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A child is among four people shot near a restaurant in east London. Police have said the child is in a serious condition and are waiting for updates on the health of three adults also injured in the incident in Hackney. All four were taken to hospital with gunshot injuries. Officers were called to the

The family of a personal trainer stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth have paid tribute to her, calling her “one of the most amazing, funny, kind and energetic souls”. Police launched a murder investigation after Amie Gray, 34, a personal trainer and women’s head coach at Dorset Futsal Club, was killed on Friday

A rape survivor who held on to “the guilt and the shame” for years before reporting her attacker has told Sky News she has now “passed it on to him” after he was jailed for seven years. Warning: The following article contains details of serious sexual assault The woman, who is retaining her legal right

A 20-year-old man from London has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth. Amie Gray, a 34-year-old personal trainer from Poole in Dorset, was killed on Durley Chine Beach on Friday 24 May. Police were called to a report that two people had been stabbed at

The Labour Party has extended its lead over the Conservatives, according to the first exclusive YouGov poll of the campaign for Sky News. One week into the race for Number 10, Labour is 27 points ahead of the Tories – erasing a small drop in the lead recorded at the end of last week. The

Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax rises beyond income tax, national insurance and corporation tax if Labour finds a black hole in the public finances once it enters government. In an interview with Sky News, the shadow chancellor swerved questions on whether the government books might be worse than anticipated if Labour wins

The location for Sir Keir Starmer’s first big campaign speech was a parish hall in Lancing, West Sussex. There was Union Jack bunting, Formica tables and endless cups of tea. Quintessentially English, familiar, and relatable. This is the Starmer his team wanted voters to see as they took the Labour leader back to his roots

If the Conservatives win the general election, teenagers will be expected to take part in national service when they turn 18.  Exactly how the scheme would work has not yet been hammered out. The Tories have said they would set up a royal commission – a type of public inquiry – to come up with

Rishi Sunak is expected to continue championing his controversial plans to revive National Service by urging employers to prioritise job applicants who have served time in the military. The prime minister said all 18-year-olds would be made to undertake a form of “mandatory” National Service if the Conservatives are re-elected on 4 July. Despite growing

The prime minister appears to have had a belated epiphany about the critical importance of defence – and now even National Service. It was just four months ago that Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson slapped down the outgoing head of the army for advocating the need for civilians to be trained to fight given the dangers of

Whether you heard the wet outdoor version of Rishi Sunak’s election campaign launch or the dry indoor one, his message on national security was the same.  “The world is more dangerous than it has been at any point since the end of the Cold War,” he told the small banner-waving crowd bussed in to the

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An industrial incident has led to the release of gas in County Durham, police have said. Cleveland Police said emergency services had attended the site of a fertiliser company in Haverton Hill, near Billingham, after reports of the incident. Footage posted on social media showed a cloud of bright orange gas in the sky, causing

An aircraft has crashed in a field in Lincolnshire, police say. Emergency crews are at the scene in Coningsby following reports the aircraft went down shortly before 1.20pm. A Lincolnshire Police spokesperson said a “single occupant aircraft” is believed to have crashed and nobody else is thought to have been involved. The Air Accidents Investigation

Rishi Sunak is presenting himself as the underdog in this campaign. In many ways it’s remarkable that a prime minister can position like this, but the 20-point poll deficit means he feels he has no alternative. But can he pull it off? He knows the job of the next six weeks is to change minds

The race for Number 10 begins in earnest today following Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a snap summer general election in a high stakes move that could bring to an end his party’s 14 years in government. The prime minister took the gamble of his political life when he announced that he will go to