For one night only, the Sex Pistols will play 'God Save the King' - changing the title of their punk anthem.
Bassist Glen Matlock told it was a "bit weird" singing the original as "she's not around any more".
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Anti-monarchy protesters have been arrested near the procession route for King Charles' coronation
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“It took me a while for it to sink in.”
Gideon Akpovi, better known as Jerub, will help open the bill at the Coronation concert on Sunday alongside the likes of Katy Perry.
He spoke to about the moment he found out he would be performing.
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A senior Nigerian politician, his wife and a “middleman” have been jailed for conspiring to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney.
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The World Health Organisation has declared Covid is no longer a global emergency - but they have stressed this does not mean the threat is over.
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King Charles greeted fans today with a surprise walkabout on the Mall - ahead of tomorrow’s coronation - the first in 70 years.
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The Electoral Commission has admitted there have been some "challenges" with its new voter ID requirement after some people complained they had been turned away from polling stations.
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Derbyshire had a swathe of council seats up for grabs and the results have echoed the picture across the country - one of Labour gains and Tory losses.
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There have been celebrations for Labour and disappointment for the Conservatives today as losses mounted up by the hour in the local elections.
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"This is global Britain at its very best."
Professor Chandrika Kaul tells King Charles’ coronation is a "wonderful platform" to showcase British historical tradition in a "sacred ceremony".
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“We have a very, very low tolerance for anything or anyone who comes to the centre of town to come and disrupt the coronation.”
Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan tells there will be around 29,000 officers deployed at the coronation.
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"There's no doubt Conservatives have taken a hit at these local elections, that's very very clear - but we are really not seeing Labour capitalising."
Political commentators James Johnson and Ayesha Hazarika join to analyse the local election results.
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"It was a disappointing set of results, no doubt about that."
Conservative home office minister Chris Philp speaks to about his party’s losses in the local elections.
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Since the launch of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has been a hot topic.
But is it really something we should be concerned about - and how long has AI been part of our lives without us even realising?
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Final preparations are underway for the coronation this weekend and London is already a hive of activity.
But beyond the capital, how do people feel about the event - the attention, the expense and the future of the monarchy?
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Seabirds off England's northeast coast are once again under threat by avian flu.
Last year, at least 6,000 birds were found dead, among them puffins and razorbills, and rangers fear a repeat of the mass deaths this year.
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The number of military vehicles sold by private dealers in the UK to Ukraine have soared since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion last year.
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The accusation that US Supreme Court judges are too political has come to the fore recently - with a Senate hearing this week looking into the Supreme Court's code of conduct.
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The UK competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the impact of artificial intelligence.
explains whether new controls could be introduced.
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Israeli security forces say they have killed three men they claim were responsible for killing a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an unexpected appearance at the International Criminal Court in the Hague today saying his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “deserves to be sentenced”.
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“There will be a moment when I’m in the Abbey… when I’m thinking of my lovely Nick and thinking making a joyful noise is also for him.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber tells the anthem he composed for the coronation will also serve as a requiem for his son who died recently.
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“This was a Russian operation to blame the Ukrainians.”
Activist and financier Bill Browder tells Russia staged the drone attack on the Kremlin to escalate the war and “perhaps to justify some type of really sadistic attack on Kyiv or other places Zelenskyy might be”.
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And that Hikvision was “found in 2020 by an independent investigation to have never ‘knowingly engaged in human rights abuses or [to have] acted in wilful disregard’.”
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That the cameras are “compliant with the applicable rules and regulations of the countries we operate in and are subject to strict security requirements”…
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Hikvision told Channel 4 News that technical analysis of Hikvision products “have never indicated they are a threat to the national security interests of the United Kingdom”...
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GCHQ told Channel 4 News it "does not operate Hikvision products at any of its sites, including Heron House."
"We have a range of measures in place to protect the security of our people, systems and sites, which for obvious reasons we will not describe in detail."
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Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith told Channel 4 News “it is a big deal.”
“I know that [GCHQ] will come back and say things like they’re not our buildings officially… but the truth is they are the number one most important security centre that we have.”
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Last year, Oliver Dowden made a written statement to parliament announcing a government security review into Chinese video surveillance equipment had found “additional controls are required” and it should be considered whether equipment be removed from “sensitive sites”.
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Beijing based Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company is blacklisted by the US government amid concerns over national security and the systems are being used by China in the surveillance and oppression of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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The cameras were found at Heron House - which GCHQ describes as its “secure site in the North West”.
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Channel 4 News has found at least nine cameras made by Chinese CCTV manufacturer Hikvision on the Manchester base of the UK’s intelligence, cyber and security agency GCHQ.
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