An Essex council has been granted a High Court injunction to stop a local hotel from housing asylum seekers. What is behind the massive growth of Women’s Rugby and support for the Red Roses? Will a tax on tourists help boost local economies and support the arts? 

Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Ceri Thomas, Vanessa Thorpe and Jessica Hayden, as each try to pitch the top story of the day.

Read more on today’s stories here: 

• Ellie Kildunne: I was just a girl with a passion, a belief and a raw talent - HERE
• The Epping injunction is a gift to Labour’s opponents - HERE 
• ‘It’s about restoring pride’: can Blackpool use its saucy image to win back the crowds? HERE

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