UK News

• Mohamed Al Fayed accused of multiple rapes by staff

  The BBC hears the owner of the luxury store scoped out his victims on the shop floor, assaulted them in London, Paris and St Tropez, and pressured them to keep quiet.

• Some prisoners released early without being tagged

  Some offenders released last week were not electronically tagged as they should have been, raising the risk of reoffending.

• I’m in control, says Starmer after Sue Gray pay leaks

  Anonymous briefings point to mounting tensions around the PM's chief of staff in Downing Street.

• Poor maternity care is at risk of being normalised, inspectors find

  Many of the maternity failings at scandal-hit hospitals are being seen elsewhere, England’s NHS regulator says.

• Interest rates held at 5% but 'on the path down'

  Economists are betting on rates being held in September with a cut to come in November instead.