Nottingham killer assaulted two people weeks before knife rampage but wasn’t arrested

Leicestershire Police confirmed that six weeks before Valdo Calocane took the lives of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates, officers were called after the 32-year-old assaulted two security guards at a warehouse where he was working.

At the time, Calocane had already been on the run for several months after he failed to appear in court in August 2022 to face charges over assaulting a police officer in Nottingham.

UN employees sacked for alleged involvement in Hamas attack on Israel

The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) says it has fired several employees following reports of their involvement in the Oct 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

The agency said in a statement on Friday it received information from Israel about the alleged involvement of some of its workers in the attacks.

King ‘doing well’ after procedure to correct enlarged prostate

The procedure has taken place, with the King now due to spend the night in hospital to recover.

A source said he is “doing well”, as the Queen left his bedside after six hours.

Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

Sport | Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will stand down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season.

US | Murderer Kenneth Smith who survived first execution attempt killed with nitrogen gas

Business | Ryanair accused of fuelling Ireland’s property crisis

Russia-Ukraine war | Kremlin denies Putin wants to end war

Science | BBC removes Dragons’ Den episode over businesswoman Giselle Boxer’s ‘unfounded’ ME cure

Arts | Bob the Builder becomes ‘Roberto’ as cartoon handyman gets the Hollywood fix

Watch: Drone crashes at Fatboy Slim concert

A music fan who crashed his drone into the stage at a Brighton music festival has been convicted in a landmark case.

Comment and analysis

Ross Clark | The electric vehicle fiasco has become dangerous

Isabel Oakeshott | Britain will lose the next world war. It’s too woke to fight

Julian Jessop | Even lacklustre Britain is outperforming failing EU economies

David Frost | Trump has captured the new conservative zeitgeist

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Electric cars cannot save China from another shock

World news: Seven-foot shark washes up on Spanish beach

The ocean predator, weighing 200kg, was found near a tourist hotspot after getting into trouble in shallow waters.

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‘In my time as Telegraph radio critic I’ve learnt that BBC bosses are touchy, and audiences often know best’

As our radio critic Charlotte Runcie bows out after five years, she shares her final thoughts on the medium she loves.

Business news: Bernie Ecclestone now Britain’s second-highest taxpayer – after paying £650m tax fraud bill

Bernie Ecclestone has become Britain’s second-highest taxpayer after admitting fraud and paying out hundreds of millions of pounds in a settlement with HMRC.

The former Formula One boss handed the taxman a record £650m in back taxes and penalties after pleading guilty to tax fraud and failing to declare £400m overseas trust last year.

Live markets news: Electric car maker slashes hundreds of jobs