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A-level results are an August rite of passage for hundreds of thousands of teenagers, but this year the students won’t be the only ones swallowing hard as they open envelopes and emails. For most, these results determine the path into higher education, and, with the university sector facing a funding crisis, scores of vice-chancellors will

England Test team captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out for the remainder of the summer with a torn hamstring. Stokes, 33, suffered the injury while batting for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred on Sunday and was later seen on crutches. The all-rounder had to be helped from the field after pulling up while running

A body has been recovered in the search for a 16-year-old boy, believed to have got into difficulty while swimming in a lake on the hottest day of the year so far. Police were called to Burnside Lakes in the Cambridgeshire suburb of Cherry Hinton at 5.26pm on Monday over concerns for a teenager in

A collection of some of the earliest King Charles III banknotes have been sold at auction for more than £900,000. Over four separate auctions at Spink & Son, lots containing some of the earliest King Charles £5, £10, £20 and £50 banknotes went up for auction, raising £914,127 in total. The notes had a face

A house has gone up in flames after being struck by lightning. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze in Aviemore’s Grampian View at around 10am on Monday. It came amid a Met Office yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across the whole of Scotland, which ended at 1pm. Image: Pic: Supplied Image: Pic: Supplied Follow Sky

British wholesale gas prices have climbed to their highest level in more than eight months – risking a future spike in energy bills – amid fears over escalating tensions in the war between Ukraine and Russia. Prices surged past 100p per therm on Monday, the highest since December 2023, according to London Stock Exchange Group

Police are hunting for a suspect after a man was shot in Leeds on Sunday afternoon. Armed officers arrived at Stainbeck Road after they were contacted by the ambulance service at 2.47pm. West Yorkshire Police said they found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound. The force said he was taken to hospital where his

Police have shot a man in a village in Surrey after reports of an altercation, leaving him in a critical condition. The man, in his 20s, is in hospital. Surrey Police received reports of an “altercation” between two people including a man armed with a weapon in the street on Nursery Road, Knaphill, shortly after

Two Chinese warships have travelled through UK waters closely watched by a British frigate in a rare transit, the Royal Navy has revealed. HMS Richmond kept a “close watch” on the Chinese Navy task group as it passed the UK twice in three weeks, travelling to and from Russia. Monitoring foreign warships is a routine

Police officers remain on high alert amid concerns unrest will continue this weekend. The start of the football season has sparked fears of further unrest, with some newspapers reporting police are considering football banning orders after investigations suggested a link between rioters and football hooligan groups. Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that police should remain

The King has spoken of how he has been “greatly encouraged by the many examples of community spirit that had countered the aggression and criminality from a few” – as he reflected on the recent violent disorder seen across the country. This evening the monarch held a phone audience with the prime minister and leading

Merseyside Police have released CCTV images of 12 people following “recent disorder” in the area. Previous weeks have seen widespread violence across the UK, linked to anti-immigrant groups as mosques were attacked and hotels holding asylum seekers were targeted. Courts are already sentencing people for taking part in the violence, with jail terms of up

Lee Carsley has been announced as interim manager of the England men’s football team. It comes after Gareth Southgate left the role following England’s Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain. In a statement, Carsley said: “It’s an honour to step up and lead this England squad on an interim basis. As I am very familiar

Huw Edwards has been asked to hand back part of his annual BBC salary after pleading guilty to possession of child sex abuse images. The amount, thought to be in the region of £200,000, is what he earned from the broadcaster for five months after he was arrested. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy had previously called

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has intervened in British politics once again by posting images an offensive deleted tweet from a Labour MP. Musk has been sparring with Sir Keir Starmer since last week after the prime minister blamed social media companies for allowing the spread of false claims the Southport stabbings suspect was an asylum

Police have appealed for the public’s help to trace a man considered a “risk to women” after he absconded from a care facility in east London. Balasankar Narayanan was last seen at around 6.40pm on Sunday 4 August – when he ran away from staff carers who took him to a park during escorted leave.

A man downed pints of lager and shots in a pub before killing a six-year-old boy and two women in a 90mph car crash. Joe-Lewis Tyler, 34, has been jailed for 18 years over the collision on 22 February, when he smashed his BMW into a Ford Mondeo taxi in Worcester. A bartender estimated Tyler

The BBC will keep its BAFTA won for royal coverage fronted by disgraced former newsreader Huw Edwards, but individual awards he received remain under review, it is understood. Seven individual presenter prizes handed out to Edwards by the BAFTA Cymru Awards, between 2002 and 2017, are being reviewed. It comes after the 62-year-old pleaded guilty

Police forces have released CCTV images in an appeal to identify people in connection with the far-right violence over the past week. Merseyside Police issued pictures of 14 people, while South Yorkshire police have published 21 pictures in connection with violent disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham on Sunday. The hotel has been

The King has asked to be kept updated daily on protests planned around the UK, Sky News understands. He is said to be engaging privately in the issues it has generated. The monarch has a longstanding record of engaging in issues around community cohesion and interfaith dialogue. UK riots latest: Counter-protesters gather in Hackney It