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Ofgem is expected to announce that it will drop its cap on the amount energy suppliers can charge by around £1,000 – but bills could still rise by an average of £500. According to the latest forecast from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight, the energy regulator is expected to announce a fall in the cap to

The UK and EU are “inching towards a conclusion” on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, the Irish prime minister has said. An agreement is possible “but by no means guaranteed”, Leo Varadkar added. Momentum has been building through weeks of fraught talks and a deal to ease checks on trade introduced under the

Rishi Sunak has said his government was “giving it everything” to strike a deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol. “There’s unfinished business on Brexit and I want to get the job done,” the prime minister told The Sunday Times, adding that it was vital to ensure a return to power-sharing. He said he would try

A small earthquake has been recorded in South Wales – about eight miles north of the Rhondda Valley – just before midnight. The 11.59pm tremor was 3.8 magnitude and occurred at a depth of two kilometres at 23:59:39, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). It put the location as 12km (7.45 miles) north of

Sir Rod Stewart has told Sky News he backs pay rises for nurses and junior doctors while warning against a move towards a US-style healthcare system. The singer paid for members of the public to have scans at a mobile scanning unit at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex today, which he pledged to do

Oscar nominee and Normal People star Paul Mescal has described his “fury” after a fan groped his backside. Mescal said he was outside London’s Almeida Theatre, where he’s starring in an acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire, when a woman asked for a photo. “As we posed for it, she put her hand on

Boris Johnson has said China will be making an “historic mistake” if it supplies Russia with weapons – as he urged the UK to “break the ice” by becoming the first country to supply Ukraine with fighter jets. Speaking to Sky News’ Mark Austin as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches, the former prime

A British national captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops has recalled how he was tortured and left unable to walk during his ordeal. Shaun Pinner was among five Britons released from Russian detention in Ukraine in a prisoner swap last September. Appearing on this week’s Beth Rigby Interviews, the former soldier also

A full independent review has been commissioned into Lancashire Police’s handling of Nicola Bulley’s disappearance. Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has asked the College of Policing to investigate. The review overrides the previously announced internal investigation by Lancashire Constabulary. Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden said: “The public understandably feel that there remain questions about

The Royal College of Nursing says it will pause strike action as it is “confident” of agreeing to a pay deal during “intensive talks” with ministers. RCN members in England were set to walk out for 48 hours from 1-3 March, including by emergency departments for the first time, as part of the long-running dispute

Shamima Begum – who left home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in Syria – will find out today if she is allowed back to the UK. Back in 2015, Begum was pictured leaving Bethnal Green with two other girls to make the journey to Turkey and then onto

Women going through the menopause will soon be able to access a year’s supply of a key treatment for just under £20. The Department of Health and Social Care said from 1 April, women prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will be able to access a new scheme that will cut prescription costs. They will be

A body found in the River Wyre has been formally identified as missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, police have said. The 45-year-old mortgage adviser was last seen on Friday 27 January while walking on a footpath by the river in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire. On Sunday, police recovered a body from the river, near to

The family of Nicola Bulley are in “agony” as they await the identification of a body found in the river near where she went missing. The body was found about a mile from where Ms Bulley was last seen walking her dog beside the River Wyre in Lancashire after she dropped her daughters at school.

Police searching for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley have recovered a body from the river near to where she went missing. The body was found around a mile from where Ms Bulley was last seen walking her dog, beside the River Wyre, in St Michael’s on Wyre, after dropping her daughters at school on 27 January.

A UK-based Iranian broadcaster forced to move over threats from Tehran has been guarded by armed police and the situation is “getting out of hand”, a senior editor has said. Iran International TV has been forced to relocate its headquarters from west London to Washington DC in the US after police warned of “imminent and

A former head of a police watchdog has hit back at media coverage of the investigation into Nicola Bulley’s disappearance, following criticism of the female detective leading the search for the missing mother-of-two. Zoe Billingham, who previously served as His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, told Sky News she was “really disturbed” by coverage that focused

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s firm INEOS has submitted a bid for Manchester United, Sky News understands. It comes after the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) confirmed that he had put in his own offer for the club. A source described Sir Jim’s bid as a “British bid to make the club a beacon for a

The father of missing Nicola Bulley says that “every day is a struggle” as the family waits for news. Ernie Bulley’s words came three weeks after his 45-year-old daughter disappeared while walking her dog in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire. “Every day is a struggle,” he told Sky News. “[We’re] no

Rishi Sunak will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday to solve a “range of complex challenges” around the Northern Ireland Protocol. The prime minister and president released a joint statement saying they would meet in the UK to discuss the Brexit treaty. It comes after Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab told