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International fashion model Ellie Goldstein (Courtesy)

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How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity

Recently seen on the cover of British Vogue and an inspiration for a new Barbie doll, at only 5 feet and born with a disability, Ellie Goldstein is not your average supermodel

June 23, 2023, 5:13 am

How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity

Recently seen on the cover of British Vogue and an inspiration for a new Barbie doll, at only 5 feet and born with a disability, Ellie Goldstein is not your average supermodel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Michael Gove, Britain's Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Minister for Intergovernmental Relations leaves after attending a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, January 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

June 18, 2023, 6:46 am

UK government said set to present bill barring public bodies from boycotting Israel

Legislation reportedly to be unveiled Monday; Minister Michael Gove says BDS initiatives commonly lead to ‘appalling antisemitic rhetoric and abuse’

By ToI Staff

Police officers block a road in Nottingham, Britain, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Police say three people have been found dead in the English city of Nottingham, and three others were hit by a van in linked incidents.(Jacob King/PA via AP)

June 13, 2023, 3:21 pm

Man held after three killed, 3 wounded in related incidents in UK’s Nottingham

City center locked down after van driver runs down several people; PM Rishi Sunak calls it a ‘shocking incident’; no motive given

By Darren STAPLES

Nicola Sturgeon speaks during a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh, February. 15 2023. (Jane Barlow/Pool via AP/File)

June 11, 2023, 8:12 pm

Former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested in party finance probe

Spokesperson says ex-first minister is cooperating with police investigation of use of 600,000 pounds ($754,000) intended for Scottish independence campaign

By Jill Lawless

A trombone player in the military band faints during the Colonel's Review, the final rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour, the King's annual birthday parade, at Horse Guards Parade in London, June 10, 2023. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

June 11, 2023, 4:42 am

Several British royal guards faint due to heat during ceremony with Prince William

Troops in woolen tunics and bearskin hats are carried out on stretchers as temperature reaches 30°C (86°F) during Colonel’s Review parade

By AP

A British athlete competes in the CrossFit event during the 3rd Veterans Games in Tel Aviv on May 29, 2023. (courtesy Beit Halochem UK)

May 31, 2023, 1:47 pm

Wounded vets from Israel and the UK test their mettle at 3rd annual Veterans Games

The three-day event brings together more than 100 Israeli and British military veterans for an athletic competition, sightseeing, and a chance to bond with comrades-in-arms

By Melanie Lidman

A tube of Czech toothpaste found where a group of 300 Holocaust survivors stayed in Troutbeck Bridge, in England's Lake District in 1945. (Twitter screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

April 16, 2023, 8:24 am

Czech toothpaste found near interim refuge of Holocaust survivor orphans in England

‘Windermere Children’ brought from Prague in 1945 at request of philanthropist Leonard Montefiore, briefly stayed at Lake District village before moving to hostels, permanent homes

By ToI Staff

File: Then-Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) director general Tony Danker addresses the annual CBI conference at the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham, United Kingdom, November 21, 2022. (Oli Scarff/AFP)

April 11, 2023, 1:27 pm

Head of UK’s main business lobby fired over sexual misconduct allegations

Three other employees suspended amid accusations against Tony Danker; Rain Newton-Smith, former chief economist at CBI, agrees to take on role

By AFP

Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Humza Yousaf, is sworn in as Scotland's first minister, the first Muslim in the role, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on March 29, 2023. (Jane Barlow/Pool/AFP)

March 30, 2023, 8:07 pm

Scotland’s new Muslim leader reflects UK’s booming political diversity

First Minister Humza Yousef joins country’s first Hindu prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and London’s Pakistani-descended Mayor Sadiq Khan as faces of multi-ethnic political scene

By Jill Lawless

Opposition protesters hold up placards after a march marking the 44th anniversary of Iranian Revolution, in Trafalgar Square, central London on February 11, 2023, (Susannah Ireland/AFP)

February 21, 2023, 10:48 am

Israel said to have warned UK of threat to anti-regime journalists from Tehran

Iran International shifted operations from London office to Washington after police informed it of danger; British government summons top Iranian diplomat over matter

By ToI Staff and AFP

Emergency workers clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

January 15, 2023, 9:15 am

At least 23 dead in strike on Ukraine apartment tower; UK pledges tanks for Kyiv

Dozens missing as rescuers comb through rubble after Russian barrage on Dnipro building housing some 1,700 people; sides dispute who controls small mining town near Bakhmut

By Agencies

File: Royal Mail postwoman Leila delivers mail in Balham, London, January 12, 2021. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)

January 11, 2023, 11:17 pm

UK’s Royal Mail hit with ‘cyber incident’ causing international post delays

Company doesn’t specify nature of problem, notes domestic service unaffected by disruptions

By AFP

Illustrative: A child gets examined by a doctor for strep (macniak via iStock by Getty Images)

January 6, 2023, 12:47 pm

Israel on alert for strep A, which has killed 151 in the UK since September

Health Ministry urges doctors to raise awareness of bacteria, which normally causes sore throat and other flu-like symptoms, but can be serious

By Nathan Jeffay

Illustrative: Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade, marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (AFP/STR)

January 3, 2023, 2:53 pm

UK media: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be named terror organization ‘within weeks’

Telegraph says move comes after Tehran allegedly plotted to kidnap and kill British citizens for their supposed involvement in protests in the Islamic Republic

By ToI Staff

In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Osama bin Laden is seen at a news conference in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)

December 30, 2022, 7:19 pm

UK backed ‘whacking’ bin Laden months before 9/11 attacks

Newly released documents show London was aware of the threat posed by the al-Qaeda leader in December 2000

By Agencies and ToI Staff