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1. Russell Brand is charged with rape and sexual assault of four women between 1999 and 2005

   Brand, 50, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday May 2

2. Beckenham Place Park evacuated as boy, 16, goes missing after entering water

   A park in south London has been evacuated as police search for a teenage boy who went missing after entering water.

3. Sir David Attenborough reflects on almost being 99 in new documentary trailer

   The film will be screened in cinemas from May 8 – the day the veteran broadcaster turns 99.

4. Andrew’s reputation ‘irrecoverable’ after Newsnight grilling, aide told tribunal

   Yang Tengbo was excluded from the UK on national security grounds in March 2023.

5. FTSE 100 suffers worst day of trading since pandemic in Trump tariffs fallout

   Trading has been hammered in the aftermath of the US introducing more import taxes on countries around the world.

6. Brand says he ‘never engaged in non-consensual activity’ after being charged

   He has been charged with sexual offences, including rape.

7. ‘International man of mystery’ denies aiding Russia sanctions breach, court told

   Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 48, the former mayor of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions.

8. Racegoers soak up the sun at Aintree’s Ladies Day

   More than 48,000 people were at the Merseyside racecourse on Friday.

9. Industrial estate blaze not thought to be suspicious – police

   Firefighters have now left the scene in Cumbernauld after four days.

10. Nine-year-old hopes to be lucky charm for Grand National runner

    Joshua Duckworth rubbed a ‘lucky medal’ on the nose of his favourite horse, Iroko, ahead of the steeplechase.