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Roads are expected to be busy and ferry passengers have been warned of queues at Dover as people head away for the bank holiday weekend. Drivers across the UK are expected to make 19.2 million leisure car trips between Friday and Monday, according to estimates from the RAC, with the hottest day of the year

Boris Johnson has insisted the fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are “total nonsense” and that elements of his ministerial diary were “cherry picked and handed to police”. The former prime minister was confronted by Sky News about the allegations as he made his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington following a brief

A couple who murdered their 10-month-old son on Christmas Day 2020 just weeks after he was returned to their care have been jailed. Shannon Marsden, 22, and Stephen Boden, 30, were found guilty in April of the murder of Finley Boden in Derbyshire. At today’s sentencing, Mrs Justice Tipples told Marsden she would serve a

One person has been arrested after a car hit the main gates of Downing Street. Police said there were no injuries. Pictures broadcast on television showed cordons in place along Whitehall. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:08 Car that crashed into Downing Street gates “At around 4.20hrs a car collided

The chancellor has said he “is willing to do what it takes” and increase support for households if energy bills rise again this autumn. Sky’s economics and data editor Ed Conway asked the chancellor if he could guarantee he would step in if energy bills start rising again. “All I can say is that I

A new “zombie drug” has claimed its first British victim and could be widespread across the UK, experts have warned. The death of 43-year-old Karl Warburton last May marked the first recorded fatality caused by xylazine, a powerful sedative which has devastated cities across the US. Used by vets to tranquillise large animals, xylazine lowers

Police are using sniffer dogs to comb through a wooded area on the banks of a reservoir during the second day of an operation in Portugal as part of the investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. Officers are searching close to the Arade dam, located around 30 miles (50km) from the Algarve resort town of Praia

An elderly woman who was hit by a police motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh has died. Helen Holland had been in hospital in critical condition since she was hit on the afternoon of 10 May in west London. Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, had said after the crash that her “thoughts and prayers” were with

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris, who became one of the UK’s biggest TV stars but was later jailed for using his fame to groom and assault young women, has died after a long illness, aged 93. His death was confirmed by a registrar at the town hall in Maidenhead, where he lived. Harris was jailed for

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to carry out new searches of a reservoir, Sky News understands. Officers will start work on Tuesday at the Arade dam, which is located about 50km from where the British toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, 16 years ago. British police will also

When Annie got the call on a Friday afternoon in March this year, she was on her way to pick up her daughter from school. Her son, in his early twenties, was being discharged, with immediate effect from the mental health unit Wotton Lawn in Gloucester, where he had been sectioned in the psychiatric intensive

Rishi Sunak will speak to his independent ethics adviser regarding Suella Braverman’s speeding fine, Sky News understands. The prime minister will consult his adviser upon returning to London from the G7 summit in Japan. Ms Braverman, 43, had been caught speeding last summer and opted to attend a driving awareness course rather than accept a

Counting has concluded in Northern Ireland’s council elections, with Sinn Fein becoming the largest party in local government for the first time. After a two-day count, they emerged with 144 seats, an increase of 39 on the last vote in 2019. Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill described the results as “momentous”, adding: “The onus

Labour is demanding an investigation into reports Home Secretary Suella Braverman asked civil servants to help her avoid a group speeding awareness course to dodge a fine. The shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper called it “shocking” that Ms Braverman had reportedly tried to bend the normal process for speeding drivers. “As Home Secretary, Suella Braverman

Chantel Graham never thought she would need to rely on donated toothpaste and soap to keep her two daughters and her house clean. But when the pandemic grounded her job as cabin crew for a major airline, she went from a comfortable existence to barely making rent. “My life changed drastically,” the 39-year-old told Sky

A man has died after being attacked by a “dangerously out of control” dog in Leigh. The 37-year-old was found by officers in the town in Greater Manchester with serious injuries shortly after 9.10pm on Thursday. He was taken to hospital where he later died in the early hours of Friday. Greater Manchester Police said

The friends of a mother from the Wirral whose heart stopped when she collapsed at an airport in Turkey are raising money to get her back home. Friends and family of Melissa Kinsella, from Merseyside, said she is now in a coma and claim the Turkish hospital treating her is charging her nearly £2,000 for

The online party goods supplier founded by the Princess of Wales’s parents has been sold after it failed to avoid collapsing into administration. Sky News has learnt that Party Pieces Holdings, which was launched by Carole and Michael Middleton in 1987, was bought on Thursday by James Sinclair, an entrepreneur. Sources said the sale had

Rishi Sunak has confidently backed himself to remain prime minister for another term as he insisted the Conservatives were on track to win the next general election, despite an absolute drubbing in the local elections. Asked whether he would still be prime minister after the next general election, Mr Sunak replied: “Yes. I’m working really

Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic” car chase after being followed by paparazzi, according to his spokesperson. The incident happened after Meghan and Harry had attended an awards ceremony in New York on Tuesday. “This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving