2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (184+ words) Princess Astrid "represented the Royal House in a warm and dutiful manner", the new king, Haakon VIII, said in a tribute to his aunt. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects after 13 days of national…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (316+ words) Supermarket Iceland is opening its first branch in the Falkland Islands, according to boss Lord Richard Walker. He said the store would be opening in December, adding on LinkedIn it would be the the first UK high street brand to…...

8+ hour, 19+ min ago   (969+ words) Theirs is a story straight out of a Bollywood film. Two Indian-born women in their 40s, adopted as babies by different families and raised near each other in the Netherlands, have now discovered they are biological sisters. Meena Geltink and Minal…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (256+ words) Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has said her family's flat has been destroyed in a Russian aerial strike on the Black Sea port of Odesa. Odesa regional head Oleh Kiper said 37 people were injured, including a baby, and two missing…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (1838+ words) Women in Afghanistan have been sharing stories about their lives under Taliban rule - follow live Jewellery maker Shakiba, 18, tells the BBC she'll "keep believing" in her right to a future while former journalist Zuhal says she misses "the woman I…...

15+ hour, 25+ min ago   (151+ words) A colourful day of events in Guernsey has marked the second Channel Islands Pride event. Channel Islands pride took place on Saturday at La Vallette Bathing Pools, rather than its previous Guernsey base of Market Square in St Peter Port....

16+ hour ago   (433+ words) The Grenadier Guards have been awarded the Freedom of the Town of Newmarket at a special parade and event. A march of the Nijmegen Company and Band took place on the Suffolk town's High Street, followed by a military inspection…...

17+ hour, 33+ min ago   (549+ words) Champagne lovers may find themselves getting tipsy more quickly after French producers have been given the go-ahead to raise the alcohol content in a bottle of bubbly for the first time following this summer's record heatwave. Wine-makers can temporarily produce…...

19+ hour, 26+ min ago   (222+ words) Lincolnshire's first mosque, which has been shut for six years, has reopened following a refurbishment. Lincoln City Mosque on Orchard Street was founded in 1981 but closed during the Covid-19 pandemic because it needed "significant" restoration work. Dr Tanweer Ahmed, chair…...

1+ day, 4+ min ago   (604+ words) "It's really humbling just to be there and think of all those huge decisions being made, but then you've got the reality of the people participating on the front lines losing their lives." The fate of the world hinged on…...