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1. Labour heading for ‘crushing defeat’ in Wales – here’s why

2. Six arrested as police target TikTok livestreamers pushing counterfeit goods

   Officers also uncovered £1,000,000 worth of clothing and trainers believed to be stolen

3. Sheriff’s office to share Kristin Smart murder investigation update after new searches seek to solve 30-year mystery

   Smart went missing from California Polytechnic State University in May 1996 after returning from an off-campus party

4. No 10 insiders answer your questions on how Westminster really works – from pressure on the PM to political infighting

   In The Room hosts and former Downing Street insiders Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson responded to readers’ questions on Keir Starmer’s leadership, Labour’s struggles, Reform and the Greens, Westminster culture and what is really happening behind the scenes

5. Conor McGregor return bolstered by ‘great things behind the scenes’, says UFC chief Dana White

   McGregor has been in talks over a July return to the cage, five years after he last fought

6. Farage tears apart Starmer’s red wall brick by brick as Labour heartlands decimated

   Labour suffered bruising losses across its northern heartlands as Nigel Farage hailed a ‘historic shift in British politics’. Will Labour have any core areas left by the end of the day? Dan Haygarth explains

7. What is hantavirus? Symptoms you need to know after deadly cruise ship outbreak

   The sickness starts with symptoms including a fever and chills and can quickly become life-threatening

8. FBI Director Kash Patel has forced dozens of staff to take lie detector tests while in ‘panic mode’ to save his job: report

   Embattled intelligence chief reportedly attempting to flush out leakers from bureau in wake of unflattering Atlantic story accusing him of habitually drinking to excess

9. Police stand-off after several hostages taken in German bank

   A hostage situation is unfolding in a bank in Germany, police have said

10. Local election results live: Defiant Starmer ‘not walking away’ after Labour losses as Farage hails Reform’s ‘historic shift’

    Sir Keir Starmer has spoken this morning after Labour lost control of eight councils with pressure intensifying on the prime minister