Labour reveals tight timetable for deputy leadership nominations – UK politics live

Wes Streeting and Jess Phillips rule themselves out amid reports Emily Thornberry is seeking backers but candidates will need 80 supporters by 5pm on Thursday

Man stabbed while tackling Southport killer describes scene of ‘horror’

Jonathan Hayes tells inquiry he thought he was ‘dying at every stage’ after grappling with Axel Rudakubana

Army officer admits sexual assualt of teenager Jaysley Beck before she took her own life

Beck’s family say failures within justice system led to her death after Michael Webber pleaded guilty to crime

Swansea man died when house ‘disappeared’ in gas explosion, inquest hears

First rescuers ‘didn’t even know there was a house’ at spot where Brian Lyn Davies, 68, was killed in 2023

Labour MPs must gain 80 nominations by Thursday to stand for deputy leader

Potential candidates need backing of at least 20% of parliamentary party, as Shabana Mahmood rules herself out

Man charged with murder of one woman and violent attack on another in north London

Simon Levy, 40, is accused of killing Sheryl Wilkins, 39, as well as charges of rape and grievous bodily harm

Prince Harry lays wreath for Queen Elizabeth on first day of UK visit

Duke of Sussex visits Windsor, where his grandmother was laid to rest, on third anniversary of her death

London tube strike shuts down services, causing congestion on roads

Commuters in capital forced to find alternative routes to work on first of four days of strike action by RMT union

Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland

Finisher T-shirts also feature outline of River Wear, as organisers spin medals as ‘most unique’ in event’s history

‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers

The charity Refugees at Home helps volunteers with a spare room to lend take in people who have sought refuge