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Director Claire van Kampen has died, aged 71, on the 65th birthday of her husband, Sir Mark Rylance.

Cameron Diaz has said her decade-long retirement from acting was "the best 10 years of my life".

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse videos, including AI-generated material.

A £20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identification of the parents of three siblings found abandoned in London over eight years.

Fresh appeals have been made for information on what would have been the 20th birthday of Ellis Cox, who was shot dead in Liverpool last June.

The owner of Poundland, one of Britain's biggest discount retailers, has drafted in City advisers to explore radical options for arresting the growing crisis at the chain.