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The Duchess of Sussex has revealed how spending nearly three weeks away from her children left her “not well”. Meghan, in the second season of her Netflix show With Love, Meghan, did not elaborate on dates, but there will be speculation she was referring to when the Sussexes unexpectedly remained in the UK due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. In the new eight-episode series of her […]

Ash Dykes, 34, will journey 3,400 miles (5,400km) along China’s Yellow River, from its source to the sea. A British explorer is attempting to travel the full length of one of the longest rivers in the world. Ash Dykes, 34, will journey 3,400 miles (5,400km) along China’s Yellow River, from its source to the sea. During his mission he will trying activities including skydiving, paragliding, scuba diving, kayaking, climbing and […]

Food prices have risen at their fastest pace for 18 months amid surges in the cost of chocolate, butter and eggs, latest figures show. Food inflation lifted to 4.2% this month from 4% in July, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ Shop Price Monitor. It marked the highest level since February 2024. Bosses at the trade body warned that the acceleration in price increases “adds pressure” to families who […]

Peers could be forced to resign if they do not contribute enough to the House of Lords, under reforms ministers hope to make. Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Leader of the House of Lords, also suggested the Government is keen to press ahead with plans to place a retirement age of 80 upon peers. Writing for The Telegraph, the Labour peer said the Government’s plans to abolish hereditary peers from […]

A simple blood test could accurately detect ovarian cancer in its early stages and has the potential to “significantly” improve care and outcomes for women with the disease, researchers suggest. The test looks for two different types of blood markers in those showing symptoms of the disease, which includes pelvic pain and bloating, then uses machine learning to recognise patterns that would be difficult for humans to detect. Experts are […]

Ministers are reportedly ready to send more than 100 small boats arrivals back across the Channel, as Reform UK sets out its plans to grasp the migrant crisis. Sir Keir Starmer will implement his one in, one out migrant deal with France within weeks, according to The Times, amid mounting criticism of his approach to small boat crossings. The newspaper reported that a group of 100-plus migrants currently in detention, […]

Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure over the small boats crisis after protests continued outside asylum hotels and a poll suggested voters thought he was failing to grip the problem. The Prime Minister and his government have set out measures to speed up the asylum appeals system to aid the removal of people with no right to be in the UK. But Labour former home secretary Lord Blunkett said the […]

A 15-year-old boy and a 54-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a restaurant in Ilford which left five people injured. Emergency services were called to Indian Aroma in Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, at about 9pm on Friday. Five people, three women and two men, were injured in the incident. Two of them, a man and a woman, remain […]

Residents at an Edinburgh care home have taken up rowing sessions to show their support for three Scottish brothers aiming to become the fastest team to row across the Pacific. Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean, who used to visit their grandmother at Chamberlain Care Home in Edinburgh, are on day 134 of their unsupported, non-stop journey from Peru to Australia to raise £1 million for clean water projects in Madagascar. […]