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Boris Johnson was among the latest group of MPs to pledge allegiance to the King as the House of Commons met for the first time since the Queen’s funeral. The Conservative former prime minister was the 15th MP on Wednesday to take an oath of allegiance to Charles. Mr Johnson spent time in the queue chatting with DUP MP Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) and Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Holding the […]

Physiotherapy staff across England and Wales will vote on industrial action after overwhelmingly rejecting this year’s NHS pay award. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) said almost 80% of those voting in England said they were prepared to take industrial action, with 83% in Wales. The CSP Council is recommending members vote in support of action following a decision already taken to ballot in Scotland. The votes will be the […]

Liz Truss has said soaring energy bills are a “price worth paying” to secure the UK’s “long-term security” as the fight against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine causes costs to spike. The Prime Minister insisted she would not be telling Britons to ration their energy use this winter as the Russian President limits gas supplies to Europe. Ms Truss’s multibillion-pound price guarantee will prevent average annual household bills going past […]

Scores of staff were deployed for a clean-up operation to return the streets of central London to normal just a few hours after the Queen’s funeral had ended. Westminster City Council and waste management partner Veolia said they had sent additional cleaning teams to the centre of the city over recent days in a “huge operation” to ensure it was kept clean as crowds flocked to the capital for the […]

The Queen is to be reunited with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh as she is laid to rest in a historic state funeral. Crowds of mourners have flocked to London, Windsor and royal sites throughout the UK on the national bank holiday, with the service set to draw millions of TV viewers across the globe. The royal family, including Prince George and Princess Charlotte, will be among the 2,000 […]

The final mourners have paid their respects to the Queen lying in state in Parliament’s Westminster Hall. Since Thursday, hundreds of thousands of members of the public have filed past the coffin until, early on Monday morning, the final people who had queued through the night left the cavernous medieval hall. The process has seen a river of people snaking along the Thames around the clock, members of the public […]

The photograph was taken in May by Ranald Mackechnie An unseen portrait of the Queen smiling with joy has been released by Buckingham Palace on the eve of her funeral. The photograph, taken in May ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, shows the monarch beaming brightly at the camera in her Windsor Castle home. In a televised tribute to her mother-in-law on Sunday evening, the Queen Consort recalled the Queen’s […]

Prince Andrew described the Queen as “Mummy, Mother, Your Majesty, three in one” The Duke of York has paid tribute to his mother the Queen, saying: “Mummy, your love for a son, your compassion, your care, your confidence I will treasure forever.” Andrew hailed the late monarch for her “knowledge and wisdom infinite, with no boundary or containment”, adding: “I will miss your insights, advice and humour”. He described the […]

Many stores will not open tomorrow as a mark of respect to Her Majesty Supermarkets, fashion stores and cinemas will be among firms shutting their doors on Monday, due to the Queen’s funeral. It was announced last week that the funeral will take place on Monday September 19, which will also be a public bank holiday. As a result, a raft of the country’s biggest retailers have said they will […]