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Veterans are set to join the King for a VE Day tea party today as the prime minister has paid tribute to the "selfless dedication" of the war generation.Among them will be a 99-year-old who took part in the D-Day landings and a 100-year-old woman who worked in the Special Operations Executive, known as Churchill's Secret Army. Director general of the Royal British Legion, Mark Atkinson, said the charity was […]

All 14 children arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a boy died in a fire have been released on police bail, officers said.Layton Carr, 14, was found dead near the site of a fire at Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday. Northumbria Police said on Saturday that they had arrested 11 boys and three girls in connection with the incident.In an update on Sunday, […]

A Second World War Spitfire fighter plane has crashed in a field in Kent.The plane, owned by Fly A Spitfire, went down "in the vicinity of Hythe on 03/05/2025 (Saturday)", the company said in a statement on its website. In a statement, the firm said: "We are aware of an incident involving one of our Spitfire aircraft."We can confirm that a precautionary landing was made at a non-airfield site. The […]

Meghan has posted a photograph of Prince Harry and their children on social media after he was criticised for fuelling speculation about the King's health.Prince Harry had said he does not "know how much longer my father has left" in an interview with BBC News after losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK. Meghan shared a black and white photo on her Instagram account showing her husband […]

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf says his party's mission is to "remoralise" young people.Speaking off the back of his party's massive gains in the local elections, Mr Yusuf said young people were being taught to "hate their country" and that Reform's mission was to change their morals. "There has been an industrial-scale demoralisation, particularly of young people in this country, who are basically being taught quite deliberately that they should […]

The Conservatives are calling for Lucy Powell to resign after the Labour MP's exchange with a commentator about grooming gangs.The comment was made by Ms Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, after Conservative political commentator Tim Montgomerie started to ask a question on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions. "I don't know if you saw the documentary on Channel 4 about rape gangs," he started, in relation to the […]

Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of Madeleine McCann, who went missing while on holiday in Portugal in 2007, have posted a message to their daughter on the 18th anniversary of her disappearance.On the Official Find Madeleine Campaign page, the couple said that while they "have no significant news to share, our determination to leave no stone unturned is unwavering". The message, which thanked supporters and charities involved in searching […]

Prince Harry has said losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK means it is now "impossible" for him to bring Meghan and their children back to the UK safely.Harry said he did not think he would ever be able to bring his wife and their children, Archie and Lilibet, back to Britain and claimed his father, the King, could resolve the issue. Image: Prince Harry and Meghan. […]

"Shy" Reform voters in Labour areas led to Nigel Farage's party winning the Runcorn by-election by just six votes, Labour peer Harriet Harman said.The Runcorn and Helsby seat, created in 2024, went to Reform UK's Sarah Pochin who defeated Labour candidate Karen Shore by six votes. Reform overturned a 34.8% majority gained by former Labour MP Mike Amesbury last year before he stood down earlier this year after he punched […]