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The Prince of Wales has said he and Catherine are “shocked and saddened” by the death of his former nanny’s stepson, Edward Pettifer, who was killed in the New Orleans attack. The 31-year-old was among 14 people killed in a vehicle attack on New Year’s Day. His stepmother Alexandra Pettifer, previously known as Tiggy Legge-Bourke, cared for Prince William and ...

  The mayor of London has warned people to be aware of scammers ahead of the capital’s official New Year’s eve fireworks event. Sadiq Khan said tickets for the famous annual display, which takes place around South Bank and Victoria Embankment, had sold out having gone on sale in October. “Ticketmaster is the only place to buy resale tickets – ...

Rain, snow and strong winds will hit the UK as 2025 gets under way, with a series of weather warnings covering all parts of the country coming into force between Monday and Thursday. An amber alert for rain has been issued for parts of Scotland on New Year’s Eve, and stormy conditions are expected to spread to the rest of ...

Early in 2025, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to an informal summit of EU leaders. It’s the first such invitation for the UK since the bitter days of the Brexit negotiations. The focus of the February meeting is future security and defence co-operation. The backdrop: the volatile state of the world from Europe’s perspective. Wars rage in ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the chancellor and business secretary have written to the UK’s main regulators asking them to come up with ideas for reform that could boost economic growth. They contacted watchdogs, including energy regulator Ofgem and water regulator Ofwat, before Christmas asking them to submit proposals by mid-January. This comes after figures published earlier this week indicated ...

In 1984 an unassuming appeal for Tampa Bay fans was placed in a UK American football magazine. It was during a season when the NFL team had lost more games than they had won and were being called one of the worst franchises in American sport. Despite the team’s poor form, it struck a chord with fans, and the first ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over Reform UK membership numbers, after his party said they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. A digital tracker on Reform’s website shows its membership numbers have overtaken the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservatives earlier this year. Badenoch said Reform’s counter was “coded to tick up automatically”. Farage ...

This year’s Christmas message from King Charles will be delivered from a former hospital chapel, in a year in which the King has been undergoing cancer treatment. The location for the traditional Christmas Day broadcast is the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London, which once served as the chapel of the Middlesex Hospital. It’s the first time in more than a ...

Tulip Siddiq, a UK Labour Minister and niece of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been quizzed by the Cabinet Office propriety and ethics team over an allegation that she and her family members embezzled £4bn(around Tk 60,000 crore) from a power plant project in Bangladesh. The team questioned her on Sunday (December 22), reports The Telegraph. Tulip Siddiq, is facing ...

An estimated four million people in the UK are preparing to spend the Christmas and new year period overseas, according to a travel trade organisation. Abta said Sunday will be the busiest day for departures between Friday and January 2, with Christmas Day the quietest. It identified the most popular destinations for winter sun holidays as the Canary Islands, southern ...