The candidates to become Ireland’s next president have been casting their votes after polling stations opened across the country.

Scottish and Welsh voters have to fill in a paper form if they would like a postal or proxy vote in Scottish Parliament or Senedd elections.

The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index reported a reading of 51.1 in October, rising from 50.1 in September.

Witnesses to the terror attack on a Manchester synagogue are being urged to come forward to police.