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The Conservative Party said its “Britannia Shield” would have three components – new advanced radar systems, upgraded command and control systems to integrate information from across Britain’s defences and rapidly decide a response, and new interceptor missiles as well as counter-drone capabilities. The three-tiered design of the proposal is similar …

A major fire in Nottingham city centre has closed multiple roads and stopped tram services. At 22:55 BST on Monday night, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said 12 fire engines were at the fire at a “residential property” in Market Street. Roads are closed in Upper Parliament Street, Lower Parliament …

In one of his first lessons, pupils were shown a mixture of real and AI-generated images and asked to spot the fakes. The result? It was much harder than many expected. Laycock says it’s becoming increasingly difficult by the day, highlighting the rapid advances in so-called deepfakes. But identifying fake …

First in HM Prison Belmarsh and then in HM Prison Weyland, Archer used his incarceration profitably – by writing a three-volume account of his time inside entitled My Prison Diary. Two years later, he was released, having served half of his sentence. “I learned a lot from it,” he said. …

Bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died at the age of 86. Archer sold more than 300 million books in his five-decade writing career, including the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, and has often set the novels in his home town of Wellington, Somerset. In a statement, …

A forensics student obsessed with the US TV drama Dexter set up a copycat “kill room” in an Airbnb to stab a woman to death, a jury has heard. Benjamin William Day, 20, a University of Worcester undergraduate, was arrested wearing a khaki top resembling one worn by Dexter after …

A cordon is in place at the property, and a Home Office post-mortem examination was due to be carried out on Monday. Det Insp Alix Wright, of the Norfolk and Suffolk major investigation team, said: “We are in the very early stages of this investigation, working to establish the exact …

It was almost certainly a fresh piece of intelligence, whether true or not. British officials would not reveal what it was, but they did say “there is an ongoing high tempo of threat from Iran to the UK, and it is logical that US airbases would be pretty high on …

Prior to being jailed in February 2020 for breaching the TPIM order, Uddin had served a sentence for racially or religiously aggravated harassment. TPIMs allow the authorities to control people whom the government believes are involved in terrorism, but who are not facing criminal charges. The home secretary acts on …

Katie Price’s ex-husband, who is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, told her to “not tell anyone” and said he might “get in trouble for this”, a court has heard. Kieran Hayler, 39, is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of three counts of rape and one count of …

Schools went into a temporary lockdown after a report of a man seen with a weapon in a park, police have said. Thames Valley Police said officers were called to Cantley Park, Wokingham, on Monday afternoon. The schools, which went into lockdown as a “precaution”, had since reopened, and officers …

This phase of the inquiry is examining how the risks posed by violence-fixated individuals can be managed, and the role the internet and social media play in influencing and enabling them. Nicholas Moss KC, counsel to the inquiry, said: “The report outlines the result of a single eight-hour search across …

Mountbatten-Windsor is not a working royal – so Buckingham Palace no longer speaks on his behalf and is not involved in his legal battle. But a royal source said the King’s financial support for his brother should not be directed towards paying for the judicial review that Mountbatten-Windsor is seeking. …

The head of the British Museum has apologised for the experience some visitors have had at its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. The London institution has announced changes to how visitors see the historic work over concerns of overcrowding. “Anyone that doesn’t have a good experience, we’re really sorry about that …

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) would “look at” the unusual step of funding a women’s Test in the West Indies next year in order to aid England’s Ashes preparations. The Test in the Caribbean, part of a multi-format series in the spring of 2027, was announced in 2024 …

Four children had been “petrified” by a series of attacks on their home before a petrol bomb attack killed them all, an inquest has heard. Demi Pearson, 15, her brother Brandon, eight, and sisters Lacie, seven, Lia, three, died at their home in Jackson Street in Walkden in Greater Manchester …

An 18-year-old woman who died after a traffic collision was a “beautiful human being, on the inside and the outside”, her family has said. Esme Heaton-Biggs was driving a white Volkswagen Polo which collided with a white Mercedes on Bloxham Road in Banbury, Oxfordshire on Saturday evening. She died later …

However, Francis also said: “It’s easy for any party not in government to just claim they will get rid of red tape and cut costs but both the Conservatives and Labour have been in power in the last five years and have added extra costs to house building.” The Future …

A group of elderly women have gone viral on social media, after staging a dance-off at their local seniors club. June and Julie, who are both in their 90s, were filmed dancing at the Coundon Care Seniors Club in Coventry. Since then, the video of them busting moves and throwing …

When asked last week about potential fallout from the City charges, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who was metropolitan mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017 to 2026, said he would be “really concerned” if the owners were to pull out of the club. He added: “They’ve been such a huge partner …