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UK brings forward ban on new petrol and diesel cars

Britain plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 – five years earlier than its previous target – in a bid to speed up efforts to tackle climate change.

Atwood and British author Evaristo share 2019 Booker Prize

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo have split the Booker Prize after the judging panel ripped up the rule book and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy.

From left: First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip May at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Photo: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Trump lobs Brexit verbal grenade at May

US President Donald Trump has lobbed a verbal hand grenade at Theresa May saying the British PM has wrecked the UK’s exit from the European Union and killed any chances of a free trade deal with the US.

Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan found dead in hotel

Dolores O’Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, has died suddenly at a London hotel. She was 46.