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Andy Burnham has appointed John Healey as Chancellor, replacing Rachel Reeves, following much speculation over who will head the Treasury.Sir Keir Starmer’s former Defence Secretary was not in the shortlist for the role, with Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood being the main frontrunners.Mr Healey famously resigned from his role under the former Prime Minister on principle after a stand-off between himself and Ms Reeves over a lack of funding for defence.Notably, he served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury under ex-PM Tony Blair’s Government between May 2005 and June 2007, having been the department’s Economic Secretary…

A 28-year-old man named as Joshua Kerry has been charged with the murder of Ann Widdecombe, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.Widdecombe, 78, a former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman, was found dead on Thursday 9 July at her home in Haytor, Devon, having sustained serious injuries.This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the News App. You can also follow @Breaking on X, external to get the latest alerts.

As an incredible World Cup comes to an end, everyone here at the BBC wanted to say thank you.Thank you to the 42.8 million people who tuned in to our live match coverage on television or streamed games on iPlayer, the BBC Sport app and website 237 million times. That’s a lot of football.Whether you were one of the 24 million who watched England v Argentina in the semi-final, the late-night 9.1 million who stayed up until 4am for England v Mexico, the 2.4 million who saw Scotland beat Haiti in the middle of the night, or part of the…

An email blunder led to several university students being wrongly told they had failed to secure the marks they needed to graduate. Students who had completed fashion and education courses at Manchester Metropolitan University received erroneous messages to say they had not gained sufficient credits.A university spokesperson said the mistake was “quickly spotted” and a follow-up email was sent “within minutes” to apologise.Those who received the incorrect emails had all been due to graduate at ceremonies on Monday.The mix-up only affected students in the Manchester Fashion Institute and School of Education.As well as the apology email, a text message was…

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The woman who murdered her stepdaughter Sara Sharif has asked for the inquest into her death to be held in front of a jury.Beinash Batool and Sara’s father Urfan Sharif were jailed for life in 2024 after the 10-year-old was found dead at the family home in Woking.She had been violently abused in a “campaign of torture” lasting two years.Bite marks, an iron burn and scalding from hot water were among dozens of injuries found on her body in a post-mortem examination.On Monday, Batool’s lawyer Dr Anton van Dellen said jurors would help determine if Sara was failed by people…

Returning from an ACL injury is a notoriously difficult task.Having suffered the injury in September 2024, mere months after Spain’s Euros triumph, Rodri missed the rest of that season then featured sporadically last campaign.He made 33 appearances across all competitions for City but suffered a number of injury setbacks and, at times, looked a shadow of the player he was before the injury.Former City boss Pep Guardiola predicted in October last year that we would not see the best of Rodri until the World Cup.And, as has so often been the case, the Catalan was right.”I’ve gone through a logical…