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Open this photo in gallery: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking on April 21, in Oxon Hill, Md., left, and former President Donald Trump speaking on March 4, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. A titanic confrontation is set to take place between DeSantis and Trump during the 2024 U.S. …

With more than 150 languages spoken in the county, Berkshire is home to people from all over the world. These fascinating maps from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) portray the extent of Berkshire’s multiculturalism. The maps chart the main spoken language by residents over three years old in every …

A horse owned by King Charles has finished second last at the Adelaide Cup, as a Victorian-based gelding secured top spot in front of a large, post-COVID crowd at Morphettville. Key points: A horse racing in the Adelaide Cup is owned by King Charles Event organisers are expecting about 7,000 people to attend …

People are being invited to kick-start 2023 by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Hull. The charity’s much-loved events are returning to the city and anyone who joins up to January 31 can claim 50 per cent off the entry fee as part of a half-price …

Pictures of a Christmas Day hike became the unexpected target of negative comments. A walking group, hoping to encourage more Muslims to take up hiking, attracted over 130 people. Muslim Hikers organised a mountain walk in Derbyshire’s Peak District on December 25. A spokesman for Muslim Hikers, Haroon Mota, says …

Nearly half of people believe those who lost their job during the pandemic were likely to have been underperforming, a survey has found. In findings that will raise fears over inequalities in Britain, a study of attitudes by researchers at Kings College London showed a significant minority thought a widening …

Tokenistic gestures are being made in place of real-world action to improve the lives of black Britons, activists have complained, after Royal Mail marked Black History Month by dedicating four postboxes. The boxes were painted black and turned into billboards celebrating the stories of four prominent black people, including Sir …

A council in Herts has passed a motion to change some of its town’s street names after their links to the slave trade. At a Watford Borough Council meeting last night, (Tuesday, July 14), councillors debated whether roads that ‘are named after people who were involved in the slave trade, …