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The famous “revenge dress” worn by the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is expected to sell for up to £220,000 when it goes under the hammer later this year. It will also be on display in London next month ahead of the sale, placing the outfit back into the spotlight more than 30 years since it first wowed the nation. Diana hit headlines when she was photographed wearing the black […]

Oasis have confirmed the date of an upcoming tour announcement during a drone light show in Manchester. The display over the Joie Stadium, home to Manchester City Women, at the Etihad Campus in Manchester on Thursday night saw the band’s logo illuminate before being replaced with the date 14/09/26, and the time 4pm BST. The band, who reunited for the first time since splitting in 2009 for the successful Live […]

MPs have been urged to “grasp” an opportunity to legalise assisted dying and offer “choice and dignity” to the terminally ill ahead of a vote on a proposed new law. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has returned to Parliament, after running out of time earlier this year. On Friday, the House of Commons has a third chance to vote for or against a Bill that would allow […]

Autumn is more likely to be wetter than average, bringing an increased risk of flooding, the Met Office said, as El Nino is already at near-record levels. The chances of a warm and wet meteorological autumn for the UK are around one-and-a-half to two times higher than would normally be expected, and there is an increased likelihood of windy conditions later in the season, the Met Office said. It comes […]

The UK economy unexpectedly grew by 0.4% in July following a boost from the services industry and businesses increasing the use of AI, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest gross domestic product (GDP) data, which was up from a 0.3% growth rate in June. It marks a surprise uplift after economists were expecting the economy to show zero growth for the month. The ONS said the […]

Terror “still knocks at the door of democracy”, Andy Burnham has warned as he expressed the nation’s unity with the US on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that shocked the world. With ceremonies being held either side of the Atlantic on Friday to mark the sombre milestone, the Prime Minister said the UK and US “stand together in memory of those we lost, and in defence of the […]

Failing to speed up improvements to Britain’s ageing power grid to cope with increased renewables could cost consumers billions of pounds by 2030, the official spending watchdog has warned. Up to £70 billion investment is needed over the next five years to upgrade and maintain Great Britain’s transmission network, which was mostly built between the 1950s and 1970s around major fossil fuel power plants – and is now ageing and poorly matched […]

Four people have been taken to hospital after reports of a stabbing in south-east London, emergency services said. London Ambulance Service was called to reports of a stabbing on Bromley High Street at 2.19pm on Thursday. Ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and London’s Air Ambulance were dispatched to the scene, the service said. Four patients were treated at the […]

Police officers and Army veterans came together to pay their respects to a former colleague and comrade who was killed on duty in a horrific crash on the A66. Hundreds gathered for the ceremony at Kirkleatham Walled Gardens in Redcar, Teesside, for Pc Tom Clough, 38, who was killed alongside Pc Matthew Blades in the early hours of August 22. Five young men in a VW Passat which had been […]