The Windsor Agreement: Rishi Sunak and EU boss to sign historic new deal
[Independent] European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is meeting Rishi Sunak today to sign a historic post Brexit deal before joining King Charles at Windsor Castle. The Windsor agreement is expected to resolve the long-running row over the Northern Ireland Protocol – with or without the support of the DUP and Tory hardliners.
Vladimir Putin’s £274million spy plane ‘destroyed by drones’ in airbase attack
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One of Vladimir Putin’s sophisticated spy planes has been destroyed by two drones at a Russian airbase in Belarus, reports say. The £274 million AWACS Beriev A-50U aircraft was hit in an attack by Belarus partisans supporting Ukraine.
Betty Boothroyd dies aged 93
[Mirror] Legendary former Labour MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd has died aged 93. The stalwart politician served as MP for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000 and was the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000.
What’s the best time and place to see the Northern Lights in the UK today?
[Evening Standard] The Northern Lights were visible as far south as Kent and Cornwall last night in what was a rare occurrence. The Met Office said late on Sunday that “a coronal hole high-speed stream” had combined with “a rather fast coronal mass ejection” leading to aurora sightings across the UK.
UK’s most dangerous places to live ranked in new map with safest region revealed
[Mirror] The safest and most dangerous places to live in England and Wales have been ranked on a new map. The data by the Office for National Statistics may be of concern for those in areas like West Yorkshire and the northeast