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The Independent says six people have been arrested after a 53-year-old man died following an incident outside an Asda store.

The Independent says Former Commons speaker John Bercow has been suspended from the Labour Party after a highly critical independent inquiry branded him a “serial bully”.

The Guardian says Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to grant him powers to freeze private rents in London, amid a push by Labour over cost of living issues.

Sky News says a large fire which broke out on the 17th floor of a block of flats in east London, has been contained.

The Independent says a police sergeant has been jailed for 10 years for raping a “paralytic” woman who went on to give birth to his child.

The Guardian says Greater Manchester police (GMP) have paid out £8,000 to a woman who reported being drugged and raped, only to be pressed into dropping the case.

The Independent says Police have been granted extra time to question a man suspected of the murders of a man and woman who were stabbed to death in Gloucestershire.

The Guardian says Labour have won the byelection in Birmingham Erdington with a majority of 3,266.

The Guardian says Police have said it was an “absolute miracle” that a 15-year-old girl survived after she was shot in a hail of bullets at a bus stop in Liverpool.

BBC News says Almost half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced.