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The British couple detained in Iran have been charged with espionage, according to the Iranian judiciary news agency. The pair, named by their family on Monday as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, are accused of “cooperating with covert institutions linked to the intelligence services of hostile and Western countries”. Iranian state media said last week that

A “US security guarantee” is the only path to peace in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Speaking in Paris after an emergency summit with European leaders, the prime minister said a “US backstop” is the “only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again”. And he said the future of Ukraine is not

Tories trail Reform UK on a range of key indicators according to an exclusive new YouGov poll for Sky News that reveals Nigel Farage’s party now has the potential to reach as much of the electorate as the party run by Kemi Badenoch.  Detailed comparisons of voter opinion towards the Tories and Reform UK reveal

The landlady of a village pub where a woman was killed on Valentine’s Day has told Sky News the victim was drinking in the pub before she was shot dead in the car park. Michelle Thomas, who runs The Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, Kent, said she was printing off menus and preparing for the

The landlady of a village pub where a woman was killed on Valentine’s Day has told Sky News the victim was drinking in the pub before she was shot dead in the car park. Michelle Thomas, who runs The Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, Kent, said she was printing off menus and preparing for the

A manhunt has been launched after a reported shooting at a Kent village pub on Valentine’s Day which has left a woman seriously injured. Police were called to an apparent disturbance at The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt near Sevenoaks just after 7pm on Friday. A male suspect, who is thought to be known to the

Ukraine is still on an “irreversible path” to joining NATO, Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The UK and Ukrainian leaders spoke on the phone early on Friday, according to Downing Street. The conversation came less than 24 hours after Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he didn’t see any way

Almost one in five (18%) secondary school teachers in England have seen pupils with knives in school, according to a special survey commissioned by Sky News. More than 4,000 teachers responded to our questions, asked via the survey tool Teacher Tapp, which asked about their first-hand experiences of pupils with weapons. This academic year, 6%

Two brothers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting police officers in a disturbance at Manchester Airport. Footage of the incident at the airport’s Terminal Two building on 23 July was widely shared online. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, is alleged to have assaulted PC Zachary Marsden and PC Lydia Ward, causing them

Marina Strange is 90 and lives alone. She had a heart attack last week, her third in two years. It took two hours for an ambulance to reach her. Marina was impressed. “I was surprised the ambulance came within two hours. I thought that was very good,” she told Sky News. Marina also has an

An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment to three babies who died within days of their births. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) had charged Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust over the deaths, which all occurred in 2021. The trust pleaded guilty to six charges

Migrants arriving illegally in the UK in small boats or stowed away in lorries will be refused British citizenship, new Home Office guidance states. The “Good Character” guidance for immigration staff has been changed to say people who have arrived in the UK illegally “having made a dangerous journey… will normally be refused citizenship” from

The MP who proposed the assisted dying bill has defended wanting to remove the need for a High Court judge to sign off cases. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is set to bring forward amendments to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, backed by MPs in November, so a multidisciplinary panel of experts will

Neighbours have been left in “shock” and fear after the sudden deaths of a popular British couple in rural France. Dawn and Andrew Searle, who have not yet been officially named by French authorities, moved to the hamlet of Les Pesquies, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, in southern France, around a decade ago. The couple, who are

More than 600 immigration arrests were made last month, as authorities carried out more than 800 raids, the Home Office has said. The Labour government points out this was a 73% increase compared to January last year – when the Conservatives were in power – and 352 arrests were made across 556 visits. Labour have

Residents who live near disused coal tips in South Wales say lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster nearly 60 years on. Their comments come after a disused coal tip in Cwmtillery, Blaenau Gwent, partially collapsed in November, forcing around 40 homes to be evacuated. A coal tip is made up of waste

The parents of two of the girls murdered at a dance class in Southport have spoken of the moment they were told “something awful has happened” to their children. In an interview with The Sunday Times, the parents of Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe paid tribute to their daughters, while recalling what happened on

Two years ago, Dayni suffered the sudden and unexpected loss of her mother, Janice. The shock of her passing was traumatic enough – but what followed made the grieving process even more unbearable. Warning: this story contains details some readers may find upsetting Dayni was in hospital when her mother died, so it was a

Grenfell Tower will be demolished, Angela Rayner has confirmed. The demolition is expected to take “around two years” and be carried out “sensitively”, the government said. The official announcement comes after the deputy prime minister met with campaigners to tell them of the decision on Wednesday evening – sparking an angry reaction. Grenfell United has