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The Queen has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow,” Buckingham Palace said. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the world’s oldest head of

The Queen has postponed her Privy Council meeting and has been advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham Palace says. A palace spokesman said: “After a full day yesterday, Her Majesty has this afternoon accepted doctors’ advice to rest. “This means that the Privy Council meeting that had been due to take place this evening will

Liz Truss will set out her plan on Thursday to help households and businesses with soaring energy costs. Downing Street said the action would be “bold” and “decisive” and will support people across the UK facing rocketing bills, whilst also increasing domestic energy supply. Ms Truss is due to unveil her proposals to parliament, opening

Prime Minister Liz Truss will hold her first cabinet with her newly assembled top team this morning – before going head-to-head with Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs. On Tuesday, in her first speech as prime minister, Ms Truss said the UK would “ride out the storm” caused by the war in Ukraine and promised a

Liz Truss has said the country “can ride out the storm” of the cost of living crisis as she delivered her first address to the nation as prime minister. Speaking outside the famous black door of Number 10, Ms Truss said: “As strong as the storm may be, I know the British people are stronger.

Liz Truss is making a frantic 1,000-mile dash to see the Queen before launching her premiership with a £100bn energy price freeze that could last until the next election. She is flying 500 miles each way to Balmoral to be handed the keys to No 10 by the monarch before addressing the nation from Downing

Liz Truss will become the next prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest. Ms Truss, who was the favourite to win, will succeed Boris Johnson on Tuesday and become the nation’s third female leader. The foreign secretary used her victory speech to indicate she would not trigger an early general

Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be crowned the next Conservative Party leader and prime minister of the UK later today, after a gruelling summer contest. The pair have spent the past six weeks battling it out to persuade Tory members that they have what it takes to run the party – and the

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with the killing of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Merseyside Police said. The force said the man remains in custody and is being questioned by detectives. Meanwhile, a 41-year-old man from Knowsley has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and

The home secretary has spelled out to the new Scotland Yard commissioner the vast improvements she is demanding in his force’s culture and performance. Priti Patel writes in a letter to Sir Mark Rowley: ‘It is absolutely vital that trust and confidence is restored and that visible, responsive policing which cuts crime is at the

The family of a “loving and caring” Sikh priest left with life-changing brain injuries after an attack in Manchester city centre have appealed to the public for help in catching his attacker. The 62-year-old was left unconscious in the middle of Tib Street after the assault on Thursday 23 June 2022, and he still remains

Russia’s Gazprom has said natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will remain shut off. It comes after G7 finance ministers agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports in an effort to limit funding for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Gazprom said it was not reinstating supplies

Police investigating the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool have released CCTV footage of the gunman running away from the scene as they continue their hunt for him. Merseyside officers have also revealed that two guns were used in the shooting in which her mother Cheryl Korbel and the gunman’s intended target, Joseph Nee, were

A cabinet minister and a top Number 10 aide serve at the heart of Boris Johnson’s government despite allegations of sexual misconduct, a Sky News investigation can reveal. Sky News has published testimony from two women who give detailed, first-hand accounts of what they claim happened to them when one was assaulted and the other

British households are on course for the deepest living standards squeeze in a century, with real household disposable incomes expected to fall by 10% this year and the next. The warning comes in a new report by the Resolution Foundation, which said that real earnings are falling at their fastest rate since 1997, meaning that

As the cost of living crisis puts a strain on families, people are increasingly turning to an unlikely place for help: TikTok. Budget recipes, energy saving hacks (such as showering at the gym), saving money on a food shop, and cutting back on food waste are some of the videos going viral on the platform.