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Stone of Destiny heads to England for first time in 25 years ahead of coronation

THE Stone of Destiny will return to England for the first time in more than a quarter of a century to play a key part in the coronation ceremony.

The National (Scotland)

Coronation brings Stone of Destiny to England for the first time since 1996

The stone was officially returned to Scotland 700 years after being seized by King Edward I of England in 1296.

The Independent UK

‘Film sets can be a hierarchical, beastly, power-abusing structure’: Bertie Carvel on Hollywood, typecasting and Dalgliesh

As Carvel returns to his role as the poet-detective in the Channel 5 drama, he tells Tom Murray about portraying a grieving man while experiencing loss in his own life

The Independent UK

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All ex-PMs invited to Belfast gala marking 25 years of Good Friday agreement

Invites include Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, accused of wrecking Northern Ireland’s place in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Harry Potter TV series: 7 subplots we want to see!

HBO's Harry Potter TV series will delve far deeper into J.K. Rowling's world than the movies

WhatToWatch

The Good Friday agreement showed how decent British politics can be – but Sunak and Starmer have other plans

Trivia, historical amnesia and dirty tricks have become the new norm. Neither party leader has the courage to buck that trend, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

A property tax based on annually uprated values would be a gamechanger

Replacing the council tax would be popular and the vast majority of UK households would gain

The Guardian - UK

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Good Friday Agreement: the early 1990s back-channel between the IRA and British government that made peace possible

In February 1990, in the midst of the Troubles, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness publicly invited the British government to reopen a back-channel used during previous phases of contact with the IRA in the 1970s and during the 1981 hunger strike.

The Conversation

Tributes continue from Tory grandees following death of Nigel Lawson

Former prime minister Sir John Major said Baron Lawson of Blaby will be ‘long remembered’.

The Independent UK

Sunak’s successes can’t blot out Tory track record in office

LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s recent run of success isn’t enough to turn around the electoral prospects of his ruling Conservative Party, his own aides fret.

Tribune News Service

Operation Chiffon by Peter Taylor review – how they talked their way out of the Troubles

In this compelling account, the author and documentary-maker describes how decades of covert communications between the British government and the IRA eased the path to the Good Friday agreement – helped by an unlikely hero

The Guardian - UK

At this rate, Sunak may even repent of Brexit before Starmer does

The blight on living standards makes the case for rejoining stronger every day – and this PM is nothing if not pragmatic

The Guardian - UK

Suede and Sir John Major team up for ‘centrist dads’ festival

Centrist dads, assemble.

Evening Standard

Dad's 'future changed forever' the day son was killed in bombing

Hundreds of people lined the streets to remember the two boys who lost their lives in the Warrington bombing

Liverpool Echo

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The Independent UK

How does inheritance work in the royal family?

King Charles III received a vast inheritance from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and Sunak are both haunted by the spectres of election defeats past

Labour is spooked by its defeat in 1992, while the Tories fear a repeat of what happened to them in 1997

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak has time to turn the polls around, if the Tories will let him

The Conservatives have bounced back from 20-point poll deficits to win general elections before, but they didn’t have Liz Truss and Boris Johnson to reckon with

The Independent UK

MPs across the House pay tribute to first female Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd

Current Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle described Lady Boothroyd as a ‘groundbreaking parliamentarian’ as MPs observed a minute’s silence in her memory.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Signs of green shoots for our economy? Sadly, I don’t think they exist

For those of a certain maturity, the Nineties offered mixed messages. The overthrow of Margaret Thatcher, the ERM debacle and the humiliation by elements in his own party of John Major were all associated with enduring economic misery. The arrival in 1997 of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the independence…

The Independent UK

John Major warns Boris Johnson’s ‘neuralgic’ supporters must not sabotage Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal

Former PM defends Sunak’s attempts to improve on ‘pretty poor’ protocol deal struck by Johnson

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak poised to defy DUP and announce Brexit deal

PM expected to set out agreement as soon as Monday, as Brexiteers reveal ‘instinct’ to back compromise

Daily Mirror

Behind-the-scenes at Spitting Image stage show including cost of puppets and creation

Sanjeeta Bains went behind the scenes at Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World at the Birmingham Rep theatre to speak to director and co-writer Sean Foley about the satirical puppets

Belfast Live

John Major says Britain made a “colossal mistake” when it left the European Union

"I understand the sovereignty arguments, though many of them are more semantic than real"

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson agreed Brexit protocol knowing it was a ‘mess’, says John Major

Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs

Evening Standard

Brexit was a ‘colossal mistake’, former PM Sir John Major tells committee

The ex-prime minister said he is not a ‘significant Europhile’ but believes the UK was stronger in the European Union

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