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Jermaine Jenas has admitted to sending “inappropriate messages” to women after he was sacked by the BBC. The former footballer, who worked as a pundit on Match Of The Day and was a co-host of The One Show before his BBC contract was terminated over allegations about his behaviour, insisted “nothing physical ever happened” but

Parts of the UK are facing power cuts and widespread travel disruption thanks to Storm Lilian – with high winds forcing Leeds Festival organisers to shut two stages. The storm surged across Wales and England this morning and left more than 60,000 homes across the north of England without power or facing supply issues. Northern

The funeral of Elsie Dot Stancombe, who died in the Southport attack, is under way – as her parents released a new photo of their “truly unforgettable” daughter. The seven-year-old was one of three girls killed in a knife attack at a dance class in the Merseyside town last month. Her family said they want

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off Sicily this week. The Italian coastguard said the bodies of Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer and US lawyer Christopher Morvillo had also been recovered, along with those of their wives, Judy Bloomer and Neda Morvillo. Mr Lynch’s 18-year-old

The search operation to find those missing after the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht has been plagued with difficulties. Six bodies have been found after the luxury vessel went down off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday, with one person still unaccounted for. Here, Sky News looks at the factors that

The British mother who says she held her baby daughter above the waves as the yacht sank near Sicily was sleeping on deck as the storm hit, an Italian doctor has said. Charlotte Golunski was among 22 people on board the Bayesian when a tornado struck on Monday morning, with one dead and another six

Twenty-two people were on board the superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday. The British-flagged vessel named Bayesian was carrying 12 passengers and 10 members of crew when it got into difficulty at around 4.30am, the Italian coastguard said. A man is confirmed to have died, while six

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are among six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Italy. One person has been confirmed dead – believed to be the vessel’s cook – while four of the missing passengers are British and two are American, according to

The woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim. A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident in the Gorton area near Longsight, which happened at around 11.20pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said. Two other people, a 17-year-old girl and 64-year-old man,

One child is strip searched every 14 hours, according to data in a report by the Children’s Commissioner, with police failing to record an appropriate adult in almost half of recent searches. The report shows there were 3,368 strip searches of children between January 2018 and June 2023 in England and Wales – with 457

The parents of a baby stillborn due to hospital failings have spoken of their grief amid warnings the public’s view of the NHS as a “national religion” could be “dangerous”. Warning: This article contains images and details some readers may find distressing Eight years ago, Harriet Hawkins was born dead. Every single day without her

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has promised to crack down on people “pushing harmful and hateful beliefs” and “kickstart” a new approach to fighting extremism in the wake of riots that broke out across the UK earlier this month.  The Home Office has commissioned a “rapid sprint” to develop a new approach to countering extremism. The

A new deadlier variant of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is “very likely” to already be in the UK, an infectious diseases expert has told Sky News. The clade 1b strain has been confirmed in Sweden and Pakistan after first being detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is believed to be

The organiser of a protest that led to racist violence in Hull has accepted that describing small boat migrants as “an influx of illegal invaders” was not “the best choice of words”. However, he claimed his demonstration was hijacked and denied being racist. In a conversation with a worshipper from a mosque that was attacked,

The death of a 13-year-old girl after she took a sip of Costa Coffee hot chocolate was due to a “failure to follow the processes in place to discuss allergies”, a coroner has ruled. There was also a “failure of communication” between the staff at the Costa in Barking, east London, and the girl’s mother,

Victims of the infected blood scandal will receive financial support for life, the government has confirmed. Announcing the updated multi-billion-pound compensation scheme, the government said there would also be additional payments for victims of the scandal who were subjected to “unethical research”. More than 30,000 Britons contracted HIV or hepatitis after being given contaminated blood

The UK is preparing for potential cases of a new strain of mpox after outbreaks of the virus were declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation. The strain, known as clade 1b, emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 17,000 cases and 571 deaths in Africa this year, according to

The 11-year-old girl who was stabbed in Leicester Square was an Australian tourist, the country’s foreign ministry has said. The ministry said they were offering assistance to her and her mother, who was with her at the time of the attack. It comes after Ioan Pintaru, 32, was charged with attempted murder and possession of

Influencer Molly-Mae Hague has announced her spilt from boxer Tommy Fury. She shared the news in a post on Instagram, writing: “After five years of being together, I never imagined our story would end, especially not in this way. “I am extremely upset to announce that mine and Tommy’s relationship has come to an end.”

Canal water in the West Midlands is being tested for sodium cyanide after a spillage of toxic chemicals. Walsall Council said the Environment Agency told it about a spillage that went directly into the canal at Pleck on Monday. A major incident has been declared, involving police, the fire service, the Canal and Rivers Trust