Labour prepares to crown new leader
Craig TaylorThe Labour Party is preparing to announce its new leader after a turbulent three-month campaign. BBC News – UK
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NI leader steps down in Stormont crisis
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson steps aside and all but one of his party’s ministers resign as a result of the political crisis at Stormont. BBC News – UK
Queen is UK’s longest-reigning monarch
Cheering crowds greet the Queen on the day she becomes Britain’s longest reigning monarch, as David Cameron praises her “selfless sense of service”. BBC News – UK
Two Britons killed in RAF Syria strike
Two British Islamic State jihadists were killed by an RAF drone strike in Syria, the PM says – the first targeted UK drone attack on its own nationals. BBC News – UK
UK aid budget ‘to go to councils’
Money from the UK’s international aid budget is to be used to help councils to house refugees from Syria, Chancellor George Osborne says. BBC News – UK
Councils ‘offer refugee sanctuary’
More than 40 UK councils say they are ready to offer sanctuary to refugees fleeing fighting in Syria, Labour’s Yvette Cooper says. BBC News – UK