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Police are continuing the search for a 21-year-old woman who has been missing for a week in Northern Ireland. Chloe Mitchell was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of 3 June in Ballymena town centre in County Antrim. A 26-year-old man has since been arrested in Lurgan, Co Armagh, and police say he

Thousands of West Ham United fans have lined the streets of east London for a victory parade after the squad lifted their first major trophy in more than 40 years. A bus carrying the Hammers emblazoned with the sign “Winners” struggled to make its way through the sea of delighted supporters celebrating their team’s 2-1

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has confirmed the officer captured on video appearing to punch a suspect several times is under criminal investigation. The video of the incident in Porthmadog gained significant attention on social media when it emerged last month. The IOPC said it had “notified a police constable that they are

Nurse Lucy Letby ”sabotaged” the care of a baby boy to get her crush’s attention, a court has heard. Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered the newborn triplet, known as Child O, on her first shift back at the Countess of Chester Hospital following a holiday in Ibiza with friends in June 2016. Her trial

Climate change is increasing turbulence during flights, and the trend is set to worsen, according to the first global study of its kind. Turbulence from storms can be picked up easily by aircraft radar. But “clear-air turbulence” is unpredictable and almost invisible, hard to detect with current equipment, and can occur so suddenly – it

Cancer patients face worsening NHS delays and compromised care due to a lack of staff, radiology leaders have warned. A poll of all 60 directors of the UK’s cancer centres by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) found 95% felt staff shortages were leading to longer waiting times for appointments and delays in cancer treatment.

Members of the public have been urged to share their experiences of how the coronavirus pandemic affected them to help shape the COVID-19 Inquiry’s recommendations. Every Story Matters aims to aid understanding of the full picture of what happened and what more needs to be done to ensure the UK is better prepared in the

Tens of thousands of skin cancer patients could be diagnosed faster thanks to a new smartphone camera lens. The lens – which is the size of a 50p – can attach to a smartphone and take detailed images of moles or skin legions. Dubbed “teledermatology” by NHS officials, the service is to be rolled out

West Ham won their first major trophy in more than 40 years in dramatic fashion after a 90th-minute winner over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final. Jarrod Bowen secured a 2-1 victory for the east London side as the tense final in Prague seemed to be heading into extra time. The Hammers had opened

Real Madrid have agreed to sign England footballer Jude Bellingham for an initial fee of £88.5m. The 19-year-old’s move was announced by German club Borussia Dortmund, who Bellingham joined in 2020 from Birmingham City. He is to sign a six-year contract and a medical is to be completed in the coming days. A statement from

The Daily Telegraph newspaper has inched closer to a sale after Lloyds Banking Group seized control of its parent firm over unpaid loans and placed it in the hands of receivers. Sky News has previously reported how the bank was understood to have undertaken the drastic move and was in the process of appointing investment

The family of a mother-of-five killed by her “obsessed” former partner have told an inquest that police missed a chance to prevent her death. Sherrie Milnes was pronounced dead when police and paramedics went to her Weymouth flat on 1 April 2021. Her ex-partner Steven Doughty, 54, was found dead at his home the same

What began as a mysterious respiratory illness spreading through the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019 became a global health emergency by the end of January 2020. As coronavirus began to spread rapidly across the globe, governments around the world scrambled to try to slow the rate of infection and contain the virus.

Piers Morgan has hit back at Prince Harry after receiving fierce criticism from the royal during his phone hacking trial. The Duke of Sussex said the thought of the former editor of the Daily Mirror and his “band of journalists” earwigging on his mother’s messages “makes me feel physically sick”. Morgan told Sky News he

A criminal investigation has been launched into the death of a woman hit by a Met Police motorcyclist escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh. Helen Holland, aged 81, sustained serious injuries in the collision in Earl’s Court in London, and died in hospital two weeks later. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is criminally investigating

Police investigating the disappearance of a woman more than 17 years ago are searching a river in Leicestershire. Malgorzata Wnuczek was 27-years-old when she disappeared on 31 May 2006. She was last seen catching a bus from Peter Jackson Logistics in Sunningdale Road, Leicester, where she worked, into Leicester city centre. The last contact she

The government is still being “too slow” to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) also said Whitehall needs a “step change” in its approach to risk in order to prevent a similar “panic response” in the future. In a wide-ranging report,

The chair of the COVID inquiry has been warned the “only logical response” if she lost the WhatsApp battle with the government would be for her to resign. Solicitor Elkan Abrahamson, who represents the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group, spoke following the government’s decision to launch a judicial review into Baroness Hallett’s bid

Prince Harry is expected to give evidence at the High Court today over alleged unlawful information gathering by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) – in what will be a landmark appearance in the witness box from a senior royal. Harry, 38, is suing the publisher, attempting to prove that reporters for the Daily

Police are investigating the death of a baby girl who died within 24 hours of being born at a Manchester hospital. Polly Lindop passed away at St Mary’s Hospital on 13 March. Greater Manchester Police said on Monday that following “careful consideration” the baby’s death is being investigated for “possible gross negligence manslaughter” after concerns