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King tells Kenyans of ‘greatest sorrow’ for past UK wrongdoings

Charles did not issue an apology for historical excesses during his speech at a banquet.

Isle of Man’s parliament votes Assisted Dying Bill through to next s...

Tuesday evening’s vote saw 17 Members of the House of Keys (MHK) vote for the bill, and seven against.

Dithering Johnson suggested Covid was nature dealing with elderly, i...

Dominic Cummings hit out at a ‘dysfunctional system’ as the former prime minister ‘trollied’ indecisively.

Jail for fraudster who kept charity funds after Black Lives Matter p...

Xahra Saleem, of Romford, east London, had pleaded guilty to fraud by abusing her position as director of a company.

Sturgeon ‘has nothing to hide’ as 14,000 messages to be handed to Co...

Press reports indicated the former first minister’s messages had been deleted.

Senior Met officer faces the sack for refusing drugs test over canna...

Commander Julian Bennett has been found to have refused to provide a sample for a drugs test when he was accused of smoking cannabis.

Train stations given spooky names to mark Halloween

Rail passengers were in for a spooky surprise on Wednesday.

Hancock ‘killed people’ and ‘lied’ in pandemic, Cummings told PM

The former health secretary was criticised by the former top Downing Street adviser during a lengthy appearance before Lady Hallett’s probe.

Newry swamped with water as island of Ireland hit by further floods

The canal in the Co Down city burst its banks amid heavy rainfall overnight on Monday.

Global representatives gather for Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit

Representatives from the USA, France, Japan and China will attend the summit, though world leaders like President Biden will not make an appearance.

Scottish Government to hand over 14,000-plus messages to UK Covid In...

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison said messages, mostly sent on WhatsApp, would be shared by November 6.

Cummings: Sedwill’s departure ‘set off bomb’ across Whitehall

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser told the Covid-19 Inquiry he ‘begged’ the then-prime minister not to effectively sack the top civil servant.

Inquiry into ice hockey player’s death will take some time, police s...

Adam Johnson of the Nottingham Panthers died after a collision during a game on Saturday.

Government needs to act urgently to address ‘disappointing’ T-level...

The Prime Minister announced plans in October to introduce the Advanced British Standard (ABS) – a new single post-16 qualification.

School staff in Scotland set to strike again in continuing pay dispu...

Workers in four local authority areas are preparing to hold a one-day strike on Wednesday.

Critically ill baby’s parents wait for ruling on move to Italy

Indi Gregory’s parents, Dean Gregory and Claire Staniforth, say a hospital in Rome has now offered to treat the little girl.

Flooding causing ‘destruction and financial stress’ to farmers, NFU...

The National Farmers’ Union said it was calling on political parties to set out their plans to better protect farmland from flooding.

Johnson aides Cummings and Cain lay bare chaos and dysfunction of Co...

Dominic Cummings said there was no shielding plan early in the pandemic and vulnerable groups were ‘appallingly neglected’.

Derbyshire woman walks 1,000 miles across 10 English national parks...

Jen Lowthrop said she now plans to write a book about her feat to emphasise the importance of national parks.

Child sex abuse ring ran in drugs den ‘by witches and wizards’, cour...

Three children were allegedly subjected to ‘group rapes’ by the 11 accused, the High Court in Glasgow heard.