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• Full body MOTs - the future of healthcare or a headache for the NHS? - BBC8 August 2026, 12:49 am
  Full body MOTs - the future of healthcare or a headache for the NHS?  BBC
  
• Two police officers investigated over handling of sex offender who murdered two women - BBC7 August 2026, 11:56 pm
  Two police officers investigated over handling of sex offender who murdered two women  BBCPolice failings revealed as sex offender left free to murder and attack women  BBCSimon Levy murders: has anything changed in policing since Sarah Everard’s killing?  The GuardianFreed to kill, the sex predator whose threat level was lowered because he had one eye  The TelegraphPolice and CPS let Simon Levy rape and murder, again and again  The Times
  
• Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool agree loan deal for Barcelona defender to add depth at centre-back - Sky Sports7 August 2026, 11:27 pm
  Ronald Araujo transfer news: Liverpool agree loan deal for Barcelona defender to add depth at centre-back  Sky SportsLiverpool transfers: Ronald Araujo close to season-long loan from Barcelona  BBCLiverpool 'agree Ronald Araujo transfer' as Barcelona approve shock defender move  Liverpool FCSources: Liverpool set to sign Barcelona's Ronald Araújo on loan  ESPNLiverpool eye loan deal for Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo  The Times
  
• Man charged over deaths of four people who were killed after car crashed into lamppost in Huyton - Sky News7 August 2026, 11:19 pm
  Man charged over deaths of four people who were killed after car crashed into lamppost in Huyton  Sky NewsSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
• Wasted medicine in England could fill 75 swimming pools a year, pharmacy group says - The Guardian7 August 2026, 11:02 pm
  Wasted medicine in England could fill 75 swimming pools a year, pharmacy group says  The GuardianWasted medicines cost NHS £480m a year and 'could fill 75 swimming pools'  ITVXPatients waste 75 swimming pools of medicine a year, say pharmacies  The TelegraphWasted medicines thrown away in England annually could fill 75 swimming pools  lbc.co.ukWasted medicines in England ‘could fill 75 swimming pools’ a year  Yahoo
  
• Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy - The Guardian7 August 2026, 9:57 pm
  Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy  The GuardianSpain to impose border controls against Italy as row over Ceuta migrant influx intensifies  BBCSpain announces new border controls with Italy in migration row  Sky NewsSpain reinstates border controls on Italy as tensions rise over migrants  Financial TimesThousands of migrants still in Ceuta after border crisis, local leader says  BBC
  
• Counter terror police investigating Ann Widdecombe murder reopen attempted burglary probe - Sky News7 August 2026, 9:20 pm
  Counter terror police investigating Ann Widdecombe murder reopen attempted burglary probe  Sky NewsCounter-terror police reopen attempted burglary probe as part of Widdecombe inquiry  BBCPolice investigating Ann Widdecombe murder reopen attempted burglary case from 2025  The GuardianWiddecombe police reopen investigation into Farage firebomb  The TelegraphPolice investigating Ann Widdecombe's death reopen attempted burglary from 2025  ITVX
  
• Thai PM vows to introduce stricter gun laws after eight killed in shooting - BBC7 August 2026, 9:19 pm
  Thai PM vows to introduce stricter gun laws after eight killed in shooting  BBCThailand shooting: Teen kills at least seven and injures more than 30, PM says  BBCThailand school shooting: eight killed including suspected attacker, police say  The GuardianThailand school shooting latest: Boy, 14, kills grandparents before Thai school shooting - as possible motive emerges  Sky NewsLive updates: Teen gunman dead after killing teachers in Thailand’s worst school shooting in years  CNN
  
• Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday - The Guardian7 August 2026, 9:02 pm
  Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday  The GuardianBelfast university to investigate work co-authored by academic in plagiarism row  BBCMet Police boss admits mistake over plagiarism row  BBCZack Polanski defends Cambridge professor who resigned amid plagiarism row  Sky NewsArday failed to mention ‘months-long coma’ in autobiography  The Telegraph
  
• How Gianni Infantino could be forced out of Fifa - The Telegraph7 August 2026, 8:14 pm
  How Gianni Infantino could be forced out of Fifa  The TelegraphNorway call for Infantino to resign as Mexico and Conmebol chief back president  BBCMexico and Argentina line up behind Infantino to deepen football’s civil war  The GuardianGianni Infantino latest: Uefa & Conmebol respond as Fifa senior executives back president  BBCUefa doubles down on Fifa boycott but holds greater weapon to unseat Gianni Infantino  The Independent
  
• Strictly stars Ola & James Jordan split after 22 years of marriage as couple tell pals they can 'no longer make it work' - The Sun7 August 2026, 8:12 pm
  Strictly stars Ola & James Jordan split after 22 years of marriage as couple tell pals they can 'no longer make it work'  The SunStrictly Come Dancing couple James and Ola Jordan split after 22 years of marriage  Daily StarOla & James Jordan seen together for last time just before split at wedding  The SunOla & James Jordan revealed rows and sex life struggle years before split  The Irish SunOla and James Jordan have begun a 'trial separation'  Female First
  
• Trump renews bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook despite supreme court ruling - The Guardian7 August 2026, 6:47 pm
  Trump renews bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook despite supreme court ruling  The GuardianDonald Trump revives threat to sack Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook  Financial TimesTrump renews effort to fire Fed's Cook, continuing attacks on central bank  ReutersDonald Trump renews effort to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook  Al JazeeraWhite House renews its attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook  CNN
  
• Obesity rates have doubled in England since 1993 - what's going on? - BBC7 August 2026, 6:38 pm
  Obesity rates have doubled in England since 1993 - what's going on?  BBC‘Three decades of failure’: 7.2 million more adults now obese despite 14 government strategies  lbc.co.ukWhat Direction for Obesity Policy? Where Innovation, Wicked Issues and Many Actors Collide  The King's FundKing’s Fund finds 14 million obese in England and warns not to rely on GLP1s  Health & Protection
  
• Prison officers who had illicit relationships with gangster brothers jailed - Manchester Evening News7 August 2026, 6:32 pm
  Prison officers who had illicit relationships with gangster brothers jailed  Manchester Evening News🚨 Prison officer pals who had relationships with jailed gangster brothers locked up after Valentine's cards and necklaces found  facebook.comTwo Prison Officers Sentenced After Having A Relationship With Prisoner Brothers  Regional Organised Crime UnitsPrison guards who had fling with lags are jailed as raunchy messages revealed  The Sun
  
• Badenoch pens letter to Clacton ahead of by-election - BBC7 August 2026, 6:12 pm
  Badenoch pens letter to Clacton ahead of by-election  BBCNigel Farage in Clacton: are the wheels on the bus grinding to a halt?  The TimesThe metre-long ballot paper that proves Clacton is no ordinary by-election | ITV News  ITVX‘I’ll support him all the way’: Clacton voters rally to Nigel Farage despite heightened scrutiny  Financial TimesThe serial candidates standing against Farage in the Clacton by-election  BBC