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Nicola Sturgeon has refused to name the consultant who met Cambridge Analytica for the SNP (Jane Barlow/PA)

Sturgeon refuses to name consultant who met Cambridge Analytica for SNP

The Queen addresses Commonwealth heads (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Queen speaks of wish for world leaders to endorse Charles as Commonwealth head

Russian Tatiana Akhmedova who has won new High Court orders after being awarded £453 million by a London court against her billionaire ex-husband (Rick Findler/PA)

Divorce battle woman who won £453m granted further orders to help recover award

The child had got his shoe stuck in the escalator and required help from firefighters to be freed (Danny Lawson/PA)

Five-year-old boy trapped in escalator on school trip

Marathon Runners in fancy dress during the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon (Adam Davy/PA)

Hottest April day for nearly 70 years brings warning for London Marathon runners

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Dale Winton ‘devoted his life to making everyone else happy’ (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)

Dale Winton ‘devoted his life to making everyone else happy’

An artist’s impression of the light railway (London Luton Airport/PA)

Work begins on new light railway at Luton Airport

Takeda has had a takeover bid rejected (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Shire rejects £44 billion offer from Japan’s Takeda

A man touches a monument when attending an independent ceremony (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

In Pictures: Poland marks 75th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Emma Hardy urged the Government to consider launching a full public inquiry into the use of mesh (Chris McAndrew/UK Parliament)

Vaginal mesh ‘biggest medical scandal’ since thalidomide, MPs told

DUP leader Arlene Foster giving evidence during the Renewable Heat Incentive public inquiry into Stormont’s botched green energy scheme (RHI Inquiry/PA)

Green energy scheme was not a personal priority, says Arlene Foster

The Queen speaks at the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Queen endorses Charles to take over as Commonwealth head

General view of Mount Everest in Nepal (David Cheskin/PA)

Honour for mountaineers who made first Everest conquest without oxygen supplies

House of Fraser has drafted in advisers to look at a range of restructuring options (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

House of Fraser’s troubles deepen as advisers called in over restructuring plan

People punt along the River Cam in Cambridge on what is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far (Joe Giddens/PA)

In Pictures: Fun in the sun amid soaring temperatures

The scene in Clevedon, Somerset, where a woman has died after a vehicle smashed into a property, around 8.30pm on Wednesday (Claire Hayhurst/PA)

Woman, 90, dies after van crashes into house

Marathon Runners in fancy dress during the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon (Adam Davy/PA)

Fancy dress runners warned to reconsider ahead of ‘hottest-ever’ London Marathon

Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces overseeing the evacuation of rebel fighters from the Army of Islam and their families from the town of Dumayr (Sana/AP)

Syrian rebel fighters lay down weapons and leave another town

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Michael Kappeler/AP)

France’s Emmanuel Macron promotes EU reform agenda on Germany visit

Sir Cliff Richard arrives at the Rolls Building in London for the continuing legal action against the BBC over coverage of a police raid at his apartment in Berkshire in August 2014 (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Public should know what police are doing, says Cliff Richard case reporter

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell addressed city leaders in London (PA)

McDonnell offers finance sector a role in Labour policy making

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (PA)

PM accuses Corbyn over anti-Semitism after immigration criticism at PMQs

Soldiers during an operation to remove a contaminated police car from the Accident and Emergency entrance at Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire (Corporal Pete Brown/British Army)

Kremlin-backed TV channel sparks new Ofcom investigations

Compressed air rushes out of damaged aircraft windows (David Maialetti/AP)

What happens when a plane window is smashed?

Theresa May (PA)

May hits back at claims she was callous to Windrush generation

The scene in Clevedon, Somerset, where a woman has died after a vehicle smashed into a property (Claire Hayhurst/PA)

Woman dies after car smashes into side of house

People with daffodils gather for non-official anniversary ceremonies (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poland pauses to remember Warsaw Ghetto uprising after 75 years

A replica of the new European Solar Telescope which is to begin observations in a decade (Queen’s University/PA)

New solar telescope will be able to shine fresh light on mysteries of the Sun

Unilever has announced its first quarter results (PA)

Unilever hikes dividend and launches share buyback programme despite sales dip

The Prince of Wales speaks during the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Commonwealth can be a cornerstone for the lives of future generations – Charles

More than 100,000 people are expected to visit Windsor on the day of the royal wedding (Yui Mok/PA)

Armed police to patrol railway on day of royal wedding

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the raid was part of a proactive operation (PA)

Drugs worth £5,000 seized during police raid in Fermanagh

Transport minister Nusrat Ghani (Parliament TV/PA)

Transport minister left red-faced in Commons after mishearing question

An illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (NASA via AP)

Nasa’s Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets

Sun-seekers enjoy the hot spell in St James’ Park, London (Victoria Jones/PA)

Warmest April day in decades forecast with temperatures set to hit 28C

Melrose Industries has confirmed that board directors of GKN have stepped down after its controversial £8.1 billion takeover by Melrose Industries was made unconditional.

GKN board resigns after £8.1bn takeover

Handy tips to stop your car from breaking down in the heat

Handy tips to stop your car from breaking down in the heat

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A book of press clippings from the 1950s found during the refurbishment of the Cineworld Leicester Square cinema in London (Matt Crossick/PA)

Refurbishment of London cinema turns up glimpse of the past

A Guard of Honour carrying the 53 Commonwealth flags arrive at Buckingham Palace (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Commonwealth leaders welcomed with show of pomp and pageantry

A souvenir mug commemorating Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding (Emma Bridgewater/PA)

In Video: Mugs go on sale for Harry and Meghan’s wedding

Debenhams reported worse-than-expected profits (PA)

Debenhams profits plunge nearly 85% after battering by Beast from the East

Dale Winton (ITV/Rex/Shutterstock)

Dale Winton remembered: ‘Funny and kind’ with ‘a heart of gold’

Tammie Jo Shults, the pilot of the Southwest plane that made an emergency landing after an engine explosion.(Thomas P Milne/US Navy via AP)

That’s how she’s wired: Pilot lauded for handling crisis

Mothercare has announced another change to its top ranks (PA)

Clean sweep at top of Mothercare as chairman departs just weeks after CEO

Tributes have been paid to Dale Winton (Rebecca Naden/PA)

Tributes to Dale Winton: lovely with a touch of naughty

President Donald Trump during a news conference with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Trump says unless North Korea summit ‘fruitful’ he will pull out

Dale Winton doing a ‘Supermarket Sweep’ in Brent Cross, London, to promote the midweek National Lottery. The presenter has died at the age of 62, his agent has said (Tony Harris/PA)

From Supermarket Sweep to Dale’s Great Getaway – Dale Winton’s gameshows

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are due to get married on May 19 (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Meghan Markle wants to be like Diana, suggests half-brother

Dale Winton has died aged 62 (Michael Crabtree/PA)

Tributes paid to Dale Winton after death aged 62

Plastic drinking straws could be banned under plans being considered by Theresa May (Empics Sport)

Straws and cotton buds could be banned as Theresa May targets plastic pollution

Picture taken with permission from the twitter feed of @mtranchin showing the damage to the Southwest Airlines plane after Jennifer Riordan died when the jet blew an engine at 32,000ft and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, causing her to be parti

Woman killed in jet tragedy remembered as selfless

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have taken on Commonwealth duties (Yui Mok/PA)

Harry and Meghan champion Women’s Empowerment as royal wedding approaches

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