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Labour have won a landslide victory in the general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, the exit poll suggests. Sir Keir Starmer’s party looks set to secure victory with an estimated overall majority of 170 seats, according to the poll by Ipsos UK for Sky News/BBC/ITV News. Follow general election results live The poll

Voting is a simple process – but it’s also a serious one, with strict rules in place to make sure the election is fair.  Wondering whether you can bring your own pen, your dog, or your favourite political party sweatshirt to the polling station? Sky News has reviewed the rules around election day so you

Labour are on course for a landslide victory on Thursday with a majority of 212 seats according to the final YouGov poll projection of the campaign. This will give Sir Keir Starmer the biggest majority for any single party since 1832 in a vote which YouGov’s last MRP suggests will break a series of electoral

He’s still got it. Boris Johnson may have left it late before coming to the party – the Conservative Party, that is – but his 11th-hour rallying cry to the Tory faithful was vintage Boris and just like the old days. It was the kind of shambolic, chaotic but barnstorming box office performance that he

The mother of missing Jay Slater says she and her family are “absolutely devastated” about the teenager’s disappearance. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on 17 June after setting off to walk back to his accommodation while on holiday in Tenerife. Speaking 15 days on from her son’s disappearance in Tenerife, Debbie Duncan made

Sir Andy Murray has announced he will not be competing in this year’s Wimbledon men’s singles tournament but still hopes to play in the men’s doubles His team said in a statement: “Unfortunately, despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has taken the very difficult decision

Just imagine if Gareth Southgate had gone through with the plan to bring off Jude Bellingham. Imagine if Bellingham had been dropped completely from England’s starting line-up against Slovakia as Southgate faced calls to do. What Bellingham produced – in a mesmerising moment of magic – is what Real Madrid fans have been cherishing all

England survived a scare to book their place in the quarter-finals at Euro 2024 after beating Slovakia 2-1 in extra-time. Gareth Southgate’s team fell behind in the 25th minute when Ivan Schranz put Slovakia into a shock lead and they looked to be heading out of the tournament as the game went into injury time.

Gareth Southgate has said it is “irrelevant” how England fans are feeling about him as his team prepare to face Slovakia on Sunday in the last 16 at Euro 2024. England were booed after a 1-1 draw with Denmark in the group stages of the European Championship. The pressure on Southgate has intensified after a

A “massive search” for British teenager Jay Slater will get under way in Tenerife today, almost two weeks after the apprentice bricklayer went missing. The Civil Guard said they would step up their search for the 19-year-old after appealing for volunteer associations, such as firefighters, and individual volunteers with experience in navigating difficult terrain to

A Reform UK canvasser who used a racial slur against Rishi Sunak has called himself a “total fool” and said he has learned his lesson. Footage from an undercover Channel 4 reporter showed Reform campaigner Andrew Parker using a discriminatory term about the prime minister, as well as saying the army should “just shoot” migrants

Celtic have paid tribute to former player Landry N’Guemo, who has died at the age of 38. The Cameroonian midfielder played one season on loan at the Glasgow club, making more than 43 appearances and finishing in second place in 2010 to Rangers in the Scottish Premier League – now known as the Scottish Premiership.

The search for Jay Slater in an area of Tenerife has been called off, police have said. The British teenager, from Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn in Lancashire, has been missing in Tenerife ever since 17 June, when he vanished the morning after attending a rave. The Civil Guard had called for volunteers to join a “massive

Sir Keir Starmer has said there is “no evidence” private schools will be forced to close due to Labour’s plans to impose VAT on them. Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge, the Labour leader defended his party’s education policy to use the money to support state schools. Election latest: Tory donor backs Reform “I think they

The construction company which employs missing teenager Jay Slater has urged people to stop sending them “cruel” emails as the search for him enters its 11th day. PH Build Group has shared “one of many” messages it has been sent as conspiracy theories about the 19-year-old’s disappearance are circulated by social media users online. The

A woman arrested over a car crash that killed two eight-year-old girls at a school in Wimbledon will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced. Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a Land Rover smashed through a fence and collided with a building at The Study Prep school in Camp Road,

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass in the grounds of the prime minister’s home, police have confirmed. The incident took place at Rishi Sunak’s constituency address in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire, while he was attending events linked to the Japanese state visit in London. A statement from the local force said

The UK has experienced the hottest day of the year so far. Temperatures hit 28.3C (82.9F) on Monday in Wisley, Surrey, after a four-day heat health alert came into effect. In London, the temperatures peaked at 27.4C (81.3F) in St James’s Park while Aberdeenshire saw the mercury hit 26.9C (80.4F). There is set to be

Jay Slater’s dad has said police have left him and his family in the dark over the hunt for the missing teen – as they shared what they hope is an image of him. Warren Slater, the 19-year-old’s father, said while the some officers had been “brilliant”, he had been left frustrated at the lack

There is a rhythm to a night at the Bolton Interchange. People dart from arriving buses, racing across the concourse to catch departing ones. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. Each rush is followed by a brief lull. Every night, hundreds of lives intersect at the Bolton Interchange. The night-shift workers and commuters, those out