National News

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• Celtic have won the Scottish Cup

  Martin O’Neill guided Celtic to the double as the Scottish champions beat Dunfermline 3-1 in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final.

• Huge problem of 70000 barriers in UK rivers mapped out

  More than 70,000 weirs, dams and other river barriers have been mapped across the UK, as conservationists warn they are a “huge problem” for wildlife and pollution.

• Dozens killed in Chinese coal mine explosion

  A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi has killed at least 90 people, state media reported, after dozens were said to be trapped underground.

• Shakira says she has no time for romance at peak of her career

  Shakira has said she has “no space or time for romance”, adding she feels that she is at the “peak of my career”.

• Scrolling in bedrooms after midnight a driver of youth joblessness

  Anxiety linked to social media is driving economic inactivity among young people, according to the former minister tasked with looking at why almost a million are neither working nor learning.

• Eva Longoria and Gillian Anderson among stars at Cannes Film Festival

  Eva Longoria, Gillian Anderson and Monica Bellucci were among the stars on the red carpet for the premiere of Histoires De La Nuit.

• Charles delights theatregoers as he takes seat at sold out show

  The King delighted theatregoers when he took his seat near members of the public to watch a sold-out performance of a Shakespeare play.

• Artist to create work from Sycamore Gap tree wood after contest winner announced

  The National Trust has announced the winner of its competition to turn the wood of the illegally-felled Sycamore Gap tree into an artwork.

• Temperatures in UK could be hotter than the Seychelles on Saturday

  Temperatures in parts of the UK could be higher than the Seychelles on Saturday, after Britons enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far on Friday.

• First weekend of Makerfield by election campaigns to get under way

  The first weekend of campaigning is set to get under way in Makerfield, in a by-election that Andy Burnham said could “change Labour”.