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Shell has become the latest oil giant to face criticism over mammoth profits after it revealed a bumper earnings haul thanks to rocketing oil prices caused by the Iran war. The FTSE 100 firm reported underlying earnings of 6.92 billion US dollars (£5.09 billion), more than double the result in the previous three months and 24% higher on a year ago. Most analysts had expected the group to […]

A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new home on the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk Police said. The former Duke of York was out walking his dogs when he was confronted by a balaclava-clad man who was sitting in a car on Wednesday evening in Wolferton, close to his Marsh Farm property, The Telegraph reported. The man was said to have spotted the disgraced […]

Polls have closed in elections across Scotland, Wales and parts of England that could prove a decisive moment in Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership. Labour is expected to suffer heavy losses throughout the country as the party languishes in the polls and faces challenges from Reform UK to the right and an insurgent Green Party to the left. Polling guru Lord Robert Hayward has suggested Labour […]

Two thirds of Gen Z adults don’t know VE Day marks the end of the Second World War, a poll has found. Ahead of VE Day commemorations on Friday, a new survey on behalf of the Royal British Veterans Enterprise (RBVE) found just 63% of adults in the UK recognise VE Day as marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, falling to 34% among […]

Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha Ghouri has spoken out as new research shows almost a quarter of people would avoid someone who is deaf if they thought communicating with them would be too difficult. The findings from hearing loss charity RNID show the extent to which deaf people still face significant barriers in everyday life, such as shopping, visiting the doctor or socialising. Ghouri, who […]

The Princess of Wales is to return to international travel by carrying out her first overseas royal visit since facing cancer. Kate, who revealed she was in remission at the startoflast year, will head to Italy next week on a solo working trip with The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. It is a major milestone for the future queen and is her first extended official foreign trip […]

The Metropolitan Police has announced a community protection team of 100 extra officers to help safeguard the Jewish community, despite the force’s chief previously saying 300 more officers were needed to tackle the rise in antisemitism across the capital. The force said in its initial phase, the new team will be “primarily focused on protecting the Jewish community, which faces some of the highest levels of hate crime […]

President Donald Trump says the United States will pause efforts to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz in order to try and finalise a deal with Iran. American forces had attempted to reopen the strait earlier this week, but MrTrumpconfirmed a US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place while talks were held. Announcing the decision in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, MrTrumpsaid […]

A British doctor with suspected hantavirus has been medically evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the outbreak, which is believed to have originated from a birdwatching expedition in Argentina. The crew member, understood to be a doctor on the ship, along with a Dutch crew member and another passenger were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World […]