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The Queen is to miss the ceremonial welcome during the Qatari state visit after suffering significantly diminished reserves of energy following her chest infection. Doctors have urged Camilla, 77, to take time to rest and recover fully because of the lingering effects of the illness, which she contracted a month ago following her long-haul trip to Australia and Samoa. The King and the Prince and Princess of Wales are set […]

New Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy was “astonished” by the amount of managerial offers he received on the back of his spell as Manchester United interim manager. The Dutchman had four games in caretaker charge at Old Trafford – two of them against Leicester – following Erik ten Hag’s sacking in October but left the club upon the appointment of Ruben Amorim. He was only out of work for a […]

Downing Street has said Gregg Wallace’s response to the accusations being made against him was “inappropriate and misogynistic”. The MasterChef presenter, who faces various allegations of making “inappropriate sexual jokes” and complaints about his behaviour, has said the claims have come from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age”. The 60-year-old faces allegations from 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year period, as reported by […]

Building owners who fail to remove dangerous cladding have been warned “we are after them” and they could face jail as ministers set a 2029 deadline for action. The Government acknowledged there could be up to 7,000 buildings with dangerous materials which have not yet been identified, while progress on remediation work on high-rises with known issues has been too slow. The Remediation Acceleration Plan means that, by the end […]

Top nurses have warned that planned Government reforms for the health service “stand no chance” if issues with recruitment and retention in the profession are not addressed. It comes as new figures show the number of nurses and midwives registered in the UK has grown to a record high. However, experts claim the workforce is “increasingly inexperienced”, while facing worrying shortages and still relying heavily on candidates from overseas. Policymakers […]

The UK has pledged a further £19 million in funding for Gaza, as a minister described the situation on the ground as “catastrophic”. Development minister Anneliese Dodds will travel to the Occupied Palestinan Territories and Israel as part of a three-day trip that starts with a humanitarian conference in Cairo on Monday. The fresh funding will take the UK’s total committed for the Occupied Palestinan Territories to £99 million, the […]

Fianna Fail looks on course to secure the most seats in Ireland’s General Election, with attention turning to the potential make-up of the next coalition government. All of the three main parties – Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Sinn Fein – were bullish about their prospects as the first results started to come through on Saturday after Friday’s poll. However, by Sunday evening, with more than 100 of the Dail […]

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape at London venue The Groucho Club, the Metropolitan Police said. An investigation was launched following reports of a woman being raped inside the popular celebrity haunt in November. On Saturday, the man was arrested in Hertfordshire on suspicion of rape and is being questioned in custody. The private members’ club had its licence temporarily suspended earlier this week after a […]

A 20-year-old British man has died after being found injured in a hotel lift shaft while on a family holiday in Turkey. Tyler Kerry, a labourer from Basildon, Essex, was discovered on Friday morning at the bottom of the lift shaft in the hotel he was staying at in Antalya. Mr Kerry’s uncle, Alex Price, said his nephew was found at 7am local time (4am GMT) and was pronounced dead […]