A woman who auctioned off papers written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing said the documents were almost disposed of before their value was realised. The collection, dating from the 1930s and included a copy of Turing’s PhD dissertation, was sold for £465,400 at auction in Etwall, Derbyshire, on Tuesday. Bridget Pitcher, from Newark,...
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he rushed to pick up papers dropped by US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit partly because he feared what the White House security team might do if anyone else tried to help. Starmer and Trump were talking to reporters about their newly signed off UK-US...
Jude Winter BBC News, Derby Science Photo Library The collection included Alan Turing’s PhD dissertation from the 1930s Papers written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing have sold for a “record-breaking” price of £465,400 after they were found in a loft and almost shredded. The 1930s collection, which included a copy of Turing’s PhD...
The Trooping of the Colour captures the attention of the newspapers this Sunday. Read full article at source...
Wednesday’s newspaper front pages largely focus on the chancellor’s Spending Review. Read full article at source...
A majority of papers lead with the chancellor’s U-turn on winter fuel payments for pensioners. Read full article at source...
The Reform chairman makes a return days after quitting, and there are calls for more UK troops Read full article at source...
10 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave FINANCIAL TIMES Allies of Trump and Musk are urging the two to mend their relationship, reports the Financial Times, to try to limit political and commercial damage THE DAILY MIRROR Their rancour is inspiring plenty of headlines – with the Daily Mirror weighing in on the ‘babies at war’, noting...
It was back in October that word first broke of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s intention to turn over the Chagos Island chain to the country of Mauritius. This impacts United States security directly, as our great ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia, sits in the middle of the Chagos Islands....
Jiyar Gol BBC world affairs correspondent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps special forces (file photo) US and Israeli intelligence have accused Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards of planning attacks abroad There has been a sharp rise in plots by the Iranian regime to kidnap or assassinate dissidents, journalists and political foes living abroad, according to reports by...
Visually impaired voters in Exeter will once again benefit from extra support at polling stations, with audio ballot papers available for the elections taking place on Thursday 1 May. Voters will be choosing representatives for Devon County Council and participating in City Council by-elections in Mincinglake & Whipton and Topsham wards. Audio ballot papers help...
Getty Images Prince Andrew’s involvement with an alleged Chinese spy came at a time his chief aide and other royals believed his reputation was “irrecoverable”. Previously secret documents detail how ex-advisor Dominic Hampshire saw Yang Tengbo as Andrew’s “only light at the end of the tunnel” after his Newsnight interview in 2019. The documents also...
Calum Grewar BBC North East & Cumbria Investigations Michael Gibbard The papers seem to have spilled from a black bin bag that was burst open and lying on a Newcastle street Piles of papers containing confidential military information have been found scattered along a city street. They include soldiers’ ranks, emails, shift patterns and weapon...
The King experiencing cancer treatment side effects and plans for a UK-French deployment in Ukraine lead the papers. Read article in full at source...
