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The author claims both the Labour and Conservative parties offered her the honour.

A neighbour said they heard a ‘mighty bang’ and the roof ‘came off’ in an explosion and fire at a house on Saturday that killed one person.

The latest a poll could have been held was March next year.

The Defence Secretary rejected the Russian ambassador’s claim the UK was waging a ‘proxy war’ against Moscow in Ukraine.

The 31-year-old died after a fall at a hotel in Argentina on Wednesday.

The UK Budget is due to be laid out on October 30.

The Government is holding a major consultation on the next 10 years of the NHS.

Kieran Shepherd, 30, died in Meadgate Avenue, Chelmsford.

Births of the greater bamboo lemur in captivity are extremely rare.

Payne died of multiple traumas and ‘internal and external haemorrhage’, a post-mortem examination report said.

Research by Rathbones showed that almost all charities, 99%, are currently affected by hold-ups in probate.

Andrei Kelin, Russia’s ambassador to the UK, told the BBC: ‘I think you are aggressive and waging a proxy war against Russia.’

Orange and amber wind warnings that were in place in 11 counties across the island have been lifted.

Bedfordshire Police said one person had died and another had been taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident in Cleat Hill.

The family of Dawn Sturgess have called on the Russian president to speak to the inquiry after her death in the Salisbury poisonings.

NHS staff and patients will have until the end of the year to submit their views, with the plan expected to be published next spring.

There have been warnings that overall spend could be more than £65 billion.

The Health Secretary said the Mounjaro anti-obesity injections could help ease pressure on the NHS.

The Franco-British Colloque was co-sponsored by Saint Gobain, ultimate owner of a company that was heavily criticised by the Grenfell Inquiry.

Sky News reported that the Department for Business and Trade has asked a management consultancy to review options for how to mutualise the institution