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Britain's top military chiefs held a "very difficult" meeting this week amid tension over how to fund plans to rebuild the armed forces or face further cuts, defence sources have said.

Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put up taxes on working people - that their manifesto plans for government were fully costed and, with the tax burden at a 70-year high, they were not in the business of raising more taxes.

Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by analysing the swirling winds picked up by a NASA robotic spacecraft.

Sheffield Wednesday have been handed a further six-point deduction by the English Football League

Soldiers have appeared on state TV in Guinea-Bissau to say the country's military has seized power, accusing its president of interfering in Sunday's election as he revealed he had been "deposed".

A 12-year-old girl who died after an incident of self-harm was failed on multiple levels, an inquest jury has found.

A body has been found close to a major road in Scotland following a search for a man missing from Merseyside.

A watch dealer who defrauded 50 victims out of more than £1m has been jailed for just over five years.

Charges against Donald Trump and others in an election interference case in the US state of Georgia have been dismissed.

The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has apologised and not ruled out his resignation over the accidental early release of the independent body's fiscal forecast.

Earlier this week, representatives of the United States, Russia and Ukraine met in Abu Dhabi to try and find consensus on ending nearly four years of war after Russia invaded Ukraine.

In at least two respects - one expected, the other not - this was a historic budget.

Hitchin in Hertfordshire does well in the polls.

How will your personal finances change following the budget announced by the chancellor?

Rachel Reeves has announced a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2 million.

Kevin Spacey is set to face civil trials at the High Court later next year, over separate lawsuits filed by three men who have accused him of sexual assault.

A simple ultrasound scan of blood vessels in the neck could help detect men at increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

A Liverpool fan has told how he thought he was caught up in a terrorist attack when a former Royal Marine drove into crowds at the club's victory parade.

A former Royal Marine wept in court as he admitted driving into crowds at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade.

Rachel Reeves will announce £26bn worth of tax rises in her budget including extending the freeze on personal income thresholds.