4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (372+ words) The Bayeux Tapestry is set to be unveiled to the public on Thursday at the British Museum. The tapestry – the woven record of the Norman conquest – has returned to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years, on loan…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (698+ words) Flight disruption that caused chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers has eased, with schedules set to return to normal later. Technical issues with air traffic control systems have caused more than 2,000 flights arriving or departing the UK to be…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (593+ words) Prince George, accompanied by his parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, starts his first day at Eton College (Adrian Dennis/PA) Kate placed a hand on his back during the greetings with senior staff and when the royals first…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (626+ words) The King, the Queen, French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Andy Burnham are to visit the Bayeux Tapestry together on Wednesday. In a public display of warm Anglo-French relations, the monarch, Camilla, Mr Macron and Mr Burnham will walk…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (632+ words) A British aid worker said authorities in Nepal mistook him for a survivor of the devastating flash floods that hit the country last week and wrongly announced that he had been rescued. Former Gloucester councillor Alastair Chambers, 45, told the Press…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (239+ words) The death toll in the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet climbed past 900 on Monday, with more than 4,700 missing. Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet, Nepal’s army spokesman, said authorities intensified their rescue efforts in the disaster zones. “We are working…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (602+ words) King Haakon VIII of Norway used his first speech in his new role to eulogise his father, King Harald V, as a loving parent and dedicated monarch a day after he died at 89. “We are in mourning. At the same…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (291+ words) A 14-year-old dancer is set to perform in a major ballet production. Georgia Kongolo, from Barking, earned her place in the English Youth Ballet’s cast of Giselle after auditions in April. She will perform alongside professional dancers at the Churchill…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (274+ words) Waxworks of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been kitted out with suitcases and positioned next to a royal guard to mark their planned return to the UK. The figures at Madame Tussauds London have been moved to the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (934+ words) The Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to move back to Britain in a shock development more than six years after they relocated to the US, the Press Association understands. The couple will return to the UK later this month…...