Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced a new agreement to co-operate on Channel crossings on the last day of the French president’s state visit to the UK.

Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a ‘real breakthrough in the way we tackle the vile trade of people smuggling’.

Trains are being cancelled heading from Chelmsford after a person was struck by a train, with all services affected.

It comes as new figures show the proportion of patients who had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days declined for the third ...