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For nearly 100 years, general elections have taken place on a Thursday, but the time of year has changed. 

A bid to cross the Atlantic for the first time in an open basket hydrogen balloon has been scuppered by the weather seven hours after launch. 

Reform UK has withdrawn support from three of its parliamentary candidates as the racism row engulfing the party continues to grow. 

Girls have officially become full members of the St Paul's Cathedral choir for the first time. 

A crossbow attacker has been killed after shooting a police officer in the neck while he guarded the Israeli embassy in Serbia, authorities have said. 

A third person has been arrested in connection with a Just Stop Oil protest at Stonehenge, during which orange paint powder was sprayed on the prehistoric monument. 

A woman has been arrested over a social media video allegedly showing a member of prison staff having sex with an inmate in a jail cell. 

The chief executive of Boots, Britain's biggest high street pharmacy chain, is quitting after its owner's plans for a £5bn sale or stock market listing stalled. 

Seven people have been taken to hospital after taking the sleeping medication Zopiclone, sparking fears of a "potentially contaminated batch". 

Britain's fourth-biggest household energy supplier is lining up bankers to explore options including bringing in a new investor or a sale, 15 years after it launched in a bid to…