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Royal biographer gives insight into Charles’s first day as King Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA royal biographer has given an insight into King Charles’s first hours as monarch after being told the news of the Queen’s death in a car.Robert Hardman told an audience at the Henley Literary Festival – at which The Independent is the exclusive news partner for a second year – how Charles’s reign differed from his mother’s, as well as revelations about the late Queen’s final…

Kemi Badenoch insists she believes in maternity pay as Tory rivals jump on ‘excessive’ claim – UK politics live Immigrants who see Israel as enemy ‘not welcome’ in UK says Kemi BadenochSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailGet our free View from Westminster emailKemi Badenoch has sparked controversy after describing maternity pay as “excessive” and calling for greater personal responsibility. In an interview with Times Radio, the Tory leadership hopeful argued that government intervention on issues like the maternity benefit had gone “too far”, placing a…

NHS warns of 18,000 flu deaths since 2022 as it urges vaccination uptake Health experts ask those eligible to ‘help reduce the burden on our hospitals’ over winter by booking in for free jabsAt least 18,000 deaths in England were associated with flu over the past two winters, figures have revealed, as health experts urge those eligible to take up a free vaccination on the NHS. The figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) cover the period from October to May 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. Over the same timeframe, UKHSA estimates a little more than 19,500 deaths were associated with…

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Number of UK estate agents going bust rises almost a third in one year Higher interest rates puts further pressure on property market, with overall transactions at lowest level in a decade. The number of UK estate agents declaring insolvency has jumped by almost a third with nearly 300 businesses going bust in the last year. The figures underline the gloom around Britain’s property market, with the fewest home sales recorded for more than a decade hitting estate agent income. Number of UK estate agents going bust rises almost a third in one year

Nile Rodgers and Chic give Glasgow a musical masterclass as they perform at TRNSMT Bringing the disco vibe to TRNSMT with Chic, the 69-year-old took fans on a nostalgic trip performing I Want Your Love and Freak Out. He then proved his legendary status as he belted out the songs he wrote and produced for other artists which included everything from the Diana Ross hits I’m Coming Out and Upside Down to David Bowie’s Modern Love and Let’s Dance. Surrounded by the soulful voices of Chic, Rodgers looked effortlessly cool as he showed off his musicianship on the guitar. He…

Sam Fender arrives at TRNSMT with a saltire flag and has crowd singing ‘f**k the Torie’ The star warmed up the stage last year before headliners The Courteeners. And he returned to carry out the same tradition for Paisley superstar Paolo Nutini. Surely it’s time for the Geordie rocker to take that headlining spot? Running on stage flying a saltire, he certainly proved his TRNSMT worth kicking things off with Will We Talk before launching into Getting Started. He said: “Alright Glasgow, how we doing?” And despite the drizzly conditions, the crowd was doing fine lapping every second of Fender’s Springteen-esque…

Example plays Calvin Harris’ mum’s favourite song during TRNSMT set Warming up the stage for the star – whose real name is Elliot Gleave – his DJ beamed: “Some people know him as the major of Glasgow. We know him as Example.” The rapper, 40, then launched into the Laidback Luke collaboration Natural Disaster before announcing, “Glasgow’s it’s good to be home. “We are here for one thing today and that’s to jump about like f**king lunatics.” He added: “I f**king love this city. I’ve been coming to Glasgow since 2006 and you always show me love.” And the fans responded in typical Glasgow…

Met Office forecasting dire weather for North Wales as Yellow warning issued Up to 60mm of rain could fall across the region on Monday https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/met-office-forecasting-dire-weather-30032495

Rock star Mike Peters in remission from aggressive cancer thanks to NHS trial The Alarm front man found a worrying symptom which meant a tough decision had to be taken https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/rock-star-mike-peters-remission-30030635