Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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Emergency services tackling massive wildfires are in a race against time to get the blazes under control before another heatwave hits Europe, Andy Burnham is set to unveil the biggest overhaul in education in 15 years, and police are “conducting inquiries” into an image shared on social media after Reform UK reported Zack Polanski.

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1 | Huge wildfires rage in France and Spain as firefighters race against time before next 40C heatwave

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2 | PM to end prioritisation of university places in biggest schools reform for 15 years

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3 | Burnham could pledge to rejoin the EU in Labour’s next manifesto, minister says

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4 | Police ‘conducting inquiries’ into image after Reform report Polanski

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5 | Burnham tells Zelensky UK ‘has got your back’ in first meeting since becoming PM

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Canadian politician appears to read out AI prompt during speech

STAT OF THE DAY

98

The number of organisations that have called on prime minister Andy Burnham to commit to climate action.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"How can someone be so callous, cold and calculated?"

A funeral director who kept kept bodies for months “to rot” after they should have been cremated and gave the wrong ashes to families has been described as “callous”.

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