Dozens of hereditary peers are set to lose their seats in the House of Lords, after the passage of a bill that will end a parliamentary role dating back hundreds of years. Peers passed the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill after ministers offered a compromise to end a long-running …

The Duchess of Sussex will headline a women-only weekend retreat in Sydney, Australia in April this year, with tickets starting at A$2,699 ($1,900; £1,400) per person. The three-day event will be during Meghan and the Duke of Sussex's visit to Australia next month, seven years after their first visit in …

6 hours ago Jim Connolly When Louise Burns noticed that her dog Bow was breathing oddly in October 2023, she took the Boston terrier straight to the vet. Louise recalls being told that Bow's airway was swollen - Bow was given a tracheostomy and then a further operation to help …

Some travel disruption is likely in the next few days as strenghtening winds develop across the United Kingdom. On Wednesday a Met Office yellow warning is in force for gusts up to 80mph (130km/h) expected across northern and western Scotland. But, it will turn more widely windy for most of …

Jeffrey Epstein had two key aides - why do they still control his money and secrets? 6 hours ago Chi Chi Izundu , Olivia Daviesand Will Dahlgreen ,BBC News Investigations When the FBI raided Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion in July 2019, on the day he was arrested for child …

Sir Nick Clegg, the former Liberal Democrat leader, has said the current university tuition fee system is a "mess". Pressed on his time in government when - while deputy prime minister - higher tuition fees were introduced, Sir Nick said he would take any criticism of his role "on the …

As the US and Israel continue their strikes on Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin is styling himself as international peacemaker. After all, it was the Kremlin leader who ordered Russia's full-scale invasion of an independent sovereign nation in 2022. Back then, the UN General Assembly had condemned the invasion of …

The government has approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to ban a march due to take place in London on Sunday. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the ban was aimed at preventing "serious public disorder" at the annual Al Quds Day march, which has always been seen as pro-Iranian …

Zoox is now mapping the streets of Dallas, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, as a precursor to testing its autonomous vehicles in the two Sun Belt cities. The company said on Monday that it had sent a small number of its Toyota Highlander SUVs to each city, where workers will drive …

Amid growing demand for data centers that can deliver AI compute at scale, Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure company Nscale is now valued at $14. This makes it one of Europe’s latest decacorns alongside Helsing and Mistral AI. Nscale has bet on vertical integration, from energy and data centers to compute …