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Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

Ed Sheeran has inspired a new £12.5m government initiative to bring music education into libraries across England.

The UK has now had 25 days this year when temperatures have exceeded 30C as the country experiences its third heatwave of the summer, the Met Office has said.

Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face an overnight social media curfew and the disabling of addictive features under government plans - but critics say it won't achieve anything as the settings can be turned off.

Police have named a man whose body was found in a suitcase as 34-year-old Dale Mundell.