SKY NEWS

• Former TV star jailed for nine years for rape and assault

  Former River City star Iain Robertson has been jailed for nine years for raping a woman and assaulting two others.

• Teenage girl and woman in her 40s dead after getting into difficulty off Essex coast

  A teenage girl and a woman in her 40s have died after getting into difficulty in the water off the Essex coast, police said.

• EU risks Trump backlash with $1bn fine on Google

  The European Union (EU) has imposed another big fine on a US tech giant in defiance of warnings of reprisals from Donald Trump.

• Police officer who took own life was violent rapist - as victims urged to come forward

  A Police Scotland officer who took his own life earlier this year is suspected to have been a violent rapist who carried out a spate of attacks.

• Long dry spell set to end for many as forecast shows rain ahead

  Parched gardens and parks are set for a spot of relief in the coming days with rain moving into some drought-threatened areas.

• What Burnham means for your money - from income tax to pensions

  Andy Burnham has made a third policy announcement to help bring down costs - after dropping hints there would be more to come.

• More than 15,000 people evacuated from homes as wildfire spreads in France

  Around 20,000 people were evacuated from towns and holiday resorts in southwestern France as a wildfire raged near the popular tourist coastal town of Lege Cap-Ferret. 

• Gang caught fishing £40m cocaine haul from sea using GPS trackers

  A drug smuggling gang was caught trying to retrieve £40m of cocaine from the sea after the entire haul was nearly lost when their GPS trackers failed.

• More than 1,000 people killed in Ebola outbreak

  More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), health officials said.

• UK considered suspending trade agreement with Israel

  The UK considered pausing its trade agreement with Israel, having undertaken an impact assessment on suspension last summer.