WORK BEGINS TO TEAR DOWN CALAIS JUNGLE CAMP

French authorities are to start clearing the squalid refugee camp in Calais known as the "Jungle" and dispersing its residents across the country.

The clearing of the settlement is scheduled to begin on Monday morning, with buses used to transport the majority of the camp's estimated 6,500 residents to temporary accommodation centres.

Dismantling of the camp is then expected to begin on Tuesday, a spokesman for the French interior ministry said.

PM OFFERS TO INVOLVE SCOTLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN BREXIT PROCESS

Theresa May has offered to involve Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in regular formal talks on the Brexit process in an effort to quell concern about her handling of the situation.

Downing Street said the Prime Minister will tell the leaders of the devolved administrations concerned about a possible hard Brexit that final decisions about her approach had not yet been taken and "how the UK leaves the EU will not boil down to a binary choice".

Mrs May will come under pressure from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Welsh counterpart Carwyn Jones and Northern Ireland's leader Arlene Foster and her deputy Martin McGuinness at a meeting in Downing Street.

'OVERWHELMING' CASE FOR EXTRA HEATHROW RUNWAY - REVIEW CHIEF

The case for Heathrow expansion is now "overwhelming", according to the man who led the Government-commissioned review of airport capacity.

Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Airports Commission, said Brexit underlined the need for a "clear strategic decision" in favour of Heathrow by ministers.

The Government will choose which scheme to back on Tuesday, ending more than a year of uncertainty since the Davies Commission came out in favour a third runway at Heathrow.

BRITISH BANKER RURIK JUTTING DENIES MURDERS AT HONG KONG TRIAL

A British banker accused of the grisly 2014 killings of two Indonesian women has denied murder as his trial began in Hong Kong, in a case expected to highlight the Asian financial hub's inequality and privileged lifestyle of its wealthy expat elite.

Rurik Jutting entered a plea of not guilty to two murder charges that were read out at the High Court, with prosecutors rejecting his attempt to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The Cambridge graduate is charged with the murders of Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih, whose bodies were found in his upmarket apartment near Hong Kong's Wan Chai red-light district.

ENTERTAINMENT WORLD MOURNS COMEDY 'GOLIATH' JIMMY PERRY

The death of comedy writer Jimmy Perry, who created the hit sitcom Dad's Army, has been described as the end of an era.

The 93-year-old died at his home on Sunday morning surrounded by loved ones, after a brief illness.

The screenwriter, who worked closely with producer David Croft, was also responsible for popular TV comedy shows It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang M'Lord?

FLOOD DEFENCE FUNDING 'FAVOURS RICH AREAS'

The system for allocating taxpayers' money to flood defence schemes favours protecting wealthy families and those in the South East, analysis suggests.

The Government has said it applies a strict economic formula to deciding where funding should be spent.

But an investigation by the Press Association reveals the methods to determine where funding goes focuses on the value of assets protected - which could tilt the system towards richer households and those in parts of the country where house prices are higher.