Wes Streeting says he has “nothing to hide” over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case. The messages seen by Sky News include the health secretary admitting he fears he is “toast at the next election,” that he thinks the government […]
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Sir Keir Starmer’s director of communications has stepped down the day after the prime minister’s most senior aide quit. Tim Allan, a former adviser to Sir Tony Blair, had only started at No 10 in September in a bid to steady the ship. He is Sir Keir’s fourth head of communications since Labour won the
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El Paso International Airport in Texas has been ordered to halt all flights for the next 10 days. The restriction has been imposed for “special security reasons” according to a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) on the website of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The notice designates the skies around the airport as an “NTL
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Prosecutors in France have been unable to tell which of a pair of identical twins on trial for murder pulled the trigger in a fatal shooting, because DNA found on a gun is a match to them both. Identified in reports as 33-year-old brothers Samuel and Jeremy Y, the pair are suspected of being involved
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Yes, the wedding ceremony during Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl half-time show – the first where a headliner performed entirely in Spanish – was genuine. About five minutes into the Puerto Rican artist‘s 13-minute performance at Levi’s Stadium in California, cameras panned to a couple’s wedding ceremony. “I declare you husband and wife, you can
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More than 50 people have died, or are missing, after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya, according to reports. The vessel overturned north of Zuwara on 6 February, with only two rescued from the 53 on board, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in a statement. The two survivors, both Nigerian
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One of Scotland’s last surviving D-Day veterans has died aged 100. Albert Lamond, who was born in Glasgow, was just 18 when he took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, serving as a signalman aboard HMS Rowley. He also served in the Pacific in the lead-up to VJ Day on
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If you’ve ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week, we chat to Madison Godfrey, an automotive technician at the Steer Group. Apprentices, which is where I began
All 29-year-old French citizens are to be encouraged by their government to have babies while they still can. Health officials say the aim is to avoid these men and women facing fertility problems later on and thinking “if only I had known”. The strategy is one part of a 16-point-plan to boost the fertility rate
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A technology business which provides a wide range of services to the insurance industry will this week announce a major funding injection jointly led by one of the co-founders of Zilch, the leading British fintech. Sky News understands that ManageMy, which helps insurers sell, service, underwrite and manage policies, will say it has landed $45m
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