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    The young royal romanced Chelsy on and off between 2004 to 2010, before moving on to his next longtime partner Cressida Bonas. However since they split last year, it's been rumoured Harry and Chelsy have got close once again. And after the 30-year-old declared last week that it would be great to have a significant other, it seems Chelsy is keen to give things another go. "Chelsy has always been the one for Harry. They might have been apart for a while, but they're a natural match and they've enjoyed seeing each other again. They're back on and seeing what happens," a source told British magazine Grazia. "The ball is very much in Chelsy's court. She knows what life with him entails, but they've been through so much together. Announcing that he is ready to settle down pu...

    Fatlum Shalaku, 20, of Ladbroke Grove, was involved in strikes on government buildings in Ramadi, while his older brother Flamur, 23, is said to have died on an Iraqi battlefield in March, The Sunday Times reported. Before joining Isis, the pair attended Holland Park School, once renowned for being the place where Labour politicians Tony Benn and Anthony Crosland sent their children. Its more recent alumni include Mohammed Nasser, 21, and Hamzah Parvez, 22, who appeared in a propaganda video last year urging British Muslims to “come to the land of jihad”. Two other former Holland Park students, Mohammed al-Araj, 23, and Nassim Terreri, 25, are also thought to have been killed in Syria. Colin Hall, the headmaster, has said in the past the school has “a very strong line ...

    Labour has dropped its opposition to a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. Before his General Election defeat, Ed Miliband, as party leader, had refused to hold an in/out vote amid concerns it would damage the UK economy because of the uncertainty it would create. But the party's acting leader, Harriet Harman, and shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, now say Labour believes people want to have a say on Britain's relationship with Brussels. It means the opposition will give the green light to the Conservatives' planned referendum bill for a nationwide vote before the end of 2017. In an article for The Sunday Times, the pair wrote: "We have now had a general election and reflected on the conversations we had on doorsteps throughout the country. "...

    The day that Britain resigned as a global power On Monday, the Right Honorable David Cameron, Prime Minister of Great Britain, gave his first major speech after being reelected to his high office — once held by Pitt, Gladstone, Disraeli, Lloyd George, Churchill and Thatcher. Confronting a world of challenges — including Greece’s possible exit from the euro, a massive migration crisis on Europe’s shores, Ukraine’s perilous state, Russia’s continued intransigence, the advance of the Islamic State and the continuing chaos in the Middle East — Cameron chose to talk about . . . a plan to ensure that hospitals in the United Kingdom will be better staffed on weekends. Okay, that’s a bit unfair. Leaders everywhere, including in the United States, understand that “all politics ...

    A large part of the election fall out has been on whether Labour was too left-wing or perhaps not left-wing enough. As the party is in the process of choosing its next leader, YouGov (here’s why we should still trust their research, according to them) have taken a look at how left- or right-wing the electorate is. Perhaps a reflection of the general election result - where the Conservative party won a slim majority - there is a slight right-of-centre weighting to the chart of where people identify themselves. As for what Labour should do next, well that’s not exactly clear - although YouGov’s Peter Kellner does point out that the leaders of previous elections who were deemed to have strayed too far from the centre (Kinnock, Hague, Howard and Miliband) all lost while th...

    The Queen congratulated Prince Harry on his work for an African charity as she toured a garden inspired by the organisation at the Chelsea Flower Show. It was a family affair at the world-renowned horticultural show as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were joined by the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry as they toured the displays. Fresh from his tour in Australia and New Zealand, Harry was reunited with his father and grandmother at Chelsea, greeting each with a kiss on the cheek. The family toured a garden created for Sentebale, a charity founded by the prince which helps vulnerable children in the small southern African country of Lesotho. The Queen said well done to Harry, who took a keen interest in the garden's design. Philip Green, chairman of Sentebale, said: "...

    The average price of property in London will hit £1 million by 2030, according to new research by Oxford Economics. Massive growth in the population from 8.5 million today to 11 million in 2036, coupled with a failure to buildenough houses, will mean property is pushed well beyond the reach of ordinary workers in the city. It warned that even factoring only modest wage growth in London - and assuming London prices keep pace with earnings rather than growing faster - average prices would still double in 15 years. It said: "If that happens alongside an increasing divergence between those with high and low incomes, then it will mean affordability problems for people on low incomes." Soaring prices London prices have been stagnating in recent months, and in some places hav...

    David Cameron has confirmed he will consider beefing up the new bill to give Scotland greater tax and welfare powers after Nicola Sturgeon complained the draft legislation failed to meet pledges on extra welfare powers made in the Smith commission. Speaking after his first post-election meeting with the first minister in Edinburgh on Friday morning the prime minister said he would look again at the welfare powers after putting the Smith commission bill in his first Queen’s speech later this month. Scottish parties are annoyed the draft bill fails to implement the Smith agreement proposal for Holyrood to introduce its own benefits or top up existing benefits. On Thursday, Holyrood’s devolution bill committee said the UK’s draft legislation failed to live up to the “the spi...

    Mr Thomas, who has been MP for Harrow West since 1997, told the capital’s Evening Standard newspaper that London was practically a “city state” and that it needed more powers to govern itself. “I’m keen to push more devolution of power to London and, crucially, to Londoners. We’re at a point now where the UK is no longer just a union of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, but actually a union with the city state of London,” he told the newspaper. He said London was the source of most of the UK’s wealth and that its citizens deserved more of the fruits of the city’s labour. Mr Thomas held a string of ministerial jobs under the last Labour government at the department for international development and the business department. He has served in the shadow cabinet th...

    Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has withdrawn from the Labour party leadership contest. The 36-year-old, considered by many to be a front-runner in the race to succeed Ed Miliband, said he was not comfortable with the "added level of pressure that comes with being a leadership candidate". He said in a statement: "Shortly before the election campaign, I made the decision, in the event that Labour was defeated and a new Leader was to be elected, to stand for the leadership of the party if there was a desire in the party for me to do so. "I dearly hoped Labour would win the election and it was a decision I would not have to implement. "I also thought I understood the scrutiny and attention a leadership contest would bring. "As a member of the Shadow Cabinet, I am used...