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1. London travel news LIVE: Railway trespassers cause train delays between St Pancras and Kentish Town

   Lines between London St Pancras International and Kentish Town disrupted by trespassers on Thursday morning

2. Surprise 0.5% GDP boost for UK as Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey signals no swift interest rate rise

   The latest GDP figure shows an unexpected boost to growth before the Iran war kicked off

3. Tesco says Iran conflict increasing uncertainty over profit outlook

   The UK’s largest supermarket group reported stronger-than-expected adjusted operating profits of £3.15 billion for the year to February.

4. UK economic growth in February better than forecast before Iran war

   The ONS said gross domestic product grew by 0.5% month-on-month in February following upwardly revised growth of 0.1% in January.

5. Arsenal handed double suspension boost for Champions League semi-final vs Atletico

   Two midfielders escaped punishment against Sporting to hand squad a full clean slate

6. East London Pakistani restaurant fined £4,000 for fly-tipping rubbish on its own doorstep

   Video shows two men leaving Chaat N Grill in Ilford Lane and dumping bags of rubbish on the pavement

7. Epsom rape protest: Large crowd confronts riot police following attack outside church

   Social media footage shows large crowds of protesters squaring off with dozens of police officers in the centre of Epsom

8. Hotspots where asking rents have surged revealed amid wider price standstill

   The market is more price sensitive, with landlords ‘needing to be realistic from the outset’, Rightmove said

9. ‘I’ve felt lost, betrayed, or completely powerless’, says Harry in summit speech

   Harry made the remarks at the InterEdge Summit in Melbourne on ‘leadership, psychosocial safety and human connection in the workplace’.

10. One big step… for future missions: what did we learn from Artemis II?

    The moon mission didn’t break scientific ground — but that wasn’t the point, says Chris Stokel-Walker