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The Health Secretary has warned that a resident doctors’ strike over Christmas would have a “much different degree of risk” than previous walkouts, adding that he “cannot think of a single other trade union in this country that would behave this way”..

English actor Ray Winstone has said he is “very proud to be a Londoner” after receiving the Freedom of the City of London..

Iceland’s national broadcaster RUV has confirmed it will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026..

Bestselling author Sophie Kinsella has died after being diagnosed with a form of aggressive brain cancer..

Sir Keir Starmer said improving prospects for young people is “our generation’s greatest responsibility” as the Government launches its 10-year youth plan..

Contacts to the NSPCC from worried neighbours and community members concerned about child neglect rose by almost a third in a year as the charity warned that young people in danger must not “keep slipping through the cracks”..

Electric flying taxis may become available to London airport passengers from 2028, a UK company has announced..

Train services have been disrupted and ferries cancelled in Scotland as Storm Bram sweeps in with gusts of up to 90mph forecast..