5 STORIES COMING UP TODAY

ASSANGE ‘VICTORY’

The fiancee of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hailed his ‘victory’ in his fight to avoid extradition to the US. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said at the Old Bailey that, due to the real risk of suicide, Assange, 49, should not be extradited by ‘reason of mental health’.

GLASTONBURY ‘ON’

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has dismissed speculation the festival has been called off this year. She made the comment after Spice Girls star Mel B said she had been told it had been cancelled.

WEATHER BATTLE

The Met Office is tracking two weather events ‘fighting for influence over the UK’ which could bring more low temperatures. Meteorologists have observed a sudden stratospheric warming is under way, which is associated with very cold weather.

HELEN’S LAW

Laws have come into force in a bid to make it harder for killers to get parole if they refuse to reveal where they hid their victim’s body. The Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020, is known as Helen’s Law.

STAB BOY NAMED

A 13-year-old boy stabbed to death at a Reading beauty spot has been named by police as Oliver Lucas Stephens.