Here is a snapshot of what is making headlines nationally today.

Theresa May's top ministers crank up pressure to ease austerity:

Theresa May and Philip Hammond are facing Cabinet pressure to ease up on austerity, with ministers suggesting the issues of public sector pay, schools funding and university tuition fees should be considered.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to listen to independent bodies that review public sector pay, after a week in which Labour attacked a government "shambles" for initially raising, then playing down hopes that the cap could be lifted.

Mr Gove's intervention ties in with reports that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to demand a wage boost for NHS workers.

Nigel Farage rules out bid to replace Paul Nuttall as UKIP leader

Nigel Farage has said he will not stand to replace Paul Nuttall as Ukip leader.

The three-time leader acknowledged his habit of resigning and returning to the role had become an "ongoing joke", adding: "To return now would be premature."

He said the threat of violence and the "amateur shambles" of the party's ruling national executive committee were the main factors in his decision not to stand.

Corbyn 'completely secure' as Labour leader - Tom Watson

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has said Jeremy Corbyn's position is "completely secure" following rifts between factions in the party since his election nearly two years ago.

The West Bromwich East MP added that while the party had won over large swathes of voters in inner-city areas, those belonging to the traditional working class needed reassurance to return to the party.

Labour has performed strongly in polls following last month's general election with a Opinium survey for the Observer putting the party at 45%, compared with 39% for the Tories, while a poll by Survation had the Tories on 41% and Labour at 40%.

Grenfeel Tower victims threaten inquiry boycott unless probe is widened

Victims of the Grenfell tower fire could boycott the inquiry into the disaster if the proposed scope is not widened, campaigners have said.

Sir Martin Moore-Bick, who will lead the probe, had previously said he was "doubtful" the investigation would be far-reaching enough to satisfy those who survived the blaze.

The current proposals are for the inquiry to look at the events of June 14 - such as how the fire started and how it developed so rapidly - but calls have been made for the investigation to be broadened.

Remain would win Brexit referendum if held now, poll claims

The outcome of the Brexit referendum would be reversed if it was held tomorrow, a poll suggests.

The Survation survey showed a clear majority of Britons (54%) would vote to Remain in the European Union if another referendum was held while 46% would back Brexit.

As Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom signalled a more consultative approach, the Survation survey also showed a majority (55%) want a cross-party coalition of parties to negotiate the UK's exit from the EU, compared to less than a third (32%) who think it should fall to the Tory minority Government alone.

Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams not expecting powersharing deal on Monday

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said he does not expect a deal to restore powersharing to be struck by Monday.

He said the door was still open but there had been no sense of urgency around piecing together an agreement.

A series of deadlines have been missed to restore multi-party devolved government in Northern Ireland.

Three arrested after fatal stabbing in Grays

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 24-year-old died after being stabbed.

Officers were called to reports of men fighting in Blackshots Lane, Grays, in the early hours of Saturday and discovered a man had been stabbed in the chest.

He died at the scene, while three other men aged 18 to 39 suffered "life-threatening injuries" including a chest wound and serious stomach wound, Essex Police said.

Defence secretary praises £3.7bn navy frigates deal

A £3.7 billion contract has been signed to build the first three ships in a new fleet of Navy frigates.

Work on the Type 26 global combat ships will start at BAE Systems' yards on the River Clyde in Glasgow this summer, securing 1,700 jobs in Scotland and a further 1,700 in the supply chain across the UK, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

A total of eight ships are to be built in the fleet, with the contract for the second batch of five ships to be negotiated in the early 2020s.

Never mind fake news, it's future news that worried me - Obama

Former US president Barack Obama has shared a bit of wisdom from the other side of the world about tolerance and taking the daily news cycle in your stride, following another week of dust-ups between his predecessor Donald Trump and the media.

"I wasn't worried about what was in the newspapers today," Mr Obama said during a nostalgic visit to Indonesia's capital Jakarta, his childhood home.

"What I was worried about was, 'What are they going to write about me 20 years from now when I look back?'."

Killer doctor was hunting colleague he blamed for derailing career

A woman doctor gunned down by an ex-colleague ousted from a New York City hospital was not his intended target, authorities have said.

The new details of Dr Henry Bello's rampage emerged along with an email rant against colleagues he blamed for forcing him to resign from Bronx Lebanon Hospital amid sexual harassment allegations two years earlier.

Bello, 45, smuggled an AM-15 assault rifle hidden in his white lab coat past security in search of a colleague he was going to hold responsible.