Mirror Daily Digest: Our top stories from winter fuel update to Prince Harry 'worry'

Welcome to the Mirror's Daily Digest, where we'll be pulling together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Politics teams and more. This Wednesday, we're featuring everything from Keir Starmer's Winter Fuel Payment update to a psychiatrist's take on the interview and one woman's life-changing holiday.

Following yesterday's bank holiday VE day festivities, it was straight back to normality for the PM today as he was forced to rule out a U-turn on the Winter Fuel Payment cut after his own minister voiced concerns. Elsewhere, a psychiatrist has voiced concerns for Prince Harry and we've chatted with one whose holiday inspired a divorce and subsequent relationship.

Keir Starmer rules out U-turn on winter fuel payment cut for millions of pensioners

After Health Secretary Wes Streeting admitted anger over the Winter Fuel Payment cuts hurt Labour in the local elections last week, . No10 said there would be no change in policy after the Guardian reported there could be a re-think of the £11,500 cut-off for the allowance.

The Winter Fuel Payment was brought back into discussion after Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan used a speech on Tuesday to call on to reconsider the means-testing of winter fuel payments.

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "The government set out its position on means-testing winter fuel. It was a difficult decision but one the government had to take to repair our public finances and stabilise the economy and the government's priority is ensuring pensioners receive the financial support they deserve with millions set to see their state pension rise."

'I'm a psychiatrist - Prince Harry showed three worrying signs in bombshell interview'

Following Harry's bombshell interview, our Royal team have been digging into anything and everything about the estranged prince. Speaking to a consultant psychiatrist about the BBC chat, reporters revealed Prince Harry 'intended to send a clear message to the when he gave another angry interview'.

The has come under fire for remarks he made to the BBC about his loss of security, taking aim at his father and accusing the Court of Appeal and the Government of a 'stitch-up'. Now, medic Dr Raj Persaud has shared his thoughts on Harry's decision to speak out, suggesting that it was an attempt to send a message to members of his estranged family.

"With other avenues of communication apparently cut off – he claimed the King will not take his calls – this was quite possibly a bid to garner attention on the public stage in a manner they simply cannot ignore, quite possibly a form of emotional blackmail," he told the Express, suggesting that the underlying message is that Harry will continue to speak out and share his grievances until he is taken seriously by the family.

Mum meets hotel worker on Egypt holiday – then ditches husband of 15 years and 3 kids

A mum-of-three has told us how she realised her marriage had become "stale" on holiday and her life changed after a chat with a hotel worker. Julia Clark, 53, from Lincoln, had been married to Peter, also 53, for 15 years and they had three children together – but a family holiday to in August 2016 took Julia’s life in a completely new direction.

She ended up marrying an Egyptian man and it was not all as she expected. “Sitting around the side of the pool, my husband Peter and two daughters, Melissa and Ameila, relaxed in the water. Our two-week holiday in Egypt was coming to an end and we were making the most of our final few days in the August heat.

"But, while we’d all had a laugh and were coming back with gorgeous photos, I couldn’t help but feel lonely," she said. "It felt like my relationship had gone stale. I’d been married to my husband for 15 years and he was a good man, a brilliant father to our children James, now 34, Melissa, 21, and Amelia, 18, and provided for me, but it felt like we were just there for the kids,"

Rebekah Vardy agrees to pay Coleen Rooney nearly £1.2million after six-year Wagatha row

This Tuesday, our Showbiz team revealed that has been ordered to pay almost £1.2million of 's legal costs following their case. The former star had attempted to sue Rooney following her now infamous social media post in 2019.

, the wife of former footballer Wayne took to social media to reveal that she had secretly been plotting a sting operation after a string of stories shared on her private social media had been leaked to the media. The Liverpudlian narrowed down accounts with access to her posts in order to discover which account was leaking the information.

In 2019, she took to social media to reveal: "It was..... Rebekah Vardy's account," after blocking her followers from seeing her Stories, which included a fake story that she was heading to Mexico for gender selection, as well as eyeing up a stint on .

Girlfriend of British Superbikes rider who died in Oulton Park crash suffers double tragedy

On Monday evening, our News team broke the heartbreaking story of an 11-bike collision at that sadly killed two people. This Wednesday, they also revealed that the partner of British Superbikes rider , who sadly died in the collision, also lost her previous boyfriend to a separate motorcycle crash nine years ago.

Tragedy struck the Cheshire circuit on Monday when one rider lost control at Turn One and was flung into the path of his fellow competitors. A pileup ensued, and as one bike caught fire, medics were quick on the scene.

Two riders lost their lives: , 21, and , 29. The race was eventually abandoned. Mr Jenner was taken to the circuit medical centre and given further resuscitation treatment, but died from a "catastrophic head injury", the organisers said. He became the 2024 British GP2 champion and was signed to Rapid Honda.

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