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Government has ‘moral responsibility’ to help people through crisis, says Sunak

The Tory leadership contender signalled he would provide billions of pounds to support families struggling with the cost of living.

One dead and three injured after incidents on Skye and mainland

Heatwave leads to boom in demand for ice cream makers

Jeremy Corbyn says he stands by comments on Ukraine weapons supply

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh marries actress Emma Currie

Security workers at airport to go on strike over pay

Safeguarding indigenous peoples’ lands could save primates, research suggests

CCTV image of missing student nurse released by Met Police

Water companies urged to protect supplies as ‘likely very dry autumn’ looms

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder Trump security adviser John Bolton

Firefighters subdue deadly blaze at key oil facility in Cuba

Commonwealth Games ‘start of great things’ for West Midlands – chief constable

Charity reveals Raymond Briggs made annual donations in honour of his wife

Footballers’ names read to jurors in Benjamin Mendy trial

Jail term for man who poisoned neighbours’ cats

Ministers working on fresh cost-of-living support package to put to new PM

Government ‘considering all options’ to accommodate Ukrainian refugees

Aviva vows to deliver more investor returns after earnings leap higher

Martin Lewis warns lives are at risk amid energy bill crisis

China appears to wind down threatening war games near Taiwan

Boy, 15, held on suspicion of murdering schoolboy Deshaun Tuitt

It’s A Sin star Callum Scott Howells to take on lead role in West End’s Cabaret

Chancellor pledges to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

All you need to know about the rapid polio vaccination programme

Seven in 10 Homes for Ukraine hosts find support hindered by cost of living

Elon Musk sells £5.8 billion in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter fight

Singer Aled Jones remembers Snowman creator Raymond Briggs following his death

Beluga whale stranded in French river dies, authorities say

Worsening conditions will force people out of farming, industry warns

Cyclists take on Glasgow-Athens challenge to raise funds for migrant charity

Football star Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to further count of rape

Primark to reopen flagship store four years after it was destroyed by fire

Tui reveals £63m hit from airport travel chaos

The Snowman creator Raymond Briggs dies aged 88

Royal Mail warns of ‘negative commercial impact’ of postal worker strikes

Large explosions rock Russian air base in Crimea

Chimpanzee Lizzie celebrates milestone birthday at Belfast Zoo

Cast of Grease The Musical dedicates show run to Olivia Newton-John

‘Motive unclear’ as man charged with killing fellow Muslims in Albuquerque

‘Abusive’ father who evaded police for 12 years convicted of killing daughters

Suella Braverman: Schools do not need to comply with gender preference of pupils

Chancellor to hold crisis talks with gas and electricity bosses

What the papers say – August 10

New Samsung foldables expected to be unveiled

Dame Olivia Newton-John sent actress ‘beautiful letter’ after cancer diagnosis

Dolly Parton sad to have lost ‘my special friend’ Dame Olivia Newton-John

Missing mother and baby found ‘safe and well’

Terror boss who plotted mass murder denied parole

Ryan Giggs’s ex tells jury she was ‘a slave to his every need and every demand’

Car thief caught hiding inside giant teddy bear in Rochdale

Chancellor to challenge energy bosses to help customers cope with soaring bills

Truss tax cut proposal would do little for low earners, says teaching assistant

Tributes to couple in their 70s found dead at property

What are the options for helping households with their energy bills?