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Royal record breaker: Queen Elizabeth becomes longest-reigning monarch
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and presided over six decades of British history — from...
Rebekah Brooks may return to News Corp as UK chief next month
Rebekah Brooks will return to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp as chief executive of its UK division a year after she was cleared in the phone hacking...
Britons injured in Tunisia beach massacre are flown back home
Four Britons injured in the Tunisia beach massacre have landed back in the UK. An RAF plane flew into Birmingham Airport in the early hours carrying...
Cameras capture dramatic mid-air rescue as parachute fails at airshow
A British military stunt team member whose chute failed to open properly owes a big ‘thank you’ to a teammate who grabbed his parachute and...
Brit freed over nude photos on sacred peak happy to be heading home
A British woman - along with three other young tourists - are being deported from Malaysia this morning after being sentenced to three days in jail and...
Prince Charles challenged Tony Blair over ‘poorly-equipped’ army in Iraq
The Prince of Wales tackled former prime minister Tony Blair over a lack of resources for the Armed Forces fighting in Iraq, previously secret letters...
It’s a girl! Duchess ‘doing well’ after giving birth to daughter weighing 8lbs 3oz
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a girl, Kensington Palace has announced.
Britain’s ‘biggest drugs bust’ brings in cocaine haul valued at over £500m
A cocaine seizure off Britain’s coast last week yielded what is thought to be the country’s biggest-ever haul of hard drugs, potentially worth...
Over two tonnes of cocaine seized off the coast of Scotland in joint French raid
Nine men have been charged with drug trafficking after British coastguards seized more than two tonnes of cocaine off the east coast of Scotland. French...
‘This should make us all ashamed’: People using food banks soars to over 1m
The number of people using foodbanks has reached a record one million after an increase in workers on low pay having to seek emergency help for food, new...
London Heist: Gems are ‘long gone’ says former Flying Squad chief
Gems stolen in one of the largest and most daring jewellery heists ever will already be out of the country, says former Flying Squad chief Barry Phillips.
Benedict Cumberbatch to read poem at funeral of distant relative Richard III
Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch is to read a specially written poem at the re-burial of Richard III.
Gary Glitter faces rest of his life in prison after being jailed for 16 years
Former glam rocker Gary Glitter faces the prospect of dying in prison after being jailed for 16 years for a string of historical sex attacks on three...
Families of London girls en route to Syria beg them to come home
Families of two of the three London teenage girls believed to be on their way to Syria to join the Islamic State have begged their daughters to return...
David Cameron brushes off hoax call to his mobile by ‘wasted’ prankster
British Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted “no harm was done” by a hoaxer who called him on his mobile phone pretending to be the head...
British codebreaker Alan Turing’s rare manuscript to be auctioned for $1m
A hidden manuscript written by British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing is to go on auction in New York in April.
Two people taken to hospital after plane blown off runway in Scotland
A plane carrying 28 people has been blown off the runway at Stornoway airport in the Isle of Lewis.
Search suspended overnight for AirAsia flight with Briton on board
A British businessman and his two-year-old daughter are believed to be among those travelling on a flight that lost contact with air traffic controllers...
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for ‘gay marriage bridge’ as Sir Elton weds
As Sir Elton John and David Furnish were tying the knot today, the Archbishop of Cantebury was calling for more dialogue on gay marriage.
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