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1. Starmer slams Farage over his previous Brexit promises

2. Gary Barlow ‘didn’t leave house for more than a year’ as solo career failed to take off

   Gary Barlow has revealed that he didn’t leave the house for over a year as his solo career failed to take off.

3. Mandelson-Epstein latest: Peer suggested JP Morgan ‘threaten’ UK over tax on banker bonuses, new files show

   Bank statements to the Labour peer appear to show payments from Epstein totalling $75,000 between 2003 and 2004

4. Trump-Iran latest: US president hopeful of Tehran deal even as Khamenei warns of regional war

   Iran's supreme leader warned that a US attack would spark a ‘regional war’

5. Esther Rantzen shares heartbreaking health update after medication ‘stops working’

   The broadcaster and Childline founder is a passionate campaigner for assisted dying

6. Britain’s ‘most repulsive road’ named as verge swamped by sea of rubbish

   A stretch of the A38 in Willington has been branded Britain’s “most repulsive road”, with footage showing the verge swamped by a sea of rubbish.

7. Olivia Dean says immigrants ‘deserve to be celebrated’ in moving Grammys speech

8. Rodri launches stinging attack on referees after Man City setback

9. Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 10 years in jail in corruption case

   Her niece, the British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, has been sentenced to four years in connection with two cases involving a government township project

10. Transfer deadline day: Liverpool agree fee for Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet

    The France under-21 international, who had also been in talks with Chelsea, is set to arrive at Anfield in the summer.