Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to run for London mayor
The political calculus in Britain's capital is being recalibrated once again. Sir James Cleverly, a veteran Conservative minister who has served under…
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Normandy veteran who lied about age to enlist dies
Donald Turrell, a London-born soldier who slipped into the ranks of the British Army by fabricating a parental consent letter claiming he…
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Man dies after train hits van on crossing
A commuter van was struck by a passenger train at a road-rail crossing in Burscough, West Lancashire, on Tuesday afternoon, killing one…
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Six ways parents could make the return to school a little easier
For millions of families across the UK, the final days of August mark a sharp pivot from the unstructured freedom of summer…
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‘Healey eyes banks and oil tax’ and ‘X Factor comeback’
The death toll from the catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border has climbed past 675, with roughly 3,000 people still unaccounted…
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Large Lake Ontario sign installed in Canada in latest jab at US
The waters separating two nations have become the latest flashpoint in a rapidly escalating transborder confrontation. On Canada's Lake Ontario shoreline
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Manhunt after one killed and five injured in Swiss shooting, police say
A sweeping search operation has engulfed the town of Aarau and its surrounding districts after gunfire erupted near a horse racing venue…
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We all share a 15-acre Georgian mansion for the price of a two-bed house
On the fringes of Llanidloes, a small town in Powys, a Grade II listed Georgian mansion sits amid fifteen acres of woodland…
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I was told I was unworthy to be a mother, then they stole my baby
In the summer of 1966, a seventeen-year-old girl from Stranraer in south-west Scotland boarded a journey of more than 150 miles northward…
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Mount Fuji pics, life-changing ramen and a weak yen – why young Brits are going to Japan
Seeing others' holiday snaps of Japan on social media made Maitri Sanghvi want to go there As I open up Instagram, I…
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