Donald Turrell, 100, Dorothea Barron, 100, and Eugeniusz Niedzielski, 101, are set to travel to Scotland in August.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander would not directly rule out tax rises in the next budget as she toured the broadcast studios on Sunday morning.

The Duchess of Edinburgh said it was “emotional” to assume her title, as it had previously been held by the late Queen.

Part of a shop building and a row of garages have been destroyed after a fire raged for hours in Brent. London Fire Brigade (LFB) responded to the blaze in Church Lane at around 2.45pm yesterday ...