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Patients were caught up in a mould and dirty water incident inside a cancer ward at one of Britain’s biggest hospitals, Sky News can reveal – days after our investigation uncovered fresh environmental risks. NHS chiefs have admitted that some patients had to be clinically investigated following the incident at Glasgow’s £1bn Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. However, […]

Kemi Badenoch claims Labour is “nothing like the patriotic party of yesteryear” and “playing student politics” over the Iran war. In a speech at the Conservative spring conference in Harrogate today, the Tory leader will accuse the prime minister of “sitting on the fence” while the rest of the world rearms. “I never thought I

The UK’s ambassador to Israel alerted London weeks in advance that an attack on Iran by US and Israeli forces was highly likely, a former diplomat at the embassy has revealed. Ameer Kotecha, who quit the foreign office this week and had been based in Tel Aviv until last month, told Sky News he believed

Russian intelligence is suspected of being behind several “self-igniting” parcel fires around Europe, including one in Birmingham. The Metropolitan Police said an investigation involving multiple countries was ongoing after “several fires involving cargo”. The fire at a DHL depot in Birmingham in July 2024 has been linked to other incidents on the continent. A 38-year-old

Three women have been interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan Police over suspicions of enabling Mohamed al Fayed’s abuse. Officers questioned the women, in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, on suspicion of the following offences: Aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault; assisting the commission of sexual offences, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation. The

A man who killed his ex-partner’s sister and her three children in a house fire has been sentenced to life in prison. Sharaz Ali was given a whole life order, which means he will never be released. Ali, 40, was found guilty in December of murdering Bryonie Gawith, 29, and the children, Denisty Birtle, nine,

A man has been jailed for eight years after crashing a van into gates near a London university campus and killing a student. Christopher Jackson, 27, from Southampton, previously admitted causing Aalia Mahomed’s death by dangerous driving on 18 March last year. The Old Bailey was told the 20-year-old student – who was in her