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Hollywood stars including Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts, and Reese Witherspoon will honour Nicole Kidman as she is presented with the Life Achievement Award by the American Film Institute (AFI), it has been announced.

Nato’s deputy general secretary Mircea Geoana has welcomed Argentina’s bid to become an accredited partner in the alliance.

The 59-year-old husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon was taken into custody for questioning on Thursday morning.

The proportion of place names linked with blossom has doubled in past century despite flowering trees disappearing across the landscape.

An Aldi steak and gravy pie had a British flag on its packaging but was made with meat from the EU, Which? found.

Working parents of children as young as nine months old in England will be able to claim 30 hours of funded childcare in September 2025.

Half of primary school leaders said public funding for poorer pupils was being used to plug gaps elsewhere in their school’s budget.

Butterfly Conservation scientists urge gardeners to let some of their garden go wild to help declining species.

The Public Accounts Committee urged long-term planning and investment to ensure the UK is resilient to risks such as storms, floods and heatwaves.

The Charity Commission said it had launched an inquiry into Aozma Sultana, who was sanctioned by the UK and US governments last month.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio posted about the campaign on social media.

The communications regulator has published its latest report on children and their relationship with the online world.

The Prime Minister will set out his vision for a ‘new welfare settlement for Britain’.

The letter, from Elizabeth Palgrave, was discovered in Trinity College’s Wren Library.

The UK’s reviewer of terrorism legislation warned facilities had become ‘so overwhelmed’ that people were released before all checks were done.

The result means that Aspinall climbs into third in the table.

Michail Antonio felt West Ham were up against 14 players as they bowed out of the Europa League to Bayer Leverkusen.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepted their lack of goal threat failed to put enough pressure on Atalanta to help turn their Europa League quarter-final back in their favour.

The New Rules singer said: ‘I feel very close to (those suffering) injustices in the world, or inequality’.

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favour, the United States opposed and two abstentions.

The party plans to release ugly, low-quality parts of the green belt to help meet its housebuilding targets if it wins power.

In a statement, her family said: ‘She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy across many charities which we will continue in her name.’

Two candidates went head-to-head in the bid to secure Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment and form a business partnership with the business mogul.

Tim Campbell, who later stepped in for Claude Littner as Lord Sugar’s right-hand man in the boardroom, was the winner of the first series.

Emi Martinez claimed it was his “destiny” to win in Lille after he was Villa’s penalty shoot-out hero - despite being booked twice in Thursday’s second leg.

West Ham bowed out of the Europa League but only after giving new German champions Bayer Leverkusen an almighty fright.

Mohamed Salah’s early penalty raised hopes of an unlikely comeback.

The 14-time Grammy winner has revealed when the single and its music video will drop.

Kevin Wilkin has admitted he has some sympathy for promotion-rivals Mickleover after they were deducted 12 points for fielding an ineligible player.

Martinez saved spot-kicks from Nabil Bentaleb and Benjamin Andre to earn Villa a 4-3 shootout win.