Nursery worker charged over death of 14-month-old boy

Nursery worker charged over death of 14-month-old boy

Nursery worker charged over death of 14-month-old Noah Sibanda | UK News | Sky News The former owner of the now closed Fairytales Nursery is also charged in relation to the death of the boy in Dudley, West Midlands.Friday 11 April 2025 16:20, UK Image: Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley. Pic: Google Street View Why you can trust Sky NewsA nursery worker has been charged with the manslaughter of a 14-month-old boy in the West Midlands.Noah Sibanda died following an […]

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MPs to debate emergency law to control British Steel – as PM warns security ‘on the line’

MPs will today debate emergency laws to save British Steel after the prime minister warned the country's "economic and national security is on the line".Sir Keir Starmer said the future of the company's Scunthorpe plant - which employs about 3,500 people - "hangs in the balance" after its owner said the cost of running it was unsustainable.The prime minister said legislation would be passed in one day to allow the government to "take control of the plant and preserve all […]

11/04/2025

UK

MPs summoned to debate emergency legislation to ‘protect’ British Steel

Parliament being recalled to discuss British Steel in Scunthorpe | Politics News | Sky News Friday 11 April 2025 14:06, UK Why you can trust Sky NewsParliament is being recalled to discuss the future of British Steel in Scunthorpe, Sky News understands.MPs are being summoned back from Easter recess to Westminster, and will sit from 11am on Saturday, according to Sky sources.The news comes as the government has been actively considering nationalising British Steel after Jingye, its owner in Scunthorpe, […]

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‘Devoted daughter’ sentenced after ‘mercy killing’ of terminally ill father

A woman who killed her terminally ill father has been spared prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.Warning: Some viewers may find details in this story distressingDr Lisa Davenport was allowed to walk away with a two-year suspended sentence by a judge who had said he was taking a "merciful course".She smothered her elderly father Barrie with a pillow at his home in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in October 2022.The 88-year-old man had been suffering acute pain from terminal pancreatic cancer, and there […]

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Fourth person in court over damage to Trump golf resort

A fourth person has appeared in court accused of maliciously damaging a Scottish golf course owned by US President Donald Trump.Police were called to the Trump Turnberry course in South Ayrshire at about 4.40am on Saturday 8 March.Officers found red spray paint had been used to deface the 800-acre resort's clubhouse, while its greens were also damaged.Autumn Ward was arrested in Liverpool on Thursday and charged in connection with the damage.The 21-year-old appeared before Ayr Sheriff Court on Friday where […]

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World

Head of US base in Greenland sacked after JD Vance visit

The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired for criticising Washington's agenda for the Arctic island.

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UK

Tommy Robinson challenges prison sentence

Tommy Robinson is challenging his sentence for contempt of court on compassionate grounds, claiming his segregation in prison means he can't "regulate his emotions".The 42-year-old was jailed for 18 months in October last year after admitting 10 breaches of a High Court order made in 2021 that banned him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel.A film called Silenced, containing the libellous allegations, was pinned to the top of Robinson's profile on X and […]

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Tech

Nintendo Switch 2 launches straight into Trump’s trade war

It was going to be the revivifying event the video games industry desperately needed - instead, thanks to Donald Trump's tariffs, the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 is experiencing a troubled birth. Barely had Nintendo announced the pre-order date and price point of the hotly awaited new handheld console when the US president slapped tariffs on China and Vietnam, among others, prompting the Japanese gaming giant to immediately suspend US pre-orders of the Switch 2.Today, Nintendo invited Sky News to […]

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China-US tariff war could be reaching stalemate, but more danger lingers

China's most recent retaliation raises the stakes, but it does so within what are now relatively predictable parameters.The latest tariff hike follows the pattern we have seen throughout the week, when Chinese retaliation has exactly matched what Donald Trump has done.There is, however, one key difference to the announcement this time.China has said that anything further is just a "numbers game" and they will simply ignore any subsequent raises from Trump.There's a sense they are calling time on what has […]

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