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1. Tube strike LIVE: RMT walkout hits morning rush hour with no London Underground service expected before 7.30am

   Commuters face more travel misery as 24-hour walkout hits Wednesday rush hour

2. How to watch Burnley vs Man City: TV channel and live stream for Premier League today

   Pep Guardiola’s side hoping to move top of the Premier League

3. Man halfway through 3,000 mile UK walk says his team and ‘cold pint’ drive him

   Craig Ferguson, 22, of Paisley, reached the 1,500-mile mark in Kansas on Tuesday.

4. Tube strike misery continues into Wednesday as RMT walkout hits Londoners

   The first of two 24-hour strikes this week has caused chaos for commuters across the Tube network

5. 'Sea of Green' could sweep London as half of voters mull backing Zack Polanski's party at May elections, poll

   ‘There is a desire for radical change and deep concerns over the cost of living,’ says Keiran Pedley, Director of Politics at Ipsos UK

6. Iranian IRGC hardliners 'heading' to UK, says Nigel Farage's Reform UK amid London arson attacks

   The failure to stop the ‘small boats’ crisis is a ‘real and active threat’ to national security, says Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf

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   Read what the stars mean for you today, from Taurus to Gemini

8. Trump extends Iran ceasefire with Tehran regime ‘seriously fractured’

   The move comes as the deadline loomed on the current fragile truce and proposed talks in Islamabad were put on hold.

9. UK inflation set to rise after Middle East conflict pushed up fuel prices

   Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is expected to have risen to 3.3% in March, according to a consensus of experts.

10. Starmer to face PMQs amid pressure over Mandelson vetting scandal

    Former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins defended himself in front of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.