内容摘要：It spends nearly two fifths of its time dealing with people in mental health crises and just a quarter focusing on crime, Ms Crew added.

It spends nearly two fifths of its time dealing with people in mental health crises and just a quarter focusing on crime, Ms Crew added.

King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and their three children watched the military parade at the Queen Victoria Memorial. Afterwards, the royals went to the Buckingham Palace balcony to greet the crowds gathered on the Mall and watch the military flypast.The Royal Family also hosted a tea party for war veterans, their families and other members of the wartime generation in the palace gardens.

The 2025 VE Day commemorations are the first to take place without any of the royals who appeared on the balcony 80 years ago. In 1945, large crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace to catch a glimpse of King George VI, the Queen Mother, a young Queen Elizabeth II, and Princess Margaret.On Monday, HMS Belfast hosted a private VE Day 80 anniversary event, followed by an "after-hours party" with drinks, music and special guests. The famous ship, now parked next to Tower Bridge, is the most significant surviving WW2 warship. It fired some of the opening shots on D-Day in 1944 and protected Arctic convoys during the war.Street parties have also taken place up and down the country, with local communities encouraged to organise their own get-togethers to echo the celebrations from 80 years ago. Councils hosted events and some waived their usual road closure fee. Check your local council website to see what festivities are taking place in your area.

On Tuesday, the Tower of London opened an art installation of 30,000 ceramic poppies to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The flowers originally featured in, an artwork created to mark the centenary of WW1 and included 888,246 poppies at the castle.

Royal Historic Palaces (RHP) said the new installation of poppies "will pour across the lawn overlooked by the ancient White Tower, where the blood-red flowers will form a crater, with ripples flowing outwards".

Visitors can see the poppies as part of a general admission ticket to the Tower of London, although a small part will be visible from the public footpath. The exhibition runs until Armistice Day on 11 November.There are a few elements at play when it comes to this announcement.

For one thing, Anas Sarwar has always said he's uncomfortable with the UK Labour government's criteria around who gets a winter fuel payment. He thinks it's too restrictive.Also, after Keir Starmer's rough start upon entering Downing Street, he's perhaps made the calculation that a bit of distance between him and UK Labour is no bad thing.

Indeed, in a huddle with press this morning, Sarwar was keen to stress areas where he's taken a different approach (such as joining workers on picket lines).Remember the context here: there's a Holyrood election in 2026, and Scottish Labour won't want to be associated with any UK Labour unpopularity around that time.