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Residents in Hackney have been urged to remain indoors and shut their windows after a fire sent clouds of black smoke into the sky....

Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething has lost a vote of no confidence – but dismissed the motion as a “gimmick” and vowed to carry...

Reform UK has pulled to within two points of the Conservatives, according to the latest YouGov poll of the election campaign for Sky News....

Both the Starmer and Sunak campaigns agree: the first head-to-head of the election campaign was – in many ways – a difficult watch. The...

Sir Keir Starmer said it was “garbage” to claim he would raise taxes by £2,000 as he traded blows with Rishi Sunak in their...

A number of procedures have been cancelled or redirected to other NHS providers after a ransomware attack struck major hospitals in the capital. King’s...

“Neither of them are blessed with natural charisma.” This rather damning assessment of both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer – the UK’s choice...

A man has been jailed for 15 years for raping a “vulnerable, lone” woman in a city centre while celebrating his birthday on a...

Twelve of the 26 members of the cabinet who are running for re-election are at risk of losing their seats, according to a YouGov...

Labour could be on course to win a historic landslide, with the party expected to win a 194-seat majority, a YouGov poll shows. It...

A 91-year-old man has become the first person in England to be fitted with a ground-breaking artificial cornea. Cecil ‘John’ Farley, 91, said his...

Rob Burrow’s former teammate Kevin Sinfield has paid tribute to his “wonderful friend” following the rugby league legend’s death. Sinfield played for Leeds Rhinos...

Hospital patients are “dying in corridors”, nurses have warned as they declared a “national emergency” in the NHS. Patients are regularly treated on chairs...

A rape survivor who held on to “the guilt and the shame” for years before reporting her attacker has told Sky News she has...

The Conservatives have pledged to give £20m to 30 towns across the country – a move the Labour Party has branded a “reckless, unfunded...

“I smell a virgin…” Katie Hopkins said, looking straight at me. “I smell lefty, pressy scum!” The far-right commentator was addressing an audience of...

The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a video emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at...

A 20-year-old man from London has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth. Amie Gray,...

Meteorological summer is just around the corner, with June beginning at the weekend.  As things stand, it doesn’t have to deliver much to be...