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Just Stop Oil protesters attempted to scale the gates of Downing Street on Tuesday morning - calling for stiffer windfall taxes for energy firms after BP announced a £7bn quarterly profit. At 11:15am, 22 environmental activists “swarmed towards the gates” of Downing Street, home to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with…

The item was later judged to be non-suspicious by police

As the coffin made the short journey to Westminster Abbey before heading on to the palace then Windsor, many were determined to pay their respects

Her Majesty’s coffin was earlier carried down Whitehall, onto The Mall and past Buckingham Palace in a spectacular display of pomp and circumstance

Final preparations for events in London following the death of the Queen are under way with a full rehearsal for the procession of the her coffin to Westminster Hall taking place in central London. Thousands of soldiers in ceremonial uniform gathered at Buckingham Palace in the early hours of Tuesday…

The North East-based manufacturer poked fun at departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson while offering pork-free ham sandwiches

As ministers argued with the PM’s inner circle late into the night, fears grew in Whitehall of a ‘Trump moment’

Police were sent to Parliament Street

The Met Police has been alerted to a "suspicious package" near Downing Street in Westminster, with specialists determining what the item is as multiple cordons remain in place