National News

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• Nursery worker jailed after abusing 21 babies in sadistic campaign

  A nursery worker who abused 21 babies has been jailed for eight years as parents of her victims condemned her “sickening” crimes and branded her the “worst kind of human”.

• Netanyahu says Israel must finish the job against Hamas in Gaza

  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders at the United Nations that his country “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war in Gaza.

• Tories set out plan to cut red tape and end woke practices

  The Scottish Conservatives have laid out a plan to cut red tape and end “woke” practices in Scotland’s business agencies.

• Low income white children already disengaged before secondary school

  White children from low-income backgrounds are already the most likely to be disengaged when they start secondary school, a study has found.

• Chris Robshaw says Strictly Come Dancing is out of his comfort zone

  Former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw has said Strictly Come Dancing is “completely” out of his “comfort zone”.

• Barack Obama accepts Freedom of the City of Dublin with deep humility

  Barack Obama was presented with the Freedom of the City of Dublin at a clandestine ceremony in the Irish capital.

• Taxi driver saw stampede of children fleeing Southport attack inquiry hears

  The taxi driver who took Axel Rudakubana to the Southport attack has said he drove away despite seeing screaming children running “like a stampede for their lives” because he thought he heard gunshots.

• Jaguar Land Rover brings some IT systems online in phased restart after attack

  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said parts of its IT systems are back online amid a “phased restart” of its operations as it continues to recover from a damaging cyber attack.

• Seventeen year old Rio Ngumoha signs first professional contract at Liverpool

  Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha has signed his first professional contract a month after turning 17 and a year after arriving from Chelsea.

• Younger workers returning to offices in greater numbers than older staff study

  Hybrid working has reshaped daily life, redrawing the balance between office and home working, according to new research.