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Princess Diana (Image: Wikipedia) There are moments in public life that don’t survive because they are grand, but because they are simple. Princess Diana’s words about kindness belong to that category. They don’t sound like a slogan or a carefully packaged message. They sound closer to something overheard in a private conversation, something said without…

UK set for 30C heat blast as summer makes a swift comeback / Image – file After a run of cooler temperatures, showers and blustery conditions, summer warmth is set to make a dramatic return across much of the UK this week, with some areas expected to reach temperatures close to 30C.Forecasters say a change…

Under-16s face social media ban as UK unveils tough new online rules / Image – file Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that children under the age of 16 will be banned from using major social media platforms under what the government calls the most significant overhaul of online child safety rules in a generation.Unveiled…

England doctors call off planned strike A planned four-day strike by resident doctors in England has been called off after the UK government made a fresh last-minute offer on pay, jobs and career progression, the British Medical Association (BMA) announced on Saturday.The industrial action, which was scheduled to begin at 7 am on Monday and…

Image: Redwings Horse Sanctuary When football clubs replace worn equipment, most fans assume it ends up in storage or is thrown away. Arsenal’s old player socks have taken a very different path. The Premier League club recently donated around 40 pairs of footless red socks to Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Britain’s largest equine rescue charity. What…

A UK woman who inflicted catastrophic head injuries on her seven-week-old daughter has been jailed for life after the child later died from complications linked to the abuse.Sarah Ngaba, 32, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday after being convicted of murdering her daughter, Eliza. The court heard the infant suffered severe brain and…

EasyJet flight cleared for take-off from wrong runway point, report reveals / Image – File An air safety investigation has been launched after an EasyJet flight departing Manchester Airport took off from the wrong runway position, an error that investigators say significantly reduced the available runway length for the aircraft during departure.The incident involved an…

Passengers on the West Coast Main Line faced widespread delays and cancellations after a railway bridge in Warwickshire partially collapsed when it was struck by a lorry. Services have resumed, but disruption is expected to continue as repair work progresses. Bridge collapse brings rail traffic to a standstill A major railway bridge in Warwickshire suffered…

One million young people to be offered Meningitis B vaccine after deadly UK outbreaks / Image – file Around one million young people across the UK will be offered a meningitis B (MenB) vaccine under a major new NHS programme launched in response to a series of outbreaks that have claimed lives and raised concerns…

UK ‘Go Home’ letters row: A pregnant Sri Lankan care worker living legally in the UK fears she could be separated from her husband and daughter after the Home Office reportedly ordered her dependents to leave the country, in what critics say is a contentious fallout of Britain’s immigration crackdown.According to a report by The…