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1. Gruelling heat expected to give way to cooler temperatures and sporadic rain

   Highs of 24C are expected in London on Sunday, with 19C in Birmingham, 17C in Aberdeen and 19C in Belfast.

2. Minister rejects Streeting call to consider national insurance cut

   Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said he backed the Chancellor’s decision.

3. Scotland: Manchester United midfielder replaces Billy Gilmour in World Cup squad

   Deadline for Steve Clarke to submit his final 26-man squad for the World Cup is looming

4. London housing crisis: New streamlined plans to 'boost homebuilding'

   The Greater London Authority (GLA) is currently falling short of achieving both affordable housing targets and wider housebuilding goals set by the government

5. Jeremy Clarkson says his choir’s Britain’s Got Talent win is ‘best thing ever’

   The Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir became the first act of its kind to win the ITV talent show on Saturday.

6. Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I feel I am serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit’

   Her estranged husband admitted embezzling money from the SNP between 2010 and 2022.

7. Quentin Blake mural unveiled at north London arts centre

   The mural by the 93-year-old artist depicts a bridge over New River, which has supplied water to London since 1613

8. Nicola Sturgeon moves to London - as she defends record following estranged husband's conviction

   The former Scottish First Minister said she feels like she is ‘serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit’

9. Arsenal: Martin Odegaard delivers verdict on PSG star for Gabriel gesture after Champions League final defeat

   The PSG captain showed his class following the penalty shootout

10. City of London towers next to Barbican approved despite 1,000 objections

    The approved One Silk Street scheme will see the current site replaced with a 20-storey block