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Rishi Sunak has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party after Labour won a landslide in the general election, saying “I am sorry”. Mr Sunak said he would not leave his role immediately. “I would like to say, first and foremost, I am sorry. I have given this job my all,” he said on the

Labour have won a landslide victory in the general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, the exit poll suggests. Sir Keir Starmer’s party looks set to secure victory with an estimated overall majority of 170 seats, according to the poll by Ipsos UK for Sky News/BBC/ITV News. Follow general election results live The poll

A teacher found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys broke down in tears as she was jailed for six and a half years. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed her victims from the age of 15 and had a child with one of the teenagers, Manchester Crown Court heard. Jurors heard Joynes joined their high school

The mother of missing Jay Slater says she and her family are “absolutely devastated” about the teenager’s disappearance. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on 17 June after setting off to walk back to his accommodation while on holiday in Tenerife. Speaking 15 days on from her son’s disappearance in Tenerife, Debbie Duncan made

Since the prime minister stood in the rain to announce a surprise July election, six weeks have flashed/dragged by. “Change” has been the buzzword. In this case, “change from the Conservatives“. If ever there was a protest election, this is it. Labour‘s campaign has centred on them not being the Conservatives. Policy details are hazy

Sir Keir Starmer will chair his first cabinet as prime minister this morning following a historic election victory for Labour. The new prime minister appointed his top team on Friday afternoon, making very few changes to the shadow cabinet that existed before the election. Follow general election fallout live Rachel Reeves is the new chancellor

Millions of people across the UK will head to the polls today to vote in the general election. A total of 650 parliamentary constituencies are being contested in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with polling stations open from 7am until 10pm. Find more details of what you can expect here There are around 40,000

Sir Andy Murray has announced he will not be competing in this year’s Wimbledon men’s singles tournament but still hopes to play in the men’s doubles His team said in a statement: “Unfortunately, despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has taken the very difficult decision

A volunteer who flew out to Tenerife to help try to find missing Jay Slater has dismissed the final police search for the British teenager as a “massive PR thing”. Paul Arnott, who has been sharing clips of his own search effort on TikTok, told Sky News last week that he flew out to Tenerife

England survived a scare to book their place in the quarter-finals at Euro 2024 after beating Slovakia 2-1 in extra-time. Gareth Southgate’s team fell behind in the 25th minute when Ivan Schranz put Slovakia into a shock lead and they looked to be heading out of the tournament as the game went into injury time.

The search for Jay Slater in an area of Tenerife has been called off, police have said. The British teenager, from Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn in Lancashire, has been missing in Tenerife ever since 17 June, when he vanished the morning after attending a rave. The Civil Guard had called for volunteers to join a “massive

Gareth Southgate has said it is “irrelevant” how England fans are feeling about him as his team prepare to face Slovakia on Sunday in the last 16 at Euro 2024. England were booed after a 1-1 draw with Denmark in the group stages of the European Championship. The pressure on Southgate has intensified after a

A “massive search” for British teenager Jay Slater will get under way in Tenerife today, almost two weeks after the apprentice bricklayer went missing. The Civil Guard said they would step up their search for the 19-year-old after appealing for volunteer associations, such as firefighters, and individual volunteers with experience in navigating difficult terrain to

A Reform UK canvasser who used a racial slur against Rishi Sunak has called himself a “total fool” and said he has learned his lesson. Footage from an undercover Channel 4 reporter showed Reform campaigner Andrew Parker using a discriminatory term about the prime minister, as well as saying the army should “just shoot” migrants

Police in Tenerife have called for volunteers to take part in a large-scale search for missing British teenager Jay Slater. Officials said it would take place on the Spanish island on Saturday in the village of Masca. In a statement, police said: “The Guardia Civil prepares and coordinates a large search to find the young

Sir Keir Starmer has said there is “no evidence” private schools will be forced to close due to Labour’s plans to impose VAT on them. Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge, the Labour leader defended his party’s education policy to use the money to support state schools. Election latest: Tory donor backs Reform “I think they

Jay Slater’s mother has given an update via a £35,000 fundraising page set up to help the search for the missing teenager. Debbie Duncan, posting on the GoFundMe page “Get Jay Slater home”, said the family were working with the company to withdraw some of the money. She said the money would be used to

Sir Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of being “bullied into action” over the election gambling scandal after a question over politicians’ “lack of integrity and honesty” in the final TV debate. As the debate in Nottingham came to an end, Metropolitan Police released a statement saying it was taking on a “small number of

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass in the grounds of the prime minister’s home, police have confirmed. The incident took place at Rishi Sunak’s constituency address in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire, while he was attending events linked to the Japanese state visit in London. A statement from the local force said

New details have been unveiled for Universal’s first UK theme park – including plans for the attraction to be open 365 days a year. Universal Destinations & Experiences – which is owned by Sky’s parent company Comcast – has bought land near Bedford as it plans to build Europe’s largest theme park with more than