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Boris Johnson has dramatically made a double retreat from all-out verbal war with Rishi Sunak over the damning report which concluded he lied to MPs over partygate. First, he has ordered his closest allies in the Commons not to vote against the privileges committee report that proposed a 90-day suspension if he had still been

A police officer has been stabbed in Kent and is in a serious condition in hospital. Kent Police said the attack happened when officers attended an address in Albion Place, Maidstone, at around 8pm on Thursday. The officer was airlifted to a London hospital with stab wounds. He remains in a serious but stable condition,

A police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Luke Christopher Horner, based in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, with the Thames Valley force, has been charged with one count of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child and one of making an indecent image of a child. Northamptonshire Police said the charges against

A hosepipe ban is to be introduced for more than two million people in Kent and Sussex as the country swelters during the current heatwave. South East Water said it was bringing in the restriction over water shortages in those regions. Schools have been forced to close during the hot weather and bottled water stations

Millions of people were left waiting too long for energy support due to a lack of government “bandwidth”, according to a report from the cross-party Public Accounts Committee. More than a million households became eligible for support too late, while a further two million homes using prepayment meters have yet to redeem their £400 voucher,

The operator of Britain’s electricity system says it is to keep a scheme that aims to help prevent blackouts for the coming winter. National Grid ESO said it was “prudent to maintain” the demand flexibility service (DFS), which was introduced in 2022 in the wake of Europe’s gas squeeze caused by the war in Ukraine.

Mortgage payers taking out new loans today are now facing the biggest home loan squeeze since the early 1990s housing crash, with the pain only set to worsen in the coming months. The average rate on a new five-year mortgage has now ticked up to 5.54%, according to Moneyfacts. This is, in headline terms, the

Two police officers who followed two teenage boys minutes before they were killed in a crash in Cardiff have been served with gross misconduct notices, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said. The officers were in a marked van and had followed Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, on an electric bike before it

Police are continuing to question a 31-year-old man after three people were stabbed to death and three more injured in an attack in Nottingham early on Tuesday morning. The University of Nottingham said it was “shocked and devastated” as it revealed two of its students were among the dead. Talented hockey player Grace Kumar, 19,

A defiant Boris Johnson vowed “I’ll be back” as he called on the Tories to deliver on Brexit and the promises of the 2019 manifesto. The former prime minister hinted at a political comeback on the day he formally resigned as an MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. In a message in the Daily Express

A 16-year-old boy stabbed to death in Bath on Saturday has been named by police. Emergency services went to an address on Eastfield Avenue shortly after 11pm but Mikey Roynon, from Kingswood, died at the scene. A post-mortem found he was killed by a single stab wound. Three boys – a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old

A financial analyst from Surrey has been jailed for eight years for terrorism offences after he was caught with a bomb-factory in a lock-up when he took his laptop in for repair. Asad Bhatti, 50, from Redhill, who worked for Legal and General as a senior financial analyst, combined Islam and conspiracy theories to come

Emergency crews remain at the scene of a wildfire that has blazed through the Highlands since Saturday afternoon. The fire broke out near Daviot, south of Inverness, with villagers advised to remain indoors and close all windows and doors to prevent smoke inhalation. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said at its height six

Rishi Sunak has launched a broadside at Boris Johnson after the former prime minister resigned from the House of Commons last week. Mr Johnson was left furious after some of his political allies – Nadine Dorries, Alok Sharma and Nigel Adams – were not given the places in the House of Lords he nominated them

Lobby Akkinola has felt almost every emotion since his father’s death just over three years ago.  First, there was the overwhelming grief when Femi died with COVID in April 2020. Then came the anger as Lobby desperately searched for answers in trying to understand why his 60-year-old father, a key worker, was left exposed and

Some military personnel and their families have been forced to use food banks as high inflation and rising costs tip members of the Armed Forces into crisis, Sky News can reveal. An unofficial food bank even exists at a large Royal Air Force base in Lincolnshire, a defence source said. The voluntary facility at RAF

Manchester City have won their first ever Champions League and the Treble after a 1-0 win over Inter. Midfielder Rodri scored from 15 yards out in the 68th minute to secure a victory over the Italian side in Istanbul – capping an unforgettable season for Pep Guardiola’s side. They outpaced closest rivals Arsenal to comfortably

Police are investigating the deaths of patients at a hospital in Brighton. Detectives are looking into allegations of medical negligence at the Royal Sussex County Hospital over a five-year period. The number of deaths is around 40. The claims concern alleged failings in neurosurgery and general surgery. The claims of medical negligence were made by

A car dealer has been jailed after “clocking” 2,750,000 miles from 32 second-hand vehicles, which he sold on to garages. Ashley Wilson, 27, of Longfield Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court after being convicted of fraud and gaining £445,957 from the sale of the cars. He was jailed for 45 months. Wilson was

It reads like a declaration of war – but in reality, Friday’s resignation statement matters because Boris Johnson is throwing in the towel on his political career. Yes, there are hints of a third political comeback in his kinetic resignation statement. “Never write him off,” say the pundits in the cheap seats. Yes, there will