Lord Mandelson would have been subject to a “thorough” and “intimate” vetting process before he was appointed UK ambassador to the US, a former head of MI6 has said. Sir Richard Moore, who left his post last September, told Sky News’ lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim he had not been part of the process, […]
An Afghan asylum seeker has been found guilty of abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Warwickshire. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, “targeted” the child after spotting her in a park in Nuneaton last July, prosecutors said. The attack sparked protests in the town, with demonstrators holding St George’s Cross flags and Union flags as they marched
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A 23-year-old British woman who was shot dead by her father had argued with him about Donald Trump earlier that day, an inquest has heard. Lucy Harrison, a fashion buyer from Warrington, Cheshire, was staying with her father, Kris Harrison, and his family at their home in Prosper, Texas, in January last year. Ms Harrison’s
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A drug dealer who rigged his house with booby-traps after being inspired by the Christmas classic Home Alone has been jailed for seven years. Ian Claughton used tripwires and home-made pipe bombs to protect his drugs business from would-be intruders. Around 100 homes in Grimethorpe, a former pit village in South Yorkshire, had to be
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An overwhelming majority of people think the King should encourage Andrew to give evidence, according to a YouGov poll for Sky News. When asked, 82% of respondents said King Charles should encourage his brother to give evidence to police in the US, while only 6% thought he should not encourage him. The poll was carried
The jewellery tycoon, alleged to have orchestrated a £170m scam which defrauded a legion of wealthy investors, will be declared bankrupt if a bid by his former company’s liquidators is successful. Sky News has learnt that insolvency practitioners in charge of probing the demise of Vashi, a luxury diamond jeweller which had shops in some
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A turkey butcher who killed her girlfriend and cut her in half before burying her in a garden has been found guilty of murder. Anna Podedworna, from Poland, killed Izabela Zablocka with a horse figurine before trussing her up “like a chicken” with electrical tape and burying her remains wrapped in bin bags in a
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Instagram and YouTube have been accused of “engineer[ing] addiction in children’s brains”, in the opening statements of a landmark social media trial taking place in LA. Mark Lanier, representing plaintiffs who accuse social media companies of developing harmful and addictive platforms, described the case as being “as easy as ABC”, which he said stands for
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US singer Chappell Roan has announced she is leaving her talent agency, after emails between its founder and Ghislaine Maxwell were featured in the Epstein files. The Grammy-winning star shared a statement on social media announcing her departure from Wasserman, led by Casey Wasserman, saying she holds her teams “to the highest standards” and has