Inner London Crown Court will close next week due to a strike by criminal barristers over legal aid funding. A judge at the court today warned jurors that they will not be sitting next Tuesday as several days of walkouts begin along with a refusal to take on new cases. …
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Trade unions are threatening walkouts by teachers, NHS staff, barristers and postmen this summer. They are balloting up to 1.5million workers over strike action on a level not seen since the Winter of Discontent in the late 1970s. Sir Keir Starmer yesterday again failed to condemn rail strikes that will …
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The caller was posh, polite and unusually patient. But the benefits office operator had no idea he was also a future king. Introducing himself simply as ‘William’, the stranger politely explained that he was ringing on behalf of a young homeless person to enquire about what financial help they were …
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Naval Crown clinches victory and the £1m prize in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot after the 33-1 shot triumphed by a neck to beat Creative Force in a thriller, with the favourite Home Affairs off the pace Naval Crown powered up the stands rail to claim the Platinum …
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There was drama at Royal Ascot today as the horse pulling Princess Beatrice’s procession carriage became spooked. The incident, which took place in front of hundreds of watching spectators, was quickly brought under control by royal escorts. The watching royal appeared concerned by the drama, before later disembarking the carriage …
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Prince Andrew is furious with the heirs to the throne for preventing his return to public life at the Order of the Garter ceremony earlier this month, it has been claimed. The Duke of York had reportedly intended to participate in the full service, presided over by his mother the …
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Queen misses the whole of the Royal Ascot for the first time in her 70-year reign after she was replaced in the Royal procession by the Duke of Kent on the final day of the famous race meeting The Queen was replaced in the Royal Procession by the Duke of …
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Camilla has revealed how she keeps her marriage with Prince Charles solid, her fears for her grandchildren and how she is a secret Wordle addict. The Duchess of Cornwall gave a fascinating behind the scenes look at her royal life with in a new tell-all interview with British Vogue. The …
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Prince Andrew ‘gives the Royal Family hope he may give up plans to return to public life’ by missing Ascot after stepping down from Order of the Garter ceremony Prince Andrew, 62, didn’t attend Royal Ascot with other royals as anticipated According to reports, he pulled out following controversy earlier in …
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Turning 40 is a milestone in anyone’s life. But for the Duke of Cambridge it is also a time of reckoning. He is on an inexorable journey to becoming king, a prospect that once scared him. Yet William is more at peace with himself than ever before, as the happy …
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