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Two members of a campaign group have been charged after they poured porridge and jam on a bust of Queen Victoria and sprayed painted a rude word on the plinth at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Sorcha Ni Mhairtin, 30, and Hannah Taylor, 23 from This Is Rigged carried out the actions around midday, […]

Jeremy Hunt says he hopes to show a path to reducing the tax burden The Chancellor has said he hopes to use the Budget to “show a path” in the direction of tax cuts, but stressed any reductions in taxation would have to be “prudent”. During interviews with broadcasters on Sunday, Jeremy Hunt said he wants Britain […]

The lives lost to Covid-19 have been commemorated The lives lost to Covid-19 have been commemorated by a minute’s silence on the first official National Day of Reflection. Volunteers for the National Covid Memorial Wall on London’s South Bank were joined at noon on Sunday by the British public at the stretch of hand-painted hearts between Westminster Bridge […]

The singer-songwriter became the first artist to win six awards in one year Supermodel Naomi Campbell is among the famous faces who have congratulated Raye on making Brit Awards history on Saturday. The London-born star took home six awards in the same year – two more gongs than previous record holders. The most number of […]

Former president Donald Trump continued his march toward the Republican nomination as he won caucuses in Idaho and Missouri on Saturday and swept the delegate haul at a party convention in Michigan. Mr Trump earned every delegate at stake on Saturday, bringing his count to 244 compared to 24 for former UN ambassador Nikki Haley. […]

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has declared that this year’s general election will be a “battle for the soul of Scotland”, as he urged pro-UK voters to unite behind his Conservative Party to defeat “dud” First Minister Humza Yousaf. With Prime Minister Rishi Sunak having now confirmed the election will take place this year, Mr […]

Labour said it “beggars belief” that Lee Anderson reportedly attended a Conservative fundraiser with former prime minister Liz Truss, despite currently being suspended as a Tory MP. A report in the Daily Express suggested Mr Anderson was at a dinner to raise money for Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith on Friday. The former Tory deputy chairman […]

UK holidaymakers are benefiting from an increase in the value of sterling against the vast majority of foreign currencies in popular destinations, according to new research. Post Office Travel Money said the pound has strengthened compared with a year ago against 21 out of 25 currencies analysed. While the value of the pound against the […]

Unseasonably mild weather has prompted flowering trees and blossom to emerge four weeks earlier than usual, the National Trust has said. Pockets of blooming trees and shrubs are already starting to emerge in Trust gardens across the South West and South East of England and Wales, the charity said, in a sign of the “rapidly […]

Former Commons Speaker John Bercow has been banished from the US version of The Traitors. Bercow, who quit as Commons Speaker in 2019 after a decade at the helm, described the psychological reality show as “much more complicated than politics”. “Politics is child’s play by comparison,” the 61-year-old said. The show sees competitors split, with […]