35 h. ago Canadian man jailed for stealing famous Winston Churchill photograph that features on UK banknotes

Jeffrey Wood pleaded guilty to stealing the original print from Ottowa's Château Laurier hotel

Events

3 d. ago Richard Madeley's 'showdown with ITV bosses saved him from daytime cull'

Richard Madeley faced the axe from Good Morning Britain amid ITV's mass cull but negotiations saved him and ensured he would stay on part-time but with a huge pay cut

Culture

4 d. ago A historic corner of Stockport is now home to the town's first beer hall

There's plans underway to extend the Stockport venue further and open a rooftop bar in the future too

Politics

9 d. ago ‘Foolish’ middleman in £4.75m gold toilet heist given suspended prison term

Frederick Doe, 37, also known as Frederick Sines, had been found guilty by a jury at Oxford Crown Court of conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

Economics

1 week ago The plans for a HUGE beer hall with a rooftop bar in Stockport town centre

The multi-storey Stockport venue will feature locally brewed pints, frozen margaritas, an outdoor terrace and state-of-the-art sound system

Politics

1 week ago Inside Winston Churchill’s wartime carriage restored after 50 years

Passengers will be able to ride inside the newly restored carriage where Churchill held D-Day talks

Events

2 w. ago King Charles echoes his grandfather’s historic VE Day speech as he marks 80th anniversary

King Charles III remembered Queen Elizabeth II's lively VE Day celebrations — including joining a conga line — in 1945 as he delivered a speech exactly 80 years after his grandfather's historic address.

Politics

2 w. ago Wreaths at the Abbey... and later a plea from the King to bequeath a better world: ROBERT HARDMAN reflects on the conclusion to Britain's VE Day 80 celebrations

Addressing last night's national concert on Horse Guards Parade, the monarch reminded the world of the VE Day words of his grandfather, King George VI, about the quest for 'lasting peace'.

Politics

2 w. ago King gives rare insight into at Queen Elizabeth’s VE Day celebrations as he echoes grandfather’s 1945 speech

King Charles III remembered Queen Elizabeth II's lively VE Day celebrations — including joining a conga line — in 1945 as he delivered a speech exactly 80 years after his grandfather's historic address.

Politics

2 w. ago King calls for global commitment to peace as huge concert in London ends VE Day celebrations

King Charles echoes his grandfather’s historic VE Day speech as he marks 80th anniversary

Culture

2 w. ago The King’s message in full on the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Charles delivered a speech during a concert on Horse Guards Parade, echoing his grandfather King George VI who spoke to the nation on May 8 1945.

Politics

2 w. ago King Charles echoes grandfather King George VI as he delivers historic VE Day speech

In a historic address to the nation on VE Day, King Charles said, 'our greatest debt is owed to all those who paid the ultimate price' as he remembers the wartime generation

Politics

2 w. ago Britain hasn’t agreed a trade deal with the US – it’s ended a hostage negotiation | Gaby Hinsliff

There will be relief for carmakers but not much else to celebrate: Trump’s whims still hang over the UK – and the world – economyHang out the bunting and let the church bells ring. A VE Day trade deal with Donald Trump is done, and in the car plants of the West Midlands as much as in the backrooms of No 10, there will be understandable relief that, for now at least, America’s phoney war on them is over.It’s true that the easing of arbitrary tariffs on cars, steel and aluminium that didn’t even exist until eight weeks ago falls far short of being an actual trade deal, not least because the president could rip it up again tomorrow if he felt like it. But the terms agreed between London and Washington could save thousands of jobs, which isn’t to be sniffed at, even if they’re jobs that need never have been at risk in the first place had Trump not suddenly chosen to threaten them. More surprisingly, Rachel Reeves seems to have managed to hang on to her digital services tax on (mostly US...

Economics

2 w. ago VE Day 80th anniversary: William and Kate among royals at Westminster Abbey service as national two minute silence held

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace

Politics

2 w. ago VE day UPDATES: Britain marks 80th anniversary of WW2's end in Europe

At 3pm eighty years ago on May 8, 1945, then Prime Minister Winston Churchill took to the airwaves to announce that Nazi Germany had unconditionally surrendered - and that the cruelty of World War II was finally at an end

Politics

2 w. ago VE Day 80th anniversary: William and Kate among royals to join PM and veterans at Westminster Abbey service

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace

Politics

2 w. ago Westminster Abbey service to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day

Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace.

Politics

3 w. ago AP WAS THERE: Journalists chronicled the Nazi surrenders and end of World War II in Europe

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week

Events

3 w. ago The VE Day Hangover: What happened when the bunting came down and Britain became a grim, sour place

After about six years of living in mortal fear, the people hardly dared to believe it. It was May 1945 and for weeks they had been promised that the war was about to end but...what if?

Politics

3 w. ago Sheila Hancock on BBC The One Show makes scathing remark about UK's politicians

Praising Winston Churchill on The One Show on the BBC, Dame Sheila Hancock gave her savage opinion on the UK politics scene now, in the wake of the local elections

Politics