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'But I love Harry Potter. I grew up with the books. I am from that first generation of readers and, again, I love magic and spookiness.' The new series, starring child actor Dominic McLaughlin as the titular character…
Read moreThe latest survey puts Andy Burnham’s party on 28 per cent, three points ahead of Reform on 25 per cent, Labour’s best position in an Ipsos poll for more than a year. It is the fourth national poll Labour has topped…
Read more“The headlines are bad enough.” We were in Tokyo where Diana was on tour. But the news was all about a massive brick of a biography about her estranged husband, Prince (now King) Charles. Now, more than 30 years later…
Read moreHis insurgent party Reform UK thumped Labour and the Conservatives in the May local elections, gaining more than 1000 seats. An ebullient Farage began to think the unthinkable. “I’ve never wanted in my life, never aimed…
Read moreFollowers of the blind Bulgarian mystic, who died in 1996 aged 84, have claimed that two of her five prophecies for 2026 have already come true, leaving the remaining predictions to play out in the next few months.…
Read moreDefence secretary Wes Streeting called the multi-billion valuation “a great vote of confidence” in Britain that would continue to put the UK “at the forefront of defence innovation”. The most recent funding round for…
Read moreIt is the largest number ever recorded in one small boat, with the previous record of 165 being set just 17 days earlier. The confirmed 230 arrivals is more than the typical capacity of a Boeing 737 jet. People…
Read moreKhan arrived in the UK in the back of a lorry in 2015, Nottingham Crown Court heard, and faces automatic deportation to Afghanistan after he has served two thirds of his sentence. He was jailed for nine and a half years…
Read moreIt is currently unclear how she died but her sister Carley and brother Bradley are also thought to have been 'badly injured'. Abigail had recently finished her GCSEs had had attended her school prom just weeks before the…
Read moreThe moon will swallow almost all of the sun, dimming the evening light slightly from about 6pm to just after 8pm. The peak, when the moon will take its largest bite, will depend on where in the UK you are, but will be…
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