Bulletin PM briefing: Punishing heatwave grips UK and dozens injured in bus crash

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1. Hundreds of schools close as heatwave and thunderstorms cause major disruption.
2. Burnham holds secret hour-long meeting with Starmer – what we know.
3. ‘Hurt himself very badly’: How Trump reacted to Keir Starmer’s resignation.
4. Dozens believed injured in bus crash on major Welsh road.
5. Peter Murrell, former SNP chief, jailed for five years for embezzling £400,000.

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