A YouGov MRP poll projects Nigel Farage as likely prime minister, with Reform UK winning 311 seats, just short of a majority. Labour would collapse to 144 seats, its lowest since 1931, losing key figures including Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband. The Conservatives would fall to 45 seats, their worst result ever, dropping to fourth place. Reform’s gains would mostly come from Labour, with strongholds in the North East, Wales and the East Midlands.

Actor Noel Clarke was arrested at his London home as part of a Metropolitan Police investigation, though the reason remains undisclosed. It has been reported that during the raid, police seized his laptop and other documents. The arrest follows his failed libel case against The Guardian, which reported misconduct allegations from over 20 women. Clarke, who denies wrongdoing, was ordered to pay at least £3 million in legal costs.

Four British tourists have been arrested in Phuket, Thailand, for allegedly robbing American lawyer Ibrahim Iyun of his $75,000 Audemars Piguet watch at gunpoint. One of the robbers is confirmed to be Top Boy actor and rapper 'Bookey'. CCTV footage shows a Ford Everest ramming Iyun's motorcycle before the suspects threatened him with a gun and knife.

AI musician Xania Monet, created by Mississippi poet Talisha Jones using the generative platform Suno, has signed a multimillion-dollar recording deal with Hallwood Media after bidding reportedly hit $3 million. Monet has already charted on Billboard, earned 465,000 monthly Spotify listeners, and saw her song “How Was I Supposed to Know” reach No.1 on R&B Digital Song Sales. Manager Romel Murphy insists Jones’s lyrics are authentic, though R&B stars like SZA and Kehlani have criticised AI in music.

A 19-year-old student who mistook meningitis for “freshers' flu” is warning others after losing both legs and all ten fingers. Ketia Moponda, from Wolverhampton, collapsed just eight days into university and was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia, a life-threatening infection spread through coughing and sneezing. Surgeons amputated her limbs in January to save her life. Now using prosthetic legs, Ketia is determined to return to the gym and pursue modelling, urging students: “Don’t mistake everything for a common cold.”

A 23-year-old prison worker, Megan Breen, has avoided jail after admitting to a sexual relationship with an inmate at HMP Prescoed, Monmouthshire. Breen travelled 175 miles to visit the prisoner, serving over four years for drug offences, during his home leave, and they exchanged over 500 messages. The relationship was exposed after she boasted to a colleague.