32 h. ago Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie skip Kate's carol concert as reason for no

Despite attending the Princess of Wales's carol service at Westminster Abbey on several ocassions in the past, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie did not attend this year

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56 h. ago ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage

Hardish Virk uses photography, film, music and his family’s memorabilia to tell a wider story of migration and community resilienceAs you enter the living room at the Stories That Made Us exhibition, a stereo plays the Hindi anthem Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge. It’s a ballad celebrating friendship and love from the epic film Sholay. Beside the stereo, sits a bottle of Johnnie Walker and a red glass decanter. On the table are copies of the Punjabi newspaper Des Pardes, which translates as “home abroad”.The scene, which depicts the childhood home of Coventry-born curator and artist Hardish Virk, is one of several spaces in an immersive exhibition at the city’s Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. It traces four decades of the experiences of south Asians as they arrived and adapted to the social, political and cultural changes in modern Britain. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ICC president vows to resist US and Russian pressure despite sanctions and threats

The president of the International Criminal Court says the institution will not bow to pressure from the United States and Russia

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7 d. ago Ukrainian naval drones strike two Russian oil tankers in Black Sea

Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia with attack on empty vessels on way to load up with oil for foreign marketsUkrainian naval drones hit two tankers operating under sanctions in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry.The two oil tankers, identified as the Kairos and Virat, were empty and sailing to Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal, the official at the security service of Ukraine told Reuters. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Russian shadow fleet tankers explode in Black Sea: Two sanctioned vessels burst into flames near Turkey's Bosphorus strait

Turkey's Directorate General of Maritime Affairs said the first tanker, the Gambian-flagged Kairos, caught fire approximately 28 miles off the coast of the country's Kocaeli province.

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9 d. ago Pam Hogg dead aged 74: Fashion designer who dressed Kate Moss, Beyoncé and Debbie Harry passes away in a hospice surrounded by friends and family

Pam Hogg, the maverick Scottish designer who dressed everyone from Kate Moss and Beyonce to Debbie Harry and Princess Eugenie, has died, her family announced on Wednesday.

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9 d. ago West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’

US group Dekleptocracy identifies chemicals used for military vehicles’ lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilitiesA US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine after last month’s targeting of the Kremlin’s biggest oil firms.Previous rounds of sanctions have been applied to Russian energy companies, banks, military suppliers and the “shadow fleet” of ships carrying Russian oil. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pam Hogg dead aged 66: Scottish fashion designer who dressed Kate Moss, Beyoncé and Debbie Harry passes away in a hospice surrounded by friends and family

Pam Hogg, the maverick Scottish designer who dressed everyone from Kate Moss and Beyonce to Debbie Harry and Princess Eugenie, has died, her family announced on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Scots fashion designer Pam Hogg dies 'peacefully' in hospice as stars pay tribute

The Paisley-born designer, who had been receiving treatment at the St John's Hospice in Hackney, worked with Princess Eugenie and Beyonce in her colourful career.

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1 week ago Pam Hogg dead: Scottish fashion designer who dressed Kate Moss, Beyoncé and Debbie Harry passes away in a hospice surrounded by friends and family

Pam Hogg, the maverick Scottish designer who dressed everyone from Kate Moss and Beyonce to Debbie Harry and Princess Eugenie, has died, her family announced on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Pam Hogg dead: Fashion designer, who dressed Princess Eugenie and Beyoncé dies

Iconic fashion designer Pam Hogg's family have announced that she died peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones at a hospice in east London

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1 week ago Still Glasgow: The photography exhibition celebrating a city 'full of hope and resilience'

Marking the 30th anniversary of Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Still Glasgow covers nearly 80 years of photographic documentation of the city, writes Katie Bruce

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2 w. ago EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist

Viktoriia Roshchyna died aged 27 after a year in extrajudicial detention at a jail notorious for tortureEurope live – latest updatesThe European Union has imposed sanctions against Russian prison officials responsible for the death of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.Roshchyna was reporting on Russia’s systematic policy of extrajudicial detention and torture in occupied parts of Ukraine, before falling victim to it herself. She died at the age of 27 last year after more than a year in Russian captivity. Her body was returned earlier this year with some of the internal organs missing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US sanctions on big Russian oil firms are having their intended effect, Treasury official says

The Trump administration says it's seeing signs that its sanctions on Russian oil producers are working

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2 w. ago Queen Camilla wears Eugenie’s wedding day tiara to glittering Windsor reception

Queen Camilla wore Princess Eugenie's wedding day tiara as she and King Charles hosted a glittering white tie diplomatic reception at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening

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2 w. ago Camilla's unexpected nod to Eugenie as she wears the tiara Andrew's daughter chose for her wedding day to diplomatic reception at Windsor Castle

The Queen opted for an unusual accessory - as she donned the same tiara Princess Eugenie wore on her wedding day to a Diplomatic Corps reception at Windsor Castle last night.

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2 w. ago Prince Harry and Meghan 'make offer to vulnerable Eugenie' after Andrew downfall

The Duke of Sussex is said to be concerned about the wellbeing of his cousin Princess Eugenie amid the fall-out of her parents' scandal - and has reportedly reached out with an offer

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2 w. ago Queen Camilla wears Princess Eugenie’s wedding day tiara to glittering Windsor reception

The King and Queen hosted members of the Diplomatic Corps, with the annual event staged in the castle for the first time in more than 20 years

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2 w. ago Leicester City charges update over alleged PSR breaches as massive week awaits

Championship side Leicester City are set to face a hearing over alleged breaches of profitability and sustainability (PSR) rules for the 2023/24 season

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2 w. ago King Charles shows 'true feelings' for Princess Beatrice and Eugenie amid 'horrid' time

A royal expert has claimed that the monarch is bringing the daughters of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson into the royal fold, despite their parents’ recent scandals

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