An open letter to the prime minister, signed by three ex-defence secretaries, retired senior military chiefs, and former MI6 ...

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Italy lost to Switzerland ensuring Bruce Mouat’s British rink have reached this evening’s semi-finals and Team GB’s women will try to follow suit in the afternoon session ...

Henry VIII is not remembered as a loving husband. Any English schoolchild can recount the unpleasant fates of most of his six wives with the rhyme: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, ...

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as Britain’s first female cabinet secretary and head of the civil service. The appointment, which has been rumoured for weeks, comes after allegations ...

The government will continue with the Chagos Islands deal, a minister has said, despite Donald Trump's latest U-turn on his previous support for the agreement. Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said ...

Belma, the state‑owned company that already supplies the Polish army with several other types of mines, said in December 2025 that Poland would be equipped with millions of mines under the East Shield ...

Team GB’s men have scraped into the semi-finals while the women are still battling to advance from the round robin stage at ...

Prime minister says former prince should speak to authorities ...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over claims he leaked confidential ...

The King has expressed his “deepest concern” over the arrest of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of ...

Vinicius Jr claimed that he was racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni during Tuesday’s Champions League match ...