Graves which are more than a century old could be reused in cemeteries across England and Wales under new proposals – but relatives will be able to object and war graves will be protected. The Law Commission has recommended modernising laws, some of which have not been altered for more than 170 years,- to tackle […]
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The UK government is preparing a possible court case against former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after he missed a deadline to release £2.5bn he raised from the sale of the club. It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced in mid-December that the Treasury was issuing a licence for the transfer of the frozen funds to
Seven men have been sentenced for being part of a group that carried out a series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury stores across London. The defendants stole more than £100,000 worth of goods from several high-value stores over four months in 2025, the Metropolitan Police said. Using bricks, sledgehammers and a Ford Fiesta to ram
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We’re used to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the war leader in his combat fatigues. They were the ones that memorably earned him a dressing down from Donald Trump in the Oval Office last year. But in his third speech to the UK parliament since the Russian invasion four years ago, we saw him suited
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The Princess of Wales wished the officers and guardsmen of the Irish Guards a happy St Patrick’s Day as she presented them with traditional sprigs of shamrock. Kate – who has served as the regiment’s colonel since 2022 – also greeted its mascot, an Irish wolf hound named Turlough Mor, affectionately known as Seamus, as
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Donald Trump has said he’s “disappointed with Keir [Starmer]” over the prime minister’s initial refusal to send aircraft carriers to the Middle East. Repeating his jibe from a few days into the Iran war, the US president said: “Unfortunately Keir is no Winston Churchill.” Mr Trump was speaking to reporters in the Oval Office alongside
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Zack Polanski is set to call on Sir Keir Starmer to step in and protect energy price cap customers from steep bill rises at the start of July. Sky News understands the Green Party leader is about to pile further pressure on the prime minister, who has so far dismissed calls to make any more
Changes to the student loans system quietly announced in the last budget have provoked a loud and angry response that has woken up Westminster to what anyone who did a degree in the 2010s, and their parents, already knew. The debt burden is rising, squeezing young workers as they approach their earning prime. With around
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Police have appealed for help to find two teenagers who have been missing for 10 days from west London. Hillingdon Police said Ethan and Morgan-Leigh have been missing since 8 March from Feltham. The 14-year-olds were last seen wearing black jackets with a fur trim. Anyone with information has been urged to contact police. Source:
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Temperatures in parts of the UK could climb as high as 20C, as forecasters predict Wednesday could be Britain’s warmest day of the year so far. The Met Office said there will be spells across most of England and Wales on Wednesday, and Britons can expect to feel warm in the sunshine. The warmer weather
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