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    Badenoch, Braverman and Jenrick in the frame to be next Tory leader

    Badenoch is the favourite to be new Tory leader The once mighty Conservative Party is just a shadow of its former self having been reduced to a rump of just 121 MPs out of 650 in the House of Commons. The world's oldest political party is also one of the world's most successful having been...
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    Trade opportunities with EU coils be explored, says Reynolds

    New Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has told Sky's Trevor Phillips, constitutional arguments - like Brexit - will not be revisited with the EU, but trade opportunities could be explored. He said: "When it comes to trade, it's really about standards on food, we've got the same standards as...
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    Serial child killer given 15th whole life tariff for attempted murder

    Serial child killer nurse Lucy Letby is already condemned to spend the rest of her life in prison with no possibility of parole after receiving, in 2023, not one but FOURTEEN whole life tariffs for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others that were in her care at a Chester...
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    UK welcomes Japanese Emperor and Empress on State Visit

    Britain performed its usual pomp and pageantry as it today welcomed the Emperor and Empress of Japan for a State Visit. The Japanese Head of State Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako were given a warm welcome by British Head of State King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla. Also...
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    Kings heirs jump for joy a Prince of Wales turns 42

    Britain's four immediate Heirs to the Throne leapt for joy on a beach as the Prince of Wales celebrated his birthday. Prince William turned 42 on 21st June and the Heir to the Throne was pictured leaping on a beach with his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - 2nd, 3rd...
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    Princess Anne in hospital after being injured by a horse

    The King's sister, 73, is in hospital tonight after being injured by a horse while out walking on her Gloucestershire estate. She is expected to make a full recovery but will spend several days in hospital. Her working visit to Canada has been postponed. Like her mother, Queen Elizabeth II...
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    Shrinking 10x every 21 seconds until you're the size of an atom

    Time to go an an adventure among tardigrades and red blood cells
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    Heirs to the Throne gather to mark Father's Day

    A new photo has been released showing Prince William, the Prince of Wales, with his three children to mark Father's Day. The Heir to the Throne, 41, was pictured on a beach with Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, who are 2nd, 3rd and 4th in line respectively. The...
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    King and Queen lead Order of the Garter ceremony

    In one of those ancient British traditions which dates back centuries - in this case around 700 years - King Charles III and Queen Camilla donned robes and ostrich feathers in the Order of the Garter ceremony on Monday 17th June. Ladies and Knights of the Garter processed through the grounds of...
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    Euro 2024

    Euro 2024 gets underway on Friday night between hosts Germany and Scotland. The tournament to crown the European Champions sees France and England as the favourites to win it, with England losing against Italy in the Euro 2020 Final and France losing against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup...
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    King bestows new colours onto the Irish Guards

    British monarch King Charles III has bestowed new colours onto the British Army's Irish Guards in an age-old ceremony. The King, who is not only Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces but is also Field Marshal in the British Army, wore his Field Marshal uniform as he bestowed the new...
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    French President Macron calls snap election after Far Right surge

    The French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in panic after Marine Le Pen's hard right party were successful in France in the EU Elections. The hard right were not only successful in our next door neighbour to the south but also a number of other EU states, with many millions...
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    King makes 80th anniversary D-Day speech

    Introduced by British acting royalty Dame Helen Mirren, King Charles III makes his speech in Normandy on the north coast of France alongside the Queen. King Charles III is the first British Head of State to be born after World War II. Watching on were the Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Rishi...
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    Farage runs for PM as he takes over Reform UK

    In momentous news in Britain, Brexit frontman Nigel Farage today surprisingly took over from Richard Tice as the leader of Reform UK in Britain's General Election campaign. The British General Election will be held on Thursday 4th July and Trump's friend Farage - who has spent a few years out...
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    Serial child killer loses appeal against 14 whole life tariffs

    Serial child killer Lucy Letby today lost her appeal against her whole life tariffs. Former nurse Letby, 34, was sentenced to not one but FOURTEEN whole life tariffs in August 2023 for murdering 7 babies and attempting to murder six others. One whole life tariff means spending the rest of your...
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    Quadruple amputee British MP makes emotional return to Commons

    Quadruple amputee Craig Mackinlay today made an emotional return to the House of Commons. The Tory MP for South Thanet, 57, said "this is an emotional day for me" as he thanked Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He received a rare Commons standing ovation...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today announced that the next UK General Election will take place on Thursday 4th July. Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party are the favourites to win, although many are also predicting a Hung Parliament as in 1910, 1929, 1974, 2010 and 2017...
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    One dead and thirty injured by plane turbulence

    One man is dead and thirty are injured as a plane travelling from London to Singapore suffered severe turbulence. The deceased is British man Geoff Kitchen, 73.
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    King Charles III takes on 300 new patronages

    King Charles III has taken on 300 new charity affiliations since he ascended the Throne on 8th September 2022. However, 200 organisations have lost their royal associations since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It is now for King Charles III and Queen Camilla to decide which of Queen...