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Michael Sheen is grilled by 35 neurodivergent young people … and it’s pure TV joy! This interview format is a breath of fresh air: funny, endearing, novel – and the Welsh actor is charm personified. Expect tears, laughter and unexpected celebrity beatboxing The Assembly is available on BBC iPlayer.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Rishi Sunak said he planned to pay for further cuts to national insurance contributions (NICs) in the next parliament by cutting working-age benefits. He again appeared to suggest that disabled people were partly responsible for the country’s economic problems, and that it was not “right” that so many disabled people had been found not fit for work and did not have to carry out any work-related activity.

The Kings Fund’s latest Social Care 360 report highlights that adult requests for social care have hit a record high of two million, and across the sector, the key measures all point towards a social care system that is under intense pressure.

People with distinctive facial hair, body piercings and tattoos are among those being urged to answer an appeal by sight loss charity Guide Dogs. New research has revealed that almost two-thirds of dogs have reacted with fear or confusion to attributes they have not been exposed to before.

A dog that had its front legs chopped off as punishment for chewing a pair of shoes has had a new pair of prosthetic legs fitted. Cola was found injured in Thailand by John Dalley and his late wife Gill, who moved to the country in 2003 to start a animal charity. Following the death of his wife, Mr Dalley returned to live in Hornsea, East Yorkshire bringing Cola with him.