Author: News Desk

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Monday’s front pages report on various stories.  The Times reports that gunfire and clashes broke out in Dunkirk in the hours before a small boat sank in the Channel, killing six people. The clashes involved migrants “desperate” to get to the UK. A teenager who attempted the journey on Friday told the paper that chaos spread through the camp as Afghans sought places on boats provided by Kurdish networks. The Guardian says pupils from lower income backgrounds are likely to “bear the brunt” of what it calls “grade deflation,” when this year’s A-level and…

Oprah said that she will be making a ‘major donation’.

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The Irish singer-songwriter’s life was set to be the subject of a big screen production.

The rapper worked with US musician Timberland.

Police were called to Paget street on Sunday evening

A man’s body was discovered in the back of a van engulfed in flames in Staffordshire.

Police were called to the blaze in Paget Street, Burton-upon-Trent, at 7.55pm on Sunday by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

The remains were discovered only after the fire had been extinguished.

His death is currently being treated as unexplained, Staffordshire Police said, with a post-mortem examination to be carried out to establish the cause of the man’s death.

Police have asked anyone with footage from the area or information about the incident to contact the force, quoting incident 637 of August 13.

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