A coast guard panel listened to four days of evidence that has raised questions about whether warning signs before the disaster were ignored.

Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia – the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities.

Hospitals made of the crumbling concrete will be spared from the review instituted by Rachel Reeves in a bid to save public money.

The soldiers’ behaviour in the town of Qabatiya was the latest in a series of suspected violations by Israeli forces since the start of the war.

Plans to convert a barn at Langton Farm in Darlington into a residential property have been lodged with Durham County Council.