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• Teletubbies reunite for new album ahead of 25th anniversary

  The popular children’s TV characters Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po, will celebrate the milestone in 2022..

• Ruling due in High Court challenge over Downs syndrome abortion law

  At a two-day hearing in July, lawyers representing the claimants argued the law is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, and therefore unlawfully discriminatory..

• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left ruing Man Utds lack of cutting edge after cup exit

  Just three days on from winning a thrilling Premier League clash at the London Stadium, the Red Devils were on the wrong end of the result.

• Llama antibodies have significant potential as Covid treatment

  It could be given as new frontline treatment against coronavirus in the form of a nasal spray.

• Pushback to halt migrant boats only to be used in limited cases

  Only a “small proportion” of boats carrying migrants across the English Channel could legally be turned back towards France using controversial pushback tactics, according to a Home Office mandarin..

• US move to lift decades old ban on British lamb delights UK farmers

  The US is to lift its decades-old ban on imports of British lamb, in a move that has delighted sheep farmers in the UK..

• Avro and Green join suppliers quitting household energy market amid gas crisis

  Around 1.5 million customers have seen their energy supplier go out of business this month after Avro Energy and Green Supplier Limited became the latest to announce their exit from the market..

• Raab pressed to guarantee people will not suffer fuel poverty

  Dominic Raab has faced Labour calls to guarantee no-one will lose their energy supply or be pushed into fuel poverty this winter..

• Nicole Richie accidentally sets her hair on fire during birthday celebrations

  Nicole Richie’s 40th birthday celebrations got a little too heated when she accidentally set her hair on fire during the festivities..

• Premier League and Championship clubs to trial safe standing areas from January

  Clubs in the Premier League and Championship will be able to offer licensed standing areas from January 1 next year as part of a pilot programme..

• M25 protesters declare campaign goes on despite prison threat

  Environmental activists have indicated they will continue blocking the M25 despite a High Court injunction..

• Watchdog finds series of failings after prison baby death

  Ambulance crews were called to the scene in September 2019 but the child did not survive. Police launched an investigation, treating the death as “unexplained”..

• Man charged with murder of Killamarsh mother and three children

  A 31-year-old man has been charged with four counts of murder after a mother and three children were found dead in a house..

• GCSE media studies pupils to learn about Marcus Rashfords social media usage

  The new addition to the GCSE course is part of the exam board’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion..

• Pret a Manger to open 200 more UK shops in next two years

  The sandwich and coffee chain was battered by the pandemic but said it has seen its city centre sites recover further in recent weeks as more workers have returned to the office..

• Joe Biden plays down chances of striking trade deal with UK

  Sitting next to Mr Johnson in the Oval Office, the US President told reporters: “We’re going to talk a little bit about trade today and we’re going to have to work that through.”.

• Boris Johnson arrives at White House for talks with Joe Biden

  Boris Johnson has arrived at the White House complex for talks with Joe Biden after downplaying the likelihood of striking a post-Brexit trade deal with the US in the coming years..

• Museum Of The Year winner announced

  A gallery which transformed into a food bank and helped serve free school meals during the pandemic has won a top award..

• Kate meets Holocaust survivors who found paradise in the Lake District

  The Duchess of Cambridge heard the moving stories of Holocaust survivors sent to a British beauty spot to recuperate from the horrors of the Nazi regime..

• Hungary punished by FIFA for racist behaviour of fans against England

  They've been handed a fine. .

• Around 15m households face 178 energy bill hike as price cap rise predicted

  That's nearly £1,500 for the typical household..

• Liam Gallagher cancels Belfast show after helicopter accident

  He revealed images of himself with bandages on his head.

• Man arrested over theft of irreplaceable treasures from Arundel Castle

  The raid in West Sussex in May saw historic treasures worth more than £1 million taken despite police arriving within minutes of alarms sounding..

• Third Russian spy accused of attempted murder over Salisbury Novichok attack

  Denis Sergeev, who used the alias Sergey Fedotov while in the UK, faces a string of charges including trying to kill former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia..

• Five senior players left out of Jones England squad from autumn training

  Eddie Jones has omitted five senior players including the Vunipola brothers and occasional captain George Ford from his first England squad of the autumn..