A reward of up to £20,000 has been offered for information in the hunt for a killer who shot a young father dead in “cold blood”. Jordan Gray, 26, was killed at his home in Shields Court, in the town of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, on Sunday 14 December. His body was discovered the following day. […]
A community action group in Tunbridge Wells is demanding the “immediate” sacking of South East Water’s chief executive after weeks of outages which have left tens of thousands of customers without water. Sky News has seen a letter from Dry Wells Action, which was formed by residents and businesses in the Kent town, to Chris
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The price of gold has surged past the record $5,000 per ounce level and shows little sign of easing back as investors continue to seek shelter from uncertainties connected to Donald Trump. The commodity – a traditional safe haven for investors in troubled times – has been in high demand during the US president’s second
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In a bombshell announcement, China’s Ministry of Defence has said it is investigating General Zhang Youxia, China’s most senior general and a man who was second only to Xi Jinping himself on China’s top military decision-making body. His removal marks the most senior scalp taken in a spate of high-level military purges, and it’s sparked
Shabana Mahmood will set out her overhaul of policing today, aiming to tackle “unpunished” everyday crime and get officers from their desks to the streets. The home secretary is expected to make a statement to MPs this afternoon on her proposals, including the previously announced creation of a new National Police Service (NPS) to tackle
The body of a man who disappeared during a Christmas Day swim in Devon is believed to have been found. It is thought to be Matthew Upham, one of two men who went missing at Budleigh Salterton last month. Formal identification hasn’t yet taken place, but Devon and Cornwall Police said the family of a
A new mural warning the US not to launch a military strike on Iran has been unveiled in a square in central Tehran. The painted image features damaged planes on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier with the slogan: “If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind,” in Farsi and English. The
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I feel like I’ve seen this horror movie before. Having grown up in Northern Ireland and reported from there for 30 years, reporting the United States now triggers déjà vu. Minnesota is not Belfast and the United States is not Northern Ireland in 1972, but history does not need to repeat itself exactly to rhyme.
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Andy Burnham has said he is “disappointed” after Labour’s governing body blocked him from standing as an MP at the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Mr Burnham formally requested permission on Saturday to stand for the contest. As mayor of Greater Manchester, he needed approval to contest a different political election. Mr Burnham’s return to
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It has been a frenzied 48 hours of Labour leadership speculation after Andy Burnham tried to throw his hat in the ring for a return to parliament. On Sunday, Starmer’s allies emphatically tried to shut that down, as the NEC’s panel voted 8-1 to block the Manchester mayor’s bid. Only the deputy Labour leader and