Sky News has been named News Channel of the Year for the seventh consecutive year at the Royal Television Society journalism awards - as political editor Beth Rigby was awarded Political Journalist of the Year. The jury said Sky was given the award for "the comprehensive way it covered the …...Read More
Sky News wins News Channel of the Year for seventh year in a row at RTS journalism awards
MPs must be kept safe, but campaigners warn the right to legitimate protest may suffer
Today's politicians regularly report receiving death and rape threats in the post. They open their online inboxes and find violent, threatening messages. Some have been pushed and shoved in public. When did this become an accepted part of the job? Politics live: Farage hits out at Starmer attack Please use …...Read More
Police 'assessing' hate speech complaint against Lee Anderson
Police are "assessing" a report of hate speech made against Lee Anderson following his claim "Islamists" had taken control of London and its mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sky News understands. The Ashfield MP was suspended from the Conservative Party last weekend after he refused to apologise for the remarks, which have …...Read More
Fines for parents whose children miss school to rise as part of government 'attendance drive'
Fines for parents whose children miss school will rise by at least £20 as part of an "attendance drive" from the government. The Department for Education (DfE) said a national framework would be introduced from the start of the 2024/25 school year "to help tackle inconsistencies" in how much institutions …...Read More
Harry Dunn's remains 'kept by police for more than four years', mother says
The family of Harry Dunn are holding a second funeral for the teenager after they discovered that police had kept some of his remains for four and a half years. Harry's mother, Charlotte Charles, told Sky News she was left feeling "sick, angry and bewildered", when she was told that …...Read More
Machine designed to replicate the conditions inside a burning star shutting down
It was only a few weeks ago that scientists at the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire announced the nuclear fusion experiment had broken a world record. The machine - designed to replicate the conditions inside a burning star - generated a five-second pulse of fusion, releasing 69 megajoules of …...Read More
Two men suspected of running flight smuggling ring through UK airports arrested
Two men believed to be part of a north London smuggling ring have been arrested after a series of police raids. The pair, both Albanian nationals, were arrested in Finsbury Park on Tuesday morning, and are believed to be part of a gang booking people flights into the UK with …...Read More
One dead and two missing after small boat incident in Channel
One person has died and two people are missing after a small boat incident in the Channel, the French coastguard has confirmed. A statement from the organisation said the French navy had carried out four rescue operations on Wednesday, using boats and a helicopter, assisting around 180 people. But one …...Read More
Labour will inherit 'worst economic situation since Second World War', shadow chancellor warns
Labour will inherit the worst economic situation of any incoming government since the Second World War, Rachel Reeves warned today, accusing the Conservative Party of "burning the house down" during its time in government. Talking in the run-up to next week's budget, the shadow chancellor said that while George Osborne …...Read More
Family of man jailed indefinitely enlist help of former home secretary who created his sentence
The family of a man jailed indefinitely have enlisted the help of the former home secretary who created the type of sentence he was given. Thomas White, 40, was given a two-year minimum jail sentence under an IPP, an Imprisonment for Public Protection, back in 2012 for stealing a mobile …...Read More
