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Burnham laughs off Monty Python heckle as he’s sworn in as MP

Andy Burnham was sworn in as an MP on Monday after winning last week’s Makerfield by-election. Burnham travelled down to Westminster from Manchester earlier in the day, shortly after Keir Starmer confirmed he was resigning as prime minister. Burnham is widely expected to be the next prime minister after receiving…

The Independent UK

‘Free Jimmy Lai’ message projected onto London landmarks as Keir Starmer visits China

A message calling for the release of Jimmy Lai has been projected onto the side of the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge.

The Independent UK

Fox on the run in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament

The marauding mammal was witnessed just inside the visitor’s entrance to the parliamentary estate in Westminster.

Evening Standard

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Sumo wrestlers spotted sightseeing ahead of London tournament

Grand champion Onosato was pictured walking around Kensington

The Independent UK

Sumo wrestlers spotted sightseeing in London ahead of professional tournament

Wrestlers posed for pictures in front of the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace.

Evening Standard

Thousands of people gather near Buckingham Palace to mark the 80th anniversary of V-E Day

Thousands of people have lined the roads around the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe

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Parliament lights up in Elon Musk protest

The light projection included images of American money with Elon Musk’s face on it

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Watch: Ed Davey challenges Keir Starmer to FIFA match in bizarre TikTok video

Sir Ed Davey challenged Sir Keir Starmer to a “1v1” FIFA match in a bizarre TikTok dancing video filmed outside the Houses of Parliament.

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Man arrested after reports of person carrying knives outside UK Parliament

A MAN has been arrested after reports of a person carrying knives outside the Houses of Parliament...

The National (Scotland)

People join hands around Westminster in protest at UK arms sales to Israel

PRO-Palestine groups have joined hands around the Houses of Parliament in London in protest at the UK Government’s ongoing refusal to halt arms…

The National (Scotland)

Watch: King travels in royal coach to state opening of Parliament

Watch as King Charles III travelled to the Houses of Parliament for the state opening with the new Labour government on Wednesday, 17 July.

The Independent UK

Detectorist discovers centuries-old silver thimble 'treasure' in Thames

Vadims Haritonovs was scouring the river banks close to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster when he came across the thimble

Evening Standard

Pro-Gaza protestors who climbed on London's Royal Artillery Memorial slammed by Home Secretary

Protesters climbed on the Royal Artillery Memorial after a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday evening

Evening Standard

No 10 slams pro-Gaza protest on London's Royal Artillery Memorial as 'affront to our armed forces'

Protesters climbed on the Royal Artillery Memorial after a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday evening

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Police say no laws broken as protesters climb on war memorial

People were ordered off the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner after a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament.

Evening Standard

Jess Phillips among eight MPs in Keir Starmer's frontbench to defy whip and vote for Gaza ceasefire amendment

Keir Starmer ordered his MPs not to vote for the SNP amendment calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

The Conversation

Why are those lost to COVID not formally memorialised? How politics shapes what we remember

Every Friday, volunteers gather on the Albert Embankment at the River Thames in London to lovingly retouch thousands of red hearts inscribed on a Portland stone wall directly opposite the Houses of Parliament. Each heart is dedicated to a British victim of COVID. It is a deeply social space –…

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Chris Packham leads scientists in oil and gas licence protest in Westminster

The group gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to greet MPs and demand that they stop sanctioning future licences for oil and gas.

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Wales Online

'A Tory held my breast' Former Welsh MP describes 'brazen' behaviour in parliament

Betty Williams said her experience of working at the Houses of Parliament was "incredible" but noted that on several occasions she and other female MPs fell victims to "brazen" behaviour

Daily Mirror

Londoners baffled by unusual cow sculpture in Westminster with lamp emerging from rump

The life-sized statue was placed outside the Houses of Parliament to highlight the potential of using cow poo as a renewable energy source

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