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The Scottish church where Queen Elizabeth II worshipped has hosted the BBC’s Songs Of Praise programme for the first time to mark the second anniversary of her death. Crathie Kirk is very close to Balmoral, where Elizabeth spent summer breaks on her Aberdeenshire estate with her family. The nation’s longest-reigning monarch died peacefully at Balmoral Castle on September 8 2022 at the age of 96. The special programme, due to […]

Actress Kate Winslet has said “life is too short” to worry about physical appearance after she was allegedly told to sit up to hide “belly rolls” on the set of her latest film. The 48-year-old was speaking about playing Lee Miller in Lee, a biopic about the Second World War photographer’s life, and said she thought the comments were “absolutely bizarre” because her character’s body “would be soft”. Speaking on […]

Lee Carsley liked what he saw from England and creative livewire Jack Grealish as the interim manager enjoyed a winning start to his temporary reign. The Euro 2024 finalists are starting anew after Gareth Southgate called time on his eight-year reign days after July’s heartbreaking defeat to Spain in the Berlin showpiece. The Football Association has temporarily turned to England Under-21s boss Carsley, but a promising Nations League campaign could well […]

Declan Rice felt like he put in the big performance needed on his return to the Republic of Ireland at the end of a promising few days under “refreshing” interim England boss Lee Carsley. Life without Gareth Southgate began on Saturday evening with a 2-0 win at a sold-out Aviva Stadium, 55 days after the narrow loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 final. Rice and Jack Grealish scored the […]

The King is attending church near Balmoral for prayers and reflection in memory of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on the second anniversary of her death. Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the tiny granite Crathie Kirk, where the late Queen was a regular and devout worshipper, on Royal Deeside in the late summer sunshine for the Sunday morning service, two years on from Charles’s accession to the throne. The […]

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said he is “not remotely happy” on having to vote to “take money away” from pensioners through cutting winter fuel allowance. Mr Streeting did however share the Government’s argument that the move is essential to balance public finances as the Prime Minister did not rule out suspending MPs for defying the Government in Parliament. Rosie Duffield, the Labour MP for Canterbury, is among the party’s […]

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has married his partner Suzanne Sercombe on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island. The wedding was officiated by the Virgin tycoon on his private island in the British Virgin Islands last month, The Sunday Times reported. Sir Richard reportedly invited the couple to the island after Sir Alan, 70, said in an interview in January: “If Richard Branson is reading this, I’d love a holiday.” The […]

The Princess of Wales is hoping to join the royal family at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday and host her Christmas carol concert, according to reports. Kate, who has undergone months of chemotherapy treatment for cancer, is “potentially” set to join the King on November 10 at the national service in Whitehall in honour of those who died in conflict, The Sunday Times said. Planning is also said to be […]

Swimmer Poppy Maskill and taekwondo star Matt Bush have been announced as Britain’s flagbearers for the Paralympics closing ceremony. Maskill won five medals in the pool in the S14 swimming class for intellectually impaired athletes, including golds in the 100 metres butterfly, where she set a world record, 100m backstroke and 4x100m freestyle mixed relay. The 19-year-old said: “The butterfly was my favourite as it was my first Paralympic medal […]