Reform UK and the Green Party are eyeing victory in 2026’s first parliamentary by-election, as Sir Keir Starmer faces internal revolt over the decision to block Andy Burnham from standing for Labour. The Gorton and Denton by-election is to take place on 26 February. Politics Hub: Follow the latest It was called after suspended Labour […]
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The number of people living in “very deep poverty” in the UK is at the highest level in more than 30 years, a charity has warned. In its latest report, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said data up to the end of the 2023/24 financial year shows more than one in five people in the
“It’s like starting life again,” says Wayne Birkett, who suffered life-changing injuries in a killing spree which left three people stabbed to death. “I’ve had to learn to read and write and use a phone.” Now, he’s decided to speak out as a public inquiry approaches. “Someone’s got to take the blame for this man
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The British operations of Claire’s, the accessories retailer, have collapsed into administration just four months after their last brush with insolvency, putting more than 1,000 high street jobs at risk. Sky News understands that insolvency practitioners from Kroll were formally appointed as administrators to Claire’s UK and Ireland earlier on Monday. It comes three weeks
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The UK has lost its measles elimination status from the World Health Organisation (WHO) after vaccination coverage plateaued and cases surged. From 2021 to 2023, the country was considered to have “eliminated” the disease, but global health officials say measles transmission was re-established in the UK in 2024. Vaccination coverage has flatlined in recent years,
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AI and robotics are to be used to help detect lung cancer in a “trailblazing” scheme that experts are calling “a glimpse of the future of cancer detection”. It comes alongside NHS plans to expand lung cancer screening, with all eligible people invited for their first check by 2030. In addition, AI software will be
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A former prison officer who had a sexual relationship with an inmate has been jailed for three years. Alicia Novas, 20, was an officer at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and had “failed to consider the seriousness” of her actions. Judge Rebecca Crane said two videos of Novas “having sexual intercourse in her prison
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Ellen Roome began campaigning for a change in the law after her 14-year-old son died. She couldn’t understand why her teenage boy, Jools, was no longer with her. “When Jools took his own life, we assumed we’d turn up at the inquest and be told why and what happened,” Ms Roome previously told Sky News.
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Dectectives are encouraging anyone with information about sexual abuse during military medical examinations to come forward after receiving more than 500 reports. Wiltshire Police launched an investigation after recruits alleged they had been abused during medical examinations to join the army. The force said more than 500 people had now made contact to report incidents
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Three men who were killed in a train derailment suffered unsurvivable injuries in the crash, a fatal accident inquiry has been told. Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died in the tragedy at Carmont near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, on 12 August 2020. The six remaining passengers were also
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