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Prince William opens up about private life in special edition of Country Life
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Parents issue urgent plea for stem cell donor to save baby boy with rare blood condition
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Milburn review to call for young Neets to be located and tracked
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Cancer diagnoses hit record high of more than 1,000 people a day
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Democratic socialist defeats incumbent Karen Bass in Los Angeles mayor's race
The results mean America's two most populous cities - New York and Los Angeles - will be led by democratic socialists.
Burnham to force UK employers to include salaries in job adverts
Burnham’s announcement has been welcomed by the TUC general secretary Paul Nowak
Charles hailed as UK's 'secret weapon' by royal aide after challenging Caribbean trip
Charles has just returned from a trip to the Caribbean where there were calls for him to apologise for the transatlantic slave trade
Salon, internet’s oldest general interest publication, shuts down after 31 years
Website known for politics, arts and culture coverage announces closure just weeks before anniversary Salon, one of the early internet’s pioneering publications, is closing after more than three decades, the outlet announced on Thursday. “It’s difficult to find the right words for the end of something that has meant so much to so many people. Salon was never just a website,” Salon said in a…
Declaration of final vote results in Serbia paves way for student movement to form government
Serbia’s election authorities have declared the final results of the Oct. 25 vote, paving the way for the formation of a new Parliament and government that will be dominated by a student movement which defeated former strongman Aleksandar Vucic and his party
More Mandelson papers set to be published before Christmas
Documents were published in March and June - but others were withheld because they were part of a police investigation.
Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California
Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors, after Christa Pike’s failed execution Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has commuted the death sentences of more than 500 people on the state’s death row on Thursday, a move that ensures they can never be executed under future administrations. The Democrat’s mass commutation at the end of his term has converted all…
Deep-red Kansas votes for change as patience wears thin with Trump: ‘The economy is really taking a beating’
Bills have soared in rural state buffeted by tariffs and war in Iran – and Democrat Adam Hamilton’s stunning upset shows how deep economic frustrations run Linda Olson always does her homework before voting – a trait she inherited from a family invested, and interested, in politics. Her father was a photographer who took portraits of political leaders in Washington, while her grandparents were…
US accuses Mexican judge of $2m bribe to free accused drug trafficker allegedly linked to ex-Olympic snowboarder
The judge oversaw extradition proceedings in Mexico for a Canadian citizen allegedly helping Ryan Wedding A Mexican judge has been arrested and accused of accepting $2m in bribes in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody, US officials said Thursday. Luis Benítez Alcántara was overseeing extradition proceedings in Mexico in 2024 for Canadian citizen Andrew Clark…
Who is Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles’s next mayor?
Urban planner and outsider who bested Karen Bass has close ties to Hollywood progressives – and a complicated relationship with the DSA Nithya Raman on Thursday unseated Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass after a neck-and-neck race for the leadership for the US’s second largest city. The young progressive’s victory means that the two largest cities in the US, as well the nation’s capital, Washington…
Democratic socialist Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race over incumbent Karen Bass
Major shake-up as LA councilmember, once considered long shot, ousts Democratic rival she had once endorsed Nithya Raman was elected to serve as the mayor of Los Angeles, eking out a narrow win over incumbent Karen Bass, in a major shake-up in local politics that reflects the growing dissatisfaction with the direction of the city. The progressive urban planner had served on LA’s city council…
Chris vs Chris: Who's running and what's at stake this New Zealand election
New Zealanders will head to the polls on 7 November to elect a new government, with rising cost of living a key concern for voters.
British healthcare worker with Ebola arrives back in the UK
The man will be taken to one of two hospitals equipped to deal with Ebola after he was flown back to the UK from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
‘Our work’s not done’: Russell Brand detective urges other potential victims to come forward
Brand is under investigation over two more rape allegations and police say others could speak up after guilty verdicts The lead detective in the case against Russell Brand has urged other potential victims of the comedian to come forward after it emerged that he is under investigation for two further rape allegations and faces a civil claim in the UK. Det Supt Andy Furphy, the Metropolitan…
Met 'reset' means fewer police at major events
Sir Mark Rowley says police officers are being moved to boost community policing.
Indiana puts man to death as three US executions to be carried out on same day
Florida set for 19th state killing of year on Thursday as death penalty under renewed focus after botched Christa Pike execution Florida and Alabama plan to execute one man each on Thursday just hours after Indiana put a prisoner to death – in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for the same day in the US. It would be Florida’s 19th execution this year under Republican governor Ron…
The new November rules that could affect your home, money and everyday life
This is when the new rules, laws, and policy changes will come into effect
Could Britain bring back freedom of movement with the EU? What we know
The prime minister has said previously that Brexit has caused “more harm than good”