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Comic Ruby Wax jokes William and Kate disturbed her silent retreat on Iona

Comic Ruby Wax jokes William and Kate disturbed her silent retreat on Iona

Comic Ruby Wax jokes William and Kate disturbed her silent retreat on Iona

30 April 2025

The Prince and Princess of Wales chatted to the celebrity as they ended their two-day visit to the Scottish isles.


Family ‘heartbroken’ after body found in River Thames confirmed to be schoolgirl

Family ‘heartbroken’ after body found in River Thames confirmed to be schoolgirl

Family ‘heartbroken’ after body found in River Thames confirmed to be schoolgirl

30 April 2025

The Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that a body found in Maritime Quay on The Isle of Dogs, east London, on April 13 is Kaliyah Coa.


Motorcyclist who died in crash with car named by police

Motorcyclist who died in crash with car named by police

Motorcyclist who died in crash with car named by police

30 April 2025

The driver of the car was uninjured.


Government moves to secure Supreme Court appeal option in Sean Brown case

Government moves to secure Supreme Court appeal option in Sean Brown case

Government moves to secure Supreme Court appeal option in Sean Brown case

30 April 2025

Judges in Belfast have ruled that NI Secretary Hilary Benn is acting unlawfully in failing to hold a public inquiry into Mr Brown’s murder.


Questions over validity of Supreme Court gender ruling ‘unacceptable’ – Mahmood

Questions over validity of Supreme Court gender ruling ‘unacceptable’ – Mahmood

Questions over validity of Supreme Court gender ruling ‘unacceptable’ – Mahmood

30 April 2025

Giving evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Shabana Mahmood said that justices at the UK’s highest court had ‘done their job’.


Diane Abbott criticises Government for rejecting Sentencing Council guidance

Diane Abbott criticises Government for rejecting Sentencing Council guidance

Diane Abbott criticises Government for rejecting Sentencing Council guidance

30 April 2025

New guidelines from the independent Sentencing Council were scheduled to come into force earlier this month but were delayed.


Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book

Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book

Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book

30 April 2025

The book, which is being published on November 4, also includes a foreword written by Sir Paul.


RAF veteran, 99, will remember friends ‘who didn’t make it’ on VE Day

RAF veteran, 99, will remember friends ‘who didn’t make it’ on VE Day

RAF veteran, 99, will remember friends ‘who didn’t make it’ on VE Day

30 April 2025

Dennis Bishop visited RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Wednesday as it prepares for the VE Day flypast.


Red tape blocking broadband upgrades – Openreach

Red tape blocking broadband upgrades – Openreach

Red tape blocking broadband upgrades – Openreach

30 April 2025

Around one million people risk being ‘digitally excluded’, a report warns.


Tories ‘sat on their hands’ after inquiry into child sexual abuse, minister says

Tories ‘sat on their hands’ after inquiry into child sexual abuse, minister says

Tories ‘sat on their hands’ after inquiry into child sexual abuse, minister says

30 April 2025

Dame Nia Griffith said the Government has ‘already announced a comprehensive set of plans’ to ‘prevent the horror of child sexual abuse’.


Forbes laments ‘dark moment’ at Grangemouth but says ‘real progress’ being made

Forbes laments ‘dark moment’ at Grangemouth but says ‘real progress’ being made

Forbes laments ‘dark moment’ at Grangemouth but says ‘real progress’ being made

30 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister told MSPs Scottish Enterprise has received 66 inquiries related to Project Willow.


Sir Ed Davey signs ‘magic spatulas’ during local election visit

Sir Ed Davey signs ‘magic spatulas’ during local election visit

Sir Ed Davey signs ‘magic spatulas’ during local election visit

30 April 2025

Sir Ed visited Lib Dem campaigners in Tunbridge Wells feeling ‘optimistic’ about their chances in the elections on Thursday.


Trump and Zelensky meeting ‘indicative’ of efforts to achieve peace, says Lammy

Trump and Zelensky meeting ‘indicative’ of efforts to achieve peace, says Lammy

Trump and Zelensky meeting ‘indicative’ of efforts to achieve peace, says Lammy

30 April 2025

The US and Ukrainian presidents were pictured in discussion at the Vatican over the weekend, having both travelled for Pope Francis’s funeral.


NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

30 April 2025

Nivolumab is a monoclonal antibody that works by binding to a protein called PD-1 on a type of immune cell called T-cell.


FCA bosses highlight risks of bad advice or fraud from some online influencers

FCA bosses highlight risks of bad advice or fraud from some online influencers

FCA bosses highlight risks of bad advice or fraud from some online influencers

30 April 2025

People may lose some or all of their money, the Treasury Committee heard.


Donald Trump protest art created on beach near Turnberry golf resort

Donald Trump protest art created on beach near Turnberry golf resort

Donald Trump protest art created on beach near Turnberry golf resort

30 April 2025

Greenpeace UK has formed a portrait of the US president to mark the first 100 days of his second term in office.


Three charged with making hoax ‘swat’ calls to US and Canadian police

Three charged with making hoax ‘swat’ calls to US and Canadian police

Three charged with making hoax ‘swat’ calls to US and Canadian police

30 April 2025

The men will appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Thursday accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.


Starmer and Badenoch clash as Labour and Tories brace for tough elections

Starmer and Badenoch clash as Labour and Tories brace for tough elections

Starmer and Badenoch clash as Labour and Tories brace for tough elections

30 April 2025

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK hopes to take the Runcorn and Helsby seat in the Commons off Labour and scores of councillors off the Tories.


Shoppers face price rises as Houthis continue Red Sea disruption, Healey warns

Shoppers face price rises as Houthis continue Red Sea disruption, Healey warns

Shoppers face price rises as Houthis continue Red Sea disruption, Healey warns

30 April 2025

It is the first time the RAF has struck Houthi targets in Yemen since May 2024, under Rishi Sunak’s administration.


Alleged knifeman ‘with martyrdom note tried to break into Israeli embassy’

Alleged knifeman ‘with martyrdom note tried to break into Israeli embassy’

Alleged knifeman ‘with martyrdom note tried to break into Israeli embassy’

30 April 2025

Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, is accused of carrying two kitchen knives to the site in Kensington on Monday and trying to break in.


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