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The new Conservative Party leader faces a No 10 in-tray more daunting than many of her recent predecessors.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak in the battle for the Tory leadership and will become prime minister on Tuesday.

John Barlow led a “team effort” to save driver who had suffered a suspected seizure while in the outside lane of the M62.

Separate figures from Barclaycard also showed that card spending slowed to its lowest levels for more than a year.

Up to 80mm of rain could fall within three hours on Monday.

Elderly care home residents and health and social care workers are among the first to get the winter coronavirus and flu vaccination.

The new Tory leader will be handed the keys to Number 10 on Tuesday after an audience with the Queen at Balmoral.

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said leaders in Dublin and Brussels are hoping that Ms Truss would be less strident on the protocol as PM.

Sterling has not been this low against the dollar since 1985.

The latest crossings mean the total number for 2022 to date could soon exceed the tally for the whole of last year.

The NHS will contact people when it is their turn to book their vaccine.

The First Minister will put the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of her Programme for Government speech on Tuesday.

The display explores the changes which have taken place in Highland medicine in the last 600 years.

Her mother Cheryl was also injured.

The S&P Global/CIPS UK composite PMI survey signalled that activity went into reverse across the UK private sector for the first time in 18 months.

Advisers say that helping people during the crisis is like ‘trying to hold back the tide with a bucket’, according to the charity.

Registrations of new cars increased by 1.2% last month compared with August 2021, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

The HS2 interchange near the NEC and Birmingham Airport is due to open in 2026.

Aston Martin said the new funding will be used to pay down its debts and to improve the firm’s liquidity.

The deal will see the Countryside brand added to Vistry’s existing stable, including Bovis Homes and Linden Homes.