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• Epping asylum seeker hotel injunction overturned at Court of Appeal

  A temporary injunction that was set to block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel has been overturned at the Court of Appeal.

• Trial date set for man accused over sweets laced with sedatives at summer camp

  A trial date has been set for a 76-year-old man charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp where sweets were allegedly laced with sedatives.

• Bodies of two hostages returned as military begins Gaza City offensive Israel

  Israel on Friday said its military had recovered the bodies of two hostages as it suspended noon pauses to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, calling it a “a dangerous combat zone”.

• Vaccine for chickenpox to be rolled out on the NHS

  A vaccine for chickenpox will be rolled out on the NHS in England from January, officials have announced.

• Most autistic people over 40 are undiagnosed research suggests

  The majority of autistic people over the age of 40 in the UK are living without a diagnosis, a study suggests.

• NHS reliant on private firms and charities for mental health care think tank

  The NHS has become “reliant” on private companies, charities and social enterprises to deliver routine mental health care, a think tank has warned.

• Minneapolis attacker fired 116 rifle rounds into church police chief says

  The person who killed two Catholic school pupils and wounded more than a dozen children fired 116 rounds from a rifle into the Minneapolis church, the city’s police chief said on Thursday.

• UK France and Germany to revive sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme

  The UK, alongside France and Germany, has announced its plan to revive UN-backed sanctions on Iran over fears it is developing nuclear weapons.

• Volunteer Met Police officer guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child

  A volunteer Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child.

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