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The statue was ordered in Paris after the director of the Grevin Museum visited London and came away underwhelmed by the Diana likeness at Madame Tussauds, prompting him to commission his own version, museum officials said. Grevin’s life-size — and very convincing — figure of the late princess is dressed in a replica of the…
The initial UK-wide political response to the Covid-19 pandemic was “too little, too late” and cost up to 23,000 lives in England alone during the first wave in spring 2020, the UK’s pandemic inquiry has found. It also found it “inexcusable” that the same mistakes were repeated in later waves, while also finding that some…
Outdated funding formulas that penalised deprived areas for decades are being scrapped, so local people finally get the vital public services they deserve – no matter where they live. Backed by a £5 billion boost for local services over the next three years to correct historic imbalances and level the playing field, delivering national renewal…
Shabana Mahmood announced a shake-up of rules for legal migration just days after outlining reforms to the asylum system which drew criticism from Labour colleagues. Under the proposed changes, conditions will be set for migrants to apply for settled status after 10 years, and they could be fast-tracked or forced to wait longer depending on…
High-earners will be allowed to settle permanently in the UK after as little as three years, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood revealed, as the government sought to prevent its immigration clampdown from turning away skilled workers. Visa-holders earning more £125,000 ($163,000) would be allowed to apply to for indefinite leave UK after three years, according to…
In October, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) reported Whitford had threatened to quit Reform UK, but then changed his mind. The LDRS reported that Whitford had told a resident in an email that he would “step down” at a Reform group meeting of the council, but later distanced himself from the comments. Whitford then…
Wealthier regions of England are to lose funding as part of radical changes to local councils. Areas with the highest levels of deprivation, and those unable to collect high levels of council tax, will receive more money from central government. Many are likely to be in the North and Midlands, with losers most likely to…
The UK government has insisted it will take as much time as necessary to “get right” new rules on access to single-sex spaces after a leak of guidance submitted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) raised concerns that its publication was being deliberately delayed. The equalities watchdog submitted its formal guidance on how…
Vladimir Putin has been warned the Royal Navy is ‘ready’ to respond after it emerged a Kremlin spy ship had fired lasers at British planes – and it’s not the first Russian warship to cause alarm Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas News Reporter 14:07, 20 Nov 2025 The Russian ‘spy ship’ Yantar marks a ‘new era of threat’,…
The retail giant has reached a sale and leaseback agreement on 24 stores and its Lutterworth depot with two separate buyers. The key elements of these transactions are: Four stores (Small Heath, Colindale, Coventry Abbey Park and Killingbeck) have been sold to DTZ Investors and leased back. Twenty stores and the Lutterworth depot have been…