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The King will speak about slavery with "unflinching honesty" and "sincere sorrow" in a speech to Commonwealth leaders amid increasing pressure for Britain to offer an apology over its role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Flights have been disrupted at Jersey Airport due to the unlawful operation of drones in the vicinity on Saturday evening, the airport and the island's chief minister have said.

The telecoms giant Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is to axe thousands of jobs as it slashes its cost base amid investor concerns about its ability to service its £22bn debt mountain.

Police investigating the killing of a 38-year-old man in an apparent group attack have made an arrest in what is being called a "significant development".

A man has been charged under the Explosives Act and Firearms Order following searches at properties in Belfast.

Police are investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's stays with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at the Royal Family's private estate in Scotland.

A motorist has been found guilty of murder after hitting a cyclist and knowingly dragging him for more than a mile under his car.

A photocall of foreign ministers was cancelled by the US after the UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and other European counterparts refused to be pictured with Russia's envoy Sergei Lavrov.

The former chief executive of a non-league football club has admitted offences linked to the rape of a woman who was drugged by her husband.

Police have lifted a cordon after bomb disposal experts dealt with explosive devices found following reports of a disturbance in Essex.