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

Welcome to the Mirror's Daily Digest, where we've pulled together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Royal teams and more. This Friday, we're featuring everything from the latest updates on the alleged summer camp poisoning through to the Supreme Court ruling on car finance.

Our Politics team has spoken to Pooja Kanda, who has been on a mission to make the streets safer after her 16-year-old son Ronan was murdered. We’ve also got an exclusive with interior designerKelly Hoppen on cooking with dyslexia, while our Secure team has asked readers if they would like tosee Prince Harry and Meghan Markle rejoin the Royal Family.

Screaming parents were separated from 'poisoned' summer camp kids for 'hours'

Our News team has been covering the alleged poisoning at a summer camp, which saw eight children taken to hospital on Sunday. The incident unfolded at a camp in Stathern in Leicestershire and a 76-year-old man has been arrested.

In an update issued today, Leicestershire Police said a ninth person - an adult - was also taken to hospital. All have since been discharged. Distressed parents are now said to have been kept away from their own children as authorities dealt with the "critical incident".

A triage centre was set up at a village hall in Plungar, where concerned parents were told to wait, which left many frustrated and saw some "screaming" at officers, demanding to see their youngsters.

A man who lives on the street where the triage was taking place said: "I saw maybe one girl with her dad. She had her toy with her. They were waiting around a lot. It was a bit surreal I guess, a bit odd because it's quite quiet around here. The parents couldn't get any access to the kids, that was the weird thing, just been told they weren't allowed in basically. I felt for them."

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Mum of teen murdered with ninja sword makes powerful plea

Our Politics team spoke exclusively to Pooja Kanda, who has been on a mission to make the streets safer after her 16-year-old son Ronan was murdered with aninja sword. Schoolboy Ronanwas stabbed through the heart as he walked home in June 2022 in a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Her voice cracking, Pooja reflected on the way her life changed that day - and her desperate need to stop others going through the same thing. Speaking at her home in Wolverhampton she said: “A 16-year-old was able to buy 25 of those weapons, it was beyond words. I had to do something at that point. I lost the most beautiful, loving, caring, intelligent human being who would have made a positive difference on this earth."

Ronan's teenage killers had bought the 20-inch blade online, and murderer Prabjeet Veadhesa collected it along with a machete on the morning of the attack. Pooja only learned how easy it was to buy these weapons at the trial of Veadhesa and Sukhman Shergill, who were both found guilty of murder.

Determined that Ronan's death would make a difference, Pooja set about campaigning for the law to change and outlaw weapons like the one that killed her son. She said: "There is no reason for these weapons. This is not a kitchen knife, there is no sense of purpose.”

Read the full story here.

Would you like to see Harry & Meghan rejoin the Royal Family? Have your say

Meanwhile, our Secure Audience team has asked readers if they would like to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle rejoin the Royal Family, after sources revealed that the King would welcome a reunion with his youngest son.

It comes after Meredith Maines, Harry's chief communications officer, and Liam Maguire, who runs Harry and Meghan's UK public relations team, recently met the King's communications secretary Tobyn Andreae at the Royal Over-Seas League in London. TheDuke of Sussex has long been at loggerheads with The Firm, particularly his fatherKing Charles and brotherPrince William, who he's said tono longer be on speaking terms with.

But now, with so much water under the bridge, there’s still a case to be made for reconciliation. For some, seeing Harry - once the most popular member of the family - back in a more formal role would put him 'back where he belongs'. While Meghan brought a sense of modernity and global interest that briefly felt like a shift toward a more inclusive monarchy. Their return might help the Royal Family appear more united and in touch with a changingworld.

Have your say here.

'My dyslexia struggle stopped me cooking but one thing has changed everything'

Interior designerKelly Hoppen, who has signed up to appear onITV1’s Cooking With The Stars, exclusively told our Magazine team how she managed to stand out in the kitchen despite her dyslexia struggles.

It wasn’t until Covid struck and restaurants closed that Kelly was forced to learn to cook. However, she struggled to read recipes due to her dyslexia, and ended up only learning very simple dishes. Luckily, Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines helped her find her feet in the kitchen.

“Learning how to cook with Cooking With The Stars was very hard because I’m dyslexic,” explains Kelly. “When I was growing up I didn’t know I was dyslexic, but Michael was amazing because he wrote the recipes for me in a way that I knew how to read them. Most recipes are written where you read through a recipe and then you’ve got all the ingredients on another page. But Michael would put them all together for me as it was the only way that my brain could work it out.”

Through trial and error, Kelly developed a system where she could follow a recipe and she hopes her time on the show will inspire others with dyslexia to cook more. “I’m a real pioneer for people that have dyslexia and there are so many tools that you can use. I managed to do that and it really shocked me because that’s been one of the things that has set me back from really cooking,” says Kelly.

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More than 20million drivers told if they're owed thousands in compensation

Finally, our News team has been working around the clock to cover the Supreme Court’s ruling on the car finance scandal. Lenders have avoided potentially having to pay compensation to millions of drivers after the Supreme Court ruled that they are not liable for hidden commission payments in car finance schemes.

Lord Reed said: “For the reasons set out in detail in a judgment published today, the Supreme Court allows the appeals brought by the finance companies.

“However, we uphold Mr Johnson’s claim that the relationship between him and the finance company was unfair, and we allow the appeal in his case only because the Court of Appeal made a number of mistakes in reaching its decision.

“Retaking the decision on a proper basis, we award him the amount of a commission plus interest. The other customers’ claims are rejected.”

Read the live updates here.

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