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The service of thanksgiving will be the first major event the Duke of Sussex has attended in Britain for some time.…

That extended Britain’s F1 records for both race wins and the number of drivers to achieve the feat and here, the PA news agency takes a look at the key statistics. Roll call Norris, left, has previously shared the podium with compatriot Lewis Hamilton (David Davies/PA)Britain’s seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton leads all drivers in F1…

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. L: A salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza as an Israeli missile launched from the Iron Dome defense missile system attempts to intercept the rockets, over the city of Netivot in southern Israel on October 8, 2023. R: Aerial view of the River…

Linking the proceeds of VED to a protected fund to rejuvenate our roads and highways has been suggested as one way to solve the UK’s pothole epidemic.Edmund King, of the AA, believes VED should be used to create a national protected fund that can be used to pay for future road improvements. “You need all the…

Bank holiday getaway traffic jams will signal the start of a bumpy 10 days on Britain’s roads and railways, as a rainy early May is peppered with engineering works and train drivers’ strikes.Motoring organisations were expecting late Friday afternoon to bring the longest delays on roads, particularly those heading to the south-west from…

LONDON (AP) — A British police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to terror charges for showing support on social media for Hamas, which is designated a terror group and banned in the U.K.West Yorkshire constable Mohammed Adil admitted sharing two images on WhatsApp supporting the group three weeks after Hamas and other Palestinian militants…

Those who love walking woods full of giant sequoias should book a flight to... the United Kingdom?Believe it or not, yes. Or at the very least, it has now become a viable alternative to those who love to visit the giant trees in Northern California. Currently, there are roughly 500,000 sequoias and redwoods in the United Kingdom, which dwarfs…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK mortgage approvals hit their highest for 18 months in March, according to official figures that suggest the property market is continuing to recover despite recent rises in quoted rates.Net mortgage approvals rose to…

Conservative City Minister Bim Afolami told representatives of a finance lobby group last week that Sunak and Hunt are “all over it … and they are fuming” — POLITICO has seen the minutes of that meeting. The meeting notes also reveal that Afolami told City representatives to write to the chancellor asking him to intervene, which the…

Ireland plans to return asylum seekers to the UK under new emergency laws, in an effort to stem arrivals through Northern Ireland.The taoiseach, Simon Harris, wants the proposals brought to cabinet next week amid concern that Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan was rerouting asylum seekers from the UK.Harris has asked the justice minister, Helen McEntee,…