Good evening. Cat killer Scarlet Blake has been found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of the murder of Jorge Martin Carreno.
Elsewhere, Sir Keir Starmer claimed Rishi Sunak was “too weak” to describe Lee Anderson’s comments about Sadiq Khan as Islamophobic.
Cat killer to serve at least 24 years in prison for murdering stranger
Following a three-week trial at Oxford Crown Court, cat killer Scarlet Blake has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 24 years for the murder of Jorge Martin Carreno.
Sunak ‘too weak’ to label Lee Anderson remarks Islamophobic, claims Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer claimed Rishi Sunak was “too weak” to describe Lee Anderson’s comments about Sadiq Khan as Islamophobic. Stephen Davies discusses the controversy and argues it will cost the Conservative the Red Wall here.
Nato and EU members ‘considering sending troops to Ukraine’
Several Nato and EU states are considering sending soldiers to Ukraine on a bilateral basis, Slovakia’s prime minister claimed ahead of a meeting of European leaders in Paris.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
London | A private school pupil killed himself after he was blackmailed on Snapchat over nude photographs, an inquest has heard.
Comment and analysis
Stephen Davies | The Tories have lost the Red Wall – the Lee Anderson row proves it
Andrew Orlowski | Google has drowned the internet in a sea of stupidity
Tim Stanley | Mass migration has shattered Britain’s identity
Karl Gustel Wärnberg | Sweden’s little known tax cut could revive Britain’s flagging economy
Your view | Readers’ message to Jeremy Hunt: Raise tax thresholds to win the election
World news: Mafia gangster hands priest poisoned chalice
Father Felice Palamara, an outspoken critic of the ’Ndrangheta crime network, had bleach added to his communion wine.
Feature of the day
Inside kit bags since the Battle of Hastings – and the three items every soldier has carried
Wars may evolve but what the military carries changes surprisingly little.
Business news: Britain to harness power of Sahara solar farms using 700ft ship
A project to power Britain using solar farms thousands of miles away in the Sahara is moving a step closer to fruition as its backers prepare to commission the world’s biggest cable-laying ship.
Live markets news: FTSE miners plunge as stocks hit lowest level in over two years
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Bryony Gordon | ‘Recovering from an eating disorder is harder than getting sober’
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Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Brian Moore | ‘If England can’t catch, can’t pass and can’t carry, how do they win a Test?’
Six Nations | Team of the weekend: Duhan the destroyer among six Scots
Matt Law | ‘Chelsea’s ‘blue billion-pound bottlejobs’ blew it’
Cricket | Robinson let England down in crucial Test
Everton | 10-point deduction for breaching PSR rules reduced to six after appeal
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