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• Katie Boulter calls for French Open to remove advertising boards on courts

  Katie Boulter has called for the French Open to remove advertising boards at the back of courts after a doubles player tripped over one and was forced to retire.

• Royal Mail misses annual delivery targets but hails progress amid 500m plan

  Royal Mail has missed its delivery targets for another year, but said more first-class mail has been sent on time over recent weeks after pledging to invest £500 million in improving its service.

• Brothers will not face third Manchester Airport assault trial

  Two brothers accused of assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport during a fracas which went viral on social media will not face a third trial after prosecutors offered no evidence.

• Man and woman charged over death of mother of one shot outside bar

  A man and woman have been charged in connection with the death of a 30-year-old mother-of-one who was shot outside a bar in Sheffield in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday.

• 300000 new work placements pledged to help young people build lasting careers

  Tens of thousands of new work experience and training placements from construction to hospitality will be available for young people as part of Government efforts to tackle the joblessness crisis.

• Ministry of Defence failing to tackle apparent normalisation of fraud MPs say

  The Ministry of Defence is not doing enough to combat the “apparent normalisation of fraud”, an influential committee of MPs has warned.

• Dartford warblers see record year after comeback from brink of extinction

  Dartford warblers saw a record year in 2025 as the species continues to bounce back from the brink of extinction in the UK, the RSPB said.

• Man jailed for 15 years over plot to attack Taylor Swift concert in Austria

  An Austrian court has convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago.

• Sturgeon says she was deceived misled and betrayed by ex husband Murrell

  Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is having “probably the worst week” of her life after her former husband admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party she once led.

• Badenoch criticises British Museum for delaying Jewish event over protest fears

  Kemi Badenoch has criticised the British Museum for postponing a talk on Jewish culture because of potential protests.

• Sikh man guilty of murder of 18 year old student with ceremonial knife

  A Sikh man has been found guilty of the murder of an 18-year-old university student by stabbing him to death with a Sikh kirpan ceremonial knife with a 21cm blade.

• Met Office says record temperatures expected to ease

  The heatwave that has seen record temperatures set for the month of May in recent days is expected to ease slightly across the UK on Thursday.

• Youth joblessness will rise for lost generation without urgent action review

  The number of young people neither working nor learning could reach 1.25 million within the next five years, a review by an ex-Labour health secretary will warn amid fears of a “lost generation”.

• Crystal Palace clinch Europa Conference League

  The Eagles win their first European trophy with a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig

• Resident Doctors to strike again

  They'll down tools for a 16th time in their ongoing row over pay

• Minister rejects Blairs triple lock warning as ex PM calls for coherent plan

  A Treasury minister has rejected Sir Tony Blair’s call to curb the triple lock and defended net zero after the former prime minister mounted a scathing attack on Labour’s policy agenda.

• Household energy prices to jump by 13 from July

  Ofgem’s price cap is to rise by 13% from July 1 driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the regulator has said.

• Woman shot dead at Sheffield bar innocent bystander

  South Yorkshire Police says two men and a woman remain in custody following city centre shooting

• King has instant bond with cancer patients during visit to new hospital centre

  The King created an instant “bond” with cancer patients when he visited the site of a newly redeveloped centre for people living with the disease.

• Stepmother killed girl in scalding bath in 1978 jury finds

  A stepmother killed a five-year-old girl by scalding her in a hot bath as a punishment nearly half a century ago, jurors found.

• Today is the hottest May day since records began

  35 degrees Celsius recorded at Kew Gardens and Heathrow Airport

• Several hurt in crash between train and minibus carrying children in Belgium

  Several people have been hurt in a collision between a train and a minibus carrying children in northern Belgium, police said.

• Metallica urge UK fans to give blood ahead of Britain tour dates

  Metallica have urged their fans in Britain to give blood as they approach the start of the UK leg of their world tour.

• UK endures tropical night after heatwave breaks May record for second day

  The UK experienced a “tropical night” on Monday as the record for highest daily minimum temperature in May was broken for the second consecutive day.

• Bridget Phillipson urges competition watchdog to examine extra childcare charges

  Bridget Phillipson has urged the competition watchdog to look into hidden extra charges parents have encountered when trying to access Government funded childcare.