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• Jurgen Klopp does not want a repeat of Liverpools slow start to the season

  The Merseyside team drew 2-2 with Fulham last weekend

• Remains found in Oldham mill after fire identified as missing Vietnamese man

  31 year old Uoc Van Nguyen was one of four Vietnamese nationals reported missing to police last month

• Journalists on Reach titles to strike over pay

  The Reach group includes the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Manchester Evening News

• Helen Skelton unveiled as final contestant for Strictly Come Dancing 2022

  The 39 year old is the 15th celebrity to be announced and completes this year's line-up

• First Cabinet minister switches sides to back Truss in race for No 10

  Sir Robert Buckland had previously backed Rishi Sunak

• Drought persists in south of UK while thunderstorms hit the north

  It's the third day of an amber warning for extreme heat covering much of England and Wales

• Rail passengers hit by another train drivers strike as deadlocked dispute continues

  Members of ASLEF at nine train companies are walking out for 24 hours

• Sir Salman Rushdie on a ventilator and could lose an eye after New York attack

  The 75 year old was stabbed as he was about to give a speech

• Thousands of students could miss out on university first choices

  The proportion of pupils receiving top grades could fall by almost 10 percentage points compared with last year

• Petrol prices on course to dip below 160p a litre

  That's according to the AA

• Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York

  He was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident occurred

• Darren Stevens looking forward to the next chapter as his Kent innings ends

  He has amassed more than 22,000 runs and 43 centuries during his career

• Morrisons stops disposable barbecue sales as dry spell sparks fire risk concerns

  They follow on from retailers including Tesco, Sainsburys, and M and S

• Street where girl died in blast declared gas safe as residents set to return

  Sahara Salman died after a terraced house collapsed in Galpin’s Road, Thornton Heath shortly after 7am on Monday

• Plymouth remembers Keyham massacre one year on

  Five people died in a 12-minute attack

• Drought declared in parts of England

  A drought has been declared for parts of England following the driest summer for 50 years.

• Seven cities shortlisted to host Eurovision Song Contest 2023

  Six cities in England and one in Scotland have made it onto the list

• Man due in court over shootings which left father of six dead and three injured

  It follows a series of incidents in the Scottish Highlands on Wednesday

• GDP falls 01 as Covid 19 vaccination programmes wind up

  The news is further stoking fears that a recession might be around the corner

• Johnson urges power companies to act in the national interest

  Boris Johnson has appealed to electricity bosses to help ease the pressure as on hard-pressed families amid a dire new warning energy bills could top £5,000 by the spring.

• Fears over a Drought for parts of England

  A Drought could be declared for some parts of England on Friday, as the country bakes in another heatwave.

• Women who do not eat meat more likely to break hips says new study

  Researchers at the University of Leeds say vegetarians and vegans often have lower intakes of important nutrients

• Two dead and girl seriously injured after car hits pedestrians

  The crash happened in Ramsgate in Kent last night

• Fourth alleged Beatles terror cell member to appear in court

  38 year old Aine Leslie Davis has been charged with a string of terror offences

• Pharmacists concerned over medicine shortages

  A survey's found half believe patients have been put at risk