Actor did not want her professional or charitable work overshadowed by illness in final weeks, says friend Helen McCrory, the Peaky Blinders actor who died from cancer on Friday, “swore friends to secrecy” as she underwent treatment, her friend Carrie Cracknell has revealed. Cracknell, who directed McCrory in a 2014 […]
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Social distancing, face masks and only 30 mourners at service for the Duke of Edinburgh When future historians come to retell the story of the pandemic, the image of the Queen sitting alone, masked and in mourning, will surely rank among the most poignant. The Duke of Edinburgh’s final farewell […]
News follows announcement of expulsion of 18 Russia diplomats identified as spies linked to 2014 blast that killed two people Czech police said on Saturday they were seeking two Russian men in connection with a 2014 blast that killed two people. The men, they said, hold passports used by the […]
Queen will behave with dignity and courage but will need the support of the nation, says Justin Welby The Queen may behave “with extraordinary dignity and extraordinary courage” but the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at Windsor Castle on Saturday will be an “anguished moment” for her, the archbishop of Canterbury […]
Bereaved families welcome decision to offer Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, based on age and clinical risk Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in the UK have been given the green light to receive a Covid vaccine in a move welcomed by […]
In his first in-person summit since taking office, the US president hosts Yoshihide Suga as part of efforts to face down Beijing Joe Biden has sought to present a united front with Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, to counter an increasingly assertive China as the US president held his first […]
Exclusive: Transcripts of conversations between Italian officials and Libyan coastguard contained in leaked file At 8.18am on Friday 16 June 2017, the Libyan coastguard Col Massoud Abdalsamad received a long-distance phone call from an Italian coastguard official who told him that 10 migrant dinghies were in distress, many in Libyan […]
Actor was also known for her roles in the films The Queen and The Special Relationship A life in pictures ‘How should a woman live her life?’ | Helen McCrory Engaging, enthralling, always magnetically watchable The actor Helen McCrory has died at the age of 52. McCrory was best known […]
Exclusive: In leaked emails, Matt Hancock’s adviser says there is ‘urgent need for decisions’ on asymptomatic testing Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Senior government officials have raised “urgent” concerns about the mass expansion of rapid coronavirus testing, estimating that as few as 2% to 10% of […]
Dust blown in from drought-hit areas to the north sends pollution soaring to twice the hazardous level The third major sandstorm in five weeks turned Beijing’s skies sepia on Thursday, and sent air quality plummeting in the Chinese capital. The storms, caused by winds from drought-hit Mongolia and north-western China, […]