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The team behind the Lord Of The Rings trilogy will work on two new films, Warner Bros has announced.

Greta Thunberg has joined pro-Palestine marches in Malmo, Sweden, taking place in protest against Israel competing in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

"Boycott Eurovision" a man shouts into a microphone, "shame on Eurovision".

The mastermind behind an extreme body modification ring that carried out "grisly and gruesome" procedures including castrations has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.

The UK has dropped more aid into Gaza today - bringing the total amount dropped in by parachute to more than 100 tonnes.

The Bank of England has edged closer to a cut in interest rates, with another member of its nine-person Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voting for lower borrowing costs this month.

The MP who defected from the Tories to Labour yesterday has apologised for comments she made supporting her ex-husband after he was convicted of sexual assault.

Former COVID vaccines minister and chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has announced he will not be standing at the next general election.

Lord Cameron has accused Labour of standing for nothing after Sir Keir Starmer accepted a right-leaning Tory MP into the party.

Scotland's new first minister vowed to be "straight with the public" while he dodged answering a question on a previous promise to boost teacher numbers by 3,500 in this parliament.