National News

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• Police left between a rock and a hard place amid debate over Linehan arrest

  The head of the police force that arrested Father Ted creator Graham Linehan said his officers are in “an impossible position” when dealing with statements made online, and should not be “policing toxic culture wars debates”.

• Rylan Clarks comments on immigration receive hundreds of Ofcom complaints

  Rylan Clark’s comments about immigration on ITV’s This Morning have sparked hundreds of Ofcom complaints.

• Esther Ghey says school phone ban would have really helped daughter Brianna

  The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said a school phone ban would really have helped her daughter, as she launches a campaign for a statutory ban in schools.

• Tories will challenge Government to rule out property tax hikes

  The Tories will challenge the Government to rule out property tax rises in the autumn budget in a Commons vote.

• Camilla makes first appearance since revelation she fought off sexual assault

  The Queen has made her first public appearance since the revelation she fought off a man who groped her on a train when she was a teenager.

• Southampton flat fall victim named amid murder investigation

  A woman who died after falling from a block of flats in Southampton has been named by police, as a murder investigation into her death continues.

• New Green Party leader wants to reclaim populism after landslide win

  The new Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he wants to “reclaim” populism after a landslide victory that will see his party shift its politics to the left.

• My son was everything you are not mother tells killer of ex prison officer

  A career criminal was branded a “violent, inhumane coward” as he was jailed for a minimum of 45 years for killing a former prison officer.

• Government defends Online Safety Act after X claims it threatens free speech

  The Government has defended the Online Safety Act after Elon Musk’s X said the legislation was threatening free speech.

• Burden placed on teachers has never been higher union warns

  The burden placed on school and college leaders and teachers has “never been higher”, a teaching union has warned.