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1. Government spends 25 times more on benefits than jobs for young people, says adviser

   Reforms are needed of the welfare system to tackle the high numbers of young people not in work or education, says Alan Milburn.

2. At least 90 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports

   The blast in Shanxi province constitutes the country's worst mining disaster in 16 years.

3. Hot weather to intensify in UK over bank holiday weekend

   Amber heat health alerts are in place for the Midlands, eastern and south-east England.

4. Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory

   Ukraine says it struck Russia's elite Rubicon drone military unit in a Moscow-occupied region.

5. French pair held until trial after boys abandoned by road in Portugal

   The couple, who allegedly left two young boys on a roadside in the south of Portugal, will remain in custody, a court rules.

6. 'Suddenly I could see myself': Why breast reductions are more popular now

   For the first time, more people in the UK are choosing reduction procedures than enlargements.

7. How Panorama exposed rape allegations on Married at First Sight UK

   Two women said they were raped by their on-screen husbands during filming of the Channel 4 show, MAFS.

8. Charmain 'was on a mission' to find out who her prophet husband was. Then she died

   After a whirlwind romance and quickfire wedding, she was mysteriously found dead in a bathtub in Ghana.

9. The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out

   Sufiyaan Salam has won an award from Stormzy, been nominated for a Bafta and made a video for Elton John.

10. Ebola experts and survivor from outbreak a decade ago warn lessons must be learnt

    Those caught up in West Africa's Ebola outbreak a decade ago on how best to tackle the current epidemic.