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1. UK Bank Holiday weather: Live tracker maps for your local forecast

   Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and sunshine are expected throughout the country over the bank holiday weekend

2. Starmer suggest ban on pro-Palestine protests aid antisemitism crackdown

3. Tom Kerridge: I don’t know why anyone would open a pub or restaurant any more

   Many pubs, restaurants and hotel companies will see their costs increase significantly this month. Alex Ross spoke to celebrity chef Tom Kerridge and others in the business as fears grows over the future for the industry, and what it provides

4. Climate crisis completely changing fight against global poverty, says Christian Aid chief

   Exclusive: Christian Aid CEO Patrick Watt tells Nick Ferris how floods, extreme weather, spiralling sovereign debt, and now the war in Iran all pose a threat to the fight against poverty around the world

5. Iran-US war latest: Trump ‘not satisfied’ with Tehran offer as he rules out ‘early’ end to war

   It comes after Trump said he is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany after Pentagon calls out 'inappropriate and unhelpful' comments

6. Trump orders US to pull thousands of troops out of Germany after row with Merz

   A senior Pentagon official said recent rhetoric from Germany was ‘unhelpful’

7. Reform candidate ‘attacked’ while campaigning in Glasgow

   Reform UK Scotland blamed the rhetoric of other parties for the incident

8. Trump and Hegseth argue Iran war ceasefire stops the clock on 60-day deadline for congressional war powers approval

   Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Senate on Thursday argued the ceasefire paused the deadline for war powers review, which would start today

9. Two teenagers stabbed in ‘large scale fight’ involving 30 young people on Essex high street

   Police said weapons were seen and used during the incident

10. Peter Kay show suspended after crowd evacuated over suspicious bag

    Audience members at a Peter Kay show were left confused as they were asked to evacuate after the show was suspended over reports of a “suspicious bag”.