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1. Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Friday, June 5, 2026

   Read what the stars mean for you today, from Taurus to Aries

2. Yvette Cooper rejects Harriet Harman’s call for disappearing messages ban

   The Foreign Secretary said “lots of people”, including herself, had WhatsApp’s auto-delete tool turned on for some exchanges.

3. Trump takes fresh tilt at ‘windmills’ while announcing cash boost for US coal

   The president has long voiced his opposition to turbines and been a stern critic of Britain’s energy stance

4. Keir Starmer ‘will not walk away’ after Andy Burnham vows leadership challenge

   Mr Burnham is one of 14 candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election.

5. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sublet three Royal Lodge cottages while paying peppercorn rent

   The National Audit Office has published a new report into the royal family’s residential property arrangements

6. New AI-designed vaccine ‘could protect against whole families of viruses’

   An early trial of a vaccine made using the technology found it is safe and well-tolerated, with a larger study to include more than 200 people.

7. Defibrillators and bleed control kits to be installed in Nationwide branches

   The building society said life-saving training will also be offered to staff and communities.

8. Badenoch: Study shows ‘utter madness’ of SNP and Labour on North Sea drilling

   Research by the University of Aberdeen showed the large amount of oil and gas still remaining under the North Sea.

9. Scottish businesses braced for ‘another challenging year’, experts say

   Law firm MFMac said the business community is ‘realistic’ about the economic challenges it faces over the coming year.

10. Swinney to chair meeting on evacuated former mining village

    Around 100 homes in Coalsnaughton were evacuated on May 18 after an investigation into ground movement took place.