Over a third of the local councils offered a delay to their elections in May have requested one, Sky News analysis shows. Twenty-four councils have confirmed to Sky News they have written to the government asking their local elections be postponed by a year, citing the resources needed to deliver the local government reorganisation (LGR) […]
“I’d rather not do this. I’d rather I was left to grieve, but I’m stuck in a tunnel and I can’t get out.” Warning: This story contains descriptions of parents finding their children unresponsive that some readers may find upsetting. Liam Walsh’s daughter Maia died three years ago. She was 13 when she was found
Two people have died in a house fire in north London. Fire crews were called to a blaze on the ground floor of a semi-detached property on Albemarle Road in Barnet shortly before 1.45am on Friday. A man and woman, both aged 90, were removed from the house in London‘s north by firefighters but died
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Donald Trump has been presented with a Nobel Peace Prize medal by Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, who won the award last year. Speaking to reporters outside the US Capitol after her meeting with the president, Ms Machado said she gave the medal to Trump. She told Sky’s US correspondent James
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A former chief executive of the Countess of Chester NHS Trust, where Lucy Letby worked, has been awarded £1.4m in damages. Dr Susan Gilby took her case for unfair dismissal to an employment tribunal after she was suspended in December 2022. In February 2025, the tribunal ruled that Dr Gilby had been forced out of
Bobi Wine’s house is heavily surveilled. Motorbikes whiz back and forth in the street in front of his gate with a trained curiosity before a large riot truck full of masked police officers fills the narrow road. The relentless monitoring gives way to calm as we enter his high-walled home. I walked down the same
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A 16-year-old has admitted killing a man he believed was a paedophile after allegedly luring him to a beach in a premeditated attack. Alexander Cashford, 49, died in Leysdown-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey after being chased by three teenagers, a trial has heard. The 16-year-old boy denies murder but on Thursday pleaded guilty to
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A Sky correspondent has been caught up in tear gas fired by masked immigration officers as they clashed with a group of protesters in Minneapolis. Demonstrations have persisted against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the US city, a week after an agent fatally shot a woman. Protesters were angered by another incident on Wednesday
Former senior Tory Robert Jenrick has defected to Reform UK after being sacked by Kemi Badenoch. The ex-Conservative leadership hopeful was dramatically ousted as shadow justice secretary and suspended from the Tory party on Thursday morning. Politics latest: Jenrick reveals why he defected There was instant speculation Mr Jenrick was defecting to Reform, but he
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Police have launched a murder investigation after a 68-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a Hampshire village home. Officers were called to the address off the B3046 in Cheriton at 10.31am on 9 January, where they found Gilly Livie seriously injured. Despite the best efforts of attending officers and ambulance workers, she was pronounced
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