Labour vows to outspend Tories with NHS 'rescue plan'
Labour will today vow to outspend the Tories on health funding as they unveil a £26 billion “rescue plan” for the NHS.
The party said its proposal will provide safe, quality care, recruit thousands of staff and rebuild crumbling facilities.
The commitment amounts to £6bn more than the funding pledged last year by the Conservative government.
Boris Johnson will later make his first key note address on the general election campaign.
The PM will blast the prospect of a Labour-SNP coalition and criticise "far left" Jeremy Corbyn.
Farage warned he has 48 hours to 'save Brexit'
Nigel Farage has been warned he has just 48 hours to "save Brexit" by his long-time ally and millionaire backer Arron Banks.
Mr Farage earlier this week staged a climbdown from his vow to fight 600 seats by promising to give 317 sitting Tory MPs a free ride.
CCTV shows Grace's body being taken to woods in suitcase
CCTV footage of Grace Millane’s body being taken in a suitcase to the woods by her alleged killer has been shown to her murder trial.
Backpacker Miss Millane, from Wickford, Essex, died on a Tinder date in Auckland, New Zealand.
Miss Millane’s body was found in a suitcase and dumped in a shallow grave in woodland outside Auckland on December 9 last year.
It is alleged the man on trial murdered her during rough sex, but he insists her death was accidental.
The trial continues.
Cardinal Pell granted chance to challenge child sex abuse conviction
Cardinal George Pell has been allowed a final chance to challenge his conviction for historical child sexual abuse.
The decision comes nearly a year after a unanimous jury found him guilty of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.
Pell was sentenced to six years in prison in March.
John Legend named sexiest man alive
US singer John Legend has been named the "sexiest man alive".
The 40-year-old, who is married to model and TV presenter Chrissy Teigen, said he was "excited" but "a little scared" by the honour.
Previous winners of People Magazine's award include Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, David Beckham and last year's pick, Idris Elba.
"Everyone's going to be picking me apart to see if I'm sexy enough to hold this title," Legend told People.
On this day…
1805: Johann Georg Lehner invented the Frankfurter sausage.
1851: The start of a telegraphic service between London and Paris.
1941: HMS Ark Royal torpedoed by German U-boat, she sank the next day.
1947: Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, resigned after admitting he had disclosed tax proposals to a reporter minutes before he presented the Budget.
1954: Great Britain won the first Rugby League World Cup, defeating France 16-12 in Paris.
1969: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC staged a symbolic "March Against Death".
1970: A 120mph tropical cyclone hit the densely populated Ganges Delta region of east Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
1990: Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first web page on a NeXT workstation.
1994: Voters in Sweden decided to join the European Union in a referendum.
