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1. Meningitis B latest: Health chiefs dealing with unprecedented ‘super-spreader’ event as outbreak reaches London

   ‘This is by far the quickest-growing outbreak I’ve ever seen,’ says deputy chief medical officer as 15 cases recorded

2. Dog owners face unlimited fines for farm attacks under new rules

3. Health secretary defends response to UK meningitis B outbreak

4. Iran war briefing: Tel Aviv bombarded in retaliation for killing security chief

   Your daily briefing on the Middle East conflict

5. What type of savings should you keep in an ISA?

   Should you play it safe with cash or eye up the stock market before the April 5 deadline? With the clock ticking on this year's tax-free allowance, Holly Mackay explores how your savings goals – and your timeline – should dictate your ISA strategy for 2026 and beyond

6. Huw Edwards’ ‘disturbing’ texts like ‘going into heart of darkness’, say filmmakers

   Channel 5 drama tells the story of Huw Edwards’ downfall

7. Gavin Newsom’s wife torches Donald Trump after he mocked learning disabilities

   Gavin Newsom’s wife slammed Donald Trump after the US president mocked the California governor’s learning disabilities.

8. ‘I’m not the same person I was before’: England rugby star Abi Burton on encephalitis diagnosis

   Back-row forward Abi Burton opens up about her life-threatening diagnosis and remarkable comeback. By Camilla Foster.

9. Video shows fox hunting wolf in first documented case of its kind

   Scientists perplexed by behaviour as fox had plenty of other food available in forest region

10. Cesar Chavez events canceled as sexual abuse allegations made against late US labor icon

    Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, his birthday, was named a federal commemorative holiday by President Barack Obama in 2014