Families whose children attended the nursery at which paedophile Vincent Chan worked are set to meet the education secretary to demand reforms to safeguarding. Chan was jailed for 18 years last month after admitting 56 sexual offences in a campaign of sexual abuse dubbed “every parent’s worst nightmare”. Now, relatives of children who attended Bright […]
Rapper Ghetts has been jailed for 12 years after killing a Nepalese student in a hit-and-run collision. The grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW struck 20-year-old Yubin Tamang last October. Clarke-Samuel, 41, had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in Ilford, northeast London. Mr Tamang,
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Rachel Reeves will insist she has “the right economic plan for our country” and that “working people are better off” thanks to Labour when she delivers her spring forecast to the Commons today. Addressing MPs, the chancellor will set out the need to ensure “stability in public finances”, as the world becomes “yet more uncertain”,
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Nearly 500 jobs are expected to be lost when craft beer giant BrewDog is taken over by an American cannabis firm. One MP has branded the move “disastrous” for workers, while crowdfund investors look set to be left empty handed. Tilray Brands, which produces medicinal cannabis and craft beer in the US, has acquired the
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The expansion of Donald Trump’s war against Iran to a British base in Cyprus is a nightmare for the UK, which lacks adequate air defences and only has a limited capacity to fight back. Sir Keir Starmer talks reassuringly about how his military has bolstered its forces in the Middle East, including with the deployment
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A man has been found guilty of murdering a Saudi Arabian student in an unprovoked attack in Cambridge. Chas Corrigan, 22, knifed Mohammed Algasim, 20, outside student accommodation near the city’s train station late on 1 August, last year. Mr Algasim, who had never met Corrigan before, was stabbed in the neck in an “unprovoked
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British tourists in Doha and Dubai have spoken to Sky News of their experience of being stranded during the conflict in Iran. Flight operations remained largely suspended for a third day, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded as aviation faced its biggest test since the COVID-19 pandemic. Iran latest: Follow live updates The war
Oil and gas prices have seen dramatic lifts as financial markets give their first reaction to the war in the Middle East. Global stock markets were down across the board but some sectors, such as energy and defence, helped limit losses. Brent crude oil rose by as much as 13% to $82 per barrel at
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “stands by” his decision not to join in with the strikes on Iran carried out by the United States and Israel. The UK leader was speaking in the House of Commons, as he updated MPs and the public on the latest situation in the Middle East. Sir Keir restated that
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Police investigations into the Epstein files send the “right message” that “no one is above the law”, the Metropolitan Police commissioner has told Sky News. In a wide-ranging interview about violence against women and girls (VAWG) marking five years since the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer, Sir Mark Rowley said “it helps
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