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People with type 2 diabetes should swap sugary drinks for coffee, tea and water to reduce their risk of dying early, research suggests. Making the simple swap has been linked to lower rates of early death due to cardiovascular disease and other causes, a study has found. Experts, including from Harvard Medical School in the

Soaring food and non-alcoholic drink prices have kept UK inflation in double-figures and continued to put more pressure on household budgets. More expensive bread, cereals and chocolate all caused the overall average price of food and non-alcoholic drinks to increase 19.1% in the year to March. This is the sharpest 12-month increase since August 1977. Here are some of

The government’s flagship online safety bill is “massively letting down” women and girls by failing to include specific protections to prevent misogynistic abuse, a senior Tory peer has said. Baroness Nicky Morgan has joined campaigners and celebrities in calling for a violence against women and girls (VAWG) code of practice to be included in the

The rate of inflation has eased slightly but still remains above 10%, according to official figures showing record costs for some essential foods. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index (CPI) measure slowed to 10.1% in March from 10.4% the previous month. Economists had largely expected a figure of 9.8%. The

An influencer and former Love Island contestant has been found to have breached UK advertising rules by not properly labelling a TikTok post as an ad. Tasha Ghouri was paid by EMI Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd, to feature Hold me Closer by Elton John and Britney Spears in a TikTok video

CCTV images have been released of a man police want to question after a woman was raped behind a library in Hartlepool. The pictures show the man leaving The Showroom bar in Victoria Road in the town in the early hours of Saturday 8 April. Cleveland Police received a report that a woman in her

Extinction Rebellion activists and dozens of other environmental groups have vowed to “step up campaigns in new and inventive ways” unless the government agrees to enter talks on two new demands. During a joint news conference today, Extinction Rebellion, Global Justice Now, Don’t Pay UK and PCS Union issued two new demands. They want ministers

A police officer and former officer in Northern Ireland are facing prosecution, following the leaking of images from the scenes of sudden deaths. The two will be prosecuted for alleged misconduct in public office, a decision announced by the region’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS). It is understood that one of the officers has already been

Lucy Letby wrote a note saying “I am evil I did this”, a court has been told. The 33-year-old nurse, originally from Hereford, is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016 at the Countess of Chester hospital. Manchester Crown Court was told a number of

The value of Manchester United fell following a report the controversial Glazer family would remain owners of the club. The company’s stock price fell 13% after ESPN said owners and co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer are confident they will secure investment to enable them to retain ownership of the club. The source cited in the

The cost of British food staples including cheddar cheese, porridge oats and white bread has soared in the last year, according to a new Which? report. Overall inflation on food and drinks across eight major supermarkets – Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose – rose to 17.2% in March. This marks a

Warwickshire Police are appealing for witnesses after two teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were allegedly raped after being approached by two men outside a McDonalds restaurant. It is understood that the two girls were approached at around 7pm on Saturday outside the fast food chain in Nuneaton town centre. One of the victims was raped

An allotment that helped feed hundreds struggling with the cost of living, but was destroyed by vandals, is now the subject of a police investigation. Carly Burd, 43, from Harlow in Essex, transformed her garden to grow organic fruit and vegetables as part of her “A Meal on Me With Love” initiative but was “heartbroken”

The giant American financial investor Carlyle is in talks about a major investment in Manchester United Football Club as the auction of the Premier League side nears its concluding stages. Sky News has learnt that Carlyle is among a handful of parties which have pitched proposals to acquire a minority stake in the Old Trafford

A student has been found guilty of threatening behaviour after throwing eggs at the King in York. Patrick Thelwell, 23, was arrested last November after he shouted “the King is a paedophile” after throwing “at least five” eggs towards King Charles during a walkabout in York last year. He appeared at York Magistrates’ Court this

A body has been found in the search for a missing man who vanished while hiking in Scotland. Patrick Alan Monroe, 33, set off from Tyndrum Holiday Park – formerly Pine Trees Caravan Park – in Stirling on the morning of Thursday 6 April. Mr Monroe reached the summits of Ben Oss and Ben Lui

Doctors who treated a British woman after she caught “break-bone fever” in the south of France have warned climate change could cause outbreaks as far north as the UK. The 44-year-old woman was infected with dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, while visiting family near Nice last September and developed a fever, muscle pain, headache and rash.

A council where the Home Office plans to turn an RAF base into asylum seeker accommodation says the “irrational” move will put at risk a £300m regeneration project for the site. A new local plan, with proposals to re-develop RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, was formally adopted on Thursday as part of requirements for councils to

Eight Metropolitan Police officers involved in a secret WhatsApp group which sent racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and disablist messages – including some making fun of Katie Price’s son, Harvey – have been found guilty of gross misconduct. The WhatsApp group, named “Secret Squirrel S**t”, was active between 2016 and 2018, and was found to have

A body has been found on a beach after a search operation off Brighton Palace Pier. A search operation for somebody believed to have been swept out to sea as Storm Noa hit the UK was called off this morning, Sussex police said. Lifeboats, the coastguard helicopter and police started the search after the alarm