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“Equipping our forces, defending our future”: that’s the core promise of the government’s long-delayed defence investment plan. Keir Starmer said the “historic shift” in defence planning will “strengthen our Armed Forces on land, at sea and in the air”, and a £15 billion boost to current spending wi...

Last Friday afternoon, a light aircraft belonging to a local aviation school flew into the side of Beijing’s tallest building, the 109-storey Citic Tower, killing the pilot and injuring at least 13 people. Five days later, we’re none the wiser about “why, and how, that happened”, said the BBC. The o...
Prince William recalls how he spent “many a quiet afternoon” with his grandmother at Windsor Castle “chatting” and “sharing stories”. His memories have been recorded for the Queen Elizabeth Digital Memorial, a collection of archive material mapping the late monarch’s life and reign.
As the UK’s driving theory test turns 30 today, only 44% of drivers are confident they would pass the exam if they took it now. But more than three-quarters (78%) felt sure they could pass the practical driving test again, according to a survey of 12,475 AA members.

Thomas Tuchel has said England will follow Gareth Southgate’s shoot-out blueprint, should it come to penalties at this year’s World Cup. “We are prepared. We have a process; the players have a process,” he said.Southgate would decide on his penalty takers “well in advance, based on the training”, an...
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