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Following a diary item on November 25 about some members of the Spencer family 'snubbing' Raine Spencer's memorial service, we are happy to clarify that Neil McCorquodale, the husband of Sarah, elder sister of Diana, Princess of Wales, did attend.

An official review has cast doubt on Sergeant Alexander Blackman's conviction for killing a Taliban insurgent and concluded it could be overturned as a miscarriage of justice.

A tour guide has come clean as to why there were so many tourists stopping in Kidlington, Oxfordshire - they were being punished for refusing to pay a hefty surcharge to visit Blenheim Palace.

A report that appears to have been written by Kingston Green Party activists suggest senior members of the national party did not contest the Richmond by-election due to the huge offer.

Major charities have shown 'widespread disregard' for the privacy of their millions of donors by routinely snooping on them and passing on private details, said the Information Commissioner.

Millions of homeowners were told last night by HSBC to prepare for the end of super cheap mortgages as the bank signalled the death of the sub-1 per cent deal.

Parliamentary motions on Article 50 were being slapped down like cards in a game of racing demon, with Labour novice Sir Keir Starmer possibly being outplayed, columnist Quentin Letts writes.

As the courts stray more into political territory, I believe it becomes imperative that we know more about those placed in such positions of power, writes Iain Duncan Smith.

More than a million of these have slipped into poverty in the past five years, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said yesterday.

In its response to damning reports into the scandals, the BBC also said the 'attitudes and allowances' shown towards stars in the past were no longer acceptable.

Great British Bakeoff stars Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc and Mary Berry have been rewarded for their loyalty to the broadcaster with shows of their own. They refused to follow the hit show to Channel 4.

The prince was expected to fly back to London on Sunday night, but it was reported that he changed plans and instead boarded a flight to Toronto, home to American actress Meghan Markle.

Camilla revealed to Lady Gaga that they share a nickname, as she arrived at the Royal Variety Performance in London tonight. The Duchess of Cornwall was glamorous in a red lace gown.

A national audit, led by experts at Oxford University, found a quarter of maternal deaths are linked to cardiac disease - the biggest single cause of death among pregnant women.

Official projections revealed in the Autumn Statement forecast 469,000 people earning more than £150,000 will contribute nearly £20billion in tax by 2021 - the highest on record.

The grandparents of RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague, 23, who was last seen on September 24 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, have pledged the reward for information leading to his return.

Care home worker Gavin Vitler, of Middleton, Greater Manchester, has been ordered to remove the garden set up in honour of his grandfather Malcolm, who died of cancer in 2011.

Hayley Andrew, 38, of California, Derby, said she was told by Bishop Lonsdale Primary School, in Derby, that her 11-year-old son, Sonny Lake, had breached uniform rules with his haircut.

The grandparents did not find out that the youngster, who is now two, had been born until she was more than a year old and then set about trying to adopt her. The judge has now ruled against them.

A brave schoolboy whose campaign won the support of The Rolling Stones and top football players has lost his battle with cancer. West Ham fan Jack Howard, 12, of Kent, died at the weekend.

A motorcycle cavalcade accompanied the coffins of Andrew Broadhead, 42, and daughter Kiera, eight, who died in the blaze at their home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on October 19.

Nichola Hart, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, says she was left 'very disappointed' to discover the £1 bag did not contain the letters 'L' and 'O', meaning she could not spell out 'Logan'.

Holly Holden was due to start her £8.20-an-hour cleaning job at Morrisons in Brough, East Yorkshire, when she received a message telling her there was 'someone else in mind for the job'.

Rotherham artist Kevin Hill decided to build a smaller version of the famous spaceship (pictured) from scratch for a friend's Sci-fi convention in 2006 but he bit off more than he could chew.

Peter Morgan allegedly killed Georgina Symonds at her home in his castle grounds in Llanmartin, Wales before wrapping the body in plastic and duct tape and hiding it in farm buildings.

Peter Noreiko, 67, from Troon in South Ayrshire, who followed his ex-wife Elaine Ferrie, 54, for nine months and repeatedly drove past her house has been spared jail.

Hayley Carter, from Crawley Down, West Sussex, was given a year prison sentence after her lies to police caused an innocent man to be jailed. She admitted her lie at a New Year's Eve party.

Gerard Zalewski, 32, fled the US on paedophile charges only to claim another victim in the UK. He has been jailed for 12 years and given an 'extended indeterminate licence period'.

Donna Smith, of Ashton, Lancashire, stole the money over an 18-month period, making more than 400 payments to herself from the estates management company.

The south London home of Kelly Kepple, 21, was raided by police in August this year and they discovered the fearsome-looking weapon.

Lawrence Burns (pictured), 26, from Cambridge, is accused of writing 140 Facebook posts on an alias account in which he is said to have stirred up racial hatred.

Zakaria Boufassil, 26, was accused of giving money to Mohamed Abrini, suspected of involvement in the Brussels terror attack, after the Moroccan came to the West Midlands.

Walker Sesay, 19, was sentenced for stabbing Che Labastide-Wellington, 17, through the heart outside of a 16-year-old girl's birthday party on November 7, 2015, in Harrow, northwest London.

Arron Banks, who funded the Leave.EU campaign with Nigel Farage, announced on Twitter yesterday that the Roman Empire was 'effectively destroyed by immigration'.

Claire Worrall, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, found her bust had shrunk from a DD to a C-cup after breastfeeding - and she contacted surgeon Dr Helena Antoniadou (pictured).

The sheikh, who lives in Chelsea, west London, is thought to have been dispossessed and the cars impounded by enforcement officers in accordance with a High Court writ.

The Vice Admiral Kulakov was met at the edge of the English Channel by the Royal Navy's HMS Sutherland, a Type 23 frigate sent from her base at Devonport in Plymouth.

Four Bank of England issued £5 polymer notes have been engraved with minute portraits of Jane Austen by Birmingham-based artist Graham Short and and gone into circulation.

While teaching at the Abertillery Comprehensive School in Gwent, South Wales science teacher Lisa Lock (pictured) submitted her pupils' results to an exam board saying they had all passed.

Footage circulating online, purportedly taken at a facility outside Cairo, Egypt, shows a man standing on open boxes of tomatoes and hurling them in to a huge outdoor vat.

The presidential office has denied a news report stating that South Korean President Park Geun-hye wasted more than 90 minutes getting her hair done during a 2014 ferry disaster.

Medical student Maria Ladenburger, who had also taken time out to help asylum seekers as a volunteer, was found dead in a river in the south-western German university city of Freiburg in October.

Qandeel Baloch, 26, was found dead on July 15 in her home in Multan, Pakistan. Her brother, Waseem Mohammad Baloch, appeared in court today charged with her murder.