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The mother of a 14-year-old stabbed to death in Birmingham has paid tribute to her “incredibly talented young boy”. Dea-John Reid is understood to have been chased by a group in College Road, in the Kingstanding area of the city, at about 7.30pm on Monday, before he was attacked. Speaking to reporters at the spot

Matt Hancock has warned the government has to “keep this country safe” ahead of revealing which countries will be moved onto the green list – or taken off it. Ministers are set to make the first update to the traffic light system introduced three weeks ago, with changes due to take place from 7 June.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a popular flower seller. Tony Eastlake, 55, was stabbed on Saturday afternoon near his Essex Road stall in Islington, north London, where he had worked for four decades. James Peppiatt, 21, of Elmore Street, Islington is due to appear before Highbury Corner Magistrates on Thursday

Six people, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 14-year-old was chased and stabbed to death in Birmingham. Police said a post-mortem examination confirmed the male victim died from a stab wound to the chest. A 33-year-old man was arrested from an address in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on Tuesday afternoon.

For 30 years the murder of successful businesswoman and mother Penny Bell has remained unsolved – her killer stabbing her more than 50 times in broad daylight before vanishing without a trace. Now, three decades on, her daughter Lauren Bell is pleading for anyone with information to unlock the puzzle and release her family from

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a 29-year-old man following the death of a woman and child in Lincolnshire. Detectives are appealing for information or sightings of Daniel Boulton after the discovery of two bodies in Louth. “Officers were called to an address on the town’s High Holme Road at 8.29pm, last night

Thousands more Afghans will be able to settle in the UK under plans to relocate those who worked for Britain during the recent conflict. Most of those affected worked as interpreters for British troops and the acceleration of plans allowing them to settle in the UK comes as fears grow for their safety. The interpreters

The busy bank holiday is expected to bring the warmest weather of the year so far, with temperatures expected to hit 25C today. But as many people flock to beaches, parks and beer gardens, one of the country’s top scientists has warned that the next two weeks are critical for our way out of the

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have released a photograph of their wedding day after the couple tied the knot in a surprise ceremony. The prime minister, 56, married Ms Symonds, 33, in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday. The image shows the couple in the Downing Street garden after the wedding. The ceremony

Anti-lockdown protesters caused one of the UK’s biggest shopping centres to close early on Saturday after forcing their way inside. Demonstrators clashed with police as they pushed to get into Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Anti-lockdown protesters gather in west London Officers

The Duchess of Cambridge has shared a photo of herself receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Posting on Twitter, she said she had got the injection at the Science Museum in London. “Yesterday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at London’s Science Museum. I’m hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in

In Porto’s Ribeira Square, the unmistakable sight and sound of English football fans abroad has returned. Singing, swilling inexpensive local beer and standing on chairs, they have commandeered a pretty corner of this coastal city. There are 12,000 ticket holders from Chelsea and Manchester City arriving over the weekend and many more have travelled in

Plans to fully reopen society on 21 June “look somewhat in doubt” after cases of the Indian COVID variant in England doubled in the space of a week. Professor Danny Altmann of Imperial College London told Sky News that the final stage of the roadmap, which would see all limits on social contact lifted, are

The number of cases of the Indian COVID variant in England has risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week, according to official figures. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the variant is spreading and the latest estimates show it makes up more than half – and possibly as many as three quarters – of all

Matt Hancock is launching a personal fightback after Dominic Cummings’ sensational claims that he should have been sacked for telling lies about COVID. After a brutal onslaught by Boris Johnson’s former aide, the health secretary will come out fighting in the Commons and at a Downing Street news conference. He is answering an urgent question

Dominic Cummings has said Boris Johnson initially considered COVID a “scare story” like swine flu. Boris Johnson’s former adviser kicked off a morning of questioning by MPs over the lessons learnt from the pandemic by saying the government did not do as much as it could in the early months of 2020. Explaining why Mr