UK - The Independent

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1. Hottest May day ever recorded in the UK as temperatures top 34C

   A trio of weather records has fallen in the UK

2. Concerns grow over Trump’s health ahead of annual physical

3. England crush New Zealand in T20 series decider

   The White Ferns were bowled out for just 80 on a sweltering day in Hove.

4. Nicola Sturgeon’s statement as she comes under pressure over estranged husband’s embezzlement

   The former Scottish first minister said she was ‘utterly appalled’ by Peter Murrell’s actions

5. Woman shot dead outside Sheffield bar on Bank Holiday Monday

   Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder

6. Beef prices are rising so fast some famed Texas BBQ joints are closing: ‘Everybody’s at risk these days’

   BBQ joint owners in the Lone Star state told how they have been in ‘survival mode’ for a year now, as many fight to stay open

7. Starmer will still face leadership contest if Burnham loses by-election, Jess Phillips says

   The mayor of Greater Manchester may be the favourite to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister if he wins in Makerfield but that by-election is no sure thing

8. Catastrophic explosion risk is over at chemical tank in California but evacuations remain

   Despite this positive development, evacuation orders remain in place for approximately 50,000 residents in Garden Grove

9. The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another

   Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats

10. True scale of UK’s prison drug crisis revealed as deaths hit record high

    Exclusive: Chief inspector of prisons demands ministers to get a ‘grip’ on the crisis as tactics for smuggling lethal substances into jails have escalated to drones that can deliver up to 11kg of drugs at a time