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Heathrow cap on passenger numbers will be extended to end of October

No more than 100,000 travellers will be able to depart per day until October 29, the west London airport said.

Justice officials seek to improve safeguards for women in refuges

Taskforce set up in bid to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

Pay farmers to restore habitat on least productive farmland, think tank says

US defence secretary tests positive for Covid-19 for second time

Third Tory MP switches from Sunak camp to back Truss in leadership race

Journalists and lawyers file lawsuit against CIA over ‘spying’ on Assange visits

Kremlin critic Navalny says he is in solitary confinement

NI Secretary urges Stormont politicians to resurrect powersharing government

Vara offers to meet Noah Donohoe’s mother over withholding of information

‘Next generation’ Covid booster jab to be offered to adults over 50 from autumn

Johnny Depp to direct first feature film in 25 years

Inquiry hears of mother’s heartbreak at losing son in hotel blaze

Gas company donates £500,000 to support residents affected by fatal explosion

Downing Street unable to confirm where PM will work from in final weeks

Starmer pledges to freeze fuel bills by extending windfall tax

Death toll in Armenia fireworks depot blast reaches six

Two men accused of throwing disposable BBQ into woodland charged with arson

‘Predator’ Benjamin Mendy turned pursuit of women for sex into game, court told

The Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans dies aged 72

Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more corruption charges

Lawyers appeal against Brittney Griner’s Russian prison sentence

Comedian Jerry Sadowitz hits back at Edinburgh Fringe venue over racism claims

Scotland under thunderstorm warning as heavy rain expected on Tuesday

Adele gushes about boyfriend Rich Paul: ‘I’m obsessed with him’

Co-founder of UK Black Pride ‘blown away’ by community solidarity

Iran denies involvement in attack on Sir Salman Rushdie

Cornwall faces hosepipe ban amid drought and heatwave

China announces new military drills as US politicians visit Taiwan

Rail fares rise in England will be below inflation rate

Big Issue announces partnership with Citroen for electric vehicles

Inquiry into fire which claimed lives of two men at luxury hotel begins

Japanese PM renews no-conflict pledge on anniversary of Second World War defeat

Modi vows to turn India into developed country in next 25 years

What the papers say – August 15

In Pictures: India marks an eventful 75 years since independence from UK

Actress Anne Heche ‘peacefully taken off life support’ nine days after car crash

Australian man charged after shooting at windows inside airport

Rail fare increase in England will be below inflation rate, Government says

Trial of Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy on rape charges to begin

R Kelly jury selection begins over trial-fixing allegations

Man fined for racially abusing England players after Euro 2020 loss

Horizon Post Office scandal compensation decision delay ‘unacceptable’

Former school teacher who confessed to child sex offences jailed

Ministers ‘worrying about votes’ while crops rot in fields – food industry

PM available for ‘urgent’ decisions while on holiday, says Downing Street

Russian shells slam into eastern Ukraine, killing three

Warning over ‘dangerous’ flooding in cities and rural areas

Drivers rescued as bridge in Norway collapses

Sunak and Truss urged to act on cost-of-living crisis with PM on holiday again

A-level results day will not be ‘pain-free’, Ucas chief warns

Afghanistan marks one year since Taliban seizure as woes mount

Harry and Meghan to visit UK next month for first time since Jubilee

Plan to cap bus fares at £2 per journey