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1. New ‘subscription trap’ rules could save the public as much as £400m per year

   Stricter rules to ensure consumers are not trapped into costly subscriptions due next year

2. Teacher given six-figure payout after pupil threw a toaster at them, shock union report reveals

   Teacher’s injuries severe enough to warrant surgery, union revealed

3. Blind runner to take on Brighton marathon using AI glasses in ‘world first’

   Clarke Reynolds will navigate the 26.2-mile course with the aid of Meta AI glasses

4. Iran-US war latest: Iran’s president hits out at ‘unprovoked military aggression’ hours before Trump’s address

   Trump said the US would be ‘blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages’ if the Strait of Hormuz was not opened

5. UK drivers hit with record monthly increase in fuel prices sparked by Iran war

   The RAC said the average price of a litre of petrol and diesel at UK forecourts rose by 20p and 40p respectively in March

6. Almost 22 million cars set to hit UK roads despite surge in fuel prices as Easter getaway begins

   Motoring services company the RAC predicted it would be the busiest Easter on the roads since 2022

7. ‘I lost my sight after childbirth but it was restored thanks to donated plasma’

   New mother Jessica Kent-Hazledine said she feared “the worst” when her vision started to go in April last year, but now her sight is “so much better”

8. DHS boss rescinds restrictive $100,000 approval process, giving hope to FEMA relief efforts

   Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office

9. NASA successfully launches Artemis II astronauts on historic moon mission

10. Nasa finally sends humans to the Moon after half a century on Artemis II mission

    Most powerful rocket Nasa has ever launched will carry four astronauts on a 10-day, 252,000 mile journey