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The family of a student who died after an e-bike crash have described her as a “happy, beautiful and talented girl who was loved by everyone who knew her”. Sophie Goode, 18, was cycling near the University of Nottingham in the early hours of Tuesday morning when she was involved in a crash. She was

More patients in England will be able to book appointments online and request to see their regular doctor as part of a new deal agreed with GPs in England, the government has said. The deal includes an additional £889m in funding for the year 2025 to 2026 and is designed to end the “8am scramble”

Usually, correspondence written by the King is not made public, but Donald Trump held up the letter in the Oval Office. The letter, which was inviting him to the UK for a historic second state visit, was handed to him by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Here is what we have been able to make

A 19-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a dog in Bristol, police have said. Two people – a man and a woman both aged in their 20s – have been arrested and remain in police custody. Neighbourhood Inspector Terry Murphy said: “A full investigation is now well under way to establish the full

The CIA, NSA and multiple other US intelligence agencies have been asked to examine a reported request from the UK government for Apple to implement a backdoor in their encryption. Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence (DNI), announced the measures in a letter to two US politicians who had raised concerns about the

Detectives have issued a facial recreation from a human skull pulled from the North Sea last year in the hope of identifying the mystery woman. The skull was discovered by a fishing boat around 150 miles off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, on 15 May 2024. Police Scotland said forensic work has confirmed the skull

A lack of jobs is forcing GPs out of the NHS with some taking up work as Uber drivers to pay the bills, experts have told Sky News. The “ridiculous” situation has been blamed on chronic underfunding and the rising costs of running a general practice – meaning there is not enough money to recruit.

A scammer dubbed the “Football Fraudster” is back in jail after illegally leaving the UK, police have said. Former footballer Medi Abalimba, 35, posed as a Premier League player and persuaded his victims, including Thierry Henry’s ex-wife and a Love Island contestant to pay for stays in luxury hotels, helicopter trips, and travel to different

The average annual energy bill will increase to £1,849 from April as the industry regulator Ofgem increases the price cap for the third time in a row. The new figure represents a 6.4% a year – or £9.25 per month – increase in the typical sum the vast majority of households face paying for gas

Care providers have warned the government that the UK social care system is “at breaking point” as it struggles with rising demand and high costs. It comes as thousands of care and support providers, and some of those who rely on the service, plan to stage a demonstration in central London to urge the government

Insults hurled by Donald Trump at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are “ghastly to hear” and “complete untruths”, former British prime minister Boris Johnson has said. A friend of both men, however, he said he was “optimistic” Kyiv and Washington would agree an “economic partnership” that would benefit both sides. Speaking to Sky News on a

Police are searching for a man they want to talk to in connection with a murder in east London. Jason Junior Romeo, 20, was fatally stabbed outside an address on Bodney Road in Hackney following an altercation at about 6pm on Tuesday, police said. Officers have released an image of Renaldo Roberts, 25, who they

The chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital was worried about a “wrongful conviction” after Lucy Letby was arrested, a public inquiry has heard. Tony Chambers was said to have had concerns about Letby’s initial detention by Cheshire Constabulary in July 2018 over several unexplained and unexpected collapses of babies in the hospital’s neonatal

People who have tracked the location of their stolen mobile phones, laptops or bikes can expect swifter police action under new measures to be introduced to parliament today. In a drive to tackle street crimes, officers will no longer need a warrant to enter a premises where stolen items have been electronically located, such as through

The bodies of a man and a woman have been found at a property on a village high street in South Wales, police have said. The deaths of the two adults are being treated as “unexplained”, South Wales Police said on Monday. The bodies of the pair were discovered at an address on Hirwaun High

A police officer who removed a burglar’s electronic tag so she could have a secret sexual relationship with him has been jailed. Natasha Conneely was part of a Bedfordshire Police unit responsible for offender management in May 2023 when the relationship was discovered. The force said its professional standards department found messages between the pair.

A body has been found in the search for 23-year-old runner Jenny Hall.  She was last seen leaving her home in Barracks Farm, County Durham, in her car just after 3pm on Tuesday. Police said there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances after a body was found in a very remote area in

Police are searching for a van driver who fled the scene of a Manchester city centre collision in which a three-year-old girl was killed. The girl, a pedestrian, died after a collision between a tram and a van at about 10am on Saturday morning. The tram forced the van onto the footpath on Mosley Street,

Specialist drones have been deployed to look for a missing runner as police warn volunteers not to join the search. Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home in Barracks Farm, County Durham, in her car just after 3pm on Tuesday. Durham Constabulary said her last known location was on the B6278 between Stanhope

Apple will no longer offer customers in the UK its most advanced, end-to-end security encryption feature for cloud data – following a row with the government. The Advanced Data Protection (ADP) tool is an optional feature which means only account holders can see things like photos or documents that they have stored online. Apple itself