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1. UN scientists reveal when El Niño weather event is likely to return this summer

   The World Meteorological Organisation has warned countries to prepare for the natural phenomenon

2. Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed, Yvette Cooper says

   The Foreign Secretary described the document dump related to the peer’s appointment as an ‘unedifying process’.

3. London Tube strikes LIVE: Underground lines paralysed by RMT action as Thursday walkout 'definitely on'

   The first of two 24-hour walkouts on the London Underground began at midnight

4. Murrell bought motorhome and robotic lawnmower with party donations, court told

   The former SNP chief executive officer is due to be sentenced on June 23.

5. Home mortgage approvals jump to 15-month high, figures show

   The Bank of England said in its Money and Credit report that 65,945 mortgage approvals for house purchases were recorded in April.

6. Government commits to 87% cut in UK’s climate emissions by 2040

   The target is in line with official advice but comes as political consensus over climate action is increasingly fractured.

7. Kate to join King and Queen at cancer charity reception

   The princess, who is in remission, will attend the event in honour of Cancer Research UK on Tuesday evening.

8. Murrell scandal ’embarrassing internationally’, McConnell says

   The former first minister was speaking at the Scotland 2050 conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

9. Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton’s relationship timeline

   The pair have gone Instagram official three months after first being linked.

10. Southampton manager Tonda Eckert apologises for Spygate scandal: 'I made a mistake'

    Southampton was removed from the Championship play-offs last month after admitting to spying on semi-final opponents Middlesbrough