Bulletin AM briefing: Starmer rival sweeps by-election and soap actor dies in fire (opens original article in a new tab)

Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, a soap actor and his wife died in a New Jersey fire, and taxpayers paid $527,000 for a slave owner statue in DC.

• Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election
• Paul Avery and his wife died in a New Jersey house fire
• Taxpayers paid $527,000 for a statue of a slave owner in DC