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1. Meningitis B latest: Warning over rise in cases although ‘peak has passed’ from super-spreader event

   Experts warned a wave of secondary cases may be yet to come

2. UK assists France to seize Russian tanker suspected of flying false flag

   The vessel was seized in the Western Mediterranean

3. UK hits back after Iran warns allowing US to use military bases could be considered ‘aggression’

   Government minister insists UK is ‘absolutely right’ to allow the US to use British bases

4. Eddie Howe breaks silence on Bruno Guimaraes to Man United rumours

5. Iran airs disputed footage claiming strike on US F-35 jet

   Iran has shared disputed footage of an alleged strike on a US F-35 jet, in what would be the first instance of an American aircraft being hit since the conflict began.

6. Elbow’s Guy Garvey has some blunt advice for young people

   In the latest episode of Good Vibrations, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey opens up to Roisin about marriage, fatherhood, his antics with the band, and his NSFW life advice for any ‘lonely hearts’.

7. Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter tests new anti-drone tank

8. Why Luke Littler has applied to trademark his own face

9. How a mutation could be helping deadly meningitis B strain spread rapidly

10. ‘Never cycling again!’Greg James breaks down after completing 10-day bike ride, raising £3.3m

    DJ tearfully praised country’s ‘spirit’ after raising £3.3m with 1,000km bike ride from Weymouth to Edinburgh