This week has seen the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That’s four years of war and continuous suffering for the people of Ukraine. The ramifications have been felt far and wide and it would appear crass to moan from these shores about higher energy bills since. The link, however, can not be dismissed […]
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Searches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former Windsor residence in relation to an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office have concluded, police have said. Thames Valley Police (TVP) began searches of Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, following the arrest of the former prince at Sandringham on what was his 66th birthday last Thursday. Andrew
Watching President Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska in the centre of Kyiv lead a minute’s silence to honour the tens of thousands of soldiers who have died on the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war was a sobering moment. European prime ministers and dignitaries had come to Maidan Square in Kyiv as an act
Peter Mandelson’s lawyers have said claims he was arrested because he was a flight risk are “baseless”. The former Labour peer was detained on Monday under suspicion of misconduct in public office, and released later the same evening. Sky News understands the Metropolitan Police arrested him because they had been told he was preparing to
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Police failed to execute a warrant to arrest a violent schizophrenic before he went on to kill three people in Nottingham, an inquiry has heard. Valdo Calocane killed University of Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, as well as 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates, and attempted to kill three more people in the
It’s hard to believe the London Borough of Brent was once covered in even more rubbish than it is now. Although the gleaming arch of Wembley Stadium is sometimes just a few steps away, its residential streets are a patchwork of filth. Whether it’s a sea of bottles right by the very sign for the
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Two British cousins have been arrested and charged with attempted murder over a stabbing on Valentine’s Day in Venice. Italian police said the men, aged 19 and 21, had been charged with stabbing a 22-year-old local man in the neck on the even of 14 February at a bar in the city’s historic centre. The
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Almost all NHS trusts are missing a major cancer target – with some of the worst performers seeing only about half of patients on time, data shows. Figures analysed by the Press Association (PA) for 2025 show a wide variation among trusts in England, with some patients experiencing waits of more than 104 days. The
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In the English Channel, less than two hours by fishing boat from Dover, some of the most potent weapons in Russia’s war on Ukraine are hiding in plain sight. On a misty February morning midway between Britain and France, we watch tankers carrying Russian oil worth around $100m (£74.1m) cruise past in defiance of Western
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A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl outside her mother’s embroidery shop has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years. Deividas Skebas, 26, stabbed Lilia Valutyte in the heart as she played with a hula hoop in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 28 July 2022. Skebas, a Lithuanian who has schizophrenia and told police he was