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Suspected crossbow killer served in army and has brother who is a convicted murderer
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Suspected crossbow killer served in army and has brother who is a convicted murderer

A manhunt was sparked after Carol Hunt and her daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were found fatally injured at the family home near London.

  • by Pan Pylas

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King allows public to see other side of famous palace balcony for first time

King allows public to see other side of famous palace balcony for first time

Inside the Centre Room at Buckingham Palace, a first group of visitors will be allowed to peer out at where crowds gather for jubilees, royal weddings and birthdays.

  • by Hannah Furness
Private schools are meant to help you get ahead. Not in Starmer’s cabinet

Private schools are meant to help you get ahead. Not in Starmer’s cabinet

Two-thirds of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet were privately educated, but only one MP in Labour’s new cabinet paid to go to school. It’s a rapid turnaround.

  • by Rob Harris
The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures

The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures

Two very different election outcomes last weekend have produced very similar challenges that the governments will struggle to deal with.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Wall Street is disconnected from reality

Wall Street is disconnected from reality

Wall Street is ignoring what is happening in the world’s biggest economy.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street

How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street

Political gurus worldwide often look to the US to live out a West Wing-style fantasy, but UK watchers say it is Australia that really sets the tone in Westminster.

  • by Rob Harris
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Celebrations will be short-lived for Starmer, he’s got to fix a broken Britain
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Celebrations will be short-lived for Starmer, he’s got to fix a broken Britain

Britain’s new prime minister faces perhaps the most monumental challenges of any incoming UK leader since Clement Attlee’s Labour Party won in a landslide in 1945.

  • by Rob Harris
Ditching Boris sowed seeds of shambolic Tory defeat

Ditching Boris sowed seeds of shambolic Tory defeat

Everything went downhill for the UK Conservatives after the political assassination of Boris Johnson two years ago. It was a spectacular act of political self-harm.

  • by George Brandis
‘A lot of hate’: Wimbledon moves to protect players from death threats

‘A lot of hate’: Wimbledon moves to protect players from death threats

Abusive messages directed at players across social media will be flagged by the tournament’s AI tool, creating data that can be used by police to catch trolls.

  • by Max Stephens
Eight memorable moments from the UK election campaign

Eight memorable moments from the UK election campaign

From bungee jumping to Count Binface, in the weeks before Labour’s landslide win, the British election generated no shortage of remarkable scenes.

  • by Rob Harris
King Charles asks Starmer to form government after Labour election landslide

King Charles asks Starmer to form government after Labour election landslide

Rishi Sunak has stood down as leader of the Conservatives after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party swept to power, all but wiping out the ruling Tories.

  • by Rob Harris