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Flight logs obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Energy Secretary's (pictured) ministers boarded 24 domestic flights in under a year.

Sir Keir said the UK will press ahead with the move, which is expected to be announced this week, unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and revives plans for a two-state solution.

The monarch, 76, met with 116-year-old Ethel Caterham at her care home in Lightwater in Surrey on Thursday, shortly after he bid farewell to US President Donald Trump.. 

They have been accused of trying to game the system to claim asylum in the UK, using laws which are designed to protect victims of 'unimaginable exploitation'.

As young adults across the country head to university, presenter Davina McCall says she's comforted by the knowledge they are part of the 'boomerang generation'.

Research shows that a high fibre diet improves gut health, aids weight loss and can even lower the risk of heart disease, strokes, type 2 diabetes and a range of cancers.

Men and women meet their best friend for life in their late teens - but shed most of their chums at different stages. Pictured: File photo

The roll-out of stun guns (pictured, file photo) to 500 guards follows a trial involving 20 officers - and the Ministry of Justice may extend the scheme to include hundreds more.

The armed man claiming to be a law enforcement officer at the site of the Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona was identified by authorities. The man was charged and has been released on bond.

The presenter, 44, was ITV's Golden Girl for many years and carved out her place as the fan favourite face of its top shows including This Morning and Dancing On Ice .

Elise Wurschmidt was on a day trip with two friends and their captain when the boat was attacked by killer whales on Saturday, September 13.

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Thompson, also known as the 'hot equerry' was among the stylish guests witnessing the marriage of Tony Benn's granddaughter, Emily, on Saturday.

The Starmer Government, having insulted our intelligence for months with its bitter economic policies and its feeble excuses for them, now insults us directly.

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased tens of thousands of liters of Helium-3 from the moon — spending "above $300 million" — through a commercial space company called Interlune. The agreement, which has not been previously reported, marks the largest purchase of a natural resource from space. Interlune, a company founded by former executives from Blue Origin and an Apollo astronaut, has faced skepticism about its mission to become the first entity to mine the moon (which is legal thanks to a 2015 law that grants U.S. space companies the rights to mine on celestial bodies). But advances in its harvesting technology and the materialization of commercial agreements are gradually making this undertaking sound less like science fiction. Bluefors is the third customer to sign up, with an order of up to 10,000 liters of Helium-3 annually for delivery between 2028 and 2037... Helium-3 is lighter than the Helium-4 gas featured at birthday parties. It's also much rarer on Earth. But moon rock samples from the Apollo days hint at its abundance there. Interlune has placed the market value at $20 million per kilogram (about 7,500 liters). "It's the only resource in the universe that's priced high enough to warrant going out to space today and bringing it back to Earth," said Rob Meyerson [CEO of Interlune and former president of Blue Origin]... [H]eat, even in small doses, can cause qubits to produce errors. That's where Helium-3 comes in. Bluefors makes the cooling technology that allows the computer to operate — producing chandelier-type structures known as dilution refrigerators. Their fridges, used by quantum computer leader IBM, contain a mixture of Helium-3 and Helium-4 that pushes temperatures below 10 millikelvins (or minus-460 degrees Fahrenheit)... Existing quantum computers have been built with more than a thousand qubits, he said, but a commercial system or data center would need a million or more. That could require perhaps thousands of liters of Helium-3 per quantum computer. "They will need more Helium-3 than is available on planet Earth," said Gary Lai [a co-founder and chief technology officer of Interlune, who was previously the chief architect at Blue Origin]. Most Helium-3 on Earth, he said, comes from the decay of tritium (an isotope of hydrogen) in nuclear weapons stockpiles, but between 22,000 and 30,000 liters are made each year... "We estimate there's more than a million metric tons of Helium-3 on the moon," Meyerson said. "And it's been accumulating there for 4 billion years." Now, they just need to get it. Interlune CEO Meyerson tells the post "It's really all about establishing a resilient supply chain for this critical material" — adding that in the long-term he could also see Helium-3 being used for other purposes including fusion energy.

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The gardeners, who have spent their retirement tending gardens at Mottistone Manor on the Isle of Wight, were devastated to learn the trust was 'terminating the volunteering agreement'.

More than 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats on the day Labour ministers hailed deporting a third asylum seeker to France under the new deal. Pictured: File photo

Escorted back to HMP Bronzefield on Monday evening, Constance Marten was greeted by the noise of her fellow inmates banging on their cell doors.

I talked to some of Robinson's supporters and saw the size of his march. I think it's very worrying that so many perfectly decent people can put themselves under such a crude, cynical leader.

After winning the most recent competition, Austria is set to host the 70th annual music extravaganza in Vienna next May.