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Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73
She was the singing star who found her feet on Australian talent shows and went on to world fame as goody-two-shoes Sandra Dee in 'Grease'.


Exam results: pass rate drops from pandemic high in Scotland
They're the first students in the UK to get the results of traditional examinations since the summer of 2019. 


Ryan Giggs accused of physical and psychological abuse at trial
The former partner of the ex-Wales and Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has told a court "he really wanted to hurt me" after he'd allegedly headbutted her. 


Extreme amber heat warning issued by Met Office
As another heatwave looms for much of the UK in the coming days, the Met Office has issued a four-day Amber extreme heat warning. 


‘Staggering increase’ to disability energy helpline, says disability charity Scope
The cost of living crisis is hitting some particularly hard and tonight there are urgent calls for further targeted support for the most vulnerable.


Some Brits will spend up to 75% of income on energy bills, says charity
We asked for an interview with the government and asked to speak to senior ministers and MPs from the Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak camps. We were told no-one was available. 


Energy bills forecast to top £4,200 in January
As the two candidates prepared for another slugfest in front of Tory members tonight in County Durham, they exchanged blows over the escalating gas and electricity price crisis.


Horniman Museum to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
A London museum has agreed to return 72 artefacts which were looted from Benin to the Nigerian government.


Johnson rules out new cost of living measures before he leaves office
Boris Johnson has ruled out taking any new measures on the cost of living crisis until a new prime minister is in place, as Number 10 said it would be up to either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss to work out. 


Limiting police search powers could leave children more vulnerable, says former police chief constable
We spoke to the former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Sir Peter Fahy, and began by asking him how shocked he was by the figures.


Child strip-searches ‘widespread, not a one-off’, children’s commissioner says
We spoke to the children's commissioner for England Rachel de Souza, about the data she published - I started by asking what alarmed her most about the figures?


Met Police strip-searched 650 children in two years, figures show
The Metropolitan Police's record on child protection has been denounced by the children's commissioner for England after she revealed the force strip searched 650 children over a period of two years. 


England braces for heatwave as Europe suffers worst drought in decades
As some of the UK heads into another heatwave this week, with temperatures set to reach the mid 30s - as Europe is plunged into its worst drought for decades. 


Exclusive: Medics treated arrested man ‘like he was pretending’ before seizure death, says family
The family of a man who died after suffering multiple seizures while under arrest have accused medical staff of treating him like “he was pretending”.  


Better water infrastructure needed to face extreme weather, says environment policy expert
England's green and pleasant land has been turned yellow and parched by the summer heatwave, which is expected to fire up again in the next few days. 



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