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Interim England boss Lee Carsley has named his first squad for upcoming games against Ireland and Finland. The Three Lions head to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 7 September before returning to Wembley Stadium three days later for the visit of Finland in the Nations League. Carsley is naming his first squad since taking

Burberry and easyJet are on course to be relegated from the FTSE 100 next month following the latest quarterly review of the index’s constituents. Marker operator FTSE Russell said it would make a final determination based on their respective share prices at the close of business next Tuesday. Its indicative findings would also see the

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76, his family has said. Eriksson had pancreatic cancer and at the beginning of the year revealed he only had a year to live “at best”. “Sven-Goran Eriksson has passed away,” his family said in a statement. “After a long illness, SGE died during

The Metropolitan Police has urged the public to come forward if they can help prevent any further violence at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival. The force said the annual event in West London celebrating Caribbean culture was “marred by unacceptable violence” on Sunday after three people were stabbed, only “narrowly avoiding a fatality”. One of

A Devon beach was evacuated after a suspected unexploded bomb washed ashore, police have said. The object was found in Beer, a seaside village on the south coast, on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses reported it to police fearing it was an unexploded shell. It’s believed the suspected ordnance may have first been spotted by a metal

The King has appointed the composer behind the 2012 Paralympics as his first Master of the King’s Music. Errollyn Wallen CBE, 66, has been handed the honorary appointment by the monarch and succeeds Dame Judith Weir DBE, the first woman to hold the role. In a statement, Ms Wallen said: “I am thrilled to accept

There will be a “very significant policing presence” at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, the Metropolitan Police have said. Seven thousand officers are due to be on duty weeks after rioting and violent disorder erupted on streets across the UK. “Those [riots] highlight why carnival is set up in the first place,” explained Matthew Phillip,

The energy price cap will rise to an average annual £1,717 from October, the industry regulator has confirmed as the clock ticks down to the loss of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The new figure represents a 10% a year – or £12 per month – leap in the typical sum households face

A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental vaccine to help his body fight the disease. Janusz Racz, 67, had six syringes of the jab, each containing genetic material for a different part of the tumour, to train five billion cells in his immune system to go

A man in Pakistan has been arrested over his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to riots across the UK. The suspect, a freelance web developer, was arrested in the eastern city of Lahore on suspicion of cyberterrorism, according to Imran Kishwar, the city’s deputy inspector general of investigations. The arrest is in connection

Two people have been arrested after a young girl was stabbed in Christchurch, Dorset. The victim is aged around eight, the Bournemouth Daily Echo reports. She was taken to hospital and her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Police received a report that the girl had been stabbed at an address in Glider Close,

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

The King will meet some of the children who survived the Southport knife attack in a visit to show his support to the community. The monarch is set to hold a private meeting with the young people and their families who were most directly affected by the attack at The Hart Space community centre on

An emergency plan to avoid overcrowding in jails is expected to be triggered on Monday as more rioters are sentenced, Sky News understands. Operation Early Dawn is a long-standing plan that allows defendants waiting for a court appearance to be kept in police cells until prison space is available. Sky News understands that the operation

The remnants of Hurricane Ernesto are set to batter parts of the UK, bringing heavy rain and up to 60mph winds, the Met Office has warned. Three yellow weather warnings for rain in Scotland have been issued for next week, with up to 15cm (6in) expected within 24 hours for some areas. Ernesto ripped through

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

The government will not be able to end the “8am scramble” for GP appointments without a significant increase in funding, doctors have warned. During the election campaign, Labour promised to “end the 8am scramble by allowing patients to easily book appointments to see the doctor they want, in the manner they choose”. But the Doctors’

Paul Hollywood has said criticism of his wife is “unforgivable” after she and her family were granted permission to turn their Kent pub into a house. Landlady Melissa Hollywood, who is married to the Great British Bake Off judge, reportedly said her family was planning on closing the Grade II-listed Chequers Inn in Smarden, Kent,

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

A-level results are an August rite of passage for hundreds of thousands of teenagers, but this year the students won’t be the only ones swallowing hard as they open envelopes and emails. For most, these results determine the path into higher education, and, with the university sector facing a funding crisis, scores of vice-chancellors will