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1. Nicola Coughlan and Helen Mirren to star in National Theatre Live cinema shows

   Dame Helen stars as Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning production The Audience.

2. FTSE 100 Live 04 December: Index seen higher as Nikkei rallies, Frasers posts results

3. Energy bills set to go up by £108 a year to pay for "more resilient" gas and electricity networks

   Gas bills will have to go up by an average of £48, while electricity bills will rise by £60 a year on average.

4. Novichok attack: MI5 left ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal 'alarmingly accessible' to Putin's assassins

   Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to the chemical weapon which was left in a discarded perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018

5. Princess of Wales stuns in tiara and sparkling gown as she joins star-studded state banquet for German president

   Kate, 43, stepped out in a stunning blue sparkling gown and rarely-seen piece of royal jewellery for the evening's festivities

6. Harry gatecrashes The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and cracks joke about Trump

   Harry appeared in a comedy sketch that aired on Wednesday night, playing himself as he attempts to audition to become a Hallmark ‘Christmas prince’

7. Streeting orders review of mental health diagnosis amid welfare reform drive

   The Health Secretary is concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims because of diagnoses for mental illness.

8. Stansted Airport train passengers at risk of £100 fines after contactless tickets delayed until next summer

   Sudden postponement of roll-out at 20 Greater Anglia stations announced a week before latest expansion of ‘pay-as-you-go’ network

9. Bin strikes in east London over Christmas period called off after new pay deal struck

   GMB union members were due to begin rolling strikes in Waltham Forest next week ithat would have caused chaos

10. Steve Cropper dies aged 84: Tributes paid to legendary Booker T and the MGs guitarist

    The musician played on and co-wrote Otis Redding's Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay and Wilson Pickett's In the Midnight Hour