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British parents arrested after complaining about daughter’s school on WhatsApp
Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were reportedly detained by six officers in front of their three-year-old daughter after posting in a parent group chat.
- Will Bolton
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‘Naysayers’: Queen claims victory over online reading club with 12 million members
The Queen’s Reading Room started life as a lockdown book list but has evolved to become a registered charity, a popular podcast, an annual festival and more.
- Victoria Ward
After throwing soup at Van Gogh and painting Stonehenge, agents of chaos say they’re done
The group of protesters, which included women in their 80s, grabbed the headlines with disruptive stunts that saw them arrested 3300 times in three years.
- Rob Harris
Russia wants crippling sanctions ditched for Ukraine ceasefire. Europe has other ideas
Speaking in Paris at the so-called Coalition of the Willing summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time”.
- Rob Harris
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- Royal family
King Charles hospitalised after side effects from cancer treatment
The 76-year-old monarch was “greatly disappointed” to cancel public appearances scheduled for Friday.
- Rob Harris
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- Hotel reviews
One of London’s most unusual stays is in a rejuvenated part of the city
Paddington Basin has had a remarkable 20-year rejuvenation, so it’s apt that one of the area’s accommodations is a barge – and a very swish one at that.
- Rob McFarland
- Tony Wright’s Column
- World politics
Trump for the Commonwealth? He’d make the Iron Lady seem soft-hearted
Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost their knowledge of history.
- Tony Wright
‘Heartbroken’ Prince Harry has quit his ‘forget-me-not’ charity over infighting
The British Charity Commission said it was looking into “concerns about the governance of Sentebale”.
- Victoria Ward
Stripping off to pass exams: A youth spectacle like no other
Wandering the cobbled streets of St Andrews, Scotland, we stumbled across ancient rites celebrating the joy of youth.
- Tony Wright
Heathrow warned a decade ago about weakness of single grid connection
As Heathrow’s operations began to return to normal, its chief executive blamed the external power failure and said similar disruptions could happen at other airports.
- Patrick Sawer and Fiona Parker
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