With six days to go before Friday’s historic Commons showdown on assisted dying, it’s the opponents who are turning up the heat. The explosive attack on the bill by Shabana Mahmood follows the poignant and personal plea from Gordon Brown to MPs to reject the bill. We knew the justice secretary is opposed to the
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after one man died and another was critically injured in a shooting in Birmingham. Police were called to Rotton Park Road in Edgbaston, just before 11pm on Friday, to reports that two people had been shot. One man, in his 20s, was found in a car
Snow, rain and strong winds are expected to disrupt travel plans and potentially cause flooding as Storm Bert hits the UK. Several weather warnings are in place, while 16 flood alerts have been issued – warning flooding is possible – in England and Scotland. Most of the UK is affected by yellow warnings for either
Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal has been heavily disrupted after a “suspected prohibited item” was discovered in luggage, leaving passengers in limbo. Some passengers were reportedly left on planes that weren’t taking off, while others were stranded in the airport for hours after Gatwick made the announcement this morning. Sussex Police said the explosive ordnance disposal
At least eight convictions predating the Horizon Post Office scandal are being looked at by the body investigating potential miscarriages of justice, Sky News has learned. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has confirmed it is examining multiple cases of former sub-postmasters affected by Capture software. The computer accounting system was used in the early
One of the six British tourists being treated for methanol poisoning in Laos has died. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, had fallen ill after reportedly drinking “free shots” from a local bar in the resort of Vang Vieng, according to reports. “We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in
The UK will scrap five warships, dozens of military helicopters and a fleet of drones to save money despite growing threats from Russia and a war raging in Europe. John Healey, the defence secretary, announced the dramatic move in parliament on Wednesday, saying it would save up to half a billion pounds over the next
She seemed perfect, at first. Her CV brimmed with all kinds of qualifications. And she had years of experience caring for vulnerable people. As Sarah Whitaker sat at her kitchen table and looked through the paperwork the care agency had sent her, she knew that Tracy was the one she could trust to look
A woman whose body was found in the boot of a car last week died from strangulation, according to a post-mortem examination. A manhunt is under way for Harshita Brella’s husband, Pankaj Lamba, who police believe has fled the country. Officers said today that her body was discovered in a silver Vauxhall Corsa. They believe
A woman casually walks into a convenience store and starts filling a bread crate with goods from one of the aisles. A shop assistant tries to stop her, but she shrugs him off, undeterred. With the crate now full of items, she leaves without paying. It is a scenario that is played out day in
The prison service is starting to recategorise the security risk of offenders to ease capacity pressures, Sky News understands. It involves lowering or reconsidering the threshold of certain offenders to move them from the closed prison estate (category A to C) to the open estate (category D) because there are more free cell spaces there.
Two Met Police officers have each been charged with four counts of sexual assault against a woman in central London. Jerome Beasley, 41, and Luke Robinson, 39, who work in the force’s Central West Command Unit, are set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The alleged incident took place in central London in
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) says it has made wide-ranging changes to the treatment of women in custody, following a Sky News investigation. This includes ending the use of police strip searches for “welfare” purposes and ensuring it is a “last resort” when looking for concealed items. A Sky News investigation in 2023 into the custody
An international manhunt is underway for the husband of a murdered woman, whose body was found in the boot of a car. The body of Harshita Brella was found in London on Thursday, tens of miles away from her home in Corby. On Sunday, Northamptonshire Police said they were looking for Pankaj Lamba – who
Bishops refused to call for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign because they were thinking about their own promotion prospects, one senior church figure believes. Justin Welby, who had been in post since 2013, stepped down after a report was published that showed the Church covered up sexual abuse by John Smyth, a barrister who
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman’s body was found in the boot of a car in east London. Detectives said a murder inquiry has been launched into the “suspicious” discovery in Ilford. The woman, who has not been named but is from Corby in Northamptonshire, may have been the victim of a
The London nightclub Heaven has closed “until further notice” after a security guard was accused of raping a woman. The Metropolitan Police said the club will be shut for up to 28 days after Westminster Council decided to suspend its licence earlier on Friday. It follows an allegation that a woman was raped close to
Four teenagers and a 45-year-old man have been found guilty of murdering two boys, aged 15 and 16, who were attacked with machetes in a case of mistaken identity. The convictions follow a five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court. The jury heard how Max Dixon and Mason Rist were killed in a case of mistaken
A teenage girl who was killed after getting out of a police car on the M5 in Somerset has been named. Tamzin Hall, 17 and from Wellington, was hit by a vehicle that was travelling southbound between junction 24 for Bridgwater and junction 25 for Taunton shortly after 11pm on Monday. She had exited a
A police officer who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl on duty has been jailed. Dean Dempster, 35, from Manchester, attacked the child when he was responding to a domestic disturbance on 29 December 2023 while on duty in Oldham. During the investigation, it was also found he had superimposed his face onto child abuse images.