Good evening. A ban on puberty blockers could be made permanent as the Labour party takes a harder stance on transgender issues.
Elsewhere, a security guard has been sentenced to life in prison for plotting to rape and murder former This Morning host Holly Willoughby.
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Labour moves to ban puberty blockers permanently
Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, intends to stop powerful hormone blockers being given to children via any means, subject to the outcome of a legal hearing. Laws to ban the blockers being supplied to children by private or off-shore clinics were passed by his predecessor ahead of the general election.
Gavin Plumb sentenced to life in prison for Holly Willoughby rape and murder plot
A security guard convicted of planning “unspeakable violence” against Holly Willoughby has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison. Gavin Plumb, from Harlow, Essex, was found guilty of hatching a plot to kidnap, murder and rape the former This Morning host following a week-long trial.
Crossbow suspect Kyle Clifford arrested on suspicion of triple murder
Kyle Clifford, from Enfield, in north London, was arrested on Thursday evening on suspicion of three counts of murder. Police said the suspect remains in a serious condition in hospital after being found with a wound to his chest at a cemetery close to his home on Wednesday afternoon.
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