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In tonight's 5pm briefing Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is poised to extend a 5p cut in fuel duty for another year, Home Secretary James Cleverly has praised the Mail’s ‘cash for care jobs’ exposé and pledged to support an investigation into ‘anyone operating outside our system’, and F1 star Gerhard Berger's Ferrari that was stolen during the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix has been found...

TONIGHT'S TOP STORIES

Budget's fuel tax help for drivers

Cleverly praises Mail ‘cash for care jobs’ exposé and promises to support probe

Ferrari stolen from F1’s Berger found

Tonight's other headlines

Politics: Israel is like the Nazis claims Galloway in Commons comeback

Environment: Don’t use birds for photo ops, stars told

Crime: ‘Fake personas’ of fentanyl accused

Courts: ‘Hurt’ grandad in £50 snub to family

Showbiz: Day fashion went loopy!

Daily poll: Can the Tories avoid electoral oblivion?

Listen: The Trial: Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

GOOD HEALTH

Dr Martin Scurr on symptoms many find so hard to discuss

Market watch: The latest news from the City

MAIL SPORT

Top flight to meet Everton bidders

WHAT TO WATCH TONIGHT

Pick of today's TV: Celebrity Big Brother: Live Launch (9pm, ITV1)

Tomorrow's news today

• A couple are expected to appear in court over an alleged arson attack on minister Mike Freer’s office in north London

• Full inquest into the death of Sabina Rizvi, who was shot outside Bexleyheath police station 20 years ago

PICTURES OF THE DAY

Get the horse, we're going skiing...

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