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The news ends months of speculation about whether or not the Duke will be at his father's big day The Duke of Sussex is to attend his father the King’s coronation, but the Duchess of Sussex will miss the historic occasion and stay in California with the couple’s children, Buckingham Palace has announced. Harry, who laid bare his troubled relationship with the royal family in his controversial Netflix documentary and

The US president will also give a keynote speech at Ulster University US president Joe Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast on Wednesday after arriving in Northern Ireland on Tuesday night as part of a historic four-day trip to the island of Ireland. Mr Sunak greeted the US president after Air Force One landed at RAF Aldergrove on Tuesday night ahead of engagements across the

Star striker Erling Haaland broke another record during the match Erling Haaland scored his 45th goal of the season as Manchester City claimed an emphatic 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. The prolific Norwegian added to a stunning first-half strike from Rodri and a Bernardo Silva header as City took firm command of their last-eight tie in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has described the timing of the walkout as 'regrettable' Junior doctors have entered a second day of strike action as the bitter dispute over pay shows no sign of being resolved. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the timing of the strike was “regrettable” and he accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of putting patients at “greater risk” after not agreeing any national exemptions for strike action for some

A woman will become the boss of GCHQ for the first time in its more than 100-year history when the current director steps down next month. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced that Anne Keast-Butler has been appointed to succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming as head of the Government’s intelligence organisation. Ms Keast-Butler, currently MI5’s deputy director-general, will take up the role in May when Sir Jeremy leaves after six years, making

A postcard thought to be the earliest discussing the sinking of the Titanic is being sold at auction. The card, written in Southampton, explains how the writer found out that the Titanic had “gone to the bottom”. It was written at 5pm on April 16, 1912 just 36 hours after the Titanic had sunk, and is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000 when it goes under the hammer at

Pep Guardiola has attempted to ease expectations on Manchester City in the Champions League by drawing comparisons with Jack Nicklaus and Michael Jordan. City are bidding to win Europe’s elite club competition for the first time after years of near misses since Guardiola took over as manager in 2016. Likening the team to Nicklaus and Jordan, all-time greats in golf and basketball respectively, may not seem an immediately obvious way

Two climate change protesters have clashed with museum security guards after they jumped the barrier to a dinosaur display. Footage shows Just Stop Oil (JSO) members, who the group has named as Daniel Knorr, 21, and Victoria Lindsell, 67, entering the Dippy the Diplodocus exhibit at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry before being arrested. A video posted by JSO follows the pair climb over a low metal barrier

Police have appealed for calm after officers were attacked with petrol bombs during a dissident republican march in Londonderry. A number of missiles were hurled by young people at a PSNI Land Rover which was monitoring the parade in the Creggan area of the city on Monday afternoon. A PSNI spokesman said: “Our officers have come under attack in Creggan with petrol bombs and other objects thrown at their vehicle