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Veteran who fought in Dunkirk rearguard defence celebrates 104th birthday

Major John Errington fought in France in 1940 and spent five years as a prisoner of war after being captured.

Sunak ramps up promises to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Large wildfire burning amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island

Heritage railway suspends steam trains after fire caused by locomotive

Getty Museum in LA to return illegally exported art to Italy

Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban from August 26

Man due in court over shootings which left father-of-six dead and three injured

Drought expected to be declared amid heatwave with UK hotter than Caribbean

Joan of Arc to be made a non-binary character in new Globe production

What the papers say – August 12

UN demands end to military activity at Ukraine nuclear plant

Andrew Bailey: Regulatory independence vital to UK’s competitiveness

Keyham: A timeline leading to tragedy

Rishi Sunak unveils ‘three-part plan’ to help Britons through energy crisis

New Zealand welcomes back first cruise ship since pandemic

GDP falls 0.1% as Covid-19 vaccination programmes wind up

Charles praises ‘resilience’ of young people in mental health message

Harrison Ford’s original Han Solo blaster expected to fetch £410,000 at auction

Suspect who tried to breach FBI office dies in stand-off

People to remember first anniversary of Keyham mass shooting

Fuel costs soar for Premier League away fans

Who were the victims of Jake Davison?

Councils call for clarity around spending of funds from soft drinks sugar levy

NHS staff shortages ‘impacting children’s services outside of hospital’

Stunning Wainwright Coast to Coast walk to get £5.6m upgrade

Co-op pledges to save communities from becoming ‘cash deserts’

Online Safety Bill is not fit for purpose, say IT experts

Do not let windfall tax run beyond 2025, energy chiefs tell PM candidates

Rishi Sunak reveals Boris Johnson has been ignoring his calls

Residents express anger at gas company following Thornton Heath explosion

Tories ‘have put the smoke alarm on snooze’ as Britain faces wildfire risk

Labour pledges to address ‘unjustifiable’ costs of prepayment energy meters

Putin now unlikely to succeed in occupying Ukraine – Wallace

Positive E.coli test at reservoir left Oxfordshire village without water

In Pictures: Scorching day for Britons as heatwave intensifies

Ex-police officer gets seven years in prison over Washington Capitol riot

Justice Department seeks to unseal search warrant of Trump home

Strike vote by courts staff

Man charged over shootings which left a father-of-six dead and two people hurt

Labour shadow minister inadvertently breached MPs’ code of conduct

Register reveals MPs received tickets to see Sheeran, Wimbledon and other events

Rishi Sunak sets out measures to boost UK drought resilience

Labour shadow minister inadvertently breached MPs’ code of conduct

More Ukrainian households homeless or at risk of homelessness after UK arrival

Umbrella swept by wind kills woman at South Carolina beach

Vicar speaks of grief and loss as Keyham remembers shooting tragedy one year on

Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother ‘over the moon’ that his abuser may stay in jail

Community police to encourage victims of institutions for women to come forward

Leadership candidates raise thousands but frontrunners’ backers remain a mystery

Death toll from weekend Israel-Gaza fighting rises to 48

Accumulation of ‘toxins’ in brain is why thinking hard is tiring, study suggests

Heathrow says airport travel chaos is easing

Latvian Parliament calls Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

Hospital admissions continue to fall as Covid-19 wave recedes