Hopes of a winner for the King and Queen were dashed on the opening day of Royal Ascot, as the well-fancied Reaching High finished a never-nearer ninth in the Ascot Stakes.

The Prime Minister said he ‘strongly’ believes that restrictions on the price of Russian crude oil should be increased.

Sir Keir Starmer said he rushed to pick up trade deal documents dropped by the US president in order to prevent a security scare.

A woman in her 40s was reportedly touched inappropriately over her clothing by an unknown man in Botley in June.

French police have employed robust tactics including the use of teargas but migrant crossings are at record levels.