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Royal Marines are poised to lead a ‘Dunkirk-style’ evacuation of thousands of UK nationals from the Middle East after Iran launched a huge drone and missile attack against Israel last night. Commandos have already conducted reconnaissance along the Lebanese coastline ahead of a potential maritime rescue mission. The daring mission …

Royal Mail is adding special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, messages and other information, The Guardian reported. The move from Tuesday follows a successful trial, with the aim of connecting a letter with the digital world. Customers can scan the barcodes in the Royal …

Alexanda Kotey has just received a letter from his mother. Among other news she tells him that his teenage daughter in London has ‘finished her GCSEs and is starting college’. Naturally, Kotey is pleased at her progress. But circumstances mean he remains very much a hands-off parent. The letter arrived …

A senior Iranian politician has threatened to seize a British oil tanker if its vessel which was detained off the coast of Gibraltar is not ‘immediately’ released. Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council and commander in the Revolutionary Guards, said it was Iran’s ‘duty’ to retaliate after Royal Marines …

Iran has accused the UK of ‘illegally seizing’ one of its oil tankers off the coast of Gibraltar, which British officials said was heading for a refinery in Syria. The British ambassador in Tehran has been summoned to explain the raid on the Grace 1 tanker, which was carried out …