Court fines for fly-tipping must be reviewed as they are lower on average than penalties handed out directly by local authorities, councils have said. It comes after figures showed incidents of illegal waste dumping on public land dealt with by councils in England were up 9% in 2024/25, to a record 1.26 million cases. The […]
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Fifteen activists suspected of planning a mass shoplifting campaign have been arrested, after the group reputedly targeted The Ritz and the Crown Jewels with previous stunts. Police said the group, called Take Back Power, was planning to steal from supermarkets and redistribute the goods. But officers said they arrested them when they gathered for “non-violent
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“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Reportedly relayed to the Mail on Sunday while he was leader of the opposition in 1994, many will now wonder why Tony Blair did not rely on his own words when deciding whether to join the US in the
Twice, the air raid sirens sounded around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon. We were rushed inside as soldiers lay on the floor in body armour. It was over quickly. The British defence secretary, visiting the base at the time, was taken into “a windowless room” just before he was due to dial into
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A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a stabbing at a school in Nottingham. Police said officers were called to Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology (NUAST) in Dunkirk Road at around 1.30pm on Thursday. The 15-year-old was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre with serious injuries. Another 15-year-old boy was arrested at the
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A woman who smuggled an arsenal of “terrifying weapons” and £500,000 worth of heroin into Britain in her Peugeot has been jailed for nine years. Kasha Sanderson was stopped on 24 February last year after arriving in Dover on a ferry from Calais in her Irish-registered Peugeot 3008. Questioned about what she had been doing
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Defence secretary John Healey has twice declined to rule out Britain joining strikes on Iran, when asked by Sky News. He also said he’d had the option of deploying HMS Dragon to the Mediterranean for weeks. Interviewed at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the minister was asked by Sky’s Europe correspondent Ali Bunkall if he could
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Leaking details from a National Security Council (NSC) meeting is “utterly dysfunctional and destructive”, Harriet Harman has said. While there are often briefings out of cabinet and Parliamentary Labour Party meetings, revealing details of top-secret talks held by the NSC “should be a red line”, the former deputy Labour leader said. Her comments on Sky’s
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Shabana Mahmood has defended her plans for forced deportation of children under her new asylum rules. The home secretary has said the government is consulting on precisely how the removal of families with children will work. Politics Live: UK to send more fighter jets to the Middle East Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News
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The son of Labour’s former deputy prime minister John Prescott has joined the Green Party, Sky News can reveal. David Prescott, whose father served alongside Sir Tony Blair for 10 years, joined the Greens in October 2025, a year after his dad died. Politics Hub: Follow the latest In a post on Facebook, Mr Prescott
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