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The Bayesian, the award-winning superyacht, sank during a tornado off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday. The body of one person has been found, but six others – including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch – remain missing. But what do we know about the ship? The British-flagged 56 metre ship –

The woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim. A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident in the Gorton area near Longsight, which happened at around 11.20pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said. Two other people, a 17-year-old girl and 64-year-old man,

One child is strip searched every 14 hours, according to data in a report by the Children’s Commissioner, with police failing to record an appropriate adult in almost half of recent searches. The report shows there were 3,368 strip searches of children between January 2018 and June 2023 in England and Wales – with 457

The parents of a baby stillborn due to hospital failings have spoken of their grief amid warnings the public’s view of the NHS as a “national religion” could be “dangerous”. Warning: This article contains images and details some readers may find distressing Eight years ago, Harriet Hawkins was born dead. Every single day without her

Three-quarters of Muslims say they are worried about their safety, according to a new survey – a rise of almost 60% since the week of far-right rioting that took place across the UK. The Muslim Women’s Network surveyed 200 of its members on how safe they felt in the UK before and after the riots.

A new deadlier variant of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is “very likely” to already be in the UK, an infectious diseases expert has told Sky News. The clade 1b strain has been confirmed in Sweden and Pakistan after first being detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is believed to be

The organiser of a protest that led to racist violence in Hull has accepted that describing small boat migrants as “an influx of illegal invaders” was not “the best choice of words”. However, he claimed his demonstration was hijacked and denied being racist. In a conversation with a worshipper from a mosque that was attacked,

The death of a 13-year-old girl after she took a sip of Costa Coffee hot chocolate was due to a “failure to follow the processes in place to discuss allergies”, a coroner has ruled. There was also a “failure of communication” between the staff at the Costa in Barking, east London, and the girl’s mother,

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

The UK is preparing for potential cases of a new strain of mpox after outbreaks of the virus were declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation. The strain, known as clade 1b, emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 17,000 cases and 571 deaths in Africa this year, according to

The 11-year-old girl who was stabbed in Leicester Square was an Australian tourist, the country’s foreign ministry has said. The ministry said they were offering assistance to her and her mother, who was with her at the time of the attack. It comes after Ioan Pintaru, 32, was charged with attempted murder and possession of

Two men found dead in a burned-out car in Sweden were British nationals, officials say. Juan Cifuentes and Farooq Abdulrazak were reported missing in July after failing to return home from a business trip to Denmark and Sweden. Swedish prosecutors say they have now identified remains as belonging to the two men. The car was

Canal water in the West Midlands is being tested for sodium cyanide after a spillage of toxic chemicals. Walsall Council said the Environment Agency told it about a spillage that went directly into the canal at Pleck on Monday. A major incident has been declared, involving police, the fire service, the Canal and Rivers Trust

A young man whose best friend was killed by a paranoid schizophrenic has spoken of his anger that lessons were not learned ahead of the Nottingham attack that left three people dead. Michael Callaghan, 27, was left permanently disabled and his friend Jacob Billington died when they were both stabbed on a night out in

A man has been charged after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in central London. Ioan Pintaru, 32, has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article less than a day after the girl was injured in an attack in Leicester Square. Initial reports suggested the girl’s mum, 34, was also stabbed in

An 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman have been stabbed in London’s Leicester Square. Their condition is not yet known. Police say a man has been arrested and is in custody. Metropolitan Police added: “We don’t believe there are any outstanding suspects.” This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published

Temperatures could soar to 35C in some parts of the country today which would make it the hottest day of the year so far. Warm European air caused temperatures to climb across much of the country on Sunday – and the Met Office has said highs of 34C to 35C could be reached on Monday.

The parents of the nine-year-old girl killed in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop have released an image of her at the event on the day of the attack. The image shows Alice da Silva Aguiar next to a cardboard cutout of Swift at the Hart Space community centre on the morning

It is not only Team GB’s athletes who are getting their “Olympic moment” at the Paris Games. Team GB boxing doctor Harj Singh and physio Robbie Lillis have emerged as heroes after helping to save the life of the head coach of the Uzbekistan boxing team. Tulkin Kilichev was celebrating Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov’s gold

The wife of a Tory councillor has pleaded guilty to publishing written material to stir up racial hatred following the Southport stabbings. Childminder Lucy Connolly admitted making the post about asylum seekers at Northampton Crown Court after she was previously arrested and re-arrested in the first half of August. UK riots latest: Anti-racism protests planned