Mirror's Daily Digest - top five stories you need to read tonight

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 Monday we're featuring everything from four people losing their lives in a tragedy at Southend Airport, to an aristocrat found guilty of killing her baby girl.

Elsewhere, our Royal team brings you the news that Prince Harry has opened the door to a possible reconciliation with his father, while our Showbiz writers lift the lid on MasterChef's damning Gregg Wallace report.

And finally, there's the shock revelation that Kerry Katona reached out to ex Brian McFadden's new wife ... on their wedding day!

Southend Airport plane crash: Four dead after aircraft explodes

Four people were killed when aplane crashed into the tarmac before exploding into a "fireball" at Southend Airport.

Witnesses reported seeing a huge plume of smoke billowing into the skyafter the medical transportation aircraft crashed at 4pm yesterday.

The plane had arrived in the UK in the morning and was due to fly on to the Netherlands, where its operator, Zeusch Aviation, is said to be based.

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Aristocrat guilty after taking baby 'off-grid' where she died in freezing cold

A mum of five and her convicted rapist partner who took their tiny newborn child to live "off-grid" have today been found guilty of manslaughter.

Aristocrat Constance Marten and partner Mark Gordon were charged with killing their baby Victoria after taking her to live in a tent in a desperate bid to stop her being taken away by social services, the court was told.

The couple were reported missing in early January 2023 and travelled around the UK to try and conceal their whereabouts. Paying hundreds of pounds for taxis, the couple, with the baby, began criss-crossing the country visiting Liverpool, Harwich, London, Colchester and eventually East Sussex amid a major hunt to find them and their newborn baby. They were finally arrested in Brighton last February 27 and baby Victoria's decomposing body was found by police in a Lidl bag two days later.

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Charles and Harry talks in full - Sussex 'motive', William's role and leak row

Prince Harry has opened the door to a possible reconciliation with his father after senior aides for the Duke of Sussex held private talks with King Charles’s most trusted adviser.

Two of Harry’s top staff - Meredith Maines, his chief of staff in Montecito, and Liam Maguire, who runs the Sussexes’ UK PR operation - were spotted meeting with Tobyn Andreae, the King’s communications secretary, for drinks at the Royal Over-Seas League in London last week.

Sources close to the Palace were quick to stress there was “no formal agenda, just casual drinks”. But royal watchers believe the meeting could be the first step towards repairing the rift between Harry and his family after years of tension.

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Gregg Wallace's damning BBC report in full - sex slurs to state of undress

Gregg Wallace’s position on MasterChef became “untenable” after 45 out of 83 allegations of inappropriate behaviour were upheld following a seven-month investigation.

While the majority of the complaints against him were relating to sexual language and humour, a smaller number related to “being in a state of undress” - more than one woman had complained about him exposing himself while not wearing underpants.

And one allegation of “unwanted physical contact” was substantiated from among those who had complained about being groped by Wallace.

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Kerry Katona contacted ex Brian McFadden's new wife on wedding day

Finally, almost two decades after splitting from Brian McFadden, Kerry Katona has revealed that she reached out to the Westlife singer's new wife, Danielle Parkinson, on their wedding day earlier this month. Kerry, who shares daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue with Brian, said in her weekly New! Magazine column that she had sent Danielle a text on the morning of her wedding - days after it was reported the exes would 'never be friends'.

"My ex, Brian McFadden, got married earlier this month and I just want to wish him and his wife Danielle a lifetime of happiness," began Kerry in the column. Following reports that the singer had 'burned all bridges' with Brian, she hit back by continuing: "I find it sad though that as he gets married, everyone writes stories about me.

Read the full story here.

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