The inquiry has heard from politicians, civil servants, public health experts and bereaved families.

Charles delivered the King's Speech as part of the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024.

The Scottish government has lost its case in the Supreme Court - so what happens now?

Shamima Begum lost her appeal against the government's decision to remove her British citizenship.

Why a British-Iranian mother was jailed in Tehran - and why she was released.

Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds, the mother of his baby son, at Westminster Cathedral on 29 May 2021 - but what else is known about her?

From lockdown parties at No 10 to renovations of Boris Johnson's flat, questions are being asked.

Boris Johnson's adviser on standards has published his report into how work on the flat was paid for.

The rapid increase in Omicron cases in the UK has led to the alert level being raised.

The Conservative Party is fined for not reporting contributions to the PM's flat properly.

Numbers released ahead of this year's Trans Day of Remembrance show a rise in transgender murders.

A profile of Boris Johnson's former right-hand-man, who has turned into his chief tormentor.

A murder investigation has been launched by police, who are yet to make any arrests.

Ministers have defended the decision to welcome the Hungarian leader to No 10 for post-Brexit talks.

The release of a review of the case was held up after the Home Office cited national security issues.

Michael Portillo heads for leafy Hatch End, where he investigates an illustrator whose work was so popular in the 1920s and 30s that his name entered the English dictionary. William Heath Robinson’s great-nephew talks Michael through some of the mad contraptions the artist used to satirise technology.

Michael’s next stop is Slough, where after World War I, three businessmen established a world first: an out-of-town trading estate with rail connections, power, water and premises. Today, 350 businesses operate from there, and its success has been replicated across the world. Michael meets one long-standing customer, Mars, who have been manufacturing their chocolate bars in Slough since 1932.

Close by, in Stoke Poges, Michael visits a very different 1930s landmark, a unique and beautiful memorial garden comprising woodlands, rockeries and fountains. The Head Gardener enlists Michael’s help to plant a yew tree.

From Slough, Michael makes tracks along the short branch line, which serves two towns, Windsor and Eton Central. At Windsor, Michael surveys the great walls of the castle, chief residence of the British monarch and the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. He looks back at the tumultuous events within those walls, when in 1936, King Edward VIII renounced the throne to marry an American divorcee.

Michael Portillo continues his Bradshaw’s-inspired journey through East Anglia, where he discovers the Essex origins of the BBC, joins the Women’s Land Army to pick damsons at Tiptree, and visits homes fit for heroes in Becontree.

He begins close to Colchester at Abberton Reservoir, a man-made thousand-acre body of freshwater, begun in the year of his guidebook, 1936. He discovers how it was protected during the Second World War by hundreds of mines. It’s now an important wetland habitat for ducks, swans and water birds, and Michael spots a marsh harrier.

In the village of Tiptree, Michael finds out how, as war loomed once again and men were called up to fight, women stepped up to take their places on the farm as part of a revived Women’s Land Army.

From Chelmsford, Michael heads for the chocolate box village of Writtle, where he is surprised to discover Britain’s first regular scheduled radio broadcasting station in a tiny hut. Michael is intrigued by the technology of 1919.

Next stop is Chadwell Heath in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham. A massive building programme after the First World War resulted in what was, at the time, the largest municipal housing estate in the world. Michael learns about the estate from residents past and present.

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An independent primary school in south-east London has closed due to an outbreak of coronavirus.

Oakfield Prep School in Dulwich began sending pupils home on Wednesday after eight Year 6 pupils and two teachers tested positive for coronavirus.

Half of the school, which sits across two separate sites, remained open until Thursday afternoon but has since closed.

The school will re-open on 7 June, following the half-term break.

The Department for Health, Lambeth Council and Public Health England have all been informed.

Deborah Leek-Bailey, Head of Independent Schools at the Education Development Trust which runs Oakfield Prep, said she was "proud of the way" the school had handled the pandemic.

She said: "It is clear to see that they constantly place the needs of the pupils at the core of their decision making. Pupil and staff safety is paramount."

The health secretary denies claims he misled the PM at the start of the pandemic about testing.

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A man has been shot dead in a north London street.

Emergency services had been called to the junction between Turnpike Lane and Willoughby Road in Hornsey shortly after 01:00 over reports of a firearm being shot.

The man, aged in his 20s, was found with a gunshot wound and despite the efforts of paramedics was pronounced dead at the scene at 01:55.

The Met said his next of kin have been informed.

No arrests have been made and crime scene remains in place in the area.