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The UK’s top diplomat has told Elon Musk that free speech must be based on fact, as the spat between Donald Trump’s powerful backer and the government of one of the United States’ closest allies deepens. 

The Prince of Wales has issued a heartfelt birthday message to his wife Kate on her 43rd birthday, praising her ‘remarkable strength’ during a difficult year.

‘I knew he would kill her,’ she says, matter-of-factly, still numb with grief. ‘I told police he would murder her; I told anyone who would listen. Her family could all see it, but nobody could stop it.’

McDonald’s has been branded a ‘hotbed of harassment’ as the fast food chain faces fresh abuse accusations.

An Australian-born UK minister said security concerns over China had to be balanced with the UK’s need for trade after Brexit left the country in the lurch and voters reliant on charity.

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: As the world’s richest man and a quasi-official member of Donald Trump’s team, Musk has enormous influence, and his admirers in both the United States and Britain have taken up the cause. 

A group of Aussie tourists who had not seen snow before, are in two minds whether they are blessed or cursed as they continue their forced stay at a remote UK pub. 

After being cut off by his daughter Meghan Markle, Thomas Markle has revealed he wants to ‘enjoy the time I have left’ without ‘the awful drama of recent years’.

A comment made after Tracy Francis’ karaoke performance of Pink’s Who Knew sent her boyfriend into a violent rage, delivering a ‘coward punch’ and killing a man.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Elon Musk may end up being a frenemy of his populist brotherhood rather than Elon the Enabler 

A killer father who carried out a sadistic years-long campaign of torture on his 10-year-old daughter has been injured in a prison ambush, weeks after he was jailed for her murder. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS

King Charles has personally honoured senior staff from the medical team involved in his treatment for cancer.

Wild weather in the UK has led to the cancellation of Edinburgh's traditional Hogmanay celebrations, while London monitors conditions for New Year's Eve events.

Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro are among 1200 people awarded New Year Honours, however, one name has the the UK fuming.

Two women have died following a stabbing on Christmas Day in which a man and a teenage boy also suffered serious injuries.