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FBI files reveal threat to kill the Queen during her US visit in 1983

A plot to assassinate Elizabeth II has been revealed through the release of an FBI file from 1983. The document, available on the FBI’s online vault, says a man planned to harm the monarch during her visit with Prince Philip to the west coast. The file states a phone call was made by ‘a man […]

King Charles and Camilla set for second Coronation despite financial controversy

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set for a second Coronation – despite the ongoing financial controversy in light of the current cost-of-living crisis. This summer, the royal couple will be crowned in a special Scottish ceremony – or in a service of dedication and thanksgiving as it is more commonly known – and will […]

Madeleine McCann’s parents face an agonising wait after ‘relevant clue found’

Madeleine McCann’s parents could face ‘months’ waiting for DNA and forensic results from materials recovered from an intense a three-day search for clues about their missing daughter by detectives in Portugal. Huge piles of soil and broken rock were left next to 160sqft area close to the banks of the Barragem do Arade reservoir where […]

Madeleine McCann's parents face waiting months for analysis of 'relevant clue'

A ‘relevant clue’ was said to have been found during the latest search for Madeleine McCann – but it may take months to be analysed. A three-day search of the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal came to a close yesterday, with no apparent significant results found. But Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha claimed a ‘relevant […]

Russia to sell Zelensky's holiday home on the Black Sea to finance invasion

Russia said Volodymyr Zelensky’s holiday home in Crimea has been nationalised and will be sold off to help finance the invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin-installed puppet leader of the region, illegally annexed in 2014, announced the decision to nationalise 57 properties belonging to Ukrainian tycoons, public figures and foreign nationals. Referring to the president’s flat, […]

Woman, 86, shoved headfirst into wheelie bin by man who thought she was trans

An elderly woman was robbed, beaten and shoved headfirst into a wheelie bin by a man who thought she was trans. Marie MacGowan thought she was going to die during the 42-minute attack in Dublin, Ireland, at the hands of Alex Bailey, 30, on September 1 last year. Marie became lost on her walk home when […]

CEO of million-pound aesthetics company calls industry ‘horrendous’ in U-turn

A woman who has defended non-healthcare professionals performing cosmetic enhancements for years has made a U-turn as she slams the “horrendous” industry. Maxine McCarthy, 43, began training in aesthetics when she was 28 before going on to found a multi-million pound business that provides training to others hoping to follow in her footsteps. Maxine has […]

Beatrix Potter accused of ‘copying’ African slaves’ stories for Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter has been accused of failing to credit the African slaves who told folk stories that inspired her most beloved stories. Dr Emily Zobel Marshall, an expert in postcolonial literature at Leeds Beckett University, called for the stories’ original origins – tales told by enslaved Africans working on American plantations – to be more […]

‘You’re killing plants!’ Bemusement at Just Stop Oil’s flower show protest

Just Stop Oil targets Chelsea Flower Show Just Stop Oil protesters’ targeting of a display at the Chelsea Flower Show has sparked a backlash on social media. Three women climbed over a barrier and smothered the RBC Brewin Dolphin Garden with paint on Thursday. JSO supporter Naomi Goddard, 58, asked in a statement on Twitter […]

Princess Kate ‘shines a light on invisible army’ of kinship carers

Kate Middleton hugs young royal fan in Windsor Kate, Princess of Wales has “shone a light on an invisible army” of kinship carers as she visited support groups at the St Pancras Community Association in London this afternoon. Dressed in a pink Alexander McQueen suit the royal spent 60 minutes chatting with the carers who […]