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Royals lead VE Day celebrations and forget Harry for a day

As the slimmed-down royal family waved from the balcony, the two members to have served on the front line in recent conflicts were absent

Royal family

Visa crackdown on nationalities blamed for asylum costs

Home Office will restrict applications for work and study visas from migrants who are most likely to overstay




Air Force flypast over Buckingham Palace for VE Day anniversary.
Everyone rose to the occasion, including the BBC

Never mind the honking geese — VE Day coverage was a glorious celebration and reminder of the debt we owe the last veterans and their fallen comrades




Collage of Donald Trump, a woman in a pink dress, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Deadpool.
Angelina Jolie’s father told Trump to impose tariffs on foreign films

Headshots of two men wearing Pirelli baseball caps.
Two Superbike riders, 21 and 29, killed in 11-man ‘chain reaction’ crash

Collage of Donald Trump, a woman in a pink dress, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Deadpool.
Angelina Jolie’s father told Trump to impose tariffs on foreign films






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Stars take tailoring to the next level at the Met Gala

Colman Domingo channelled Othello, Cynthia Erivo wore a dress you could bivouac in, while Stormzy’s simpler look was like a long, cool glass of water


Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressing the crew of HMS Prince of Wales.
Ministers update secret war plans as international tension rises



Eton cricket team players in white blazers and light blue caps preparing for a team photo.
Eton and Harrow boys forced to choose between exams and playing cricket


Group of Black Scottish adventurers on a mountaintop at sunset.



Aerial view of Alcatraz Island at sunset.
Can Trump really reopen Alcatraz?


Four racing pigs wearing colorful capes compete at a NASCAR event.
News in pictures
Four racing pigs wearing colorful capes compete at a NASCAR event.
News in pictures


Breakthrough for China as 150m viewers watch amateur Zhao make history


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Collage of three people: a man in a suit from the early 1900s, a contemporary man in a dark jacket, and a contemporary woman in overalls.
Tom Holland: The second Mamma Mia is truly one of the great films of all time

Kemi, here’s my 10-step plan to save the Tories

Local elections show the party is on a cliff edge but voters deserve a credible centre-right choice and we can still be that



Illustration of a man in a plane during a flypast, with a banner reading "Me Day".

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a woman wearing glasses and a necklace looks at the camera
Like it or not, Reform is telling the right story






a woman wearing glasses and a necklace looks at the camera
Like it or not, Reform is telling the right story




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Paloma Faith in a red armchair wearing a white lace outfit and red boots.

The singer, actress and talent-show judge on parenting, being self-reliant and why she doesn’t feel like an icon — not yet, anyway


Young boy hugging mother's leg and looking up.
Robert CramptonBeing a ‘mummy’s boy’ helped to make me the person that I am today





A grey cat is sitting on a windowsill, looking out the window.
Ian KingUS law firms that cut deals with Trump will regret it


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Somerset's Sonny Baker celebrates a wicket.
Steve JamesSpreadsheet fan loved by Flintoff — meet England’s new Darren Gough







Promotional image for Malpractice series 2, episode 1, featuring Tom Hughes, Helen Behan, and Jordan Kouame.
Malpractice — are all doctors as rude to each other as this?

Pregnant woman swimming underwater in the ocean.
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