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The daughter of a missing woman has told Sky News that the family are “all desperate to find her”. Police Scotland has launched a search for Angela Keenan, 58, who has been reported missing from Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire. Ms Keenan was last seen in the town’s Laxton Drive area at around 7am on Tuesday.

Storm Kathleen is expected to bring heavy gusts and rain - and the highest temperatures of year so far, as it hits the UK today. Pushing in from the Atlantic, the storm is set to bring gusts up to 70mph to Northern Ireland and the west of Britain as temperatures could reach up to 22C (72F)

Visitors will be able to tour parts of Balmoral Castle used by the Royal Family for the first time this summer. Balmoral Castle, set in the Scottish highlands, is widely believed to have been Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite residence and is where she spent most of her summers. Guided “castle interior tours”, which will take

England saw a record amount of rainfall in the year and a half leading up to last month, new figures show. According to provisional figures from the Met Office, 1,695.9mm of rain fell from October 2022 to March 2024. This is the highest amount of rain for any 18-month period in England since the organisation

A football club is investigating allegations of racism after a match on Easter Monday. Staff at Merthyr Town Football Club said they were “aware” of the claims and investigations “are ongoing” after Hungerford Town’s manager said one of his players was subjected to racist abuse by a section of the crowd at the non-league match

Heavy rain could disrupt more than two million return journeys on Easter Monday. The Met Office has said drier spells will turn cloudy with patchy rain for much of England and Wales on Sunday, before up to 15mm of more persistent and possibly thundery rain at the end of the Easter weekend. Some 2.01 million

A “devastated” mum has criticised a photography firm for offering to remove children with complex needs from class photos. Parents and carers at Aboyne Primary School complained after they were sent a link from Tempest Photography offering an alternative choice of class photos with or without the children with additional support needs. Aberdeenshire Council said

The King has said he is continuing to serve the nation with “my whole heart” in a personal Easter message in the wake of his and the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnoses. The pre-recorded audio was broadcast in his absence at a Royal Maundy service at Worcester Cathedral on Thursday ahead of the Easter weekend.

Greater Manchester Police has said it is “reassessing” its decision not to investigate allegations made against Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over her living arrangements after receiving a complaint. The Labour MP has come under the spotlight in recent weeks over the sale of an ex-council house she previously owned in Stockport, having been accused

Wales have failed to qualify for Euro 2024 after losing to Poland in a penalty-shootout in Cardiff. The game went to penalties after it remained 0-0 after 90 minutes and extra-time at the Cardiff City Stadium. Poland won the penalty shoot-out 5-4, goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny – a former Arsenal player – saving the crucial spot-kick

“The Welsh government need to realise that what they’re doing is damaging the industry.” That’s according to Sam Regan, owner and managing director of the Lemon Tree – a hotel and restaurant in Wrexham. The city has gained international attention in recent years as the home of the football club with the Hollywood star owners.

The King will attend the Easter Mattins Service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on Easter Sunday, Buckingham Palace has announced. The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will also attend. In February, he was pictured attending church in Sandringham but it had not been confirmed until now that he would attend the

China “state-affiliated actors” have been blamed by the government for two “malicious” cyber attack campaigns in the UK. Making a speech in the Commons, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden revealed the two incidents involved an attack on the Electoral Commission – responsible for overseeing elections and political finance – in 2021, and targeted attacks against

The King is “frustrated” about the speed of his cancer recovery and is “pushing” staff and doctors to be able to return to duties, according to his nephew, Peter Phillips. However, Mr Phillips – the son of Princess Anne, the Princess Royal – says the monarch is in “good spirits” and remains “pragmatic”. He made

Police are searching for three young siblings and their mother after the children were reported missing from Gloucestershire. Officers say they are concerned for the welfare of three-year-old Pauly-Boi, five-year-old Jolene, and eight-year-old Betsy. The children were last seen in Cheltenham at around midday on Friday. Their current whereabouts are unknown, though police believe they

Police are investigating alleged racist comments made by a major Tory party donor about former Labour MP Diane Abbott. The remarks were made by businessman Frank Hester during a company meeting, where he said Ms Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” and she “should be shot”. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said

The King’s medical records were not accessed during an alleged data breach at the London Clinic, it is understood. As many as three staff members could have been involved in allegedly accessing the Princess of Wales’s private records, according to The Mirror, after Kate was discharged from the exclusive hospital in central London in January.

The hospital where the Princess of Wales was treated in January has launched an investigation into claims staff attempted to access her private medical records, according to reports. At least one member of staff was alleged to have been caught trying to access the royal’s notes, the Mirror reported. Kate attended The London Clinic in

Police are investigating the death of a man who died near a rugby club in Cardiff. The man died near Llandaff Rugby Club on Western Avenue at around 3am on Monday. South Wales Police say they are continuing to investigate the “sudden and unexplained” death. The deceased has been identified as a 65-year-old local man.

The House of Commons has rejected the House of Lords’ first attempt to amend the Safety of Rwanda Bill – with the legislation sent back to the upper chamber. A total of 10 amendments were put before MPs, but Conservatives voted each of them down. Among the changes proposed by peers was scrapping the government’s