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1. When is Carabao Cup draw? Start time, fourth round ball numbers and TV channel

   All you need to know as English football’s secondary club competition continues

2. Here's how much less London buyers are spending on mortgage repayments than a year ago

   New Rightmove analysis shows monthly mortgage payments have dipped far more in the South than elsewhere in the country

3. Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith review: Umi Myers is magnetic in this clever feminist take on the classic

   There are plenty of scary moments in this reworking that asks whether vampires or the patriarchy are the real monsters

4. Starmer to host Trump for final day of second state visit to Britain

   Sir Keir is hoping to keep the focus of the visit on investment, as questions about Jeffrey Epstein continue to loom large.

5. ‘Little progress’ made opening up top jobs to state-educated people – charity

   The Sutton Trust said the most influential people in the UK remain five times more likely to have gone to a private school than the general population

6. GPs see workload increase due to demand for weight-loss jab Mounjaro

   The vast majority of patients on Mounjaro currently pay for it privately but some patients can get it on the NHS.

7. Children being robbed of wellbeing by social media, campaign warns

   The National Education Union and supporting organisations have launched Robbed: Big Tech’s Little Victims.

8. ‘Power of peatlands’ embraced in new strategy to tackle climate crisis

   It aims to deliver conservation, restoration and management of peatland to support greater carbon storage and improve biodiversity and water quality.

9. Windrush scheme failings ’caused woman to miss time with mother before death’

   It comes after a 2024 PHSO report highlighted that the scheme was making wrong decisions and withholding payments in some cases.

10. Tool which helps identify victims of trafficking leading to arrests, say police

    Thames Valley Police said the STIM has helped identify people at greatest risk who very rarely come forward of their own volition.