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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not face police action over bodyguard claim

  The Metropolitan Police says it has decided not to investigate newspaper reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his close protection officer to gather information fourteen years ago about Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault. He has not commented on the reports, but has consistently denied all the allegations against him. Also: Buckingham Palace says the King's delighted with the worldwide reaction to his call for more people to be screened for cancer, and: it's believed that more than 600 migrants have crossed the channel today in small boats.

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• More photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate released.

  The former US President, Bill Clinton, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and the film maker, Woody Allen, are also included in some of the 19 images. There is no suggestion that the photos imply any wrongdoing. Also: a man from Devon who was previously cleared of killing his wife on self-defence grounds in 2016 is convicted of her murder. And: the best selling author, Joanna Trollope, dies.

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• Surging flu infections leave NHS England facing 'worst case scenario'.

  Last week, there was an average of 2660 people a day with flu in England's hospital beds, a 55% increase on the week before. A more virulent, mutated strain is being blamed for the spike in cases. Also: President Zelensky insists Ukraine must have a vote before ceding any territory to Russia. And: ticket prices for next year's football World Cup are revealed.

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• European countries mull human rights reform

  All 46 countries signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights, including the UK, have given themselves until next May to re-think how it should be applied to immigration cases.Lawyers for eight prisoners who are being held on remand — accused of offences related to Palestine Action — say they are at risk of dying from a hunger strike.The best-selling author Sophie Kinsella has died at the age of fifty-five from brain cancer.And the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the latest prisoner to publish his memoirs.

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• Chair announced for national inquiry into grooming gangs

  After months of delays it's been announced that the former children's commissioner and Labour peer, Baroness Longfield, will chair the national inquiry into grooming gangs in England and Wales.

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