Westminster Bridge closed as police swoop on suspicious vehicle
Police shut Westminster Bridge after reports of a suspicious vehicle.
Huge fire breaks out on building site in King's Cross
Firefighters are tackling a huge blaze which has ripped through a building site in King's Cross.
Paul Nuttall takes aim at radical Islam in UKIP manifesto launch
Paul Nuttall said Ukip wants to “cut out the cancer of radical Islam” from society as he launched the party’s manifesto less than three days after the Manchester attack.
General Election campaigns to resume after three-day pause
Party leaders’ General Election campaigns will resume as normal on Friday, after a three-day pause following the Manchester Arena terror attack.
Theresa May defends U-turn on social care in TV interview
Theresa May has defended an emergency U-turn over promises to cap the so-called “dementia tax”.
Protester arrested after shouting 'kill May' as PM arrives at event
A fox hunting protester was arrested as Theresa May arrived at a campaign event in Wrexham.
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Affordable housing scheme to offer £150k 'naked' homes in north London
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Hackney's ultimate hipster scheme has flats and an avocado toast café
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How to kit out your first home for 80% less than high street prices
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Under the radar commuter market towns with strong price growth
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Best in Show winner at Chelsea Flower Show 2017 and other top gardens
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
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1/32 A nation mourns
People look at tributes in St Ann's Square, Manchester, before a minute's silence to remember the victims of the terror attack
Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
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2/32 Big heads
Protestors wear masks depicting the leaders of the G7 countries during a demonstration organised by Oxfam in Giardini Naxos, Sicily
Reuters/Dylan Martinez
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3/32 Tribute
A man stands in front of a fountain illuminated with the colours of the United Kingdom flag
AFP/Getty Images
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4/32 Lockdown
Soldiers entering the Palace of Westminster
Alex Lentati
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5/32 Rescue
Forest officials try to rescue an injured elephant who fell into a pond at the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India
Reuters
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6/32 Solemn
Pope Francis talks to US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania during a private audience at the Vatican
REUTERS
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7/32 A nation mourns
Tributes left outside St Ann's Church in Manchester, the morning after a suicide bomber killed at least 22 people
Ben Birchall/PA
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8/32 Flowering fashion
A visitor takes a photo during the press preview at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Victoria Jones/PA
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9/32 Coming through
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott during on the General Election campaign trail in Hull
Chris Radburn/PA
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10/32 Devilish lights
A light sculpture resembling a Tasmanian devil is displayed during a preview of the Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia
Wendell Teodoro/EPA
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11/32 Winging it
British wingsuit pilot Fraser Corsan who is looking to break four records - including becoming the fastest daredevil in the world - as he leaps from more than 40,000ft (12,200m)
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Julian Assange's cat sits at the window of Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taking refuge
Peter Nicholls/Reuters
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Monkeys leap into a pond on a hot day in Allahabad
AFP/Getty Images
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Villagers look on as Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick volcanic ash, as seen from Beganding village in Karo, North Sumatra province
AFP/Getty Images
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A steam locomotive 99 1782-4 from the year 1953 pulls on a passenger train through a blooming rape field near Posewald on the island Ruegen, northern Germany
AFP/Getty Images
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16/32 Strike a pose
Bella Hadid poses during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival
Getty Images
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17/32 Sorry. Beach is full
A woman looks at cows on the Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. A herd of 30 wild cattle take up their summer residence on stretch of beach each year
AFP/Getty Images
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18/32 Corking idea
The Cork Studio owned by Tom Hardy from London has been shortlisted in the Eco category in the 2017 Shed of the Year competition
PA
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19/32 Water record
Channel 4 radio host Stu Tolan broadcast from the bottom of The Ambassador Lagoon at Atlantis, The Palm, in Dubai for a world record 5 hours, 25 minutes and 25 seconds
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20/32 Peek-a-boo
A Great Crested Grebe nurses two young on its back in Blackwall Basin, London
Victoria Jones/P
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21/32 Gettin Jiggy Wit It
Director Pedro Almodovar, Jury President of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, and Jury members Jessica Chastain and Will Smith pose ahead of the event opening
Reuters
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22/32 Rolling out the red carpet
Staff members lay out the red carpet outside the Palais des Festivals in the southeastern French city of Cannes
AFP/Getty Images
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23/32 Owww, watch where you stick that thing
Paramilitary guards shout during a welcoming ceremony for Argentine President Mauricio Macri outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
AFP/Getty Images
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24/32 Heads down and concentrate in the front row!
Prime Minister Theresa May met pupils of Nishkam Primary School in Birmingham. Nishkam Primary School is a Sikh ethos, multi-faith school for girls and boys aged 4 to 11 years
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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25/32 Making Daisy smile
Prince William attaches a name tag to sixc-year-old patient Daisy Wood, during a visit to the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton. During the visit, which marks 10 years since His Royal Highness became President of the centre, The Duke accompanied staff as they went about their daily activities in treating and caring for patients
Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
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26/32 New plan to double the number of Lib Dems
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron leaves the Royal College of Nursing conference at Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre following a General Election campaign visit
Gareth Fuller/PA
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27/32 Tower tradition
The captain and his shore party of the HMS Richmond are accompanied by Yeoman Warders as they march through the Tower of London to take part in the ancient ceremony of the Constable's Dues, in which they presented a barrel of wine
Victoria Jones/PA
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28/32 Battling babies
Sumo wresters hold up crying babies in front of a referee clad in a traditional costume during a "Baby-cry Sumo" event at the Kamegaike-Hachiman Shrine in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture
AFP/Getty Images
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29/32 No pitch invasion allowe here
Members of the Korean People's Army cheer North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, showing more restraint than the Spurs fans who ran on to the White Hart Lane pitch after the final game there on Sunday
KCNA/Reuters
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Bob McKee, of Owasso, sits in a chair from his recreational vehicle among the remains of his shed after taking storm damage in Owasso
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Ferrari driver Fabio Barone and his Ferrari 458 Italia competes against a Roman chariot drawn by two horses on "Ben Hur" movie set at Cinecitta World amusement park
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Rihanna arrives at the Dior Cruise Show at the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in in Calabasas, California
Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP
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Ariana Grande and Scooter Braun say they ‘won’t let evil win’
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It’s right to have soldiers on the streets but not in the long term
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Evening Standard comment: Time to intensify the fight against Islamism
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The Manchester murderer had no respect for the city’s glorious past
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