CORBYN LAUNCHES BID TO STAY LABOUR LEADER WITH WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION VOW

Jeremy Corbyn will launch his fight to hold on to the Labour leadership with a vow to tackle discrimination in the workplace by forcing firms to publish details of the pay and conditions of workers.

The Labour leader, who is facing a challenge from former shadow cabinet minister Owen Smith after a revolt by his MPs, will warn companies with more than 21 staff they could be fined unless they publish equality pay audits.

Mr Corbyn will use the leadership contest to set out how a Labour government will tackle the "five ills" of 21st century Britain - inequality, neglect, insecurity, prejudice and discrimination.

THERESA MAY TO DISCUSS BREXIT WITH FRANCOIS HOLLANDE IN PARIS

Theresa May and Francois Hollande will discuss Britain's plans to quit the European Union when they meet for talks in Paris.

After swiftly issuing an invitation to the Prime Minister when she took office last week, the French president will host a working dinner at the Elysee Palace.

It comes just a day after Mrs May met with German counterpart Angela Merkel.

33,000 EU-TRAINED NURSES REGISTERED TO WORK IN UK

Some 33,000 nurses trained in the EU are registered to work in the UK, figures show.

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) data, obtained by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), shows there are more EU-trained nurses registered to work in the UK than the number of nurses employed in the whole of Wales.

More than 9,000 EU nurses joined the NMC register in 2015/16, a 21% increase on the year before.

MORE THAN 1,800 POLICE FITNESS TESTS FAILED IN 12-MONTH PERIOD

More than 1,800 police fitness tests were failed in the space of a year.

Results released by the College of Policing show that the basic fitness test was passed 92,093 times between September 2014 and August 2015 - 98% of the total 93,956 times it was taken.

Concerns were raised by the Police Federation that several thousand officers had not been tested, and that some forces had recorded significantly more tests than they have officers.

ROYAL NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE IN 'GLANCING COLLISION' WITH MERCHANT VESSEL

A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine has been forced into port in Gibraltar after a collision with a merchant vessel.

An immediate investigation has been launched after HMS Ambush was involved in the "glancing" collision while submerged off the coast of Gibraltar, the Royal Navy said.

The Astute-class vessel suffered "some external damage" but no crew members were injured in the incident.

POLICE HUNT MEN WHO THREATENED SERVICEMAN WITH KNIFE NEAR RAF BASE

Police are hunting two men after a serviceman was threatened with a knife near an RAF base in Norfolk.

Officers were on patrol around RAF Marham on Wednesday evening after he was threatened with the blade.

Norfolk Constabulary said they would not speculate on whether the incident was related to terrorism, and the county's police and crime commissioner said a "very intensive investigation" was under way.

SENIOR HSBC EXECUTIVE ARRESTED ON WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY CHARGES

HSBC's head of global foreign exchange cash trading has been arrested and charged in the US for allegedly conspiring to commit wire fraud on a £2.7 billion transaction.

The US Department of Justice said Mark Johnson, 50, allegedly conspired to defraud an HSBC client through a "front running" scheme that netted over £6 million.

The Briton, who lives in the US, was detained on Tuesday as he landed at JFK International Airport and released on Wednesday on 1 million dollar (£755,000) bail.

CYBER CRIME STATS TO BE PUBLISHED FOR FIRST TIME

Crime levels will be set out in unprecedented detail today with the publication of official estimates of fraud and cyber offences.

Until last year the two categories had not been analysed in the Crime Survey for England and Wales.

In October the Office for National Statistics published "experimental" figures which indicated there were 5.1 million incidents of fraud in England and Wales in the previous year, with 3.8 million victims.

LEGAL CHALLENGE TO IMPOSITION OF NEW JUNIOR DOCTORS' CONTRACT REACHES HIGH COURT

A legal challenge over the Health Secretary's imposition of a new contract on junior doctors working in the NHS in England has reached the High Court.

Campaign group Justice for Health, which was founded by five junior doctors in March, is accusing Jeremy Hunt of acting outside his powers.

The group's application for judicial review is being aided by donations from thousands of members of the public via crowdfunding website Crowd Justice.

NO.10 FILES ON MARK THATCHER'S BUSINESS DEALS KEPT SECRET

Downing Street files relating to the controversial business dealings of Margaret Thatcher's son - Sir Mark Thatcher - are to remain closed to the public for years to come, it has emerged.

Under public records legislation, official files should be released to the National Archives in Kew, west London, after 20 years unless there are specific reasons for them not to be disclosed.

However, the latest release of files to the National Archives includes two files entitled "Cementation contract: Mark Thatcher and the Omanis" covering the period from 1981 to 1988 which are listed as being retained for 65 years - meaning they will not be released until 2053.