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A damning review finds hundreds of babies and mothers died or were harmed at Nottingham NHS hospitals, Burnham eyes up ‘No 10 in the north’ as path to a coronation becomes clearer and UK heatwave breaks 50-year temperature record for June.

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1 | Hundreds of babies and mothers died or were harmed at Nottingham NHS hospitals, damning review finds

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2 | Burnham eyes up ‘No 10 in the north’ as path to a coronation becomes clearer

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3 | UK heatwave breaks 50-year temperature record for June

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4 | Driver in fatal Bedford train crash passed red signal moments before collision

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5 |  Rachel Reeves’ ISA tax raid could be her final own goal as chancellor

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Lindsay Hoyle scolds Kemi Badenoch after swipes at Keir Starmer during PMQs

STAT OF THE DAY

39.4C

The temperature recorded by The Independent on the London Underground Central line – one of the capital’s busiest lines.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I wonder what it is about a working class woman driving record investment in state schools by ending private schools’ tax breaks that the Tories hate so much."

Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, wrote on social media following a heated exchange with Kemi Badenoch during PMQs – after which Ms Phillipson accused Ms Badenoch of having previously compared her to a Gestapo officer.

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