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The UK's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.7%, in a set of official figures that will support the case for a Bank of England interest rate hike next month.

The family of Dame Esther Rantzen have revealed details of a farewell message written before she died, in which the 86-year-old said she felt "deprived of any choice over my own death". 

A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed in a stabbing in Manchester.

Family and friends paid their respects at the funeral of former Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.

Two men and two women have been arrested after a police officer was shot and injured in Nottingham city centre at the weekend.

Police in Northern Ireland and Scotland are investigating after threatening emails, deemed to be a hoax, were sent to hundreds of schools.

A man has admitted stabbing 10 people on a London-bound LNER train - but still faces trial on more serious attempted murder charges. 

A pack of buyout firms will this week submit initial offers for Flora Food Group, the spreads giant behind brands including I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.