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By the Numbers: Facts and Figures about the Queen’s Funeral

Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world. Those are just a few of the staggering array of numbers generated…

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By the numbers: Facts and figures about the queen's funeral

Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world

The Independent UK

Queen Elizabeth's coffin starts journey to final resting place

King Charles, his sons William and Harry and other senior royals joined a solemn procession behind Queen Elizabeth's coffin through the silent streets of London on Monday, following a state funeral of matchless pageantry at Westminster Abbey.

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King Charles III, siblings stand vigil; the wait to see queen’s coffin hits 24 hours for the public

Mourners kept silently streaming into Westminster Hall even as King Charles III and his three siblings stood vigil around the flag-draped coffin for 15 minutes on Friday evening.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tens of thousands of people line up to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II

LONDON — With a short pennant strapped to the back of his fluorescent orange vest, Kofi Frimpong walked along the south bank of the River Thames to mark the end of the already mile-long queue of mourners waiting to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

Los Angeles Times

Live updates: Crowds gather for queen's coffin procession

Crowds are gathering in London as the city prepares for a somber procession taking Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament

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Crowds gather in London to see queen's coffin procession

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is set to leave Buckingham Palace for the last time as it is taken, amid somber pageantry, on a horse-drawn gun carriage past crowds of mourners to the Houses of Parliament, where the late monarch will lie in state for four days

The Independent UK

Lanarkshire COVID rule break MP given community service as she walks free from court

Margaret Ferrier admitted breaking coronavirus lockdown rules in September 2020

Daily Record

MP who caught train from London to Glasgow whilst knowing she had Covid-19 to appear in court

Margaret Ferrier spoke in the Houses of Parliament and travelled around London whilst suffering with symptoms of the virus

Manchester Evening News

‘Worth the wait’: queueing begins for chance to pay respects to the Queen

Vanessa Nanthakumaran is one of the first in line to thank the Queen for her service during her lying in state in London

The Guardian - UK

Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilty to reckless conduct over travelling while having coronavirus

Ms Ferrier admits travelling to London despite having COVID symptoms

Daily Record

Glasgow MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilty to exposing public to covid and breaking travel rules

Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier was told to self-isolate in September 2020 but made several journeys to and from Glasgow and London between September 26 and 29.

Glasgow Live

Trial date set for Margaret Ferrier, the Lanarkshire MP accused of breaking COVID rules

The 61-year-old allegedly made several journeys having been told to self-isolate

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The Independent UK

Ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier set to face trial in August

Margaret Ferrier is accused of wilfully exposing people ‘to the risk of infection, illness and death’.

Chronicle Live

Burger King poke fun at Boris Johnson as they stick a truck outside Houses of Parliament

The fast food giant sent a message to the soon-to-be former Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Notre Dame? Why MPs need to solve the Houses of Parliament problem

The renovation of the Palace of Westminster has foundered amid soaring cost projections, infighting and safety fears. Can anyone find a way forward?

Daily Mirror

Joy Division call for better mental health services 40 years on from Ian Curtis' death

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer reflected on Ian Curtis' death on Wednesday, as the late star's former Joy Division bandmates lobbied MPs at the Houses of Parliament during Mental Health Week - calling for better mental health services

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The Guardian - UK

We have outgrown the Houses of Parliament

Letters: Westminster’s parliament buildings are archaic and inherently undemocratic argue Dr Louis Hellman, Mick Duncan, Lynne Armstrong and Jim McLean

The Guardian - UK

Of course there is abusive behaviour in parliament – the place was built for it

A sepulchral maze of dark, asbestos-lined corridors, the palace of Westminster is dangerous and dysfunctional, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Independent UK

Lily Cole: Government’s Rwanda asylum plan ‘like something in a dystopian film’

Celebrities, refugees and campaigners gathered on a boat outside the Houses of Parliament to send a message to MPs.

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs ignore celebrity entreaties and back immigration bill

Only handful of rebels vote against government to support Lords amendments

The Independent UK

How Sir David Amess’ killer went from model student to violent extremist

Ali Harbi Ali grew up in London and was living in Kentish Town at the time of the MP’s murder.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a media war’: the UK’s top anti-oil campaigner fights on aged 80

In 50 years, Canvey Island’s George Whatley has won five victories against oil and gas firms trying to expand operations

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner and John McDonnell condemn ‘disgrace’ of P&O sackings at protest

Speeches near Parliament Square from members of the Opposition and trade union leaders were met with applause.

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