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Natural History Museum bought album of images by pioneering scientist in 1899 and has now digitised themFor most farming families in 19th-century rural Vermont, winter snowstorms were dreaded and endured. But for Wilson Bentley, snow was a source of in…
Mark Drakeford and economy minister Vaughan Gething were guests of host nation at five-star Ritz-CarltonUK politics live – latest news updatesThe Welsh first minister has been criticised for staying in a five-star hotel paid for by the Qatar government…
Spending higher than year earlier, with World Cup football pushing up beer salesUK households spent £1.1bn more on groceries in December than a year earlier, taking Christmas spending to a record £12.8bn, but got 1% fewer items in their baskets as ramp…
Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’. This blog is now closed‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’Lucy Powell, the shadow c…
Paul Nowak warns action could be stepped up as he urges Rishi Sunak to facilitate pay negotiationsUK politics live – latest news updatesThe general secretary of the TUC has raised the prospect of stepping up industrial action this year, saying coordina…
Business groups fear government will halve energy support after March, while commuters face more disruption on the railwayHouseholds in the UK spent £1.1bn more on groceries in December than a year earlier, taking Christmas spending to a record £12.8bn…
Sean Patterson, 33, reportedly killed by gunman while he was standing by pool at guest house in Bogue HillA British man has been shot dead at a villa in the St James parish of Jamaica.Sean Patterson, 33, a personal trainer from west London, was found w…
Exclusive: Centrica expresses ‘profound concern’ over financial resilience of some competitors British Gas owner Centrica has expressed “profound concern” over the financial resilience of some of its competitors in the domestic energy market and has wr…
Plans by the government to review up to 4,000 pieces of EU legislation could be delayed by the LordsMembers of the House of Lords are preparing to slow down attempts to axe thousands of pieces of European Union legislation, with some warning there is n…
In what NHS calls ‘never events’, items including swabs, blades and drill bits left in patients 291 times in England in 2021-22 A rising number of medical foreign objects, including wire cutters, scalpel blades and drill bits, have been left inside hos…