National News

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• Government urged to launch industry specific plans to restore nature

  The Government needs to establish strategies for individual industries to help reach national and global nature targets, WWF and Aviva have said.

• Minimum wage to rise 67 from April

  The news has been confirmed ahead of Wednesday's Budget

• Southport stabbing suspect charged with terror offence and production of poison

  The teenager accused of the fatal stabbing of three girls at a dance class in Southport has been charged with production of a deadly poison and a terror offence, the chief constable of Merseyside Police has said.

• Last executed witch might have lived for years research

  The last woman believed to have been executed in England for witchcraft may have avoided the gallows, according to research.

• Man Utd reportedly in talks with Ruben Amorim over replacing Erik ten Hag

  Ten Hag was sacked yesterday after the club's fourth Premier League defeat of the season

• Alex Salmonds funeral to take place near his Aberdeenshire home

  It will be a private service, but a public memorial service is expected in the coming weeks

• UN warns Israel after laws passed severing ties with aid agency

  Israeli lawmakers have passed new legislation threatening the work of the main UN aid agency in Gaza

• Ministers warn Budget will end NHS neglect but improvement will take time

  The Chancellor is expected to pour billions of pounds into the health service

• Too early to talk about redundancies if state shrinks says Findlay

  It is too early to talk about redundancies in the public sector, the Scottish Tory leader has said, despite his calls to reduce the size of the state.

• Manchester United sack first team manager Erik ten Hag

  Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag after the club’s disappointing start to the campaign.