The first flight chartered by the UK government for Britons seeking to leave the Middle East amid the widening Iran war did not take off, Sky News understands. The plane was due to depart the Omani capital of Muscat at 11pm local time (7pm UK time) on Wednesday. Follow live updates on the Middle East […]
A Labour MP whose husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China has said she’s “never seen anything” to make her suspect him of breaking the law. Joani Reid, who was elected in East Kilbride and Strathaven at the last general election, issued a statement after the Metropolitan Police announced three arrests on Wednesday.
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People on obesity jabs will regain the majority of the weight they lose within a year of stopping the drugs, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Cambridge found that after stopping the jabs for 52 weeks, on average people had regained 60% of the weight they lost. They warned that if the
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Sky News has won news channel of the year and Yousra Elbagir has been named television journalist of the year at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards. Yalda Hakim, who hosts international news show The World With Yalda Hakim, won presenter of the year, home news correspondent Mollie Malone was named emerging talent of the
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A nine-year-old boy suffered “fatal physical harm” after he was operated on by a suspended surgeon at Addenbrooke’s hospital. Jack Moate died two months after Kuldeep Stohr performed surgery on him in 2015. Jack suffered “significant blood loss” during the operation and was left in continuous pain. His mother, Elizabeth Moate said: “They sent my
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Nothing puts the so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the United States under strain like the Americans going to war. At Prime Minister’s Questions, after Donald Trump’s “no Churchill” jibe, Sir Keir Starmer insisted the relationship was still alive and well. He was challenged by a Conservative MP, Gareth Bacon, on whether his “dithering”
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Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) has lost its latest bid to stop housing asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel in Epping. The council wanted to appeal a High Court ruling in November that asylum seekers can continue to be housed at the Essex hotel. But on Friday, two Court of Appeal judges said the appeal
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Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane repeatedly hit a police officer in the face less than two years before his deadly knife attacks, an inquiry has heard. He had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was being detained by medics when he punched, headbutted and swung handcuffs at Nottinghamshire Police Constable Barnaby Pritchard, causing swelling to
The 7am wake-up call on Stanley Road in Liverpool came courtesy of the screech of a police angle-grinder and a shower of sparks. As officers cut their way through a heavy metal gate, sleepy faces peered from behind curtains in neighbouring houses. When the gate finally gave way, dozens of officers swarmed through and began
Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended sentence by a Greek court over an incident on the island of Mykonos in August 2020. The Manchester United centre-back faced allegations of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery. He was convicted on all three counts. Maguire has always denied any wrongdoing and Sky Sports News
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