.

• Inflation increases to 31 after jump in petrol prices

  Surging fuel prices helped drive UK inflation higher again last month, according to official figures.

• Search continues for missing three year old boy

  Police are continuing their search for a non-verbal autistic three-year-old boy who went missing following a visit to a playground.

• Artists touring with Ed Sheeran quit over rappers removal amid Palestine row

  Three opening acts and Ed Sheeran’s own backing band have pulled out of his world tour after rapper Macklemore was removed from remaining dates over comments he made about Gaza.

• Inflation jumps to five month high as cost of living pressures mount

  Inflation increased to a five-month-high last month on the back of rising fuel prices and air fares, mounting more pressure on the Government to ease cost-of-living concerns for UK households.

• Village votes for independence in symbolic referendum driven by migrant camp

  An Oxfordshire village which could house more than 1,000 asylum seekers has voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic “referendum”.

• Baby monitors and CCTV cameras Thirlwall Inquiry issues recommendations

  A total of 14 recommendations have been made in the Thirlwall Inquiry report – including the fitting of baby monitors in all cots and incubators in neonatal units and CCTV cameras focused on insulin storage fridges.

• Complete failure to protect babies from killer nurse Lucy Letby inquiry finds

  Some babies could have been saved from death and harm at the hands of Lucy Letby if safeguarding action had been taken earlier, an inquiry prompted by the child serial killer’s crimes has found.

• State pensioners set to breach tax threshold under triple lock boost

  People relying solely on the full new state pension are on course to breach the personal tax allowance for the first time after official earnings data put some pensioners in line for a potential rise of nearly £500 a year from next April.

• Inquiry report over crimes of killer nurse Lucy Letby to be published

  The findings of a public inquiry into how Lucy Letby was able to repeatedly kill and harm babies on a hospital neonatal unit will be published on Tuesday.

• Matthew Rhys makes Emmy history by netting two best actor awards on same night

  Welsh star Matthew Rhys has made Emmy history in scooping two best lead actor awards at the same ceremony.

• Vacancies drop to fresh five year low as small firms remain under pressure ONS

  Job vacancies have fallen to a fresh five-year low as small firms continue to hold back from hiring amid soaring wage costs, according to official figures.

• Oxfordshire village to hold symbolic referendum on independence from UK

  A rural Oxfordshire village will hold a symbolic independence “referendum” on Tuesday to protest against controversial Government plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers at a nearby former military base.

• Oasis return to Knebworth 30 years on from beloved gigs as part of 38 show tour

  Oasis are to return to Knebworth more than 30 years after their initial gigs at the Hertfordshire park, as part of their 38-show Live 27 world tour.

• Andy Burnham cancels engagements following death of his father

  Prime Minister Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father Roy, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s.

• Workers return to packed lunches to cope with rising cost of living

  Office workers are increasingly returning to packed lunches as they seek to protect household budgets from the rising cost of living, a survey has suggested.

• Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT

  More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lower rate of VAT.

• TUC leader calls for end to outsourcing rip off

  A senior union leader has called for an end to the “outsourcing rip-off” which he warned was treating hundreds of thousands of workers as second class citizens