49 m. ago King Charles and Queen Camilla to honour veterans on 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Royal British Legion will be guests of honour at a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum

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49 m. ago VJ Day: Powerful images of 33 'forgotten' war heroes to be honoured by nation

Many of the veterans have never told their story before registering with the Royal British Legion to be part of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory Over Japan

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1 hour ago Police tackle man outside White House after Trump's National Guard takeover

The shocking moment a man is tackled to the ground by police outside the White House has been captured on video, amid President Donald Trump's National Guard takeover

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2 h. ago Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities

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3 h. ago Please stop feeding the bears at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Please, please, please - stop feeding the bears at Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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3 h. ago National Weather Service confirms tornado in New London early Wednesday morning

National Weather Service confirms tornado in New London early Wednesday morning  Cleveland 19 News

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3 h. ago King Charles to make 'important' speech to entire nation at this exact time tomorrow

King Charles will address the nation from 7.30am tomorrow morning to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, in a special message to the nation, Realms and Commonwealth

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3 h. ago Baroness Amos to lead NHS maternity and neonatal investigation

Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced a national investigation in June.

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4 h. ago Florida wildlife officials consider reopening bay nationally known for its oysters

Florida wildlife officials have given preliminary approval to a plan to reopen Apalachicola Bay for oyster harvesting, five years after the waters were closed due to dwindling shellfish populations

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4 h. ago Nebraska man missing after being dropped off at Colorado national park by rideshare

Blake Kieckhafer was last seen in the eastern portion of Rocky Mountain National Park

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4 h. ago Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations

Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measuresTalks between nations to hammer out a plastics treaty to end plastic pollution continued behind closed doors in Geneva on Thursday, the final day of negotiations, as civil society groups urged countries to “hold the line” to secure a strong agreement.With time running out to seal a deal between 184 countries, environmental groups expressed concern that frontline communities, Indigenous people and others suffering the worst impacts of the world’s growing plastic crisis were being “sold out” in an effort to secure a treaty, without meaningful or legally binding measures that would address the scale of the problem, “at any cost”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump falsely claims crime in US capital is ‘worst it’s ever been’ as protesters confront federal officers

The president ordered a federal takeover of Washington DC’s police and the deployment of national guardUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump falsely claimed that crime in Washington DC is “the “worst it’s ever been” on Thursday, amid an ongoing federal takeover of the city’s police department and deployment of the national guard and federal agents in the city.“Washington DC is at its worst point,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “It will soon be at its best point.” He also baselessly accused DC law enforcement officials of giving “phony crime stats” and said “they’re under investigation”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Alexander Jensen targets instant Aberdeen Hampden return as dream Euro run also in his cross hairs

The defender is desperate for a quickfire return to the national stadium this year

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6 h. ago King Charles to address nation on 80th anniversary of VJ Day tomorrow morning

The monarch has recorded a special message to the Nation, Realms and Commonwealth, to make the occasion.

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6 h. ago Washington homeless encampments clear out in anticipation of Trump crackdown

Advocacy organizations are helping clear out homeless encampments in advance of an anticipated crackdown

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6 h. ago Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit

Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein filesThe most violent day in the history of Washington DC, leaving aside the War of 1812, was 6 January 2021, and the instigator was Donald J Trump, who this week has endeavored to seize control of the nation’s capital, after reports that a former employee of the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was assaulted in the city.In a sense the new event echoes the old; both are illegitimate power grabs made on the basis of lies. In 2021 it was a lie about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election; in the summer of 2025 it’s lies about crime levels. Reliable sources – including the Biden Department of Justice in January – have noted that violent crime there is at a 30-year low. Five people died as a result of that 2021 attack on Congress, and dozens of law enforcement officers were injured, some gravely, by the mob Trump incited. On his first day in office in 2025 he par...

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6 h. ago King to tell nation sacrifices of VJ Day heroes ‘shall never be forgotten’

VJ Day on August 15 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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6 h. ago King Charles' tribute to VJ Day heroes: Monarch echoes his grandfather George VI in inspirational message 80 years on from end of World War Two

The King will tell the nation tomorrow how the sacrifice of the heroes of VJ Day will never be forgotten. 

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6 h. ago King Charles will address the nation tomorrow morning at 7.30am

In words echoed by his grandfather, King George VI, King Charles has acknowledged the service and sacrifice of those who fought and died in the Second World War.

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6 h. ago What King Charles will say in message to nation on Friday morning

An audio message will be released at 7.30am on Friday, August 15

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