Two private schools are at the centre of a police inquiry into deepfake abuse images of girls ⬇️ thetimes.com/article/8f0a72…

JK Rowling: Labour has turned its back on women thetimes.com/article/f9b13b…

TIMES: Labour plan for changing gender with less evidence #TomorrowsPapersToday

How the young Keir Starmer made his name as a ‘radical’ barrister. The first of a three-part ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ series on Starmer’s legal career, by ⁦Billy Kenber⁩ and ⁦Dominic Kennedy⁩ thetimes.com/article/3cf0e2…

Kemi Badenoch ‘rips into’ Rishi Sunak over election blunders thetimes.com/article/bd6c0f…

First day today in Manchester as The Times's Northern Correspondent! Always keen to chat about story ideas, so please drop me a DM or email me for tips / coffee ☕️

King and Queen award royal title to Guernsey goats saved from Nazis thetimes.com/article/2dbe03…

Britain is growing increasingly tolerant of fraud and theft, a trend that will cost the benefits system an extra £2bn a year, the government claims. The trend is being fuelled by a society increasingly tolerant of dishonesty, according to a DWP report. thetimes.com/article/c452e4…

Does Taylor Swift’s influence know no bounds? They have access to a treasure trove of jewels and yet this week the King, Prince George and Princess Charlotte have all been seen wearing friendship bracelets made trendy by the Eras tour. ⁦Kate Mansey⁩ thetimes.com/article/313a1e…

Scoop from Steven Swinford - Junior doctors offered 20% pay rise to end strikes thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

The suspect held over the Southport stabbings has been described as a reclusive teenager who loved karate as a child but had rarely left the house on his own in recent times. What we know about the ‘introverted’ 17-year-old, by ⁦Tom Witherow⁩ thetimes.com/article/03b4ac…

Dance teacher Leanne Lucas was stabbed in the back, arms and neck after bundling two girls into a storage room to protect them from the Southport attacker, her family had told The Times and The Sunday Times Heartbreaking interview by our new northern correspondent Constance Kampfner thetimes.com/article/725c6f…

Anatomy of a riot — how violence erupted in Southport after false claims on a fake news site with curious links to Russians. thetimes.com/article/b03be7…

There were tears and admissions of terrible decisions across northern England today after some of the first people who took part in riots were hauled before magistrates’ courts. One 30-year old wept in the dock and cried out for his mum. ⁦ thetimes.com/article/dd7e37…

Extraordinary story from our US team. Disney is seeking to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit from a widower whose wife died of an allergic reaction at Disneyland — on the ground that he signed up for a free trial of Disney+. thetimes.com/article/a0699e…