Police have launched a murder investigation after a man in his 20s died following a stabbing in Birmingham. Armed police were called to the scene in Bridge Road, Alum Rock, shortly after noon on Tuesday. A nearby nursery was also locked down. West Midlands Police confirmed on Tuesday evening that it had launched a murder […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has said the government is to look at ways of making the student loans system “fairer”. He made the pledge as he blamed rising loan costs on the Conservatives – after being asked about the issue by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Sir
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Switzerland said it would make a one-off payment of 50,000 Swiss francs (£47,755) to severely injured survivors and bereaved families of the New Year bar fire in Crans-Montana. The blaze killed 41 people and injured 115 more, according to Swiss authorities. The fire appeared to have been started by the use of sparkling candles that
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Sir Keir Starmer has expressed concern after a man with an axe in a bag was arrested at a mosque in Manchester. Police said the suspect, a white man in his 40s, was with another man, a black male, when they entered the property during Ramadan prayers. It happened at the Manchester Central Mosque, in
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Jordan for a two-day visit focused on supporting refugees in the region. The couple began their trip with a roundtable summit discussion hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), with representatives from the United Nations, diplomatic officials and donors. The WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed
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This week has seen the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That’s four years of war and continuous suffering for the people of Ukraine. The ramifications have been felt far and wide and it would appear crass to moan from these shores about higher energy bills since. The link, however, can not be dismissed
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Searches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former Windsor residence in relation to an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office have concluded, police have said. Thames Valley Police (TVP) began searches of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, following the arrest of the former prince at Sandringham on what was his 66th birthday last Thursday. Andrew
Watching President Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska in the centre of Kyiv lead a minute’s silence to honour the tens of thousands of soldiers who have died on the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war was a sobering moment. European prime ministers and dignitaries had come to Maidan Square in Kyiv as an act
Peter Mandelson’s lawyers have said claims he was arrested because he was a flight risk are “baseless”. The former Labour peer was detained on Monday under suspicion of misconduct in public office, and released later the same evening. Sky News understands the Metropolitan Police arrested him because they had been told he was preparing to
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Police failed to execute a warrant to arrest a violent schizophrenic before he went on to kill three people in Nottingham, an inquiry has heard. Valdo Calocane killed University of Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, as well as 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates, and attempted to kill three more people in the