Mirror's Daily Digest - top five stories you need to read tonight
In this Monday’s Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day - from Prince Harry’s arrival in the UK to the latest on the NHS dentistry crisis - see today's Digest below
Welcome to the Mirror's Daily Digest, where we'll be pulling together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Royal teams and more. This Monday, we're featuring everything from Prince Harry’s four-day UK visit to a worrying update on the NHS dentistry crisis.
Our Showbiz team has covered Daisy May Cooper’s fantastic new figure after shifting 10 stone, while our Politics team has warned the UK could suspend visas from countries that do not "play ball". Meanwhile, columnist Kevin Maguire says the PM should listen to the unions' calls on workers' rights.
Prince Harry visit LIVE: Duke lands in UK and heads to late Queen's grave
Our Royal team has been working around the clock to cover Prince Harry’s arrival in the UK today, where he will be spending the next four days. The Duke of Sussex will participate in charity-focused duties, including an informal meet with Children in Need and appearance at the WellChild awards, which takes place this evening. After touching down in London, Harry headed for his grandmother's grave in Windsor, and was seen paying his respects in a private moment inside St George's Chapel, where she was laid to rest in 2022.
According to royal sources, the Prince is reportedly "so excited" to have come back home. Speaking to Hello Magazine, they said: "He's so excited to come back to the UK. He's in a really good headspace. He's really looking forward to seeing everyone from his patronages face to face and focusing on the causes. He’s really positive about coming back to do all the stuff that he loves doing."
UK migrant bombshell dropped by new Home Secretary - 'visas suspended'
In a fresh bombshell, Labour's new Home Secretary has warned the UK could suspend visas from countries that do not "play ball" and agree to return deals for migrants. Our Politics team reported that Shabana Mahmood said she had discussed the measure with the allies from the Five Eyes group, who are in London for crunch talks on border security. Ms Mahmood said the nations would work together "particularly on how we deal with countries who do not take their citizens back".
The Home Secretary, who was appointed during a reshuffle on Friday, said: "For countries that do not play ball, we've been talking about how we can take much more co-ordinated action between the Five Eyes countries.
"For us, that means including possibly the cutting of visas in the future, just to say, you know, we do expect countries to play ball, play by the rules, and if one of your citizens has no right to be in our country, you do need to take them back."
Daisy May Cooper shows dramatic 10st weight loss - 'Even I can't believe it!'
In other news, Daisy May Cooper wowed fans with her fantastic new figure after shifting 10 stone over the past three years, our Showbiz team reports. The This Country star looked incredible as she celebrated son Jack's sixth birthday alongside Spiderman and Batman, and her one-year-old Benji.
Her transformation took place between filming the first and second seasons of her BBC hit series Am I Being Unreasonable? over the course of three years from 2021 to 2024. She previously spoke about her motivation for losing weight, admitting that she was inspired to make a change after struggling with her well-being and feeling "unhappy" and "miserable".
She told The Sun TV Magazine: "It was a bit mad, as since we filmed the last series and this series, I've had my lips done and lost about ten stone, so in those flashbacks, we were just killing ourselves laughing as we don't even look like the same people. But it was fun.”
'Keir Starmer needs unions more than ever after Angela Rayner departure'
Writing in an opinion piece, columnist Kevin Maguire has said that Keir Starmer should listen to the unions calls on workers' rights after the departure of Angela Rayner triggered a reshuffle. He penned in the Mirror: “Trades unions want better job rights, higher wages, turbo-boosted public services, the scrapping of the Tory poverty-creating two-child benefit cap and a wealth tax imposed.
“So Keir Starmer should be popping down to Brighton for this week’s TUC annual Congress to pick up a few bold ideas to revitalise his struggling Labour government instead of staying away. Because lurching to the right and shuffling the Cabinet deckchairs after union darling Angela Rayner left home isn’t the answer to a haemorrhaging of hope, trust and electoral support. Starmer fatally dilutes promised modern rights at work, laws that would stop folk being exploited and mistreated as disposable cheap labour. By doing so, Starmer would sign the government’s death warrant.”
Hundreds of Brits queue to register with NHS dentist sparking urgent warning
The Mirror’s Health and Science Editor Martin Bagot has covered the latest on the NHS dentistry crisis, after huge queues returned at the weekend. On Saturday, people waited for hours outside a practice in Bristol after it announced it would be taking on some new NHS patients.
They included elderly people unable to have their NHS operation until they had seen a dentist and pregnant women unable to get their oral health checked. The scenes were a repeat of those seen before the General Election where police were called to control crowds outside another Bristol practice and have sparked calls for the Government to do more to tackle the NHS dentistry crisis.
Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association, said: “The return of these queues is hardly unexpected. We’ve heard the right promises, but we are yet to see the change we need to give NHS dentistry a future. These scenes won’t be consigned to history until we see a decisive break from underfunding and failed contracts.” The Mirror launched the Dentists for All campaign which saw Labour pledge to reform the “flawed” NHS contract, which leaves dentists making a loss treating patients who need most care.