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Police have launched an investigation into Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner. Ms Rayner has faced claims she may have broken electoral law over information she gave about her living situation a decade ago. A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson said: “We’re investigating whether any offences have been committed. This follows a reassessment of the information

Police have launched a manhunt after charging four men and a woman in relation to 57 burglary offences in London. The Metropolitan Police said the five were linked to an organised crime gang. Officers are seeking further information to track down 22-year-old Eric Andrews, of no fixed abode. He was last seen in the Kingston

Boris Johnson has hit out at Rishi Sunak’s smoking policy, branding his plan to phase out the sale of tobacco products “nuts”. The current prime minister announced his proposal at the Conservative Party conference in 2023, saying he would raise the legal age for buying cigarettes in England by one year every year, eventually leading

A TV cosmetic doctor gave free Botox to an OnlyFans model in return for sex at his clinic, a medical tribunal has found. Dr Tijion Esho, who has featured on ITV’s This Morning, BBC’s Morning Live and E4’s Body Fixers, admitted to an improper emotional relationship with the woman, referred to as Patient A, after

A migraine pill which could change the lives of thousands of people who suffer from the “incredibly debilitating” condition should be made accessible on the NHS “swiftly”, a charity has said.  Atogepant – sold under the brand name Aquipta and made by AbbVie – has been given the green light for NHS use under new

Buckingham Palace is planning for King Charles to potentially attend engagements involving more people from the end of the month, Sky News understands. It could be viewed as another important indication that he is doing well with his cancer treatment after he was seen shaking hands with crowds at Easter. Image: The King attended an

Known for her iconic look and unique talent, Amy Winehouse had risen to an unimaginable level of fame by the time she had died of alcohol poisoning in 2011. She was 27. The London artist whose songs include Rehab and Tears Dry On Their Own, had struggled with addiction and bulimia throughout her music career.

Ted Baker is to shut 15 of its stores across the UK within weeks, the retailer’s administrators have announced. Around 245 staff will be made redundant. It comes after Sky News revealed that hundreds of jobs were at risk after the company behind the brand’s UK shops, No Ordinary Designer Label Limited (NODL), collapsed last

New weather warnings have been issued – including a possible danger to life in some coastal areas – after Storm Kathleen brought disruption to parts of the UK and Ireland. Planes struggled to land at some airports on Saturday, with flights cancelled and tens of thousands of people left without power as the storm brought

Police are looking for a four-year-old girl and her mother who were last seen in February. Bedfordshire Police said Joana, 39, and her daughter Aliannah are missing from their home in Luton and were last heard from around three weeks ago. The force added that officers were “concerned for their welfare” and have asked for

A body has been found in the search for a missing 25-year-old woman from Leeds. North Yorkshire Police issued an urgent appeal to find Molly Ann Garbutt after her black Renault Clio was found parked off the B6265, near to Dibbles Bridge at Hebden, at 8am on Wednesday morning. RAF Mountain Rescue, Upper Wharfedale Fell

The daughter of a missing woman has told Sky News that the family are “all desperate to find her”. Police Scotland has launched a search for Angela Keenan, 58, who has been reported missing from Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire. Ms Keenan was last seen in the town’s Laxton Drive area at around 7am on Tuesday.

Storm Kathleen is expected to bring heavy gusts and rain - and the highest temperatures of year so far, as it hits the UK today. Pushing in from the Atlantic, the storm is set to bring gusts up to 70mph to Northern Ireland and the west of Britain as temperatures could reach up to 22C (72F)

Visitors will be able to tour parts of Balmoral Castle used by the Royal Family for the first time this summer. Balmoral Castle, set in the Scottish highlands, is widely believed to have been Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite residence and is where she spent most of her summers. Guided “castle interior tours”, which will take

England saw a record amount of rainfall in the year and a half leading up to last month, new figures show. According to provisional figures from the Met Office, 1,695.9mm of rain fell from October 2022 to March 2024. This is the highest amount of rain for any 18-month period in England since the organisation

A football club is investigating allegations of racism after a match on Easter Monday. Staff at Merthyr Town Football Club said they were “aware” of the claims and investigations “are ongoing” after Hungerford Town’s manager said one of his players was subjected to racist abuse by a section of the crowd at the non-league match

Heavy rain could disrupt more than two million return journeys on Easter Monday. The Met Office has said drier spells will turn cloudy with patchy rain for much of England and Wales on Sunday, before up to 15mm of more persistent and possibly thundery rain at the end of the Easter weekend. Some 2.01 million

A “devastated” mum has criticised a photography firm for offering to remove children with complex needs from class photos. Parents and carers at Aboyne Primary School complained after they were sent a link from Tempest Photography offering an alternative choice of class photos with or without the children with additional support needs. Aberdeenshire Council said

The King has said he is continuing to serve the nation with “my whole heart” in a personal Easter message in the wake of his and the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnoses. The pre-recorded audio was broadcast in his absence at a Royal Maundy service at Worcester Cathedral on Thursday ahead of the Easter weekend.

Greater Manchester Police has said it is “reassessing” its decision not to investigate allegations made against Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over her living arrangements after receiving a complaint. The Labour MP has come under the spotlight in recent weeks over the sale of an ex-council house she previously owned in Stockport, having been accused