Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter firmly dismissed unfounded rumours about her mother’s condition, citing a recent family celebration to underscore her mother’s continued vitality.

Nurses have launched a legal campaign to preserve dedicated female-only facilities, insisting on the importance of clear guidelines and continued safeguards to protect women’s wellbeing in healthcare settings.

The Government is urged to ready itself for potential direct threats while cracking down on alleged illegal work by certain asylum seekers delivering for food platforms, prompting calls for more robust immigration controls and heightened national vigilance.

Donald Trump declared Iran’s missile strike on a US air base in Qatar to be “very weak,” thanked Tehran for its early warning, and insisted on the need for peace.