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An investigation has been launched after an alleged assault on a linesman during an amateur football match in North Wales. Video footage shared on social media shows a player, who was acting as a volunteer linesman at the time, falling to the ground after seemingly being struck in the face. The alleged assault occurred around

Polls are to open for the local elections across the country, with the added extra of a by-election on the same day. Over 2,600 council seats are up for grabs across 107 councils in England, along with 10 mayoralties in major cities and combined authorities, and 25 London Assembly seats. A total of 37 police

The infected blood compensation scheme is to be extended to bereaved children who have lost one or two parents, Sky News understands. This group has not been involved in the interim compensation scheme previously paid to victims of the scandal. Tony Farrugia, who lost his haemophiliac father (and two uncles) to HIV/AIDs after being treated

Officers have raided the homes of the first people to be deported to Rwanda. It comes following the recent passing of the Safety of Rwanda Act, which declared the central African nation safe following concerns raised by the Supreme Court last year. A video released by the Home Office showed officers entering homes and bringing

Police officers who responded to a sword attack in London suffered “horrifically serious injuries” – with one of them having been close to losing her hand, the head of the Metropolitan Police has said. A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured in the attack in Hainault on Tuesday morning. Police have

Hotel chain Premier Inn has been banned from advertising rooms “from only £35 a night” by the advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority found that an online ad from November, saying “Premier Inn Edinburgh – rooms from only £35 per night.” was “likely to mislead” viewers. Premier Inn’s owner Whitbread showed the watchdog there were

At immigration centres up and down the country, migrants attend regular meetings with caseworkers. But today in Solihull, protesters against the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda warned those who turned up that they could be immediately detained ahead of the first flights taking off. Various volunteers handed out numbers of law firms

Line Of Duty actor Brian McCardie has died aged 59, his family has confirmed. Best known for playing mafia boss John Thomas ‘Tommy’ Hunter in the police procedural, he had also recently joined the cast of Outlander prequel, Blood Of My Blood. His sister confirmed his death on X, writing: “It is with great sadness

An 83-year-old “loan shark” has been ordered to pay back more than £173,000. A proceeds of crime hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday was told Tabitha Richardson from Newport will have to sell her home to raise the funds. If Richardson does not pay the money back within three months she could face 21

A man who is being hunted for money laundering was found in possession of gold and art worth millions of pounds, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. Lenn Mayhew-Lewis, 69, who the NCA described as a “prolific money launderer”, was found with eight kilos of gold bars and shavings stashed in his Bentley when

King Charles will return to official public duties later for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer. The monarch, who is the patron of Macmillan Cancer Support, will visit a cancer treatment centre to meet medical specialists and other patients, along with the Queen. He decided to announce he had cancer at the beginning

England rugby star Billy Vunipola has apologised after an “unfortunate misunderstanding” at a Spanish bar – but denies he was involved in violence after reports said he was tasered following an altercation. The 31-year-old shared a statement after his club side Saracens said it was investigating reports he had been arrested following an alleged violent

The average price paid for comprehensive motor insurance rose 1% in the first quarter of the year, according to industry data indicating an easing in the steep rises seen last year. The latest tracker issued by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) showed a 1% increase on the previous three months to £635. That was

The trees are out, but it still feels pretty chilly – and wet. In the southeast of England, 25mm to 30mm of rain has fallen in 24 hours this weekend. For some places that is more than half the April average. Your coat and gloves may soon be redundant, however. While Sunday’s top temperatures across

A TV doctor who gave free Botox to a patient in return for sex at his clinic has been struck off. Dr Tijion Esho, who has featured on ITV’s This Morning, BBC’s Morning Live and E4’s Body Fixers, denied having a physical relationship with the woman, known only as Patient A, but admitted to an

A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic will be auctioned on Saturday.  John Jacob Astor, 47, went down with the ship in 1912 after helping his wife on to a lifeboat. Rather than try his luck with another lifeboat, the impeccably dressed businessman, a prominent

The police handling of the case of an American driver who fled the UK after a crash that left a nurse unable to walk was “not acceptable”. Isaac Calderon returned to the US after a collision in Herefordshire that left Elizabeth Donowho with two broken ankles and a fractured sternum. Ms Donowho complained that police had

The King is to return to public-facing royal duties, with his medical team “very encouraged” by the progress made in his cancer treatment. The monarch has been receiving outpatient care since early February and despite the good news, palace sources stressed His Majesty is still continuing treatment. The announcement that the King is doing well

Two teachers who were injured in an alleged knife attack at their school have spoken of how difficult it has been to “comprehend” what happened. Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin thanked well-wishers after they were stabbed at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on Wednesday. They were allegedly attacked by a 13-year-old student during the

A primary school teacher has admitted murdering her partner, whose partly mummified remains were discovered four-and-a-half months after he was last seen. Fiona Beal, 50, was accused of stabbing her 42-year-old boyfriend Nicholas Billingham to death “in cold blood” before burying his body in their garden. At the beginning of her trial last week, jurors