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Documents released by the US Department of Justice reveal plan for Jeffrey Epstein to own a majority stake in Sarah Ferguson's women's empowerment brand after his child sex offence conviction.

Sir Keir Starmer risks being toppled by the fiasco around Lord Mandelson "unless he takes action", Baroness Harman has warned.

Broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher has called for more police on the streets and greater action on violence against women and girls after she was attacked last year.

A cyber security student at De Montfort University who was fatally stabbed in Leicester city centre has been named as Khaleed Oladipo.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was attacked, police have said.

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now "likely" later in the year as inflation falls back to the Bank's 2% target faster than expected.

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, is not given to emotional outbursts or shooting from the hip.

The Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates was short on action but strong on signals that a rate cut this spring is now more likely than not.

John Healey, the defence secretary, has held urgent talks with the boss of Leonardo, the Italian defence contractor, amid fears for thousands of jobs at a military helicopter factory in Somerset.

The housebuilder Barratt Redrow, Heathrow Airport and the outsourcing giant Mitie are among a group of businesses backing the launch of a coalition aimed at tackling barriers to investment in local areas across Britain.

In filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, resistance is framed as survival.

US TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded for the return of her mother and said the family is "ready to talk" to her captor - but asked them to provide proof she is alive.

Saturday Night Live has announced the comedians cast for the first UK incarnation of the hit late-night US series.

Sky News has been nominated for nine Royal Television Society TV journalism awards, including for news channel of the year.

Former player and broadcaster John Virgo has died at the age of 79, World Snooker has announced.

Sir Keir Starmer has been made to look "weak, naive and gullible" by blaming Peter Mandelson's "lies" for the crisis engulfing his premiership - and it could bring him down, a senior Labour figure has said.

Sir Keir Starmer risks being toppled by the fiasco around Lord Mandelson "unless he takes action", Baroness Harman has warned.

It was hardly a ringing endorsement of the deal. But it could have been a lot worse.

Northern towns could be in line for a funding boost after complaints from MPs that a new system for allocating cash to councils favours London.

By my reckoning, yesterday will be remembered as perhaps the most difficult of Sir Keir Starmer's premiership yet, with even close allies telling me they are not sure where it will end.