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The Baird Inquiry has exposed officers at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) acting above the law: making unlawful arrests, inappropriate strip searches, and treating detainees in an “inhumane” manner.  This week, images emerging of a GMP officer kicking a man in the head will only add to scrutiny on the force. But having spoken to many

Competition among fuel retailers is “failing consumers” because drivers are still paying too much to fill up, according to regulators. In an update on its monitoring of the fuel market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the cost to all motorists from the previously identified increase in retail fuel margins since 2019 was over

The man who was kicked in the head and stamped on by a police officer has a cyst on his brain, a lawyer for the family has said. Akhmed Yakoob made the comment in a statement outside Rochdale Police Station, a day after footage of the incident at Manchester Airport was shared widely on social

A double murder investigation been launched after two men died in an e-bike crash in Surrey. The men, both in their 20s, died after a collision involving a black e-bike on the A316 southbound slip road on to the M3 at Sunbury, shortly after midnight on Monday. One man was pronounced dead at the scene,

A police officer armed with a Taser kicked and stamped on a man’s head as he was lying face down on the ground at Manchester Airport. The incident was filmed and has been widely circulated on social media. A second man was also struck by the officer. The video is being “assessed” by professional standards,

Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian, Charlotte Dujardin, has pulled out of the Paris Games after a video emerged showing her “making an error of judgement” in a coaching session. The dressage rider, who won team and individual golds at the London 2012 Games, had been set to compete in both the individual and team events

Warning: This article contains language and content some readers may find distressing “Handjobs. Blowjobs. They were obsessed with blowjobs,” says Katie*. She is one of three female paramedics who have shared their experiences of being “hounded” for sexual favours, in return for passing training, getting a promotion or simply keeping their jobs. Although these remarks

A 15-year-old boy who was shot dead in a west London park during a “family fun day” event has been named. Rene Graham was killed in Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Ladbroke Grove, at around 7.20pm on Sunday, said the Metropolitan Police. At the time of the attack, it is thought more than 1,000 people were

A mother has told Sky News how her 11-year-old daughter was groomed into sending sexually explicit photographs of herself to men online and how this spiralled into physical sexual abuse. Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says this is a growing problem and self-generated child

Six people – four adults and two children – have died in a crash between Wakefield and Barnsley. The collision, which involved a car and a motorbike, happened on the A61 Barnsley Road on Sunday afternoon. A motorcyclist and pillion passenger, one man and one woman, were confirmed dead at the scene. A man, woman

Four people have been found dead in a car involved in a collision in Gloucestershire. The victims – described by police as “four males” – were inside a vehicle that left a road and collided with a tree, police said. The fatal collision happened on the A436 in Ullenwood in the early hours of Sunday.

Shelley Jackson’s son is yet to finish primary school – but until recently, she worried he would be kicked out of school before that could happen. Shelley would receive daily phone calls about her son’s behaviour. The phone calls would tell her “he was dysregulated, he was out of class, he was up a tree”.

Travellers around the world are facing a second day of chaos in the aftermath of Friday’s global IT outage.  Here, Sky News looks at what you can do if you’re affected by the disruption. Air passengers Friday was meant to be one of the busiest days of the summer as families jetted off on holidays

Leeds City Council has said it is conducting an “urgent review” of a “family matter” that sparked rioting in the Harehills area. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the scenes of violence that were shared widely on social media on Thursday evening. She warned that perpetrators of the “audacious criminality” would “face the full force of

A manhunt is under way after a man escaped custody from a prison in west London, the Metropolitan Police have said. Graham Gomm, 63, eluded prison staff on Thursday after being taken to Hammersmith Hospital from HMP Wormwood Scrubs after falling ill. He had been on remand for burglary offences, the Met said. Detectives said

A large number of police officers have been deployed to the Harehills area of Leeds, where riots broke out earlier on Thursday. West Yorkshire Police said it was dealing with a serious disorder incident by deploying appropriate specialist public order resources after a double-decker was set on fire and a police vehicle was overturned. “We