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‘Greatest honour’: Suella Braverman says she would like to be next prime minister – video
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The attorney general told ITV's Robert Peston she would join a Tory leadership race to be the next prime minister, saying 'it would be the greatest honour'. Braverman had called for Boris Johnson to quit after a serie...
‘Greatest honour’: Suella Braverman says she would like to be next prime minister – video
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The attorney general told ITV's Robert Peston she would join a Tory leadership race to be the next prime minister, saying 'it would be the greatest honour'. Braverman had called for Boris Johnson to quit after a serie...
‘Ultimate honour’: remains of hundreds of Moriori returned in biggest repatriation yet
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The skeletal remains of more than 100 Moriori ancestors, the Indigenous people of Rēkohu – or the Chatham Islands – have been returned to the tribe from the UK, as part of the largest single repatriation of Moriori re...
‘Greatest honour’: Suella Braverman says she would like to be next prime minister – video
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The attorney general told ITV's Robert Peston she would join a Tory leadership race to be the next prime minister, saying 'it would be the greatest honour'. Braverman had called for Boris Johnson to quit after a serie...
‘Honour killings? It should be called the devil’s work’: Bekhal Mahmod on the murder of her sister
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Bekhal Mahmod, like an avenging angel, doesn’t forgive. To do so would be to betray her younger sister, Banaz. She has watched the film Law Abiding Citizen, in which Gerard Butler takes brutal revenge on the men who m...
New boards please: Wimbledon to drop Mrs and Miss on women’s honour roll
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club has decided to change Wimbledon’s honour roll for the Championships next month, removing titles before the names of its female champions in line with the tournament’s presentation of i...
Sisters allegedly murdered by husbands in Pakistan ‘honour’ killing
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Two sisters with dual Pakistani and Spanish citizenship were allegedly killed by their husbands, uncle and brother in a so-called “honour” killing a day after they were tricked into travelling to Pakistan. Aneesa Abba...
Fixer tells of meeting with Prince Charles’s aide to discuss Saudi honour
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A businessman involved in arranging donations for Prince Charles’s charitable ventures has confirmed how a 30-minute meeting at Clarence House helped secure an honorary CBE for a Saudi billionaire, which is now at the...
Faced with the Gray report, Johnson was left without honesty and without honour
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Sometimes less is more. When the Metropolitan police finally got round to investigating the parties at No 10, after being presented with the evidence by Sue Gray, and then insisted she doctor her final report, it was ...
English town mourning Derek the Goose to erect statue in her honour
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A West Country harbour town famous for its links to an albatross is to erect a bronze statue in tribute to another bird – Derek the Goose. Residents of Watchet in Somerset are coming to terms with the loss of Derek, a...
Southend to become city in honour of Sir David Amess
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Southend will become a city in honour of Sir David Amess, Boris Johnson has confirmed, paying tribute to the Tory MP who had been a long-time committed campaigner for his area to gain the status. Amess had raised the ...
Fruit sculptures in Hackney honour Windrush generation
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The first permanent artwork to honour the Windrush generation in the UK has been unveiled in the east London borough of Hackney, as councils across the country kick off the first day of Black History Month. The work, ...
Ed Miliband: honour promises on jabs to poor countries to save Cop26 deal
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Boris Johnson should set out plans to provide Covid-19 vaccinations to all developing countries to achieve a global climate deal, Labour’s shadow business secretary, Ed Miliband, has urged. Only 2% of the population o...
José Ramos-Horta calls on Timor-Leste to award Australia’s Witness K top honour
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José Ramos-Horta will formally request that Timor-Leste award Witness K the nation’s highest honour, praising him for exposing “Australian government perfidy, bad faith and dishonesty” in a bugging operation conducted...
GCHQ releases ‘most difficult puzzle ever’ in honour of Alan Turing
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GCHQ has released its “most difficult puzzle ever”, a set of 12 riddles linked to design elements of the new £50 note featuring the mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing. The questions begin with a relatively stra...
Northern Ireland council withdraws plan to honour Hercules Mulligan
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A Northern Ireland borough council has withdrawn a plan to honour a Northern Ireland emigrant who played a key role in the American revolution after discovering he had owned a slave. The Causeway Coast and Glens borou...