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Prince William posts unseen photo of Diana from family’s private collection

The Prince of Wales has posted a previously unseen photo of Diana from the family’s private collection to mark Mother’s Day. The picture shows Prince William, then aged two, with his mother in a field of blooming flowers, including poppies, at the family’s main home at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, in 1984. He posted the image, which […]

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NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally

NHS hospitals are being urged by a group of doctors, human rights groups and campaigners to reconsider using a major data platform built by US tech giant Palantir, whose owners include Peter Thiel, a close ally of US President Donald Trump. The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) is a system designed to bring together information

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Prostate cancer screening just as good as routine breast cancer checks, study says – so will change happen?

Prostate cancer screening is just as good as the routine checks women have for breast cancer, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings show it no longer makes sense to reject prostate cancer screening on the one hand while endorsing screening for breast cancer on the other. Dr Sigrid Carlsson, who led the

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London’s Burning actor John Alford found dead in prison two months after being jailed for sexual assault

London’s Burning actor John Alford has died in prison two months after he was jailed for sexual assault. The 54-year-old was given an eight-and-a-half year sentence in January, having last year been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022. Alford, real name John Shannon, rose to fame in the BBC’s Grange Hill,

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Rachel Reeves is taking a gamble as the Gulf conflict hits energy prices

Targeted support for the poorest households who rely on heating oil is coming, we understand, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to make an announcement as soon as Monday. It follows calls from rural Labour MPs who have warned of constituents living in fuel poverty, unable to heat their homes, restock their supply, or afford the

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Book claiming Meghan ‘brainwashed’ Harry is ‘deranged conspiracy’, says his spokesperson

Prince Harry’s spokesperson has criticised a new book claiming his wife Meghan “brainwashed” him, calling it a “deranged conspiracy”. The claims about the couple, who are estranged from the Royal Family, were made in extracts from a biography by author Tom Bower which were published in The Times. According to Bower, who has written various

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