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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

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

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

A teenage boy who murdered 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross by stabbing him in the stomach in a random attack has been detained for a minimum of 13 years. The 15-year-old, who was 14 at the time of the attack and cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to murder at a hearing in