Trump becomes third president in US history to be impeached
Donald Trump has become only the third US president in US history to be impeached.
The move in the House of Representatives means the US leader will now face a Senate trial next month.
Members of the Democratic-led House last night voted to approve two charges against the president after a day-long debate.
The first article relates to alleged abuse of power and the second obstruction of Congress.
He took to the stage in Michigan just minutes before he was impeached in the House and spoke as the result came in.
PM to focus on NHS funding boost in Queen's Speech
Boris Johnson will focus on investment in the NHS in his first Queen's Speech following the Tories' landslide election victory.
The Government will lay out its legislative programme for the parliamentary session later today.
Next year to be another in series of warmest on record
2020 is set to be another of the warmest years ever recorded, the Met Office has warned.
Forecasters predict next year will be about 1.11C above pre-industrial levels, extending the series of the Earth's hottest years on record.
The hot temperatures will be due to rising levels of greenhouse gases, experts at the Met Office said in its annual global forecast.
The prediction is based on the key drivers of climate change.
Average person 'takes 450 selfies every year'
The average person takes more than 450 selfies every year, new research has found.
Some 85 per cent of people believe they are taking more pictures of themselves than ever before, with men taking more than women.
That’s according to a study by a Chinese smartphone firm Honor that suggests people in the UK take 468 pictures of themselves each year.
Apprentice winner is crowned
You’re hired!
Those are the famous words Carina Lepore heard as she was crowned the winner of the Apprentice during last night’s final.
The bakery owner battled it out on the BBC show over 13 weeks to land the £250,000 prize from Lord Alan Sugar.
Lepore and finalist Scarlett Allen-Hornton were tasked with relaunching their existing businesses.
The duo then had to pitch their companies to Lord Sugar and 250 experts in City Hall in London.
Lepore said she was “over the moon” to be selected by Lord Sugar as his next business partner.
On this day...
1154: Henry II became King of England.
1863: Frederick Walton of London applied for a patent for Linoleum.
1905: London County Council set up the first motorised ambulance service for traffic accident victims.
1981: The Penlee lifeboat, Solomon Browne, was lost with her crew of eight, attempting to rescue the crew of the coaster Union Star, wrecked in violent seas off the Cornish coast.
1984: Britain and China signed an agreement for the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
1984: Ted Hughes was named Poet Laureate in succession to Sir John Betjeman.
