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Sweden became the 32nd member state of NATO on 7th March. Sweden is the fifth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine, France and Spain - almost twice the size of the UK - yet it has a population of just 10 million and a small military. However it does bring valuable assets to the...

Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, has defected to Richard Tice's right-wing Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) after he was suspended from the Tory Party for accusing London's Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan of handing over the capital to Islamists. In the 1980s Anderson was a member of the Labour...

King Charles III speaks of the shared values of the Commonwealth family of nations during his address on Commonwealth Day. The Commonwealth has an area of 11.6 million square miles and a population of 2.4 billion. The Commonwealth turns 75 on 28th April - the same age as its Head, King Charles...

Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent - Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin - has marked the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Prince Edward, 88, is the RNLI's president. Formed on 4th March 1824, the RNLI has a fleet of 444 lifeboats tasked with saving the lives of...

Hundreds of residents in the Devon city of Plymouth were evacuated as an unexploded German World War II bomb was transported to the sea to be disposed of. All hail the brave army lad who drove the truck with the bomb onboard. World War II may have ended 79 years ago yet it still poses a threat...

CCTV footage shows the moment an elderly lady was left dangling upside down after her coat got caught in the security shutters outside a convenience store. But as the electric metal shutters were opened the back of her black jacket got snagged in it. She was marooned hanging for an agonising...

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) British airman Peter Carter jumps out of his damaged plane without a parachute and instead of dying as he should have done he miraculously lands on a beach. Because of this he must appeal his case for the right to live in front of a celestial jury in the Other...

King Charles III is set to visit Australia in the autumn despite his cancer diagnosis. If the visit goes ahead it would be his first as the nation's Sovereign. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that "the King has shown compassion to Australians affected by recent natural...

Queen Camilla hosted a celebration of the 100th anniversary of The Poppy Factory at a reception in Clarence House. Her Majesty, 76, met the factory’s employees and long-standing friends and partners before she was shown a small exhibition of poppies and wreaths that showed the evolution of the...

Liz Truss, Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, whose tenure latest from 6th September to 25th October 2022 - a tenure which saw the death of Elizabeth II and the start of the reign of Charles III - has launched her new right wing, anti-woke "popcon" (popular conservatism) movement...

A man has been shot dead by police in London after reports he was armed with a crossbow and trying to force his way inside a home. The capital's Metropolitan Police said armed officers were called to the house in Surrey Quays, Southwark, just before 05:00 on 30th January. Fatal police...

Children and police officers are among nine people injured after a "corrosive substance" was thrown in Clapham in south London at 7:30pm on 31st January. London Fire Brigade said they were called to a "chemical incident" and gave emergency care to a woman and two children. London Assembly...

A day after leaving hospital following successful prostate surgery the King has today announced that the Big Help Out will return later this year after the success of the inaugural one during the Coronation celebrations last year. The Big Help Out in the wake of the Coronation in May 2023...

Up Helly Aa is one of many quaint traditions held throughout Britain throughout each year. Up Helly Aa is held every year at the end of January in the main Shetland town of Lerwick up in the far north of the country to mark the end of Yule. Shetland was part of Norway until 1472 when Scotland...

A London YouTuber with lots of subscribers plays piano in various locations around different locations and uploads the videos of him doing so onto his highly popular channel. But a few days ago he had a run in with a group of Chinese commies who told him he mustn't film in public because it's...

A judge has today sentenced Valdo Calocane to incarceration in a high-security hospital for murdering Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates last year in Nottingham. The judge did not state how long Calocane, 32, will spend in the secure mental unit but said it will likely be for...

Prince Edward, the King's brother, has met a circa 192-year-old tortoise during his visit to the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena. The tortoise, named Jonathan, was born circa 1832 during the reign of King William IV. Saint Helena is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena...

New footage shows undercover Metropolitan Police officers, posing as members of the public, in the centre of the big city nabbing crooks who have stolen expensive designer watches...