Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned against ‘inflammatory’ remarks over Henry Nowak murder

Plus: South West Water fined almost £2m for supplying water unfit for humans

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Good morning and welcome to your daily news briefing from The Independent   Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned against ‘inflammatory’ remarks over Henry Nowak murder, South West Water fined almost £2m for supplying water unfit for humans and British couple jailed for 10 years over ‘spying on Iran’ lose their appeal. Top stories 1 | Mahmood warns against ‘inflammatory’ remarks over Henry Nowak murder after Farage calls for ‘cold rage’ Read more 2 | South West Water fined almost £2m for supplying water unfit for humans after parasite outbreak Read more 3 | British couple jailed for 10 years over ‘spying on Iran’ lose appeal, family confirms Read more 4 |  Starmer uses disappearing messages on WhatsApp, No 10 admits after Mandelson files released Read more 5 | Peter Murrell’s £124k motorhome bought with embezzled SNP money had just four miles on the clock Read more Read deeper I’m an Ebola expert – what we are seeing could be unprecedented Nigel Farage is conducting a culture war over Henry Nowak’s grave Is a university degree really worth it in 2026? Here's what the data and graduates say At $1trn, is Anthropic already ‘too big to fail’? 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