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The former Prime Minister spoke at the Global Soft Power Summit in London Boris Johnson has suggested he may not vote for Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, criticising it as “not about the UK taking back control”. The Prime Minister’s chief political rival said on Thursday he would find it “very difficult” to support the Windsor agreement despite claiming some credit for the new pact being brokered.

Older people who take fewer than 2,000 steps a day are three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with those who take 4,500 steps a day, new research suggests. The study of people aged 70 or older also indicates that walking an additional 500 steps per day, or an additional quarter mile of walking, was associated with a 14% lower risk of heart disease, stroke

Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years. The corridor, on the northern side of the Pyramid of Khufu, was discovered using modern scanning technology. It measures nearly 30 feet long and more than six feet wide, perched above the main entrance of the pyramid. Archaeologists do not know what

Tapping into the millions of electric vehicles, heat pumps and other devices that are set to be connected to the UK’s electricity grid could save up to £4.7 billion a year by the end of this decade, Ofgem said. The energy regulator set out a skeleton vision of what could be one of the biggest changes in decades to how Britain’s electricity system works. It proposed setting up new bodies

James Maddison is ready to return for Leicester’s crunch relegation battle at Southampton. The forward has recovered from the illness which kept him out of last week’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal. He also missed Tuesday’s 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Blackburn but has trained ahead of Saturday’s trip to St Mary’s. Maddison’s season has been hampered by knee injuries since November but he is primed to help lead the Foxes

The Manchester Arena terror attack might have been prevented if MI5 had acted on key intelligence received in the months before the attack, an inquiry has found. Two pieces of information about suicide bomber Salman Abedi were assessed at the time by the security service to not relate to terrorism. But inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders said having heard from MI5 witnesses at the hearings into the May 2017 atrocity

Paul Hurst thought Grimsby fans travelling to Southampton expecting an upset were “mad” before his spirited team pulled off a history-making FA Cup success at St Mary’s. The League Two side reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time since the Second World War with a stunning 2-1 win over the Premier League’s bottom club. Hurst’s men were backed by more than 4,200 boisterous supporters waving inflatable fish

Eurovision tickets for nine live shows will go on sale next week. Fans hoping to see one of six previews and three televised shows at the Liverpool ACC will need to head to Ticketmaster’s website from noon on Tuesday. Tickets range from £30 to £290 for the semi-final shows and from £80 to £380 for the grand final shows, which are being hosted in the city after the UK was chosen

Teaching unions have hit out at “contemptible” comments by Sir Gavin Williamson, after leaked messages showed the then education secretary appearing to accuse staff of looking for an “excuse” not to work during the Covid pandemic. The comments emerged in the latest set of leaked messages from Matt Hancock, published by the Daily Telegraph, and show the two ministers hitting out at the attitude of teaching unions. On October 1