Lauren Laverne, the presenter of Desert Island Discs, has said she has been given the “all clear” after undergoing treatment for cancer. Writing on Instagram
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Angela Merkel ‘tormented’ by Brexit vote and saw it as ‘humiliation’ for EU
Angela Merkel has said she was “tormented” over the result of the Brexit referendum and viewed it as a “humiliation, a disgrace” for the EU
‘Unprecedented’ flooding in parts of Wales as Storm Bert batters Britain
Heavy rain and thawing snow are combining to bring flooding across the UK as Storm Bert continues to batter the country, with a major incident
London City, Bristol and Birmingham airports reportedly for sale
Birmingham, Bristol and London City airports have reportedly been put up for sale by their Canadian pension fund owner as it looks to cash in
Isaac Newton’s wealth ‘intimately connected’ with slavery, author says
Sir Isaac Newton, whose theory of gravity revolutionised science and who later rose to the upper echelons of London’s banking world, had closer financial ties
Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system
England’s special education system is failing, causing thousands of children to have their development put back by months or even years, according to a damning
UK bank fraud victims could face £100 excess on refund claims
Some victims of bank transfer scams will not get a penny back despite beefed-up rules designed to better protect consumers from fraudsters, because several big
Slovenian girl, 12, saves project aiming to reintroduce cicadas to New Forest
When British conservationists flew to Slovenia this summer hoping to catch enough singing cicadas to reintroduce the species to the New Forest, the grasshopper-sized insects
Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence
Hanif Kureishi, Billy Bragg and freedom of speech groups have voiced alarm after a number of venues cancelled events to promote a book by an
Spain’s floods force some UK sellers to buy oranges from southern hemisphere
Some British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing oranges from South Africa and South America early after last month’s “catastrophic” floods