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A police officer has been stabbed in the chest at a prison. The officer is “conscious and talking” in hospital after the incident this morning at Frankland Prison, Durham Police said. He was visiting the Category A men’s prison from an outside force. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be

A man who was stalked for 27 years says police “laughed” at him when he first reported it – as a damning new report lays bare the need for “urgent action” to tackle the crime. Almost two thirds of stalking suspects in London have offended before, according to research published by the Mayor’s Office for

A man whose brother, sister-in-law and two nieces were killed in a crash in West Yorkshire has said his heart is “ripped into a million pieces”. The family’s other daughter was not in the car, according to the fundraising page. A man and a woman on a motorbike were also killed in Sunday’s incident, and

Six people – four adults and two children – have died in a crash between Wakefield and Barnsley. The collision, which involved a car and a motorbike, happened on the A61 Barnsley Road on Sunday afternoon. A motorcyclist and pillion passenger, one man and one woman, were confirmed dead at the scene. A man, woman

A couple who had embarked on a mission to sail across the Atlantic Ocean have been found dead in a lifeboat boat off the coast of Canada.  Brett Cribbery and Sarah Packwood were found after their raft washed ashore on Sable Island, around 108 miles southeast of mainland Nova Scotia, local media said. It is

Disruption caused by the global IT outage has continued this weekend as airline passengers reported long delays and lost baggage, while pharmacies tried to deal with a backlog in medicine deliveries. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue

The NHS has warned of “continued disruption” to GP services into next week following the global IT outage – as airline passengers reported lengthy delays and lost baggage this weekend. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen

Leeds City Council has said it is conducting an “urgent review” of a “family matter” that sparked rioting in the Harehills area. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the scenes of violence that were shared widely on social media on Thursday evening. She warned that perpetrators of the “audacious criminality” would “face the full force of

Transport networks around the world have been thrown into chaos by the global IT outage. Some of the world’s largest airports, including London Heathrow, Singapore’s Changi Airport, Schipol Airport in Amsterdam and Melbourne Airport in Australia have faced problems with check-ins and security as online systems run by Microsoft shut down. As of 11am (UK-time)

A police car has been flipped on to its side as unrest and disorder broke out in Leeds. Crowds have gathered in the Harehills area, with police saying they are dealing with an “ongoing situation”. Councillor Salma Arif asked people to stay at home amid what officers described as “pockets of disorder”. X This content

The UK’s citizens were “failed” by their governments’ processes, planning and policy ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has concluded. There were more than 235,000 deaths involving COVID-19 in the UK up to the end of 2023 and a report published today says some of the “financial and human cost may have been

“I was in the cell naked for eight hours,” says Mark Dove, as he recounts his time in custody with Greater Manchester Police – when he was detained for an offence for which he was never charged. “I had to keep warm with the hot water tap from the cell,” he tells Sky News. Mark says he

The new government is setting out its legislative agenda for the next year in the King’s Speech. The announcements focus on improving living standards by driving economic growth, the first of Sir Keir Starmer’s five “missions for national renewal”. Big ticket items include a plan to build more houses and infrastructure, nationalise the railways and

The Jay Slater case attracted the most “vitriolic and hateful comments” from amateur sleuths and such online behaviour needs to be stopped, says the head of a charity helping his family. Matthew Searle, the chief executive of LBT Global, has told Sky News his organisation is planning to talk to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in

Rescue workers searching for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife have found a body and are trying to identify it, Spanish police have told Sky News. “Evidence strongly suggests” the remains are those of the 19-year-old, officers added. Police said in a statement: “The mountain rescue and intervention group of the Civil Guard has

Gareth Southgate has resigned as England manager after his side lost a second Euros final in a row. Writing a statement, shared by the official England account on X, Southgate said: “As a proud Englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for England and to manage England. It has meant everything

England suffered late heartbreak in Berlin after Spain scored in the final minutes to beat the Three Lions 2-1 and win Euro 2024. After a tense opening 45 minutes in which both teams struggled to find their rhythm, Spain fired out of the blocks after half-time. They made the breakthrough just over a minute into

This still doesn’t feel normal for England. For generations, it was always other countries reaching finals. Not England. But this is a men’s team transformed by Gareth Southgate – a nation that sees itself as a footballing power, starting to look more like one. Three semi-finals in four tournaments; back-to-back Euros finals. Can they finally

A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of human remains in two suitcases in Bristol and a London flat – as the victims have been named. Yostin Andres Mosquera, 34, of Scotts Road, west London, was arrested in Bristol in the early hours of Saturday morning. He was charged in the early

Sky Sports commentator John Hunt said he and his family are “devastated” over the murders of his wife and two daughters. Carol Hunt, 61, Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28, were killed in a crossbow attack at a house in Ashlyn Close, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, this week. In a statement, the BBC and Sky Sports racing