School shooting latest and shrinking bus network

Hello. Here’s your morning briefing:

Yesterday, we awoke to news of the latest school shooting to shock the US, and this morning the focus is on what was known about the suspect ahead of the attack. Nikolas Cruz, who has admitted to the crime, reportedly commented on a YouTube post last year that he would be a “professional school shooter”. This was spotted by another user who told the FBI about it. The organisation says it did conduct “checks”, but was unable to identify the person behind it.

Far from the old adage about two coming along at once, Britain’s bus network has shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s, BBC analysis reveals. Rising car use and cuts to public funding are being blamed for a loss of 134 million miles of coverage over the past decade alone.

By Maddy Savage, BBC Business reporter, Stockholm

Sweden is one of the most innovative countries in the world, yet has a business culture that discourages bragging about its success. Since the death of Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad – and obituaries highlighting his humility and frugality – these firmly-embedded cultural traits have recaptured attention. Local and global observers are questioning their continuing role in shaping Sweden’s thriving economy – including its disruptive tech scene.

Just days after news that the number of first-time buyers has hit an all-time high, the Daily Telegraph leads our newspaper review with more typical doom and gloom about young people and the housing ladder. “Middle-class millennials priced out of housing”, it says, quoting a study that says just one in four young middle-income families own their own home, down from two-thirds in the 1990s. The Daily Mail is similarly maudlin about the state of affairs, with its headline, “End of home owning dream”. Elsewhere, the Times says thousands more prisoners could be released from jail early with an electronic tag. The paper also features an image of Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz – specifically his police mugshot. The Metro, meanwhile, shows him in court, wearing an orange jumpsuit, facing 17 charges of premeditated murder. Finally, the Daily Express, a fan of stories about potential health breakthroughs, chooses yoghurt as its miracle foodstuff of the day.

NHS pay Senior female doctors are earning less than their male counterparts, a BBC investigation shows

11:20 Team GB’s Lizzy Yarnold begins her bid to retain her Olympic skeleton title

16:00 onwards Theresa May to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin ahead of a security conference. The subject of Brexit will no doubt come up at the press conference due to be held afterwards.

1959 Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro is sworn in as the country’s youngest ever premier. His reign as prime minister lasted until 1976 and then continued in a slightly different form, as president, until 2008.