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1. Toddlers could be sent to pubs without hospitality support, MPs warn

2. Full list of UK schools closed today as Storm Chandra brings ‘extensive’ flooding and ice warnings

   A string of weather warnings in place across UK as Met Office warns of disruption

3. Calls for Kristi Noem to be impeached if she isn’t fired by Trump

4. Men’s heart attack risk rises much earlier than first thought, new study finds

   Coronary heart disease is the most commonly diagnosed type of heart disease and is the single biggest killer worldwide

5. How the spray attack on Ilhan Omar unfolded as Minnesota congresswoman hits back: ‘I survived a war’

   Video footage of the incident shows the man being tackled to the ground after approaching the congresswoman

6. HS2 starts digging Euston tunnel despite station funding doubts

   Old Oak Common will be the London terminus for HS2 services when they start because of delays in developing Euston station

7. Paddy Pimblett breaks silence after first UFC defeat

8. New hope for IPP prisoners as five men held on indefinite jail terms referred to appeal courts

   IPP prisoner Luke Ings, who served more than 18 years after he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonalds aged just 17, is among cases which will be reviewed by judges

9. Two-thirds of Brits find healthy eating advice confusing

10. Starmer lands in Beijing after claiming that engaging with China will make UK richer and safer

    The PM is under pressure to raise several difficult subjects, including China’s espionage activity, when he meets with President Xi Jinping on Thursday