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1. #ALLEGED ABUSE: A staff member in a disabled care facility has been accused of “verbal and psychological abuse”.

2. #NORTH KOREA: The country’s military has fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast as top world leaders meet at the G20 summit in China.

3. #CAR COSTS: The cost of running a family car has increased by €255 in the last year, according to the AA’s annual survey.

4. #APPLE TAX: President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has defended the European Commission’s Apple tax ruling, saying it was made “without discrimination and without bias”.

5. #BIRMINGHAM BOMBINGS: Families of the victims are due to meet the UK’s Home Secretary to request money for legal representation at the inquest.

6. #LITTER BUG: Disadvantaged areas are the most littered in the country, according to a new survey.

7. #SAFETY CUTS: Funding for workplace safety initiatives through the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has been cut by 47%.

8. #MERKEL: The German Chancellor’s party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state.

9. #BREXIT: Japan’s government has warned that Brexit could result in the country’s firms moving their European head offices out of Britain.