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The court is hearing a legal challenge brought by asylum seekers and a number of groups over five days.

Sophie Madden’s family, friends and colleagues said they have no idea why she took her own life

A look at how the incoming prime minister’s first days will unfold.

Having opposed Brexit in the 2016 referendum, and even advocated anti-monarchist views as a Liberal Democrat, Liz Truss is now Conservative leader.

Turnover of prime ministers has sped up in recent decades.

She became a Member of Parliament only 12 years ago.

The way in which she has won the keys to Downing Street is a result of the UK having a parliamentary democracy.

The monarch will carry out the key duty at her private Scottish retreat, rather than at Buckingham Palace, for the first time in her reign.

Veteran Westminster watchers have started to speculate about who will sit round the table with the new Prime Minister.

The new Conservative Party leader faces a No 10 in-tray more daunting than many of her recent predecessors.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak in the battle for the Tory leadership and will become prime minister on Tuesday.

John Barlow led a “team effort” to save driver who had suffered a suspected seizure while in the outside lane of the M62.

Separate figures from Barclaycard also showed that card spending slowed to its lowest levels for more than a year.

Up to 80mm of rain could fall within three hours on Monday.

Elderly care home residents and health and social care workers are among the first to get the winter coronavirus and flu vaccination.

The new Tory leader will be handed the keys to Number 10 on Tuesday after an audience with the Queen at Balmoral.

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said leaders in Dublin and Brussels are hoping that Ms Truss would be less strident on the protocol as PM.

Sterling has not been this low against the dollar since 1985.

The latest crossings mean the total number for 2022 to date could soon exceed the tally for the whole of last year.

The NHS will contact people when it is their turn to book their vaccine.