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1. X factor finalist charged with attempted murder after influencer hit by car in Soho 'fights for life'

   Gabrielle Carrington, 29, has been charged with attempted murder, grievous bodily harm with intent, actual bodily harm and drink driving

2. 'I was wrong': Starmer battles to save premiership in Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal

   Emergency debate set to be held after the Prime Minister claimed he was not told Lord Peter Mandelson’s failed security vetting

3. Fresh F1 rule update confirmed as teams pan 'new era' regulations

   Stakeholders raised safety concerns with new rulebook

4. Two MPs ejected from Commons for accusing Keir Starmer of ‘lying’ over Mandelson

   Lee Anderson and Zarah Sultana were both ordered to leave the chamber by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

5. MPs to hold emergency debate on accountability relating to Mandelson appointment

   Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said it is ‘a matter of national security’.

6. Government to introduce amendment to schools Bill to make phone bans statutory

   Peers will vote in the Lords on Monday evening on a Conservative amendment to the legislation on mobile phones.

7. Attacks on Jewish sites ‘raise prospect of foreign state working to sow discord’

   Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes said the ‘troubling’ series of incidents is designed to intimidate.

8. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock face dark curse in Practical Magic 2

   The Owens sisters will return to the big screen later this year.

9. Poet laureate Simon Armitage pens London Zoo poem to celebrate 200 years of ZSL

   The Moon And The Zoo was described as a ‘powerful reminder of the role people can play in the future of wildlife’.

10. Elon Musk’s X ‘becoming very dangerous place’, says Nigel Farage

    Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, acquired Twitter in 2022 before renaming it and reinstating many accounts that had been banned.