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1. Joe and Jill Biden adopt a pair of black Lab-mix puppies named Boo and Scout

   Joe and Jill Biden have added a pair of black Labrador-mix puppies named Boo and Scout to the former president’s home in Delaware, adopting the sibling dogs after they were rescued from a shelter in Tennessee

2. Family says body found in Colombia identified as missing US flight attendant

   Eric Fernando Gutiérrez Molina, a 32-year-old American Airlines flight attendant from the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, vanished earlier this month

3. Martin Lewis issues urgent advice to 12 million drivers affected by car finance scandal

   Around 12 million drivers are now in line for a payout and each will receive an average payout of £830

4. UK-France £650m Channel deal talks stall over small-boat crossings

   The French intercept 33 per cent of crossings, with Home Office figures showing rates have fallen to intercepting just 2,064 of 6,233 crossings

5. Starmer issues new ultimatum as he hits out at striking doctors

6. Army now investigating why helicopters did a fly-by past Kid Rock’s home

   The Army said the helicopters were on a training flight and were not related to a ‘No Kings’ protest that took place in the area on the same day

7. The key sticking points as talks stall between Britain and France over migrant crossings

8. Vaping ‘likely’ to cause lung and oral cancers, ‘most definitive determination’ to date finds

   7% of Americans use e-cigarettes, recent CDC data shows

9. Keir Starmer calls doctors’ pay deal rejection ‘reckless’ and sets 48-hour strike deadline

   BMA to stage six-day action after Easter weekend over demands for pay to be restored to 2008 levels

10. Student shoots a teacher at Texas high school before fatally shooting self, authorities say

    Authorities say a 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself