All the News You Need to Read Today

The news is part overwhelming and part boring, so here’s a quick list of all the stuff we thought was significant today:

– Acid listed as “highly dangerous weapon” in new sentencing guidelines

– Hundreds of motorists sat on M80 for more than 12 hours during “do not drive” instructions

– Newcastle grooming gangs were allowed to abuse 700 girls because police blamed the victims, report finds

– The Home Office is considering giving six-year-old epileptic Alfie Dingley a three-month medical marijuana trial

– “Sexual predators, you can’t hide,” says actors’ union

– Crackdown on mobile phones at the wheel has cut number of offences by half

– Grenfell Tower survivor faces jail after police find remains of cannabis oil production in wreckage

– KFC is now suffering a gravy shortage