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• Royal Mints new Winnie the Pooh coin celebrates friendship

  A collectible coin celebrating friendship and featuring Winnie-the-Pooh along with Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger is being launched by The Royal Mint.

• Subdued housing market may be starting to stabilise surveyors

  The downturn in housing market activity may potentially be starting to stabilise, according to surveyors.

• Thousands of prison window grilles to be fitted to stem drone smuggling Lammy

  Thousands of prison cell windows will be fitted with steel grilles to stop drones flooding jails with drugs, weapons and phones, the Government has announced.

• Church leaning more than Tower of Pisa has become dangerous

  A church which is leaning more than the famous Tower of Pisa has become dangerous to use and has cracking in its walls as funds are being raised to repair it.

• First small boat pilots jailed for endangering others in Channel

  Two small boat pilots who steered overcrowded craft have been jailed, becoming the first people sentenced for a new offence of endangering others during a Channel crossing.

• Thomas Tuchel stresses that England can only win the World Cup as a team

  Thomas Tuchel says England cannot win the World Cup if they obsess about the role of Jude Bellingham or any other star.

• Man due in court over Belfast knife attack following night of violence

  A man is set to appear in court charged with attempted murder over a stabbing attack following a night of violence in Belfast.

• Mental health support in school will make huge difference to Neets crisis

  Bridget Phillipson said mental health support in schools will make a “huge difference” to tackling the crisis of young people neither working nor learning, as almost half of all schools and colleges in England now have access to mental health support teams.

• Fake phone chargers filled with modelling clay sold by major retailers

  Phone chargers sold online by major retailers such as Amazon, B and Q and eBay can electrocute users and explode, a watchdog has warned.

• Poorest families must spend 85 of disposable income to get healthy diet study

  The poorest families with children need to spend 85% of their disposable income to afford a healthy diet, according to an annual report.

• Rail traveller who harassed woman sentenced in first prosecution under new law

  A train passenger who grabbed a young woman’s hair and asked “can I kiss you?” has been sentenced in the first conviction for harassment based on a person’s sex

• Abusive partner of judges daughter jailed for life for her murder

  An electrician who stabbed a judge’s daughter to death in a frenzied rage before blowing up their home in a gas explosion has been jailed for life.

• Fear of being called racist meant authorities did not stop tragedies Badenoch

  The Nottingham stabbings, the Southport attack and Manchester Arena bombing could have been stopped if public authorities did not fear being called racist, Kemi Badenoch has said.

• Belfast stabbing victim has significant injuries to his eyes

  The victim of the Belfast knife attack has sustained significant injuries to his eyes while his alleged attacker had leave to remain in the UK having travelled to Northern Ireland from Dublin, police said.

• Maro Itoje left out of England squad for latest training camp

  The tour comprises of fixtures against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina

• Starmer condemns Belfast stabbing attack as horrific and abhorrent

  A man believed to be from Somalia has been arrested over a knife attack in Belfast which Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described as “horrific” and “abhorrent”.

• Badenoch to call for public sector equality rules to be scrapped

  Rules requiring police officers, nurses, and teachers to consider equality issues when they carry out their day-to-day work should be scrapped, Kemi Badenoch is to say.

• Ben Stokes future as England Test captain in doubt after nightclub incident

  Ben Stokes faces an uncertain future as England’s Test captain after becoming embroiled in a nightclub incident that has left him and team-mate Gus Atkinson facing an internal investigation.

• Stamp duty reform needed to help first time buyers afford homes say MPs

  The Government should reform stamp duty to help more people get on the property ladder, a committee of MPs has urged.

• MPs debate monument to honour David Attenborough after petition reaches 89000

  MPs are set to debate the possibility of a permanent national monument to honour Sir David Attenborough, after a petition received almost 90,000 signatures.

• Cracking news Gromit New Royal Mint 50p coin celebrates 50 years of Aardman

  Collectable coins celebrating 50 years of Aardman, the Academy Award-winning animation studio behind beloved characters such as Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, are being launched by The Royal Mint.

• Woman 19 dies after gunshots heard coming from house

  A 19-year-old woman has died after gunshots were heard at a house in north London, police said.

• Mother of Nottingham attacks victim says there has been miscarriage of justice

  The mother of a student who was stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane said there has been a miscarriage of justice as bereaved families called for accountability and change.

• Starmer gives tech companies ultimatum over children sending naked images

  Technology companies have been given an ultimatum to stop children sending and receiving explicit images on their devices or face a change to the law, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

• Sikh group calls for public inquiry into Henry Nowak death

  The Government should hold a public inquiry into the “catastrophic multi-agency failures” surrounding the death of Henry Nowak, a Sikh lobby group has said.