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1. Top Foreign Office civil servant to leave post after Starmer loses confidence

   Security officials initially denied Lord Mandelson clearance, but Foreign Office officials took the rare step of overruling the recommendation.

2. Crystal Palace: Oliver Glasner issues Adam Wharton and Maxence Lacroix injury updates as stars forced off

   Eagles could be without some key players for semi-final after attritional Fiorentina clash

3. Conference League semi-final dates in full: Crystal Palace set up Shakhtar clash as Strasbourg eye final berth

   And then there were four...

4. Video Games: Lana Del Rey releases James Bond computer game theme

   It comes after Del Rey revealed she had a Bond film theme rejected.

5. Starmer to say opening Strait of Hormuz ‘global responsibility’ at Paris meeting

   A fifth of the world’s oil normally flows through the crucial shipping lane.

6. Fiorentina 2-1 Crystal Palace (2-4 agg.): Eagles keep European dream alive despite quarter-final scare

   Oliver Glasner’s side picked up two worrying new injuries in Italy

7. Starmer orders Foreign Office to explain after overruling Mandelson vetting

   Sir Keir Starmer has previously insisted due process was followed in the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US.

8. Who Crystal Palace will face in Conference League semi-finals as opponents confirmed

   The Eagles are now just 120 minutes away from a European final

9. First contestant to leave I’m A Celebrity feeling ‘combination of emotions’

   Harry Redknapp was given the ordeal of choosing who had to leave the show after losing a Bushtucker Trial eating challenge.

10. Tottenham relegation fight twist as new date set for Aston Villa trip

    Tough trip to Villa Park has been pushed back to after West Ham play Brentford