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Plaid Cymru must take advantage of Labour's 'chaos', urges its leader

Plaid Cymru can build on its progress at the UK general election and make significant gains in traditional Labour heartlands, says its leader.

CEO wants Post Office stripped of Horizon payouts role

The Post Office's chief executive has said the state-owned company should be stripped of any responsibility for handling financial redress for victims of the Horizon IT scandal.

Four soldiers jailed after selling colleagues £100,000 of cocaine

A group of British army soldiers were yesterday jailed after selling almost £100,000 of cocaine to fellow military personnel.

Man jailed for life for pushing stranger on to tube tracks

A man who pushed a stranger on to the tracks of a London tube line was jailed for life with a minimum term of eight years yesterday.

Deep tones - Mineshaft recording captures carbon

“It was odd, but really fun,” said Adam Cooper of his time spent helping to record the sound of an empty coalmine. “To put it in one word, I’d say it sounds cavernous. But it also has its own complexities and depth.”

Netflix criticised for proposing One Day plaque in Edinburgh

Heritage campaigners have criticised a proposal by Netflix to install a plaque commemorating its hit show One Day on a historic tenement in Edinburgh.

Lucy Letby - Police and CPS handling of case adds to concern over convictions

When the public inquiry into the crimes of the former nurse Lucy Letby opened in Liverpool last month, its chair, Lady Justice Thirlwall, dismissed concerns about the safety of the convictions as “noise”. The judge cautioned that questions being raised were increasing the distress of parents whose children had died or been harmed.

Protection for workers from sexual harassment in new bill

Employers will have to protect their workers from sexual harassment - including from customers and clients - under the government's sweeping employment rights bill.

England's harvest is second worst on record after heavy rain

England has suffered its second worst harvest on record - with fears growing for next year - after heavy rain last winter hit production of important crops including wheat and oats.

The Tories don't want 'normal'. Let the insanity continue with KemiKaze and Honest Bob

A day on from the latest leadership ballot and still no one in the Tory party can quite work out how Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick made it through to the last two. So what chance do the rest of us have? All we can do is applaud them for their comic timing.

Conservatives could split if new leader tries to outflank Reform, centrists warn

Senior Conservatives have warned that the party could split if Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick pursue an overtly populist path as leader, after the party's main centrist group refused to endorse either candidate.

'It's night and day' - How the new broom in No 10 soured the mood and caused a rebellion

Clashes between powerful figures inside Downing Street and special advisers are not new. Dominic Cummings - Boris Johnson's right-hand man inside No 10 - had several high-profile bust-ups with spads, as they are known, which even led to the departure of a cabinet minister.

Gray's new role in doubt after missing first summit with nations

Keir Starmer's inaugural gathering of the council of nations and regions, intended to reset relationships and boost growth, risks being overshadowed by the absence of his new envoy Sue Gray.

Labour Don't amend government bills, whips warn MPs

Labour MPs have been warned that they must not put down any amendments on government bills and must resolve disagreements privately with ministers, in a crackdown on discipline in parliament.

Music review - Pitch-perfect solo set plus the big hits with Wyclef

Lauryn Hill apparently knows what most people in the room are thinking. Punctuating an amped-up Final Hour, she cocks her head towards the front row and announces: \"Lauryn Hill is in Cardiff, it's real.\"

Digger stolen from Dorset is found in Poland

A digger stolen from a development site in Dorset has been found five months later and 1,200 miles away in a rural town in south-eastern Poland.

Amazon criticised after Tommy Robinson book tops bestsellers

Amazon has been accused of funnelling \"thousands of pounds into the pockets of Britain's best known far-right extremist\" after Tommy Robinson's latest book topped its bestseller chart.

Only respite holiday provider in UK to close amid social care crisis

Britain's only respite holiday provider for severely disabled people and their carers is to close because of financial difficulties, in what has been called a bellwether example of the UK's growing social care crisis.

BFI boss 'sorry' over way racial discrimination complaint was dealt with

The chief executive of the British Film Institute has apologised to a prominent Pakistani film-maker for mishandling his complaint about racial discrimination.

Breaking news: spinning may go to your head, report warns

Going breakdancing today? If so, maybe go easy on the headspins. Unless you want to end up looking like a conehead, that is.

Disgraced surgeon refuses to attend inquest into his patients' deaths

The disgraced former breast surgeon Ian Paterson has refused to give evidence at an inquest into the deaths of 62 of his patients, in a move labelled “atrocious” by family members of the deceased.

Another 65 women report claims of abuse by Al Fayed

Another 65 women have come forward with allegations of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed going as far back as 1977. Since the broadcast of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, in which five women claimed to have been raped by the billionaire, more women have come forward with claims of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape, the BBC reported.

Deaths expected to rise as Florida begins to assess the destruction

The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to at least 10 yesterday as Florida continued to assess the damage from the category 3 storm that left more than 3.4m homes and businesses without power.

Nobel literature prize goes to South Korean author Han Kang

The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean novelist Han Kang for her \"intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life\". Her works include The Vegetarian, The White Book, Human Acts and Greek Lessons.

'We were very nervous' - Sarasota residents who sat out the hurricane

Carla Simionescu was reassuring relieved relatives yesterday morning on the phone, while she took photos of the tree branches, rocks, bits of wood and other debris littering the front yard and gravel driveway of her Sarasota house.

Nadal calls time on tennis career 'more successful than I could have imagined'

Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, has announced he will retire from professional tennis at the end of the season after next month's Davis Cup finals.

Theatregoers taken ill at opera with sex, gore and skating nuns

Eighteen theatregoers at Stuttgart State Opera required medical treatment for severe nausea over the weekend after watching a performance that included live piercing, excrement, unsimulated sexual intercourse and copious amounts of fake and real blood.

Trump will need Nato if he wins presidency, says Rutte

Mark Rutte, the new head of Nato, has brushed off anxieties about the possible election of Donald Trump, arguing that the US would risk isolation in \"a harsh, uncompromising world\" if he sought to withdraw from the military alliance.

UN says Israel deliberately fired on its peacekeepers

Alleged attacks on Unifil would be 'grave violation of international law'

Capital gains tax could rise as high as 39%

Rachel Reeves is considering raising capital gains tax as high as 39% in the budget, the Guardian can reveal, in the scramble to raise funds for crumbling public services.