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With six days to go before Friday’s historic Commons showdown on assisted dying, it’s the opponents who are turning up the heat. The explosive attack on the bill by Shabana Mahmood follows the poignant and personal plea from Gordon Brown to MPs to reject the bill. We knew the justice secretary is opposed to the

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after one man died and another was critically injured in a shooting in Birmingham. Police were called to Rotton Park Road in Edgbaston, just before 11pm on Friday, to reports that two people had been shot. One man, in his 20s, was found in a car

The UK will “set out a path” to lift defence spending to 2.5% of national income in the spring, the prime minister has said, finally offering a timeframe for an announcement on the long-awaited hike after mounting criticism. Sir Keir Starmer gave the date during a phone call with Mark Rutte, the secretary general of

Two people detained during a security incident at Gatwick Airport have been allowed to continue their journeys after a suspect package saw a “large part” of the South Terminal evacuated. The terminal was closed for hours after the discovery of a “suspected prohibited item” in a passenger’s luggage sparked an emergency response. It reopened at

At least eight convictions predating the Horizon Post Office scandal are being looked at by the body investigating potential miscarriages of justice, Sky News has learned. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has confirmed it is examining multiple cases of former sub-postmasters affected by Capture software. The computer accounting system was used in the early

One of the six British tourists being treated for methanol poisoning in Laos has died. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, had fallen ill after reportedly drinking “free shots” from a local bar in the resort of Vang Vieng, according to reports. “We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in

Former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86, following a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family has announced. The former political giant served as MP for Kingston upon Hull East for 40 years and was a key part of New Labour under Sir Tony Blair. His family said he had “spent his life

The UK will scrap five warships, dozens of military helicopters and a fleet of drones to save money despite growing threats from Russia and a war raging in Europe. John Healey, the defence secretary, announced the dramatic move in parliament on Wednesday, saying it would save up to half a billion pounds over the next

A woman whose body was found in the boot of a car last week died from strangulation, according to a post-mortem examination. A manhunt is under way for Harshita Brella’s husband, Pankaj Lamba, who police believe has fled the country. Officers said today that her body was discovered in a silver Vauxhall Corsa. They believe

A woman casually walks into a convenience store and starts filling a bread crate with goods from one of the aisles. A shop assistant tries to stop her, but she shrugs him off, undeterred. With the crate now full of items, she leaves without paying. It is a scenario that is played out day in

The prison service is starting to recategorise the security risk of offenders to ease capacity pressures, Sky News understands. It involves lowering or reconsidering the threshold of certain offenders to move them from the closed prison estate (category A to C) to the open estate (category D) because there are more free cell spaces there.

The UK is braced for “disruptive snow” as yellow weather warnings cover large parts of the country until Tuesday – with the Met Office saying there is the “potential” for the alerts to be “escalated”. The forecaster has warned up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas as the country experiences

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) says it has made wide-ranging changes to the treatment of women in custody, following a Sky News investigation. This includes ending the use of police strip searches for “welfare” purposes and ensuring it is a “last resort” when looking for concealed items. A Sky News investigation in 2023 into the custody

An international manhunt is under way for the husband of a murdered woman, whose body was found in the boot of a car. The body of Harshita Brella was found in east London on Thursday, tens of miles away from her home in Corby. On Sunday, Northamptonshire Police said they were looking for Pankaj Lamba

Bishops refused to call for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign because they were thinking about their own promotion prospects, one senior church figure believes. Justin Welby, who had been in post since 2013, stepped down after a report was published that showed the Church covered up sexual abuse by John Smyth, a barrister who

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman’s body was found in the boot of a car in east London. Detectives said a murder inquiry has been launched into the “suspicious” discovery in Ilford. The woman, who has not been named but is from Corby in Northamptonshire, may have been the victim of a