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Tea and Britain are an “ingrained” pairing, like “Shakespeare and sonnets” or “the late Queen and corgis”, wrote Hannah Twiggs in The Independent. For centuries, the brew has been “Britain’s greatest leveller”. “Whether it’s a builder’s brew in a chipped […]

British veterans are urging Keir Starmer to meet them in their long-standing quest for recognition and compensation for harm they believe was caused by the UK’s nuclear testing programme. Around 22,000 British personnel are thought to have been present at

As temperatures drop in the UK’s first real cold snap of winter, people are bracing for a wave of colds and coughs. “The cold weather will most probably push up colds and other respiratory viruses this week,” virologist Professor Steve

The UK economy barely grew at all in the third quarter of this year, in a blow to Labour’s plans for growth. The economy expanded by just 0.1% between July and September – Labour’s first three months in power –

The looming prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency has sparked fears of a global trade war after he pledged to impose tariffs on all goods imported from US trading partners. Describing himself as a “tariff man” while out on

Formula 1 drivers have hit back at punishments handed out for swearing, calling on FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to treat them like adults. Defending champion Max Verstappen was sanctioned by motor-racing governing body the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)

“For women, prison isn’t working,” said Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood as she announced plans to dramatically reduce the number of women in jails across England and Wales during the Labour Party conference in September. Created with the goal of reducing

The death of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader and mastermind of the 7 October attacks, is a significant milestone in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The 61-year-old, who took over after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran in

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister and champion of his country’s independence movement, died suddenly on Saturday at the age of 69. The former MP and MSP collapsed during a conference in North Macedonia and was pronounced dead at the

Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah appear to be spiralling toward all-out war, with their long-standing conflict escalating significantly in recent weeks. Yet to the surprise of many, Iran has done little to respond so far. Last Friday, Israel