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  By James Gregory BBC News Comedian Sir Billy Connolly has had a "couple of serious falls" after his balance deteriorated due to Parkinson's, his wife has said. Pamela Stephenson said her husband's balance issue was the "most significant" symptom of the disease since his diagnosis 10 years ago. Sir Billy, 80, said it had "added to the list of things that hold me back". The Scottish comic and his wife spoke about his life with the progressive disease for an  article in the Guardian. "Recently I've noticed a deterioration in my balance," Sir Billy told the newspaper. "That was never such a problem before, but in the last year that has come and it has stayed. "For some reason, I thought it would go away because a lot of the symptoms have come and gone away." Sir Billy was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013 - on the same day he found out he had prostate cancer, which he later received the all clear on. He retir...

  Buckingham Palace released King Charles’ coronation invitation on Tuesday, in which his wife was titled Queen Camilla for the first time. The intricate invitation, which is printed on recycled card and includes an illustrated border of wild flowers and the Green Man from British folklore, was headed with the text: “The coronation of their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.” Camilla took on the title of Queen Consort following the death of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband’s accession to the throne. “It made sense to refer to Her Majesty as the Queen Consort in the early months of His Majesty’s reign, to distinguish from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” a royal source quoted by PA Media explained. “‘Queen Camilla’ is the appropriate title to set against ‘King Charles’ on the invitation,” the royal source added. “The coronation is an appropriate time to start using ‘Queen Camilla’ in an official capacity. All former Queen Consorts have been known as ‘Queen’ plus their f...

  An online portal has opened to help 900,000 more households across England, Scotland and Wales to access the £400 support from the Government to help with energy bills. Households without a direct relationship to an electricity supplier, such as those living in park homes and care homes, can now apply on the online portal to receive the support as a one-off, non-repayable lump sum under the “alternative funding” route of the Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS AF). A dedicated customer helpline is available to assist eligible customers without online access. The payment will be paid directly into people’s bank accounts. The exact date that an eligible household will receive support will depend on when the application is made and when the payment can be processed by the relevant local authority. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said more than £7.2 billion has been provided so far to 97% of households across England, Scotland and Wales t...

  Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Party, APC is leading in Seven of Eight Local Government Areas in Saturday’s presidential election results were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission Lagos State Collation Centre on Sunday. However, the former governor lost his Local Government, Ikeja to Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Election results have continued to filter in from some states as INEC declared Tinubu, the winner in Ekiti. See the results below: Ikorodu: APC-50,353 LP-28,951 PDP-4,508 NNPP-400 Ikeja LGA: APC-21,276, LP-30,004 PDP-2280 NNPP- 337 Badagry: APC:31,903 LP- 10,956 PDP- 6024 Agege: APC- 29,568 LP-13,270 PDP-4,498 NNPP- 1,513 Lagos Mainland: APC-20,030 LP-18,698 PDP-3,005 NNPP-257 EPE- APC- 19,867 LP- 3,497 PDP- 5,221 NNPP-76 Lagos Island: APC- 27,760 LP- 3,058 PDP- 2,521 NNPP- 79 Ibeju-Lekki APC- 14,685 LP- 10,410 PDP-2,329 NNPP- 104