Anneliese Dodds said the UK was assessing the impact of Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding for USAID, the world’s largest aid provider.

Some 64 homicide victims aged 13 to 19 were recorded in 2023/24, 53 of whom – 83 – were killed by a sharp instrument.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree, metres away from a pair planted by the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1986.

The Queen has praised the “brilliant” efforts of health workers and other staff supporting sexual assault victims at a specialist centre she officially opened.

The typical borrower on a tracker deal will see their monthly payments decrease by £28.98 following Thursday’s base rate cut.

Questions have previously been raised about links between Britain’s new ambassador to the US and the paedophile financier.

The Bank voted to reduce the cost of borrowing on Thursday, but slashed its growth forecasts for the UK economy.