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Award-winners recognised for their ‘gift for comedy and how to use it’

Three comedians were announced as winners at the 42nd annual Edinburgh Comedy Awards for their “gift for comedy and ho...

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Kirstie Allsopp says social services contacted her about son’s interrailing trip

Kirstie Allsopp said she was contacted by social services for allowing her teenage son to go on an interrailing trip....

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2012 Paralympic Games composer appointed as Master of the King’s Music

The King has appointed a composer of the London 2012 Paralympic Games as Master of the King’s Music....

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One million people expected at Notting Hill Carnival amid heavy police presence

About a million people are expected to descend on west London for Notting Hill Carnival, which will see performers dance...

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Royal Navy warship seizes more than £40m of cocaine in Caribbean Sea

Cocaine with a street value of more than £40 million has been seized by a Royal Navy warship in the Caribbean Sea....

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Israelis stage airstrikes in Lebanon as Hezbollah launches drone attack

Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon early on Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive str...

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Starmer to warn ‘things will get worse before they get better’

The Prime Minister is set to use a major speech on Tuesday to attack the inheritance left by the Conservatives...

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IS claims responsibility for fatal knife attack in Germany

Three people were killed at a festival in Solingen on Friday night...

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Nasa decides to keep two astronauts in space until February

The pair were only supposed to be in space for a week...