A teenager who was inspired by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced after he planned an attack on an Oasis concert. McKenzie Morgan, from the village of Llanfrechfa near Cwmbran in South Wales, can be named for the first time after he turned 18. He has been detained for 14 months after admitting at […]
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Actor Timothy Busfield, who starred in the hit shows The West Wing and Thirtysomething, has been charged with child sex abuse. The Emmy Award-winning actor, 68, made his first court appearance on Wednesday over allegations he sexually abused two boys on the set of a television series. Busfield appeared remotely via a video link from
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Even though it’s high summer in the Antarctic, the ocean around the Rothera research station is -1 Celsius. As some of the most productive oceans on the planet – a soup of microscopic plant and animal plankton – it’s murky to boot. Not everyone’s idea of the perfect scuba spot. But the divers I’m with
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Two people have died in a house fire in north London. Fire crews were called to a blaze on the ground floor of a semi-detached property on Albemarle Road in Barnet shortly before 1.45am on Friday. A man and woman, both aged 90, were removed from the house in London‘s north by firefighters but died
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“I’d rather not do this. I’d rather I was left to grieve, but I’m stuck in a tunnel and I can’t get out.” Warning: This story contains descriptions of parents finding their children unresponsive that some readers may find upsetting. Liam Walsh’s daughter Maia died three years ago. She was 13 when she was found
Over a third of the local councils offered a delay to their elections in May have requested one, Sky News analysis shows. Twenty-four councils have confirmed to Sky News they have written to the government asking their local elections be postponed by a year, citing the resources needed to deliver the local government reorganisation (LGR)
Labour MPs expect a “politically inept” U-turn from the government on banning social media for under-16s amid Conservative plans to force a vote on the issue. Dozens of Labour MPs are pushing ministers to adopt an Australia-style ban, Sky News has been told. Politics Live: Sacked Tory defector Robert Jenrick speaks at Reform event Many
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Donald Trump has been presented with a Nobel Peace Prize medal by Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, who won the award last year. Speaking to reporters outside the US Capitol after her meeting with the president, Ms Machado said she gave the medal to Trump. She told Sky’s US correspondent James
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A former chief executive of the Countess of Chester NHS Trust, where Lucy Letby worked, has been awarded £1.4m in damages. Dr Susan Gilby took her case for unfair dismissal to an employment tribunal after she was suspended in December 2022. In February 2025, the tribunal ruled that Dr Gilby had been forced out of
Bobi Wine’s house is heavily surveilled. Motorbikes whiz back and forth in the street in front of his gate with a trained curiosity before a large riot truck full of masked police officers fills the narrow road. The relentless monitoring gives way to calm as we enter his high-walled home. I walked down the same
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