Day: January 28, 2023

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Johnson set to attack Labour over Brexit in Dorries TalkTV interview

January 28, 2023

The Sun reported details of some of Mr Johnson’s comments, set to be aired on the former culture secretary’s new Friday night talk show on TalkTV. The first instalment of her weekly hour-long programme, titled Friday Night With Nadine, will feature an exclusive interview with the former prime minister. The newspaper reported that Mr Johnson […]

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Kate ‘absolutely determined’ to change attitudes to early years development

January 28, 2023

T he Princess of Wales has said she is “absolutely determined” to change attitudes to the development of children during the early years of their lives. Kate’s awareness-raising campaign, “highlighting the critical importance” of a person’s first five years in shaping their adult life, will be launched by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood […]

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Teenager appears in court after shooting himself in the foot

January 28, 2023

A teenager who accidentally shot himself in the foot has been sentenced for firearms offences. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had gone to hospital with a gunshot injury just before midnight on March 11, 2022. He gave an ‘untrue’ version of events, police said, as to how he sustained the wound. […]

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British Museum staff to strike during February half term

January 28, 2023

More than 100 workers at the British Museum are set to strike during the February half term. Staff at the museum’s visitor services and security teams will be on the picket line for seven days starting from February 13. Members of the Public and Commercial Service union (PCS) at the famous museum are taking industrial […]

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Woman shares heartbreaking moment four of her cats were killed in ‘fireball’

January 28, 2023

A woman has described the horrific moment she watched four of her six cats die when a fire ripped through her London home. Heather Lennox’s cats, Mercury, Fairbairn, Jupiter and Sykes, were all killed after blaze engulfed her council flat in Camden just before Chirstmas. The 52-year-old was left clutching her two remaining pets, Minerva […]

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Rare Giacometti chandelier bought for £250 in London set to sell for £7m

January 28, 2023

Sometimes a hunch pays off, and when the English painter John Craxton recognised a work of genius for sale in a London antiques shop, he made very much the right call. Craxton parted with £250 for an unusual chandelier he suspected was by the great sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Now that chandelier, made in the late […]

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Keir Starmer insists Labour has ‘changed’ in conference speech

January 28, 2023

Showing now | News 01:00 Sir Keir Starmer has said that the work of “never again” never stops, as he uses a speech in London to emphasise how the party has changed under his leadership. “We’re different to the party that Britain rejected in 2019”, he told the crowd. “Never again will Labour allow hate […]

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Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford’s wife, Clare, dies

January 28, 2023

Clare Drakeford, the wife of Wales’s First Minister Mark Drakeford, has died suddenly. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Welsh government said: “It is with deep sadness that we confirm the sudden passing of Clare Drakeford, wife of the first minister. “The thoughts of everyone in the Welsh government are with the family at […]

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Ready to plunge in? The rise and rise of immersive art

January 28, 2023

Concerning immersion, a shower is as far as I’m usually prepared to go. I don’t recognise the existence of bathtubs and when it comes to immersive art, I prefer to be an engaged and critically alert observer, not a participant. I made an exception for Nicholas Hytner’s Shakespeare productions at the Bridge theatre in London, […]

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Hundreds come forward to claim a role in King Charles’s coronation

January 28, 2023

Sky News has learned that hundreds of people are coming forward to claim a role in the coronation of King Charles after a Coronation Claims committee, set up by the government, opened applications up to those who believe they have a hereditary or historic right to carry out ceremonial roles during the event in May. […]

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