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Something has changed dramatically in your home in a way you won’t have even noticed. The electricity in your plug socket no longer comes from coal, the workhorse of the industrial revolution that powered our economy for decades but which is also the most polluting fossil fuel. Now it is generated by cleaner gas, renewable

The number of convictions linked to a second Post Office IT scandal being investigated for miscarriages of justice – has more than doubled, Sky News has learned. Twenty-one Capture cases have now been submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) for review. Before Christmas, it was around eight. They relate to the Capture computing

A teenager who admitted killing his mother and two younger siblings was plotting a school shooting, it can now be reported. Nicholas Prosper, 19, appeared at Luton Crown Court over the deaths of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16. Their bodies were found at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank

The jailing of Mike Amesbury for 10 weeks for assault means Sir Keir Starmer potentially faces his first by-election test since becoming prime minister. Officially, the 55-year-old former Labour MP for Runcorn and Helsby now faces a recall petition, but realistically he’s under enormous pressure to resign without delay. Politics latest: ‘Alarm bells ringing’ for

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed in front of shoppers in a Primark store in Nottingham city centre. The victim suffered a stab wound to the chest after he was attacked inside the shop in Long Row at about 11.30am on Sunday. He was taken to hospital with “serious injuries”, police said. A suspect fled

A police officer who removed a burglar’s electronic tag so she could have a secret sexual relationship with him has been jailed. Natasha Conneely was part of a Bedfordshire Police unit responsible for offender management in May 2023 when the relationship was discovered. The force said its professional standards department found messages between the pair.

A British skier has been found dead at the bottom of a cliff in the French Alps. The body of the 23-year-old man has not yet been formally identified and the circumstances of his death are being investigated, authorities say. He was found on Monday near the Avoriaz ski resort near the town of Morzine,

A body has been found in the search for 23-year-old runner Jenny Hall.  She was last seen leaving her home in Barracks Farm, County Durham, in her car just after 3pm on Tuesday. Police said there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances after a body was found in a very remote area in

Heist highlights concerns over crypto industry security Anyone who owns crypto may well be feeling a little nauseous after the biggest ever theft of funds by hackers. Bybit is the second largest cryptocurrency exchange. It would have had careful security protocols. And yet somehow their systems were penetrated and an as-yet unidentified individual or group

A three-year-old girl has died after a collision between a tram and a van in Manchester city centre. The girl was taken to hospital but died from her injuries, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. “No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing,” the force said. The child was a pedestrian and was not travelling

Camping, chaos, and confrontation. A wave of pro-Palestinian student protest engulfed UK universities last year when thousands protested against the war in Gaza. Most started out peacefully on encampments with students pitching tents on university greens. Now new evidence, uncovered by Sky News and Liberty Investigates, has shed some light on how some of those

Being a politician is not always easy – and neither is it straightforward if you are in a relationship with one. Jen Wilson joins her partner Baroness Davidson on Beth Rigby‘s Electoral Dysfunction podcast where she describes how her life became “quite intense” when Ruth led the Scottish Conservatives. A caller tells the podcast that

Cliff Nicholls runs two trampoline parks and indoor play centres: one in Tamworth in the West Midlands, the other in Bolton, Greater Manchester. He’s already feeling the pressure from the government’s latest budget measures and has been forced to abandon further investment plans. “The national minimum wage increases coming in April, combined with the reduced

Child criminal exploitation (CCE) and “cuckooing” will be made new offences under a new law, the home secretary has said. Set to be introduced to Parliament next week, the Crime and Policing Bill would explicitly make the two acts illegal and introduce restriction orders on those thought to be using children for criminal means. Home

Specialist drones have been deployed to look for a missing runner as police warn volunteers not to join the search. Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home in Barracks Farm, County Durham, in her car just after 3pm on Tuesday. Durham Constabulary said her last known location was on the B6278 between Stanhope

Passengers have reported a suspected norovirus outbreak on a P&O cruise ship off the coast of Belgium. One passenger on the P&O Iona told Sky News “people have been dropping like flies”, with “a large number” of guests and staff experiencing symptoms. “People [were] throwing up in restaurants, on decks, outside cabins,” the passenger said.

A manhunt has been launched after a woman was seriously injured in an incident in Kent on Valentine’s Day. Police were called to a report of a disturbance at the Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt on Friday evening. A Kent Police statement said: “Officers attended the scene along with South East Coast Ambulance Service where

Donald Trump has confirmed he will meet Sir Keir Starmer “very soon” after the prime minister “asked to come” to the US. Mr Trump discussed details of his phone call with Sir Keir while taking questions from the media in the White House’s Oval Office on Friday. “He asked for a meeting, and I agreed

New video captured by the Sky News helicopter shows Russian ships carrying military equipment through the English Channel.  The ships, Sparta and Sparta 2, are currently carrying military equipment from Syria, where the country was forced to close its naval base following the recent fall of dictator Bashar al Assad. Both ships are owned by

Rare freezing rain and snow could hit parts of England this weekend. A yellow weather warning for snow and ice is in place across parts of northern England for Saturday – covering the North East and parts of Yorkshire, from 6am to 2pm, according to the Met Office. Up to two inches of snow could