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A teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed at a school in West Wales. Police confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that three people were injured at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman school and are being treated for stab wounds. Dyfed-Powys Police say the incident happened at about

A police officer described the students stabbed to death in Nottingham last summer as “proper butchered” and said officers “tried to hold their inners in”. Sky News can reveal the “disgusting” police WhatsApp message sent in the aftermath of the killings of Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar on 13 June 2023. Their families are horrified

Plenty of people have died on small boats trying to cross the Channel. But this was different. The people who perished in the waters off Wimereux died not just because of the greed of people smugglers, or the inadequacy of their boat. This is a story about violence. What really killed these people was a

Two men have been charged with spying for China after allegedly supplying information which could be “useful to an enemy”. Christopher Berry, 32, of Witney, Oxfordshire, was charged under the Official Secrets Act after a counterterrorism investigation. Former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 29, of Whitechapel, London, was also charged under the same act. It is

Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley will meet the home secretary and policing minister this week to discuss antisemitism, Sky News understands. It comes after an antisemitism campaigner was threatened with arrest yards away from a pro-Palestine protest where officers described him as “openly Jewish” and said his presence was “antagonising demonstrators”. The force apologised

An MP facing allegations of misusing campaign funds has quit the Conservative Party and says he won’t stand at the next general election. Claims surfaced earlier this week in The Times that Mark Menzies had used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off “bad people” who had reportedly locked him in a flat

An antisemitism campaigner has called for the head of the Metropolitan Police to resign after he was called “openly Jewish” by an officer and threatened with arrest at a pro-Palestinian march in London. Gideon Falter, the chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, said Jewish Londoners cannot have confidence in the Met under Sir Mark

A former model who almost died trying to cure her cancer with a juice diet has warned others against “cutting out” traditional medical advice and trying to source alternative information online. Irena Stoynova forked out £2,000 on juicers and would spend up to three hours a day preparing liquid meals for the next day, believing

Being Jewish “should never be seen as provocative”, the government has said, following the controversial policing of a pro-Palestinian march in London. Scotland Yard had to apologise twice after an officer prevented an antisemitism campaigner from crossing a road yards from a demonstration because he was “openly Jewish”. A video showed an officer using the

People who are fit to work but do not accept job offers will have their benefits taken away after 12 months, the prime minister has pledged. Outlining his plans to reform the welfare system if the Conservatives win the next general election, Rishi Sunak said “unemployment support should be a safety net, never a choice”

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been charged by police after he was arrested amid an investigation into the SNP’s funding and finances. Police said he has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the party. The former SNP chief executive, 59, was questioned by detectives after being taken into Police Scotland

This is a tale that’s more than just a marmalade dropper. It’s a story so astounding you have to pick yourself up off the floor.  Mark Menzies MP last December allegedly made a 3.15am phone call to an elderly party volunteer asking for £5,000 as a matter of “life or death” because he had been

Dozens of people around the world have been arrested after police disrupted a UK-founded website scamming victims on an industrial scale. LabHost, a site set up in 2021, tricked as many as 70,000 UK victims, obtaining 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 PINs worldwide, the Metropolitan Police said. It was created by a criminal network and

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said that “better times are ahead” but that the fundamentals of the UK economy are “very strong”. Speaking to Sky News in Washington, Mr Hunt pointed to price rise data from today showing a drop in the rate of inflation as well as the latest jobs figures and IMF economic growth

If you want to understand why people are still risking everything to cross the Channel, let me take you to a quiet street near Dunkirk, where chaos is in the air. A group of around 40 or 50 people – migrants who have just failed in their latest attempt to cross the Channel – are

Birmingham Airport has temporarily suspended operations due to a “security incident on an aircraft”. A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said: “The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew have disembarked. “All customers due to travel should make their way to the airport and check in as normal.” This breaking news story is being updated and

The prime minister is facing another rebellion from his party over his plans to ban young people from ever smoking again. Should the Tobacco and Vapes Bill eventually be passed into law, it would be an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born after 1 January 2009. This means children aged 15 or younger

Three men have been killed and one critically injured after a car was involved in a crash near the Brent Cross shopping centre in north London. Officers were called to reports of a car crash at Staples Corner retail park at 11.26pm on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. They found five men, believed to be

The majority of children excluded in primary school don’t pass their GCSEs in English and Maths, according to new research. The charity Chance UK looked at the long-term impact of children being excluded or suspended in primary school. The study tracked various year groups across their school lives and included data from 3.2 million pupils

A 15-year-old boy has been charged over the death of a 70-year-old man in Glasgow. Police were called to the Victoria Road area shortly before midnight on Friday following the reported serious assault of the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The teenager who has been arrested and charged in connection with the