Andy Burnham has made a third policy announcement to help bring down costs - after dropping hints there would be more to come.
A teenage girl and a woman in her 40s have died after getting into difficulty in the water off the Essex coast, police said.
The ex-CEO of Southern Water faces a charge of conspiracy to defraud alongside three other former employees, it can now be reported.
A mid-air brawl involving around 10 passengers forced a Liverpool-bound easyJet plane to return to Tenerife.
The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has welcomed a corporate manslaughter investigation into the mental healthcare trust that treated triple killer Valdo Calocane, calling it the "beginning of the reckoning".
Two of the men jailed for killing police officer Andrew Harper after he was dragged down a country road while responding to a burglary may be eligible for early release.
A toxic mix of hundreds of chemicals has been detected at three illegal waste sites across the country.
A monkey found abandoned in a laundry bag on a London bus has had a happy ending after being rehomed to a sanctuary.
A woman has died following a disturbance at a property in Edinburgh.
Metro Bank is exploring a £2bn merger with Aldermore, the British challenger bank which is up for sale after becoming embroiled in the motor finance mis-selling scandal.

