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Gove unveils VAT plans in leadership pitch
The proposal for a "lower, simpler, sales tax" comes a day after the environment secretary admitted taking cocaine as a young journalist.

Ruth Davidson backs Javid for Tory leader
The Scottish Conservative leader says the home secretary is a "unifier" and the best candidate for PM.

Man found with murdered mum dies
The badly injured man was discovered at the same house as mother-of-two Regan Tierney.

Walker dies after being struck by lightning
A group of seven walkers were on Na Gruagaichean in north-west Scotland when lightning struck.

Umunna's Change exit a 'serious mistake'
Change UK's new leader Anna Soubry says Mr Umunna was a "major" part of why she left the Tories.

Climate change 'will alter' Ceredigion beach
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Orient boss Edinburgh dies aged 49
Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh, who won the FA Cup as a Tottenham player in 1991, dies at the age of 49.
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Gove unveils VAT plans in leadership pitch
The proposal for a "lower, simpler, sales tax" comes a day after the environment secretary admitted taking cocaine as a young journalist.

Ruth Davidson backs Javid for Tory leader
The Scottish Conservative leader says the home secretary is a "unifier" and the best candidate for PM.

Man found with murdered mum dies
The badly injured man was discovered at the same house as mother-of-two Regan Tierney.

Walker dies after being struck by lightning
A group of seven walkers were on Na Gruagaichean in north-west Scotland when lightning struck.

Umunna's Change exit a 'serious mistake'
Change UK's new leader Anna Soubry says Mr Umunna was a "major" part of why she left the Tories.

Climate change 'will alter' Ceredigion beach
A review takes place into the stability of an Aberystwyth beach's sea defences.

Orient boss Edinburgh dies aged 49
Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh, who won the FA Cup as a Tottenham player in 1991, dies at the age of 49.

Ruth Davidson backs Javid for Tory leader
The Scottish Conservative leader says the home secretary is a "unifier" and the best candidate for PM.

Man found with murdered mum dies
The badly injured man was discovered at the same house as mother-of-two Regan Tierney.

Walker dies after being struck by lightning
A group of seven walkers were on Na Gruagaichean in north-west Scotland when lightning struck.
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