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The King joked that he was “still alive” during a visit with the Queen to Walthamstow after August’s peaceful anti-racist protest in the area. The couple attended a reception in celebration of community cohesion at Waltham Forest Town Hall in east London on Friday, and greeted crowds who had gathered outside. Asked “How are you?” […]
Lord Peter Mandelson is a “really good fit” to become the next UK ambassador to the US, a Cabinet minister has said as the Labour grandee is expected to be named to the post. Lord Mandelson, who served in the cabinets of Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is poised to be the UK’s next top […]
Sir Keir Starmer has urged councils to “get on with the job” of fixing pothole-plagued roads. The Prime Minister said damaged roads “can risk lives and cost families hundreds if not thousands of pounds on repairs”. He made the comments as the Department for Transport (DfT) announced how much each local authority in England will […]
But no police officers will face charges over their role in the incident, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Footage of fracas was shared online in July and prompted protests after it appeared to show a Greater Manchester Police officer assaulting a man as he lay on the floor. The altercation, in the airport’s Terminal […]
An estimated four million people in the UK are preparing to spend the Christmas and new year period overseas, according to a travel trade organisation. Abta said Sunday will be the busiest day for departures between Friday and January 2, with Christmas Day the quietest. It identified the most popular destinations for winter sun holidays […]
Teachers should be given powers to compel parents of disruptive children to engage with them – tackling the “burgeoning crisis of behaviour” in schools, a report has said. Schools should be able to escalate concerns to other agencies on “safeguarding grounds” when parents refuse to co-operate, according to a paper from the think tank set […]
The Scottish Government has been urged to reduce the cost of rail travel after a price comparison found it was cheaper to fly from Edinburgh to London than commute from the Scottish capital to Glasgow by train. Research by Scottish Labour found a return flight from Edinburgh to London Stansted could cost as little as […]
The King will speak about his commitment to heritage crafts as part of a BBC Christmas special of Countryfile. The festive programme, filmed at Charles’s Highgrove home in Gloucestershire, will showcase the work of the King’s Foundation’s education programmes, including painting, millinery and embroidery crafts. Countryfile hosts Matt Baker, Margherita Taylor, and Adam Henson met […]
Labour grandee Lord Peter Mandelson is expected to be the next UK ambassador to the US. Lord Mandelson, who served in the cabinets of Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is poised to be the UK’s next top diplomat in Washington, as President-elect Donald Trump returns to office. The tenure of Dame Karen Pierce, the […]
A new once-a-day tablet that treats advanced breast cancer is to be rolled out on the NHS, with about 1,100 patients in England set to benefit. The final guidance on elacestrant by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) comes after it provisionally rejected the drug in October. The charity Breast Cancer Now […]