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Welcome to the Mirror's Daily Digest, where we'll be pulling together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Sport teams and more. This Wednesday we're featuring everything from an ex-PE teacher in court charged with a string of child sex offences, to a benefit cheat couple who claimed to have separated - but social media showed the truth.

Elsewhere, our Royal team were just as baffled as you will be by the odd staging of the official welcome to French president Emmanuel Macron, while there's also the tale of a live-in nanny who fell in love with one of the family's sons in Mallorca.

Finally, our Showbiz writers reveal reality star Katie Price has been blasted for letting one of her £2,000-a-pop bald cats get sunburnt.

Ex-PE teacher in court charged with string of sex offences against 3 children image

A former PE teacher charged with committing sex offences against three children has appeared in court.

Bronwen James, 29, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday accused of sexual activity with two girls and a boy over a three-year period.

She is charged with 13 sexual offences against three children. Six alleged offences accuse her of sexual activity with a child, relating to girls under the age of 16, contrary to the Sexual Offences Act. James is also accused of two counts of sexual communication with a child and one count of making an indecent photograph of a child, namely a Category C – the least serious category – first generation image.

The ex-teacher is also charged with four counts of sexual activity with a boy, contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

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Benefit cheat couple claimed they separated but social media showed the truth image

A married fraudster couple were caught lying about being single parents when they posted pictures of themselves on holiday.

Alan Forsythe, 37, and his wife Jemma, 36, managed to cheat their way to over £50,000in benefits before they were finally caught.

The fraudsters lived together in Blackpool along with their two shared children and Jemma's two older children from a previous relationship between 2019 and 2023. In February 2019, Alan Forsythe madea claim for Universal Credit, claiming he was living alone at a flat in the town.

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Prince William and Kate leave royal fans baffled amid 'strange' staging image

Royal fans have been left feeling perplexed over the ‘strange’ staging of the royal’s official welcome to French president Emmanuel Macron. Macron and his wife Brigitte arrived in the UK for their three-day state visit, and were greeted by Prince William andKate when they disembarked their plane at the RAF Northolt.

The Prince and Princess of Wales then accompanied the French leader and his wife to Windsor, where they were joined by King Charles and Queen Camilla for an official welcome ceremony at Windsor Castle. Charles and Macron then carried out an inspection of the military Guard of Honour.

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'I'm a nanny but fell in love with the son, he couldn't resist my kisses' image

Moving to a new country is always going to be equal parts daunting and exciting, and when one young woman packed her bags and took on a job as a live-in nanny for a family in Mallorca, she wasn't expecting to fall in love on the job.

But within a year of working for the family, she had fallen head over heels for one of the family's sons - and despite the sparks that were flying between them, she had serious "freak outs" about the fact that she might lose her job if the truth came out.

Content creator Hannah Allen shared her love story on her TikTok account, where she boasts over 50,000 followers and posts about her life in Mallorca.

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Katie Price under fire after 'sunburning' cat in new cruelty row image

Finally, reality star Katie Price has been blasted for letting one of her £2,000-a-pop bald cats get sunburnt during the last heatwave.

The star – branded a “serial killer” by charity Peta over the deaths of at least eight of her animals – has five sphynxes. In a video, she showed one with a red head and back.

Stroking the cat, she said: “Oh Kevin you have been in the sun today, you have got sun burnt despite us putting sun cream on you… look at his little face.” The caption accompanying the video said: “Trying to keep the cats out of the sun is hard work.”

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