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1. Phillipson vows inclusion for Send children amid concerns over support reforms

   The current system ‘does not work’, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

2. Reform UK’s deportation command will not face same issues as Ice in US – Yusuf

   The party said it would set up a unit to ‘track down, detain and deport’ people in the country illegally.

3. The best European festivals to book now: from Way Out West to Primavera

   With festival season approaching, we round up the best offerings from across the continent

4. BBC apologises for not editing racial slur out of Bafta Film Awards broadcast

   Following the incident, the Bafta Film Awards was removed from the BBC’s iPlayer streaming service.

5. Manchester United star drove £170,000 Porsche Cayenne at 72mph in 30mph zone past homes and school

   Centre back banned from driving for six months after speeding in his £170,000 Porsche Cayenne

6. Officer tells inquest of theory missing boy feared to have had head injury

   The inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fifth week.

7. Tilda Swinton's former home listed for sale for £650,000 in Chelsea

   Swinton lived in the King’s Road flat for 15 years, from 1983 to 1998

8. Killer released by mental health workers informed by race research, inquiry told

   Valdo Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after killing three people in Nottingham in June 2023.

9. Suspected rapist accidentally set free and able to leave Britain before trial

   Investigation launched into blunder with HMCTS urgently working with the police to return defendant to custody

10. Liza Minnelli details ‘traumatising’ marriage to ‘conman clown’ David Gest: ‘I was his prisoner’

    The Oscar-winning actress was married to the producer from 2002 until 2007 and says the ordeal left her determined never to marry again