Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent FOSTER + PARTNERS The winning entry shows a statue of the late Queen to be built in St James’s Park The winning design for the national memorial for Queen Elizabeth II will also feature her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, alongside a traditional statue of the late Queen. Lord...
Marc Ashdown Business correspondent Getty Images Areas like Newport in Wales, home to the UK’s biggest semiconductor manufacturing facility, will be allowed to decide how investment is targeted in their communities. An £86bn package for the science and technology sector will help fund research into drug treatments and longer-lasting batteries, the government has said ahead...
Eimear Flanagan BBC News NI BBC Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs took part in a BBC Radio Ulster documentary called Exonerated in 2017 A US woman who spent years on death row for murders she didn’t commit was among two people found dead after a house fire in the Republic of Ireland. Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs died alongside...
Emma Ruminski BBC News South West arts reporter Sophie Pierce Alan Endacott on an archaeological dig on Dartmoor A new festival celebrating Dartmoor has been created to explore all aspects of the history and culture of the landscape, organisers say. From a place of inspiration for artists, to the role it has played in archaeologists’...
AFP The UN says about 100,000 people fled Rafah after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order last month Israel’s defence minister has said it will expand its so-called “security zones” in Gaza to include the southern city of Rafah. During a visit to the area, Israel Katz said the military was leaving Gaza “smaller”...