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The lead story is that Prince Harry and six other claimants were ordered to make an initial payment of more than £9 million to the publisher of the Daily Mail after losing their privacy case; the judge described their conduct as unreasonable to a high degree, and the publisher said the ruling was a devastating critique. The Food Standards Agency advised young children, over-65s, and those with underlying conditions to avoid undercooked eggs when eating out due to a salmonella outbreak, stressing it was not linked to British eggs. The Met Office warned that a developing El Niño could be the strongest in over a century, bringing intense storms and rainfall to the UK this autumn and making 2027 likely the hottest year on record.

Dozens of holidaymakers complained about Tui River Cruises, citing broken air conditioning and other faults, with the company apologising. A body was recovered after a passenger went overboard from a cruise ship off Scotland. The Prime Minister pledged to consult victims and survivors of terrorism on a permanent national memorial, on the first national day for them, while a survivors' group said the compensation scheme needed an overhaul. Repeated Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil and gas supplies caused fuel shortages and long queues at petrol pumps in Moscow, leading Russia to import petrol. A man appeared in court charged with failing to disclose information about a terror attack on a Manchester synagogue. Inverclyde Council in Greenock set out plans to bring in more legal migrants and refugees to address a falling population.