National news

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• Search for three year old Noah Woods ends in tragedy as body found

  A body has been found in the search for three-year-old Noah Woods who vanished after a visit to a village playground.

• McLaren announces plans for 500m investment in UK

  Luxury carmaker McLaren has announced plans to invest £500 million in the UK and to create 1,000 new jobs, a move hailed by the Prime Minister as “doubling down on Britain”.

• Police keep open mind on missing Noah 3 but nothing to indicate criminality

  The search for a three-year-old boy who vanished from a Suffolk village remains a missing persons investigation with no indication anything sinister has happened, police have said.

• Disgraced celebrity police officer jailed over suspects sex video

  A disgraced celebrity police officer who created a “toxic” WhatsApp culture has been jailed for four years after asking for a female suspect’s sex video.

• Andy Burnham assures Nato chief Mark Rutte of UK commitment to alliance

  Andy Burnham assured Nato chief Mark Rutte that the UK’s commitment to the alliance remains despite the change in prime minister.

• Hundreds of volunteers join search to find missing three year old Noah

  Hundreds of members of the public have joined the search for a three-year-old boy who vanished following a visit to a village playground.

• Parents of Southport victim devastated after court files accessed

  The parents of a child injured in the Southport attack have said they are “devastated” after court files were accessed without authorisation.

• Government wont take risks with living standards says PM as inflation jumps

  The Government “will not take risks with people’s living standards” in the Budget next month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said, after official figures showed another jump in inflation.

• Inflation increases to 31 after jump in petrol prices

  Surging fuel prices helped drive UK inflation higher again last month, according to official figures.

• Search continues for missing three year old boy

  Police are continuing their search for a non-verbal autistic three-year-old boy who went missing following a visit to a playground.