Timeline of what’s next for Liz Truss as Queen to take executive power for an hour

Liz Truss due to give first address as prime minister at 4pm on Tuesday

Major health warning issued as disruption including travel chaos and power cuts likely

31-year-old Briton Edward Pettifer died in the New Orleans attack on New Year’s Day

Reform UK leader heaps praise on tech billionaire Musk, but says Robinson not what his party needs

President-elect reportedly obsessed over birds being killed by wind turbines and complimented Prince William’s ‘modern’ beard on call with PM

Nigel Farage heaped praise on Elon Musk but distanced himself from the Tesla tycoon’s calls for Tommy Robinson to be released from jail

Major health warning issued as freezing temperatures expected across country over weekend

Ahead of a new BBC documentary series recounting the tragedy, here’s an account of how London’s day of terror unfolded

Cristopher de Carvalho Guedes, aged 26, died in hospital after the crash in Enfield in October 2023

Giorgia Meloni, known for her hardline views on immigration, came to power in October 2022

The sharks can grow up to six metres in length and weigh up to 340kg

Patients with symptoms of cancer, heart failure and bowel conditions will no longer have to wait to see a consultant first under Labour reform

Labour government facing pressure over its response to grooming gangs

The new year brings growing debate over Britain’s future, with concerns from readers focused on the economy, public services, and leadership

Up to 40cm snow to blanket parts of England amid warnings of snow drifts and freezing rain

Animal charity says pets die needlessly every year from spills and leaks

Swipe comes during a row between Elon Musk and the prime minister over grooming gangs

Ex-MP attacks Tories saying the party of Churchill and Thatcher ‘has transformed into something unrecognisable’ in another blow to new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch weeks after former minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns crossed the floor

Suspect seen waving at doorbell camera in chilling footage

A yellow warning for snow and ice, which covers most of England and Wales, is in place from lunchtime on Saturday until 9am on Monday.

Wes Streeting offered an olive branch to Elon Musk following his attacks on the UK government after Labour rejected a call for a national inquiry into child grooming.

Trump’s social media swipe comes amid a row between Elon Musk and Sir Keir Starmer in what has become a turbulent week for relations with the incoming US administration

Most of the economists surveyed expected a low rate of economic growth this year

Police discovered hard drives containing thousands of songs in Skylar Dalziel’s home, including unreleased tracks from Coldplay

It comes as a group of economists has warned that the Treasury is likely to raise taxes even further this year

Kate Garraway grilled Wes Streeting about her care debts on the anniversary of her husband Derek Draper’s death on Friday, 3 January.

Health secretary Wes Streeting’s move ‘long overdue’ but will not substantially benefit older people for up to another decade as he is warned the sector is ‘on its last legs’

Most of England, Wales and southern Scotland to see snowfall in first weekend of 2025

Mystery surrounds how the newly engaged couple met their deaths in Vietnam

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