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    King and Queen start Italian State Visit during wedding anniversary

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla have started their State Visit to Italy. The British Head of State and Consort were given the red carpet treatment by the Italians as they disembarked Vespina - Britain's equivalent of America's Air Force One - at the airport in Rome ("Vespina" takes her name...
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    King gets back to work after hospitalisation

    A new portrait of the King wearing a kilt was released in January to mark Burns Night His Majesty King Charles III is back to full engagements after a short stay in hospital following side effects from his cancer treatment
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    Queen launches new medal for those who champion books and storytelling

    The King turned out in support of Queen Camilla as she launched a special new medal on Tuesday. Her Majesty hosted a reception for authors, members of the literary community and representatives from The Queen’s Reading Room at Clarence House - the King and Queen's London home - to celebrate...
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    Iron age hoard found in North Yorkshire 'could change Britain's history'

    Iron age hoard found in North Yorkshire 'could change Britain's history'
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    New England manager Tuchel gets off to winning start

    2026 World Cup Qualifier England 2-0 Albania Lewis-Skelly 20 Kane 77 Wembley, London Att: 82,378 Dan Burn topped off a fairytale week for himself by making his England debut tonight in the very stadium he scored Newcastle United's opening goal to help them win their first major trophy since...
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    Teenager who killed his family jailed for minimum of 49 years

    Nicholas Prosper, 19, has been sentenced to a minimum of 49 years without the possibility of parole in prison for murdering his mother, brother and sister in Luton, Bedfordshire, last year. The bodies of Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13, were found at their home in...
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    Newcastle United win first major trophy in 70 years

    Carabao Cup Final Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle United Wembley Stadium, London Att: 88,513 Newcastle United have won the 65th League Cup after a deserving victory over record 10-time winners Liverpool in the Final at Wembley. It's the first time they have won the tournament - currently known as...
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    Falklands penguins under pressure

    Why penguins in the Falkland Islands, a British territory in the South Atlantic, are under pressure from wet weather, disease and the Labour Government
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    World's largest iceberg hits Britain

    The world's largest iceberg - bigger than London - has just collided with the British territory of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic. South Georgia is part of Britain and there are fears that the iceberg could put the island's huge colonies of penguins and seals at risk...
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    Surprise win for opposition parties in Greenlandic election

    Greenland has voted for a complete overhaul of its government in a shock result in which the centre-right Demokraatit party more than tripled its seats after a dramatic election campaign fought against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threats to acquire the Arctic island. The Naleraq party...
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    Manchester United unveil plan for new 100,000 capacity stadium

    English football giants Manchester United have unveiled the plan for their new stadium. With a capacity of 100,000, it will be the largest stadium in the UK - bigger than the 90,000 capacity Wembley - and the second-largest in Europe after Barcelona's Nou Camp, which is soon to have a capacity...
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    Triple killer given three whole life tariffs

    26 year old Kyle Clifford has been given not one but THREE whole life tariffs. A whole life tariff means spending the rest of your life in prison with no possibility of parole and Clifford has been handed three of them for raping and murdering his ex-girlfriend and murdering her sister and...
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    King launches Apple music show featuring his favourite songs

    To mark Commonwealth Day 2025, The King’s Music Room, recorded at Buckingham Palace, offers an exclusive insight into King Charles III's relationship with music from around the Commonwealth – including artists stretching from 1930s crooners to Afrobeats stars, as well as disco divas and reggae...
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    30 injured as ships explode after colliding off English coast

    30 people have been injured after two ships collided in the North Sea just off England's east coast. The ships burst into flames following the collision off the coast of East Yorkshire and there are now feara of an ecological disaster because one ship was carrying sodium cyanide and the other...
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    Pro-Palestine protester scales Big Ben

    A pro-Palestine protester scaled Big Ben this morning and unveiled a Palestinian flag. The man - whose feet are bloodied - has been up there for 11 hours and concerns have been raised as to how he was able to breach security. Officially named the Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben is part of the...
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    Video shows 97 year old paedophile being attacked in prison

    Video footage shows the moment a killer paedophile in prison was almost murdered by a fellow inmate with a metal flask. Sidney Cooke, 97, was the leader of a paedophile ring suspected of killing up to 20 boys in the 1970s and 1980s. Since 1999 he has been serving two life sentences for the...
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    New Zealand's High Commissioner to UK is fired after Trump comments

    Phil Goff has been fired as New Zealand's High Commissioner to Britain after comments he made about Trump at Chatham House in London towards Elina Valtonen, the Finnish Foreign Minister (as a Finn, who speaks a language in which there is no grammatical gender whatsoever, Valtonen originally...
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    Princess of Wales is first princess in over 100 years to be given this power

    King Charles III has granted his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess of Wales, the power to issue Royal Warrants. Royal Warrants have been issued since the 15th Century to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The warrant enables the supplier to...
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    Zelensky gets warm welcome from Starmer

    In contrast to the brutal way that he was treated by the Americans at the White House, Zelensky was given a much warmer welcome today by the British at 10 Downing Street. The Ukrainian President arrived at London Stansted Airport for a European leaders summit tomorrow. Referring to cheering...
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    Zelensky meets Irish Taoiseach in Shannon

    Ukrainian President Zelensky today met with the Republic of Ireland Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Michael Martin at Shannon Airport as Zelensky's aircraft refuelled on the way to Washington DC. The former comedian Zelensky thanked Martin for his small country's support - albeit limited - towards...