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The government's early prisoner release scheme, introduced to ease jail overcrowding, will make around 5,000 inmates eligible for release, including Jesse Cole and Albert Bowers, who were sentenced to 13 years for the manslaughter of PC Harper. Their inclusion has angered his family and former colleagues, who have started a petition calling for them to be exempt. The Telegraph reports that Andy Burnham is prepared to explore every option to keep them behind bars, and Number 10 is believed to be considering a specific exemption for Cole and Bowers.

Counterterror police have reopened an investigation into an attempted burglary at a London property last year, following the suspected murder of former Conservative-turned-Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe in Devon last month. The police watchdog is reviewing the case after officers said a previously unidentified line of inquiry has been found. Separately, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has strongly denied claims that UEFA paid off an alleged mistress while he was its general secretary, as he faces pressure over his aborted plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.