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Mapped: Where temperatures in the UK could reach 25C this week

It could be the warmest April in six years if forecasters are correct and well above the 15C average for the month

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Kanye West offers to meet British Jewish community ahead of London performance

The rapper is due to perform at Wireless Festival for three nights in July.

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Resident doctor strike cost tops £3bn as new strike begins

Resident doctors in England went out on strike at 7am on April 7.

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‘Get real,’ Cabinet minister rejects Kanye West’s unity pledge for Wireless Festival amid row on banning rapper from UK

The US singer is set to headline the London festival this summer despite voicing his admiration for Adolf Hitler and making antisemitic remarks

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Oil prices nudge higher amid caution ahead of Trump’s Iran deadline

The FTSE 100 opened a touch higher but quickly swung into the red on Tuesday morning.

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Kanye West offers to meet UK’s Jewish community after Wireless backlash

Rapper who has previously made antisemitic remarks responds to criticism over his booking at London festivalThe rapper formerly known as Kanye West has broken his silence and offered to “meet and listen” to members of the UK’s Jewish community after a fierce backlash over his booking at London...

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Ye offers to meet UK Jewish community as calls mount for him to be ditched from Wireless Festival

The British government says Ye should “absolutely not” perform at London’s Wireless Festival

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Greggs launches chicken version of sausage and vegan rolls in ‘iconic trilogy’

Greggs launches chicken version of its customer favourite sausage and vegan rolls in permanent addition to menu

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Revealed: £3 billion cost to NHS of striking doctors as new six day walkout begins

Resident doctors in England have begun six days of industrial action in a row over jobs and pay

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Trump warns Iran 'the entire country can be taken out in one night' as Strait of Hormuz deadline looms

Trump says he is ‘not at all’ concerned about committing possible war crimes as he threatens to destroy Iranian infrastructure

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Family raise awareness of 14-month-old daughter’s mystery illness

Elyza began experiencing symptoms at just two months old.

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London travel news LIVE: Trespasser blocks lines causing South Western Railway delays near Teddington

Lines between Teddington and Hampton Wick remain blocked, with cancellations and delays of up to 20 minutes expected until around 9am

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Boy who had collapsed lungs as child wins karate medal at world championships

Glasgow teenager Ben Cotter took up karate at the age of four.

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UK to host Hormuz planning meeting as Trump deadline looms for Iran

The US president has given Tehran until 8pm on Tuesday Washington time to end its blockade of the strait or be bombed ‘back to the Stone Ages’.

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Artemis II begins four-day journey home after reaching record distance from Earth by passing behind Moon

The four astronauts on the first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years reached 252,756 miles from Earth during a lunar flyby

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A gangster, a bogus inheritance and a dead 19-year-old: the mystery Patrick Radden Keefe couldn’t ignore

When Zac Brettler jumped to his death in London, the coroner recorded an open verdict, admitting: ‘I don’t know what happened.’ The acclaimed author of Say Nothing and, now, London Falling, talks about his search for answersIn the summer of 2023, the American writer and journalist Patrick Radd...

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Resident doctors in England to strike for six days

It comes after an offer from the Government was rejected by the British Medical Association.

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London to be hotter than Barcelona as Met Office forecasts sunshine and 24C temperatures

Highs of 24C would be enough to surpass the hottest day of the year so far, which was 20.9C in Gogerddan near Aberystwyth on 18 March

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Local elections 2026: Where are they happening and what is at stake?

It is the largest set of local elections in England for three years.

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Wireless tickets to go on sale after promoter defends Kanye West appearance

The Government has been urged to ban West from entering the UK to perform at Wireless Festival because of antisemitism.