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First of new vessels expected to be seaworthy by the end of 2030s, with Australia receiving theirs in early 2040s

Artist rose to international prominence after four decades teaching art, and was made a dame in 2021

Britain's Royal Navy said on Monday that it was escorting a Russian frigate and tanker in waters close to the UK having shadowed the vessels through the Channel on Sunday morning.

In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester. Dating to the later second century AD, it depicted four gladiators with their names scratched into the surface of the vase.

A former prime minister of Britain, Harold Wilson, is famous for remarking that a week is a long time in politics. But in the world of finance, it seems everything can change in just two days.

It looks like the BBC picked on the wrong guy

World's 'most famous' steam loco and Britain's 'most luxurious' train are teaming up for a lavish 'Champagne run' trip and picking up in Darlington en route to Edinburgh

Britain’s most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson - now 70 - argues that after being banged up for nearly half a century he is now safe to be released

PM says energy security strategy will launch shortly after plans reworked to meet net zero commitments

In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the Country.

The BBC secured a draw on Monday in its showdown with Gary Lineker, reversing the former football great's suspension from the airwaves for a tweet that criticized the UK government’s new migration policy. The about-face followed a weekend of chaos and crisis for Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster, which faced…