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British pop rock band The 1975 will be the first headliners to grace the Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage this year when they perform on Friday evening. Made up of four school friends, the group, ...
People who currently receive the personal independence payment (Pip) will continue to do so after the Government made concessions to Labour rebels on controversial welfare reforms. A letter from Work ...
A black woman who was strip-searched by two Metropolitan Police officers after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis when she was a schoolgirl said she does not know if she is “going to feel ...
Labour rebels are understood to have been offered concessions by the Government on its controversial welfare reforms, with an announcement expected shortly. Number 10 had been locked in crisis talks ...
A Green Party peer has said she will vote against proscribing Palestine Action if the order reaches the House Of Lords. During a talk at Glastonbury Festival’s Speakers Forum with Palestine Action ...
Dame Anna Wintour is to step aside from her role as the day-to-day editor of American Vogue, with the magazine hiring a new head of editorial content. British-born Dame Anna will remain in charge of ...
Sir Chris Hoy and his wife Lady Sarra Hoy have received the Freedom of the City of London. They have been recognised for charitable work for cancer awareness and neo-natal care, in addition to Sir ...
A man has been jailed for two years for killing his brother during a drunken fight. Ben Starr, 35, inflicted a single fatal blow to his brother Lee at a motocross event in Swindon in August last year.
Ukrainian forces have halted Russia’s recent advance into the northern region of Sumy and have stabilised the front line near the border with Russia, Ukraine’s top military commander said. Col Gen ...
The UK’s largest bioethanol plant, which has said it could be weeks from stopping production following the recent US trade deal, has described the start of negotiations with the Government as a “very ...
Two Metropolitan Police officers committed gross misconduct during the “disproportionate” and “humiliating” strip search of a 15-year-old black girl at school, who was wrongly suspected of carrying ...
The BBC has confirmed it will not show Neil Young’s headline set at Glastonbury Festival live “at the artist’s request”. The 79-year-old is due to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm on ...