The Daily Mail says it has reported Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, to the FBI after its journalists uncovered what it described as a "stash" of child pornography in a storage unit it says was rented by him in Mexico. The paper published the story under the headline "Vault of Shame."

Separately, staff at the care home where Markle had been living told another outlet that he has been asked to leave and is now staying at a different home in Florida. Markle has strongly denied allegations that he has possessed images of child abuse.

In a Guardian article, Prime Minister Andy Burnham offered what the paper described as a personal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade. Burnham said he would launch an initiative to help the Commonwealth's poorest countries repay their debts over a longer period and at better rates.

Ruling out financial reparations, Burnham said he does not think "British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous."

Chancellor John Healey has vowed to veto new clean energy projects if there is a risk that the national grid cannot cope with the electricity generated, warning that this could push up costs for consumers. Healey said there is "no sense in building power that can't connect and then paying to switch it off."

The Times noted in its editorial that wind farms had been allowed to connect to the network before upgrades to the national grid had been carried out.

Several Red Wall Labour MPs are calling on the government to reduce the benefits bill and not to appease what one MP described as the "leafy Surrey suburbs." Another MP told reporters the government should be "ambitious," adding that the UK needed a "Beveridge report for the 21st century."

The King's niece Zara Tindall has a jewellery range featuring gems from an Australian mine that has been criticised over pollution, according to reports. The story was published under the headline "Zara and the Toxic Diamonds." Tindall's agent did not respond to a request for comment.