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UK announces £120m aid package for Sudan – as Lammy warns ‘much of the world continues to look away’

The UK will announce a £120m aid package for Sudan at a conference in London to mark the two-year anniversary of the conflict in the African country.Foreign Secretary David Lammy will host senior representatives from the African Union and EU nations at the summit on Tuesday, which will be attended by major donors and multilateral institutions.During the one-day conference, he will announce the new funding for the financial year 2025-26 to support more than 650,000 Sudanese people, who have been […]

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Father who died in house explosion is named

Father who died in Worksop house explosion is named by police | UK News | Sky News David Howard, 53, died at the scene of the incident and his daughters have been informed, Nottinghamshire Police says.Monday 14 April 2025 16:36, UK Image: David Howard's body was recovered from underneath debris, police said. Pic: Nottinghamshire Police /PA Why you can trust Sky NewsA man who died after an explosion at a house has been named by policeDavid Howard, 53, died at […]

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‘The Squeaky Blinders are dancing in the streets’ after Birmingham bin workers reject pay offer, MP says

A long-running strike by bin workers, that has left rubbish piling up on Birmingham's streets, will continue after union members "overwhelmingly rejected" the city council's offer in a fresh ballot.The action by members of Unite, which began on 11 March as part of a dispute over pay, has seen thousands of tonnes of rubbish go uncollected and warnings of a public health emergency.Hundreds of workers have been on all-out strike for a month, and residents have complained about "rats as […]

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Kitchen use suspended following Manchester Arena plotter’s prison attack

Prisoners housed in separation centres have been stopped from using kitchens following an attack by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, Sky News understands.The Prison Officers Association (POA) said 28-year-old Hashem Abedi - the brother of Salman Abedi - threw hot cooking oil over the guards before stabbing them with homemade weapons on Saturday.He was sentenced in 2020 to at least 55 years in prison after being found guilty of 22 counts of murder over the 2017 atrocity and […]

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Inmate arrested on suspicion of murdering convicted killer in high-security prison

An inmate has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a convicted killer at a high-security prison. A Prison Service spokesperson said John Mansfield was found dead at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire on Sunday.Mansfield, 63, was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour Ann Alfanso.Sky News understands he was attacked by another inmate.Cambridgeshire Police said the force was called at around 4.10pm after the body of a man in his 60s was found."A 44-year-old man has […]

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Holocaust survivor warns people to ‘guard against’ repeat of atrocity 80 years after liberation of Bergen-Belsen

A Holocaust survivor has said it is “up to us to guard against” a repetition of the Second World War atrocity 80 years after the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated.Warning - content may be upsettingTens of thousands of people, including diarist Anne Frank, died at the camp in northern Germany, which was liberated by British troops on 15 April 1945.Mala Tribich, who was around 14 when she was deported to the camp with her younger cousin, said she still remembers […]

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British father and son ‘drown off Australian coast’

A British father and son have reportedly drowned after they were swept out to sea off the coast of a popular Australian tourist town.The 46-year-old man and his 17-year-old son reportedly got into difficulty while swimming at a beach in Seventeen Seventy - named after the year Captain James Cook landed in Queensland.They were declared dead at the scene after being pulled from the water by a rescue helicopter.A third man, an Australian who is believed to have tried to […]

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British actress hits out at ‘mean and unfunny’ joke on popular US comedy show

The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has called a sketch making fun of her teeth "mean and unfunny".The 31-year-old British actress posted an Instagram story about the joke on US TV show Saturday Night Live (SNL), in which comedian Sarah Sherman used exaggerated prosthetic teeth to do an impression of her. Image: Pic: HBO In the skit, titled The White Potus, Donald Trump and his family were reimagined as The White Lotus's Ratliff family, dealing with the backlash to […]

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Former council boss accused of ‘inappropriate messages’ on dating app is cleared by police

Police have found "no evidence of criminality" following an investigation into alleged inappropriate messages sent by the former leader of the City of Edinburgh Council.Cammy Day stepped down as leader in December and was suspended by Scottish Labour pending the outcome of a probe.His resignation followed a story in the Sunday Mail in which he was accused of sending messages to Ukrainian refugees via a dating app, including asking sexual questions.Now four months on, Mr Day said he was not […]

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UK announces £120m aid package for Sudan – as Lammy warns ‘much of the world continues to look away’

Father who died in house explosion is named

‘The Squeaky Blinders are dancing in the streets’ after Birmingham bin workers reject pay offer, MP says

Kitchen use suspended following Manchester Arena plotter’s prison attack

Inmate arrested on suspicion of murdering convicted killer in high-security prison

Holocaust survivor warns people to ‘guard against’ repeat of atrocity 80 years after liberation of Bergen-Belsen

British father and son ‘drown off Australian coast’

British actress hits out at ‘mean and unfunny’ joke on popular US comedy show

Former council boss accused of ‘inappropriate messages’ on dating app is cleared by police

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