WeekDay AM: 10 Things you need to know this morning
Le Pen barred, Birmingham's 'major incident', and Gaza's cash shortage

today's international story

Le Pen attacks 2027 election ban

today's politics story

Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike

Today's transport story

'Green signal' for Virgin's cross-Channel trains

It's not all bad

under the radar

Gaza is running out of cash

on this day

1 April 2001

Today's newspapers
tall tale

Tongue-twisting talent

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