Birth of a new Elizabethan age: After years of grey austerity, Britain’s dazzling young Queen gave hope to a war-weary nation. DOMINIC SANDBROOK charts how her reign has moulded, reflected and embraced a country that has changed beyond recognition By the end of World War II, Princess Elizabeth was 19. With her chain-smoking father in […]

Police launch investigation after two children, aged 5 and 2, are killed and their mother seriously injured during car fire which officers believe could have been started deliberately A vigil was held by 500 people yesterday in memory of Thelma, 5, and Michael, 2 Car went up in flames while on a rural road at […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Texas woman accused of making threats by phone against the federal judge in Florida who is presiding over the appointment of an independent arbiter to review documents that the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida home. In a criminal complaint […]

Key posts 7.15amPush to substantially increase regional Australia’s population 7.01amHeckler arrested after shouting ‘sick old man’ at Prince Andrew 6.55amAlbanese pushed to pass ‘urgent’ integrity reforms 6.32amHuge crowds swamp Edinburgh as royal siblings stand vigil 6.22amThis morning’s headlines at a glance 1 of 1 Push to substantially increase regional Australia’s population Some of the nation’s […]

Key points The US believes Russia has ceded its gains near Kharkiv and many retreating Russian soldiers have exited Ukraine, moving over the border back into Russia. Ukrainian troops have retaken a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places. Commentators on Russian […]

Met Police firearms officer who fatally shot father-to-be Chris Kaba after police chase in south London is suspended from duty Mr Kaba died after being hit by a single round from a police weapon last Monday His Audi had been hemmed in by police after a chase through Streatham Hill The IOPC police watchdog opened […]

Finally even Putin’s TV puppets realise the truth: Kremlin mouthpieces admit Ukraine invasion ‘is not going to plan’ and that predictions of swift victory were ‘catastrophically wrong’ Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin says it’s ‘absolutely impossible’ to win war He also called for Russia to either escalate its war efforts or resume peace talks But his […]

Two men, 23 and 24, who forced their victims at gunpoint to open cryptocurrency accounts in a failed bid to siphon off £3,500 are jailed Jordan Barrett and Ted Richards stormed into a property in Carlisle, Cumbria One of them brandished a starter pistol, while other was armed with a knife  Brazen pair then took […]

‘Jesus, enough with the Queen!’ Howard Stern slams ‘excessive’ media coverage of monarch’s death – and says it should get back to ‘Trump and where those papers are that they found at Mar-a-Lago’ The remarks came during a scathing speech on the Monday edition of Stern’s eponymous named SiriusXM radio show  It saw Stern  criticized […]

PRINCE Harry has been BANNED from wearing his military uniform when he mourns the Queen – while his disgraced uncle Andrew will don his at Wednesday's lying in state vigil. The shamed Duke of York will be permitted to wear his armed forces uniform "as a special mark of respect" for the Queen. The Duke […]