Just a quick note on how BBC News verifies deaths in order to report them

Yesterday I was assigned the death of online star Lil Tay

A statement on her Instagram page said she, along with her brother, had died

I contacted her management to double check it was true

Exclusive Dominic Raab interview with Chris Mason across BBC News (UK) from 5pm.

Today really matters because it’s about big issues like truth and democracy.

My analysis here:

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Watch Boris Johnson taking questions from a committee of MPs on the BBC News (UK) website. It's just started. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p…

EXC - FOI data obtained by #Newsnight shows dramatic increase in recorded mental health incidents by GB police forces. Reasons given by police chiefs - police increasingly seen as first resort for ppl with mental health problems & lack of community care bbc.co.uk/news/uk-648915…

“The Windsor Framework”

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A few thoughts ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech — watch on BBC News (UK) shortly bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Officials say a hotel in the centre of Kyiv has been hit. At least one person has been killed.

Liz Truss out, new leader by the end of next week. Another huge day in British politics live here

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The rapid fall of Kwasi Kwarteng - and why sacrificing the chancellor might not be enough to save Liz Truss

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The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer @HMTreasury.

My source tells me Liz Truss has made a mistake if she thinks her (outgoing) friend Kwasi Kwarteng has no base in the parliamentary party. “People like Kwasi. He is friendly. He’s honest. Maybe a bit too honest. Maybe that’s his problem.”

A group of senior Tories have been holding discussions + have decided the following: the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng will prompt them to come out publicly next week + call on Liz Truss to resign. My source: “These are serious people. The PM will find it difficult to survive.”

How the Government decided to junk it’s 45p tax rate policy…

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The Liz Truss X BBC Local Radio SUPERCUT from #BBCNewscast bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

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'I will act... within one week'

Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss says she will reveal a plan to deal with the UK's energy crisis immediately if she becomes prime minister

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