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A police officer who paid a “welfare visit” to a violent offender the day before he launched a terrorist attack has described how he was unaware the man had a knife for the attack in his flat. Khairi Saadallah was acting “shiftily” and positioned himself between the officers and a Morrisons supermarket bag containing the

Police are warning homes could be left without gas as metal is allegedly being stolen from a gas pipe. The pipe, which provides gas to the town of Port Talbot and the nearby Neath Valley, is “vital” to ensure homes can be heated, police say. Officers say damage to the pipeline “must be avoided at

A hospital has apologised to more than 100 women after their eggs and embryos were likely damaged during the freezing process. Guy’s Hospital in London contacted the 136 women after discovering its NHS-operated clinic may have inadvertently used some bottles of a faulty freezing solution in September and October 2022. The clinic said it did

A police officer who was shot dead while responding to an armed robbery nearly 20 years ago was gunned down at almost point-blank range, her murder trial has been told. PC Sharon Beshenivsky was killed on 18 November 2005 as she and her colleague PC Teresa Milburn responded to a report of a robbery at

The widow of a British soldier killed in a road accident while serving in Cyprus has demanded that the US serviceman involved faces prosecution. Colour Sergeant Anthony Oxley, who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, died after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car at RAF Akrotiri in June 2016. His widow

The King is back in London for what is expected to be further treatment for his cancer diagnosis. The monarch and Queen Camilla took a helicopter from their private home in Sandringham to Buckingham Palace, then were driven to Clarence House nearby. The palace announced last week that the 75-year-old was diagnosed with an unspecified

The police watchdog has started an investigation into the Nottinghamshire force over its previous contact with Valdo Calocane before he killed three people last year. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) probe is also looking into complaints by the victims’ families that there were “flaws” in the handling of the murder investigation and “missed

The UK arm of The Body Shop has entered administration, threatening jobs and stores. As first reported by Sky News, FRP Advisory has been brought in to handle an insolvency process just weeks since the new owners took control of the cosmetics retailer. The Body Shop has roughly 200 outlets across the UK. Inflation to

The King has made his first statement since being diagnosed with cancer, using it to give his “heartfelt thanks” to the public for their “comfort and encouragement”. In a message, written from Sandringham in Norfolk, King Charles said: “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the many messages of support and good

Police have started searching the River Thames for the body of chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi. The Metropolitan Police said boats were out searching by 9am and would shortly be approaching from the east of Chelsea Bridge. Detectives said on Friday they believed Azedi was dead after CCTV showed him leaning over the railings of

On London’s Park Lane there is a private jet showroom. You can relax in a section of the cabin taken from an executive airliner, complete with cocoa-cream leather sofas and the plushest of swivel armchairs. Steve Varsano, founder of The Jet Business, runs me through my brand options if I have an appetite for luxury

A teacher told Sky News he has resorted to gluing his own dentures back together amid a shortage of NHS dentists. Norman Stephenson, 66, was one of hundreds of people who queued for treatment at Bristol’s newest NHS dental practice, St Pauls. The office said they enrolled 1,500 people in two days after opening on

More of the Clapham chemical attack suspect’s movements have been revealed by police as a nationwide manhunt continues. A major search is underway for Abdul Ezedi, 35, who is accused of pouring a strong alkali on a woman and injuring her two daughters, aged three and eight, last Wednesday. He was last seen that night,

The dentist Rishi Sunak visited in Cornwall to promote his “recovery plan” is not accepting new NHS patients, it has emerged. The prime minister met staff and patients at Gentle Dental in Newquay on Thursday. Politics Live: Starmer ditches his ‘biggest dividing line’ with Tories He told broadcasters that “it hasn’t been easy enough for

Sin-bins could be introduced in professional football if football’s rulemakers’ plans are given the go ahead, Sky Sports News understands. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will publish the detailed protocols for the trials on Friday. The new ruling is expected to include referees dishing out blue cards. In the trials, refs will have the

Rishi Sunak should apologise for his transgender jibe which was made while Brianna Ghey’s mother was in parliament, Gordon Brown has told Sky News. The former PM was speaking to the Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge a day after the current occupier of Number 10 joked during Prime Minister’s Questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s record

A football fan has pleaded guilty to assaulting Newcastle United’s goalkeeper during a League Cup quarter-final match against Chelsea. Jordan Chidley admitted assault by beating and unlawfully going on to a playing area at a football match. The 25-year-old invaded the pitch at Stamford Bridge on 19 December last year after Chelsea scored an equaliser

The world’s largest offshore wind developer has scaled back development targets and announced hundreds of job cuts as the renewable industry struggles under the pressure of rising costs. Orsted, the company developing the Norfolk coast windfarm, Hornsea 3, also suspended shareholder payments in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet. In common with the industry

A body has been found at sea in the search for a missing woman who disappeared in Edinburgh. Alison Campbell, 50, was last seen leaving a property in Murrayfield Avenue at around 3.10am on Tuesday. Ms Campbell drove off in her red Toyota Aygo, which was later found in the Cramond Beach area of the

The prime minister will have his weekly audience with the King over the phone following the monarch’s cancer diagnosis, Downing Street has said. The private meeting is normally held in person in Buckingham Palace. “We don’t in genera -l and we are not going to – get into the habit of commenting on the PM’s