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  1. PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme

    Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.
  2. Police release one of two men arrested over fatal house fire

    Police continue to question a 23-year-old man over the fire in which a girl, 7, and her aunt died.
  3. British woman killed in stabbing at German railway station

    A 27-year-old German man was arrested immediately after the incident in Rosenheim, Bavaria.
  4. Church names pastor killed by falling sign at Christian festival

    Robert Guanco, 41, was a pastor at Jesus the Living Water Church in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
  5. Iceland votes against restarting EU membership talks

    Broadcaster RUV reports that 52.8% of voters rejected the government's proposal to resume accession talks.
  6. Three rescued, two still missing as French fishing vessel sinks in Channel

    Three of the five crew members were rescued and taken to hospital, the coastguard says.
  7. WhatsApp group chat used to send millions in cash, funding crime and extremism

    The WhatsApp money launderers arranged cash transfers in the UK and around the world with no paper trail.
  8. Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five

    Five others in their twenties were injured after shots were fired at a techno event near Zurich.
  9. Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?

    The prime minister says he will keep hundreds more criminals behind bars but doing so requires complex changes.
  10. We all share a 15-acre Georgian mansion for the price of a two-bed house

    Co-housing residents live in a Grade II listed mansion for the same price as a two-bed house.
  11. I was told I was unworthy to be a mother, then they stole my baby

    Marion McMillan was one of about 250,000 women who were forced to have their babies adopted between 1949 and 1976.
  12. They fell in love - then had to check they weren't brother and sister

    A French couple - both conceived by sperm donors - wanted children. But with home DNA tests illegal, how could they be sure they were not related?
  13. Six ways parents could make the return to school a little easier

    Parenting experts give their top tips on how to make sure back-to-school runs as smoothly as possible.
  14. Man Utd pay tribute to 'proud Red' officer who died in A66 crash

    The widow and two children of PC Matthew Blades will be at Old Trafford for Manchester United's Premier League game with Ipswich.
  15. Mum says family 'lucky to be alive' after train crash

    British Transport Police say a man who was in a van died at the scene on Saturday afternoon.
  16. Dementia patient's deportation from Sweden delayed

    George Mason, originally from Hinckley in Leicestershire, is facing deportation from Sweden.
  17. Internet fungi foragers told 'click, don't pick'

    Amid fears social media is hitting Epping Forest's ecosystem, foragers are urged not to pick fungi.
  18. Heavyweight Itauma handed harsh world-title lesson

    British heavyweight Moses Itauma was taught a harsh lesson at world level - what can he learn from defeat and where does the 21-year-old go next?
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  20. Is ADHD And Autism Care Heading For "Chaos"?

    And, did CIA chief travel to Moscow to warn Putin against attacking Nato?
  21. Canada tests the limits of Trump’s power

    And, America says goodbye to musical icon Dolly Parton.
  22. Football in Greenland: The toughest championship in the world?

    BBC Sport travels to Nuuk for the Greenlandic Football Championship.