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‘Don’t be afraid of mechanical delays!’

‘I have no idea where they’ve been or what their clothes have been exposed to.’

Wilko: New bid emerges for stricken retail chain Private equity firm M2 Capital has confirmed it has made a £90m bid for Wilko – in the latest attempt to save the retail chain. M2 Captial has bid £90m for the business and pledged to retain all employees’ jobs for two years. The Guardian newspaper first reported the M2 bid, and says it is one of several offers being considered by administrators. Wilko fell into administration earlier this month, putting 12,500 jobs and 400 stores at risk. The administrators for Wilko set a deadline of Friday last week for bids for…

Liverpool flood deaths: 2 dead after driving car into floodwater Two people in Liverpool have died after becoming trapped in their car in a flooded road. Police were called to Queens Drive in the Mossley Hill area at 21:00 BST on Saturday night. Passers-by desperately attempted to save the two people – a man and a woman – who were stuck inside a black Mercedes in deep floodwater. They were taken to hospital but both were pronounced dead. Met Office data shows heavy rainfall at over 32mm an hour near where the incident happened. Flood alerts and warnings remain in…

Suella Braverman does not rule out GPS tagging of Channel migrants Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was considering “all options” to “exert some control” over migrants arriving in small boats, including tagging some migrants with electronic devices. The Times newspaper has reported the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with GPS tags. The paper says this was part of efforts to stop migrants who cannot be housed in detention centres from disappearing. Braverman said the government’s Illegal Migration Act will “empower us to detain and remove illegal migrants more swiftly.” She said: “We’re considering a range of options…

Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel Libya’s foreign minister has been suspended by the country’s prime minister after the FM met informally with her Israeli counterpart. Libya does not recognise Israel and is a strong backer of the Palestinian cause. The meeting between the two has sparked protests in the majority Arab state. Israeli FM Eli Cohen said the meeting with Libya’s FM Najla al-Mangoush was a historic first step in establishing relations. Israel wants to build closer ties with Arab and Muslim-majority countries which do not officially recognise it. But Libya’s presidential council, which represents its three…

Angeles Bejar says she will not eat until the ‘witch hunt’ for her son ends.

‘I don’t really care about the money – it’s the customer service that’s really pushed me.’

France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools France’s Education Minister Gabriel Attal has announced pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in the country’s state-run schools. The new rule will come into effect at the beginning of the new school year on 4 September. France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.  Headscarfs have been banned since 2004 in French state-run schools. “When you walk into a classroom, you shouldn’t be able to identify the pupils’…

P&O Britannia cruise ship crashes during Mallorca storms A UK cruise ship broke free from moorings and collided with a freight vessel during a storm in Mallorca, Spain. Passengers on the British ship described how after it broke loose the ship “floated away.” A walkway also fell into the sea. A small number of people suffered minor injuries, according to P&O Cruises, and they are being cared for onboard. The ship will stay in Palma to allow for a technical assessment. The ship’s captain had earlier told passengers there was “no structural compromise.” The storm is one of the severe…