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More than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel in 11 small boats yesterday, government figures show. 

Autumn is officially here, and with it heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day to reinforce the message that summer is officially over. 

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has defended receiving a donation of £14,000 from a Labour peer embroiled in a freebies row, saying it was "declared properly and thoroughly". 

There is a crushed pile of rubble where a nine-storey building once stood in Beirut. 

At least 30 people have been killed and 17 are injured after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports. 

At least 31 people have been killed and 16 are injured after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports. 

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has acknowledged it had twice failed to bring charges against Mohamed al Fayed for sexual abuse. 

The leader of Unite has urged the government to reverse its decision to cut pensioners' winter fuel allowance, calling the policy "cruel". 

The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is suing SpaceX for $15m over claims Elon Musk's company trespassed and damaged a plot of its land. 

Even the Iron Lady flinched at the prospect of delivering her leader's speech to the annual party conference.