National news

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• Donald Trump extends Iran ceasefire with Tehran regime seriously fractured

  Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran saying the Tehran regime was “seriously fractured”.

• CPI inflation in March rose to 33 per cent

  That's according to the Office for National Statistics

• Regulator to get power to ban energy bosses bonuses under reforms

  That's according to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

• More than 100 child deaths in six years with links to temporary accommodation

  Data has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• McDonalds UK boss says hard to do business but will keep investing in workers

  The company says it will offer five-day placements to 16 to 25-year-olds nationwide

• Liam Rosenior seethes at indefensible Chelsea display

  Brighton won at home 3-nil to go sixth in the Premier League table

• Government to introduce amendment to schools Bill to make phone bans statutory

  The Government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

• Rapist admits religiously aggravated attack on stranger he targeted on a bus

  A sex attacker who subjected a stranger to racist and anti-Muslim abuse as he raped her at her home has changed his pleas to guilty after being verbally abused in the dock.

• Inquiry under way into Lord Mandelson vetting leak says No 10

  An inquiry into the leak of information relating to Lord Peter Mandelson’s security vetting is under way, the Government has said.

• High Court challenge over Met Polices use of live facial recognition thrown out

  Two people have lost a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police over its use of live facial recognition technology in London.