Adam Easton Warsaw correspondent Getty Images Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has called for a vote of confidence in his pro-EU government after his political camp narrowly lost the recent presidential election. Wednesday’s vote should be a formality because Tusk’s coalition has a 12-seat majority in the lower house, the Sejm, and only a simple...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PA Media King Charles met Canadian PM Mark Carney soon after he arrived in Ottawa King Charles III will deliver a significant speech in Canada’s parliament later on Tuesday that is expected to offer his support in the country’s dispute with US President Donald Trump. The King and Queen Camilla received...
BBC The electric buses are due to start operating in June The first vehicles that are part of a new fleet of electric buses will soon be rolled out onto the streets of Plymouth and parts of Cornwall. Plymouth Citybus is replacing some of its current diesel vehicles with 50 zero emission double-decker buses as...
6 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave Several papers, including the Daily Mirror, lead with images from the 80th anniversary celebrations of VE Day at Buckingham Palace. The Metro front page features photos of the Royal Family watching the Red Arrows flypast. A quote from Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech in 1945 fronts the Daily Express. Churchill’s...
Easter weekend has “traditionally” been a busier time for the NHS in Devon and Cornwall, Devon’s chief medical officer has warned. Peter Collins said the regions’ services would “remain open” and would “provide emergency services for those in need”. But he stressed a rise in holidaymakers could result in longer wait times over the weekend...
Paul Kirby & Laura Gozzi BBC News EUROPEAN COMMISSSION/DATI BENDO/HANDOUT European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has already laid out initial countermeasures Europe’s leaders had been preparing for “Trump’s trade war” – but the reality of a 20% blanket US tariff still came as a shock. “This decision is a catastrophe for the economic...
Anthony Zurcher and Adrienne Murray BBC News, Washington DC and Copenhagen Watch: Ros Atkins on… Trump’s plan for Greenland A high-powered delegation of US officials will spend Friday at a remote military base on Greenland in what is being viewed as the latest manifestation of American designs on the sparsely populated semi-autonomous Danish territory. The...
