EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #LONDON: Police in the UK are racing to track down whoever planted a bomb on a packed London Underground as the terror level has been raised to critical.

2. #VACANT BUILDINGS: As the government plans a crackdown on vacant homeowners, documents released to TheJournal.ie show that the HSE has 166 buildings on its vacant property register.

3. #HORRIFIED: TV personality Vanessa has said she was “pretty horrified” by comments made about her in a Sunday Times column written by Kevin Myers.

4. #RIP: One of Hollywood’s legendary actors – Harry Dean Stanton – has died at the age of 91.

5. #EU: President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Junker has said his plans to drive tax harmonisation in the EU are not “anti-Irish” in an interview with the Irish Independent.

6. #RYANAIR: The budget airline has said it plans to cancel 40-50 flights daily over the next six weeks in order to improve punctuality.

7. #PETROL BOMBING: TV3 reports that a car belonging to a prison officer was petrol bombed overnight near Blarney in Cork.

8. #ABORTION: An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he’s not sure if members of the public would support the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations on Ireland’s abortion legislation.

9. #WEATHER: It will be a cool day with temperatures only hitting highs of about 11 degrees and showers becoming widespread later in the evening.