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The Conservative leader is carrying out a reshuffle of her shadow cabinet before the party’s conference in October. Kemi Badenoch has replaced another member of her top team, ousting Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor and appointing Andrew Griffith in his place. The Conservative leader is carrying out a reshuffle of her shadow cabinet before the party’s conference in October.

Courtney Gartshore was jailed for six years. A mother who killed her three-month-old daughter with heat from a hairdryer plans to appeal against her conviction and sentence. Courtney Gartshore, 28, used the appliance to subject Dahlia-Rose Gartshore to “significant and sustained heat” on the head and body, fatally injuring her. She was convicted of the culpable homicide of her daughter following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen in July.

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers, as well as grooming gang members, are to be blocked from early prison release. Tracking people let out of prison under the Government’s early release scheme will be an additional challenge on the strained resources of police officers, a leading police chief has warned.

The property has suffered water damage. A conservation project to dry out Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece the Hill House has reached a “significant moment” with the successful removal of the roughcast that contributed to the problem. The removal of the roughcast means that experts can now move on to the next phase of the project to make the building watertight and protect it for the future.

The former footballer and manager said he will take on his ‘toughest challenge yet’ to raise cash for those living with rare skin conditions. Graeme Souness will climb the highest peaks in Scotland, Wales and England in a bid to raise at least £500,000 for people suffering from rare skin conditions in the UK. The former Rangers and Liverpool manager will take on Ben Nevis, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) and Scafell Pike over the course of three days alongside three high-altitude swims.

Yoni Finlay’s comments come before a memorial service for the victims and survivors on Monday evening. A man shot during an attack on a Manchester synagogue has said his son has since faced death threats and that “things don’t feel safer” almost a year on. Yoni Finlay was hit by a police bullet at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall on October 2 last year. He is reported to have been helping to barricade the doors as Jihad Al-Shamie targeted the place of worship.

Andrew Bailey said that a ‘future market correction’ could spread across the world if the AI bubble bursts, in a letter to G20 finance ministers. Artificial intelligence could unleash a global economic downturn, the governor of the Bank of England has warned in a letter to governments from around the world.

Investors will find how much the company is initially valued at when it makes its debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday. Fast fashion giant Shein is to make its stock market debut in a move which could value the company at as much as 27 billion US dollars (£19.8 billion). However, this would still be sharply lower than previous valuations, amid pressure from tax changes and weak consumer sentiment.

The ancient structure was unearthed on the Orkney island of Swona. A group of students have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1,000 years old on an uninhabited Scottish island. The Gordonstoun pupils made the discovery on an archaeological field trip to Swona, a tiny Orkney island where only feral cattle live. The building thought to be a church bears similarities to other Viking churches from the 10th and 11th centuries.

The Scottish First Minister said public service reform would be a key part of the next five-year term at Holyrood. John Swinney is vowing to bring about “radical change” to Scotland over the next five years, pledging there will be “significant” reform of the country’s public services. The Scottish First Minister will set out some of the detail of his plans in his Programme for Government statement to Holyrood on Tuesday, the first day back for MSPs after the summer recess.