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The cost of dying has reached a record high with a 23% rise in so-called 'pauper's' or public health funerals between 2018 and 2023 in many councils in England, FOI data has shown. Figures obtained by Sky News also showed a 387% increase in public health funerals in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council Many grieving families are seeking help from charities to pay funeral costs.

The prime minister has been in Belfast, where he spoke about needing to agree with Labour on key legislation before parliament is dissolved. His flagship anti-smoking bill hasn't made the cut, with compensation for sub-postmasters and victims of the infected blood scandal taking priority. Sky's Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates has been on the trail and sent this report.

The former Post Office Chief Executive has been quizzed by lawyers representing former sub-postmasters, on the final day of her evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry. She was accused of talking nonsense and being the architect of her own downfall as Sky's business correspondent Adele Robinson reports.

China has deployed dozens of warplanes and navy ships off the coast of Taiwan as part of a mock missile strike. The two-day tests were staged to punish Taiwan's new president over his refusal to accept the island as part of China. Sky's Asia Correspondent Nicole Johnston reports.