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King and Queen roll out red carpet for the Macrons during French state visit
Charles and Camilla welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte to Windsor, alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales.
School staff warned care home that resident posed danger to others, inquest told
Avon Coroner’s Court heard how Conroy moved to Alexandra House two months before the murder after trying to strangle a teacher at a residential school. He had also previously tried to kill his mother.
Foreign Office set to shrink by up to 25%, says top mandarin
The department, which employs around 17,000 people, faces real-terms cuts in its budget over the coming years following last month’s ...
Deprivation and ethnicity behind ‘considerable’ inequality in premature death
There is a “clear association” between where you live and your risk of dying prematurely, with factors such as deprivation and ethnicity accounting for much of the difference across local areas, a new ...
William and Kate greet Emmanuel Macron at start of his state visit to UK
The Princess of Wales was charmed with a kiss to the hand by the French President Emmanuel Macron as France’s state visit to the UK got under way. Kate and the Prince of Wales travelled to RAF ...
M&S cyber attackers may have worked with Asia-based DragonForce, MPs hear
Archie Norman, who was quizzed by MPs, refused to say whether or not the retailer paid the groups ransom money following the hack.
Monzo fined over £21m after financial crime controls ‘fell far short’
The FCA said Monzo’s financial crime systems and controls ‘failed to keep pace’ with its rapid growth in customers numbers in recent years.
Bournemouth weather: heat health alert issued for south west
A HEAT health alert has been issued ahead of soaring temperatures this week. A yellow alert will be in force from 10am on Wednesday, July 9 until 10am on Tuesday, July 15. The warning has been issued ...
Public asked not to lay flowers to mark a year on from Southport attack
The public is being asked not to lay floral tributes to mark a year since the Southport knife attack but to donate to charitable causes instead. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie ...
Dozens thought about suicide due to Post Office Horizon scandal, report finds
The inquiry chairman said those caught up in the scandal will have ‘found the experience to be troubling at best and harrowing at worst’.
Boy stabbed in school was ‘lifeless and covered in blood’, teenager tells jury
A 15-year-old boy is on trial for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, who was stabbed during a lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.
Post Office bosses ‘maintained fiction’ Horizon was accurate, inquiry concludes
Post Office bosses should have known Horizon was faulty but “maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate” when prosecuting subpostmasters, the first tranche of a public inquiry’s final ...