Dame Andrea Jenkyns wins mayoral race in shimmering Abba-style trouser suit (and she's no stranger to belting out Swedish band's hits live on the radio)

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 14:21 UTC

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The ex-Conservative minister, promised a 'new dawn in British politics', vowing to the people of Greater Lincolnshire that Reform would 'reset Britain to its glorious past' as she secured her spot as…

Portraits of British icons take centre stage at new immersive exhibition

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 12:11 UTC

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The first immersive exhibition to use one of Britain's national art collections will go on a UK tour.

Britain's NatWest says Q1 profit rises 36% on stronger income

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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The results come as the lender prepares to return fully to private ownership for the first time since its state rescue at the height of the financial crisis.

Farage's Reform UK Party support surges, wins closest ever by-election

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Farage hopes a strong performance in English local elections will mark the start of the breakdown of Britain's century-old two-party political system.

UK banks put £75bn into firms building climate-wrecking ‘carbon bombs’, study finds

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Exclusive: Britain is key financial hub for destructive fossil fuel mega-projects, according to research

Banks in the City of London have poured more than $100bn (£75bn) into companies developing “car…

Glut of early fruit and veg hits UK as climate change closes ‘hungry gap’

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Warm weather means strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes have come weeks earlier than expected

A glut of early strawberries, aubergines and tomatoes has hit Britain with the dry, warm weather eliminat…

The terrifying new threat on Britain's roads that's already killed a toddler, pensioner and nine-year-old girl... and why we're all at risk: BETH HALE

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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With an impish grin and a sparkle in her eyes, Louisa Palmisano was a bubbly, thriving three-year-old. But just before 10am one sunny Saturday morning, her life was cut short.

Top pharmacist warns against over-the-counter medication taken by millions - it could raise dementia risk

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Pharmacist Deborah Grayson said you may want to think twice about which drug to opt for a common health problem that blights the lives of one in four people in Britain.

The surprising English counties battling a knife crime surge: Why two of the UK's most desirable places to live are plagued by Britain's epidemic of knife violence

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of police figures shows other English and Welsh counties that saw the highest rise in knife offences from 2015/16 to 2023/24 are largely rural in character.

Danielle's murder shook Britain. When I found out my brother had done it, it left me with an unthinkable fear: There could be a predator lurking in me too: ALIX SHARKEY

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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It has now been nearly a quarter of a century since I last saw my little brother Stuart Campbell, on a muggy afternoon in August 2001.