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The King has appointed the Duke of Edinburgh to the Order of the Thistle as four new images of him are released to mark his 60th birthday. Appointments to the order – the highest honour in Scotland – are entirely in the personal gift of the King and do not require prime ministerial advice. The […]

Sir Keir Starmer must “come clean” on plans for post-election cuts to public spending, the SNP’s leader at Westminster has warned. Stephen Flynn has said voters will not tolerate the UK Labour leader standing “lockstep” with the Conservatives following the Budget. It comes after the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned last week that both […]

A group of six mothers will begin a five-day hunger strike outside Parliament on Mother’s Day to draw attention to parents in the UK who are skipping meals to feed their children. The mothers taking part in the peaceful protest, set up by Mother’s Manifesto, plan to strike without food from Sunday to Thursday, with […]

Seeds and buds rescued from the Sycamore Gap are “springing into life” at a specialist conservation centre, giving hope the famous tree will live on. Staff at the National Trust’s Plant Conservation Centre have been carefully looking after the recovered seeds and twigs for the past five months. The 300-year-old sycamore tree was felled in […]

Megan Fox and a Winnie The Pooh slasher film were among the award winners at the 44th Razzie Awards. The Golden Raspberry Awards, which organisers describe as the “ugly cousin to the Oscars”, honours the “worst” in contemporary cinema. Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, which reimagines childhood characters from the Hundred Acre Wood as […]

Robert De Niro has said he would never play former US president Donald Trump as he “cannot see any good” in him. The 80-year-old Hollywood actor spoke about the upcoming US presidential election and why he would not want Mr Trump to become president again. The Apprentice star and businessman is the last remaining major […]

Sharon Osbourne said she was “furious” with Simon Cowell after she turned down an opportunity to appear on The Masked Singer before she was dumped from The X Factor. Former X Factor judges Osbourne and Louis Walsh, who are both appearing on ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother, have shared their thoughts about X Factor creator Cowell. […]

The Government has to “do better” to ensure learning environments are “fit for learning”, the leader of a headteachers’ union will say. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will say the condition of many school and college buildings is “simply shocking”. In a speech at the union’s annual […]

Mancunian rockers Liam Gallagher and John Squire have soared to number one with their first collaborative album. The eponymous debut from former Oasis singer Gallagher and The Stone Roses guitarist Squire outsold their closest competition three to one after raking in 39,400 chart units, according to the Official Charts Company. It also topped the vinyl […]

A typical first-time buyer in 2023 would have needed to stretch their loan out for half a century to achieve the same level of affordability that they would have had across a 30-year mortgage term in 2022, the chief executive of finance and banking industry trade association UK Finance has said. David Postings told an […]