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The King and Queen were briefly pulled away from an engagement in Jersey after a "false alarm".The Queen was said to be eating an ice cream at an "expo" event when a member of the royal entourage said something to her in private. She and the King were then ushered away and taken into the nearby Pomme d'Or hotel in the island's capital, St Helier. Image: Queen Camilla as she […]

A football fan who got a tattoo of the words "England Euro 2024 Winners" has said he intends to keep the permanent ink despite the team's 2-1 defeat to Spain in the final.Dan Thomas, 29, from Swindon, Wiltshire, got the tattoo, including a depiction of the Henri Delaunay Cup, on his left leg days before the final, but says he does not intend to cover it up after the loss. […]

Police will today start digging in a new search for the remains of Muriel McKay, the wealthy murder victim who was kidnapped 55 years ago.They will spend a week at the Hertfordshire farm where Mrs McKay, the wife of a newspaper executive, was held for a £1m ransom before her kidnappers were arrested and convicted of her murder. Detectives have mapped out a small area to excavate and have assembled […]

England suffered late heartbreak in Berlin after Spain scored in the final minutes to beat the Three Lions 2-1 and win Euro 2024.It is the second Euros final England have lost in a row after they were beaten by Italy in the final of Euro 2020, played at Wembley Stadium in July 2021 - delayed by the pandemic. Harry Kane, the captain, said it was a "huge disappointment" and "as […]

Carlos Alcaraz has beaten Novak Djokovic to become the Wimbledon men's singles champion for the second time.Alcaraz, the 21-year-old defending champion, won 6-2 6-2 7-6 (4). Alcaraz had to play some stunning tennis to close out the third set which he did after Djokovic took it to a tie break.The Spaniard now has four Grand Slam trophies after his two Wimbledon triumphs, his US Open victory in 2022 and his […]

A 17-year-old boy has been charged after an attack at a Sikh place of worship in Kent.Police were called to the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend on Thursday evening to reports of a disturbance inside the premises and two women being assaulted outside. While two women were treated for cuts and bruises, no one was seriously injured and officers recovered a bladed weapon.A 17-year-old boy, who can't be […]

Is Sir Keir Starmer turning into Harold Wilson with his high-profile public support for Gareth Southgate's boys in the final of the Euros?"Have you ever noticed," the wily Mr Wilson declared after Alf Ramsey's heroes triumphed in 1966, "how we only win the World Cup under a Labour government?" Barely a week after becoming prime minister, Sir Keir is attending the final of the Euros against Spain in Berlin after […]

Sir Keir Starmer has issued a rallying cry ahead of the Euro 2024 final, telling the England team: “We’re all behind you.”The prime minister, who will be in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Sunday to cheer on the Three Lions against Spain, told the players they have already "made the country proud". They are hoping their second successive Euros final will put to rest the heartbreak of losing to […]

A child has died and five people have been taken to hospital after a house fire in east London.The cause of the blaze, which damaged half of the ground floor and half of the first floor of a terraced house in Napier Road, in East Ham, is under investigation. Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to the scene just before 8.30am on Saturday, according to the London […]