By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 15:07 pm The British Royal family held its first Catholic funeral in modern history on Tuesday for the duchess of Kent, the first senior British royal to be received into the Church since the 17th century. The duchess died on Sept. 4 at the age of 92 and asked that …
Read More »LONDON (AP) — Windsor Castle staff are setting the 50-meter-long (164-feet-long) mahogany table. Grooms are buffing the hooves of the horses that will pull the royal carriages. And the military honor guard is drilling to ensure every step lands with precision. Throughout the halls and grounds of the almost 1,000-year-old castle west of London, hundreds of people are working to …
Read More »Ricky Hatton, British Boxer and Former World Champion, Dies at 46 The New York Times Former boxing world champion Hatton dies at 46 ESPN Ricky Hatton’s legacy will ‘live on’ as tributes pour in for champion boxer BBC Boxing great Ricky Hatton dead at 46 Fox News Ricky Hatton found dead at age 46 Yahoo Sports Source link
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The former European commissioner has faced several scandals during his political career. He resigned from former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair’s cabinet twice — once in 1998, and again in 2001. Starmer, already under pressure after his deputy prime minister was forced to quit earlier this month, is facing questions about why he took so long to act, and about …
Read More »British Courts Service Destroys Banksy Mural Depicting Attack by Judge The New York Times Banksy mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice BBC Court staff cover up Banksy image of judge beating a protester The Guardian Banksy mural of judge beating protester will be removed, London court says The Washington Post Banksy could have identity revealed as police treat latest artwork as criminal damage The …
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These days, revellers converge on the West Country from all parts of the UK and beyond to take part in the wonderful craziness of the Glastonbury festival. It turns out that at the end of the bronze age – also a time of climatic and economic crisis – the same sort of impulse gripped people. Experts have been examining animal …
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This weekend, the biggest new hit didn’t come from theaters at all — it came from Netflix. While Darren Aronofsky‘s Caught Stealing and the Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman-led The Roses had buzzy debuts, the long-awaited adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club has already stolen the spotlight. The film rocketed straight to the top of Netflix’s global charts …
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Kneecap have been forced to cancel the entirety of their US tour scheduled for October 2025 amid ongoing legal concerns in the United Kingdom. “Due to the close proximity of our next court hearing in London on September 26th – as the British government continues its witch-hunt – with the start of the U.S. tour, we will have to cancel …
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Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know …
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