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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are "surprised" by King Charles' bombshell letter clarifying the couple will continue to be treated as "private citizens" rather than working royals following their return to the UK.

The UK government is to set out new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements in the Israeli West Bank, the BBC understands.

The last few days of August and the start of September saw more rain fall than in any other week since early February, according to the Environment Agency. 🌧️ Despite the change to more unsettled and wetter conditions, all of Wales and most of England remain in drought. 🏜️ Water companies are reminding customers that temporary hosepipe bans are still in force, despite the rainfall and decreased demand due to the cooler weather. 🚱💧

The last few days of August and the start of September saw more rain fall than in any other week since early February, according to the Environment Agency. 🌧️ Despite the change to more unsettled and wetter conditions, all of Wales and most of England remain in drought. 🏜️ Water companies are reminding customers that temporary hosepipe bans are still in force, despite the rainfall and decreased demand due to the cooler weather. 🚱💧

UK pupils have performed well again in international science, reading and maths tests sat every three years by hundreds of thousands of teenagers around the world. 🌍

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to cut 4,000 jobs as the carmaker struggles with Chinese competition, US tariffs, and the transition to electric vehicles. 🚗⚡❌

Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in Portsmouth after a mega-dinghy carrying 140 migrants reached the UK from Normandy

HMS Queen Elizabeth has set sail with hundreds of sailors to take part in a pre-planned deployment around the UK and northern Europe. ⚓️ The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, which was commissioned into service in 2017, left Portsmouth Naval Base at about 18:20 BST on Saturday. 🇬🇧

The deputy leader of the Green Party, Mothin Ali, is linked to two buy-to-let properties, despite his party's opposition to private landlords. Ali is the sole director of a company, which he set up and controls, that owns two rental properties in Leeds, bought in June 2022 and March 2025

The Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park - which has long been a popular place to cool down in hot weather - has been kept dry all summer due to a technical fault.

The Jamaican government will highlight to King Charles a petition over slavery reparations on Monday, the country's culture minister Olivia Grange has said. 🇯🇲👑

🗞️ 140 illegal immigrants entered the UK today

Prince William will represent his father, King Charles, at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway, Buckingham Palace announced. 👑🇳🇴 The Prince of Wales will be joined by his aunt, the Princess Royal, who is attending next week in a private and personal capacity as godmother of the new king, Haakon VIII. 🤝

Footage coming out of Birmingham this morning shows groups of protesters CLASHING with police officers outside of the Reform UK conference 🇬🇧 State of them, the great unwashed 🤢

During its 228 years of existence, the London restaurant Rules – established by Thomas Rule in 1798 – has welcomed everyone from literary giant Charles Dickens to pop queen Madonna. 🍽️🇬🇧

The Irish Open, being held at Donald Trump's Doonbeg course in County Clare, has drawn a mixed reaction ahead of its start on 10 September, with Rory McIlroy among those competing for the prize money. ⛳ The U.S. President will also meet with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Irish President Catherine Connolly during his trip to Ireland. 🇮🇪

The police response to a protest involving hundreds of black-clad and masked anti-illegal migrant protesters who blocked roads in Dover is set to come under scrutiny after authorities appeared to be caught off guard. Footage showed the group, which appeared to be largely made up of men, gathered at the Kent port on Saturday. They were later shown marching through the town and chanting "whose streets? our streets!" and "stop the boats" as dozens of police officers followed

The police response to a protest involving hundreds of black-clad and masked anti-illegal migrant protesters who blocked roads in Dover is set to come under scrutiny after authorities appeared to be caught off guard. Footage showed the group, which appeared to be largely made up of men, gathered at the Kent port on Saturday. They were later shown marching through the town and chanting "whose streets? our streets!" and "stop the boats" as dozens of police officers followed

📍East Ham, London 🇬🇧