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1. Major supermarkets face call to reinstate pay in line with real living wage

   Retailers Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S and Co-op no longer pay in line with the salary benchmark.

2. Kanye West should be banned from entering UK to perform at Wireless, CAA says

   The rapper, who has been condemned for antisemitism, is set to top the bill for all three nights of the festival in London’s Finsbury Park in July.

3. NHS urges patients to come forward as normal amid ‘difficult’ six-day strike

   Tens of thousands of resident doctors in England are to stage a six-day walkout on Tuesday.

4. Londoners urged to continue to attend appointments during resident doctors' strike as cancellations expected

   Contingency plans have been put in place by hospital trusts across the country, but cancellations and delays are expected

5. Arsenal: Why FA Cup exit will harden Mikel Arteta's stance in bid to save Premier League dream

   Max Dowman was the only positive for Arsenal at the weekend as a rotated cast were well beaten in the FA Cup quarter-final

6. Howard Jacobson hates protests. So what does he do to fight antisemitism? Howl

   This is an era of protest and, in the Selfridges salt beef bar, Howard Jacobson is talking about placards. He hates them because he is a novelist. “The human body holding a placard is a very ugly sight,” he says. “Even if what was written on the placard was, ‘I’m very Jewish, I believe in God, and I’m a Leavisite [Jacobson studied under the critic F. R. Leavis at Cambridge].’”

7. I tried the season's top sporty swimsuits — here are the 10 winners that didn't budge in the lido or the surf

   From the local pool to open water, Sian Lewis dives into supportive sports-ready swimwear

8. Isa savers under 65 have ‘last chance’ in the new 2026-27 tax year

   The 2026-27 tax year is the last that the tax-free annual limit on cash Isas will be at £20,000 for adults of all ages, under planned rule changes.

9. Two arrests after woman in her 30s dies in east London crash

   Paramedics battled to save woman but she was sadly pronounced dead at the scene

10. How the dramatic US airman rescue from Iran unfolded with reaper drones and a covert mission

    Donald Trump hails the dramatic rescue operation of US pilots in Iran, but it casts doubt on the president's claims of airspace control