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A treasure trove of footage of the Queen taken from her personal film archive is to be shown for the first time, including clips of the young princess showing off her engagement ring months before the announcement was made public. The monarch granted documentary-makers unprecedented access to hundreds of home recordings filmed by her, her

The Queen has decided that only working members of the Royal Family will join her on the balcony at Buckingham Palace for Trooping the Colour – meaning Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan will not be alongside her for the Platinum Jubilee moment. The confirmation from Buckingham Palace ends speculation about whether the public will

Sir Keir Starmer will be investigated by police over “beergate” – the allegation he broke lockdown rules while drinking with colleagues. The Labour leader has come under pressure since footage emerged of him drinking a beer and having curry with colleagues in Durham during campaigning for the Hartlepool by-election in April 2021. At the time,

This is not an easy election to analyse: the picture is mixed and messy. As dawn breaks on Friday, nobody – perhaps with the exception of the Lib Dems – should be overly happy with the results. Tories suffered losses – perhaps not as many as they might. Two losing council leaders, one in the

Sinn Fein has won control of the ball but the Democratic Unionists are still on the pitch. While an Irish nationalist party will be the biggest at Stormont, the DUP did not perform as badly as predicted. It had been under enormous pressure after Brexit resulted in a sea border between Great Britain and Northern

A man has been convicted of murdering his two-year-old son by shooting him repeatedly in the head with an air gun, before stabbing and smothering him. Lukasz Czapla killed his son, Julius, after discovering the child’s mother was in a new relationship. He was given a life sentence and will serve at least 23 years

Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens is one of five murderers set to have their prison sentence reviewed by senior judges in the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday. Couzens, who murdered Sarah Everard in March 2021, and Ian Stewart, who murdered his wife in 2010 and fiancee in 2016, will have their whole life

Patients who overcome severe COVID infections suffer the same cognitive impairment that people generally go through between the ages of 50 and 70, a new study has found. This is the equivalent of losing 10 IQ points say the team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London. Their findings suggest that

The parents of Madeleine McCann have used a quotation from the Winnie the Pooh children’s stories to illustrate their thoughts on the 15th anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance. The caption, to a drawing of Pooh and his friend Piglet, posted on the Find Madeleine website reads: “But the most important thing is, even if we’re

The family of Katie Kenyon have spoken of their “heartbreaking nightmare” after the mother’s body was found. Ms Kenyon, 33, went missing on 22 April and after “extensive searches” of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire her body was discovered. Following a post-mortem examination, police said Ms Kenyon died of head injuries. In a fundraising

More than 200 people arrived in Dover on Sunday after an apparent 11-day pause in Channel crossings, it has been reported. The figure takes this year’s total for small boat crossings to at least 6,693 according to the PA news agency – more than three times the count of 2,004 at this time last year,

Mother-of two Katie Kenyon died of head injuries, police have said, as they confirmed a body discovered in the Forest of Bowland is hers. The 33-year-old from Padiham, Burnley, was found on Friday following “extensive searches”, Lancashire Constabulary said, and has now been formally identified. She was last seen at about 9.30am on Friday 22

A woman who says she was branded a witch as a child and accused of giving her mother cancer fears the faith leader behind the claims is still operating in the UK today. Phoenix Faith told Sky News she was starved, beaten and subjected to an exorcism where her head was shaved after attending a

An injured British man wearing military fatigues has been captured by Russian forces in Ukraine and paraded on television. Named as Andrew Hill, he was filmed with a bandaged left arm and a makeshift bandage around his head. Sky News understands he is 35-years-old. He was filmed while being questioned saying he had travelled to

Tennis star Boris Becker has been jailed for two years and six months for flouting the terms of his bankruptcy in 2017. The 54-year-old was earlier this month found guilty of transferring hundreds of thousands of pounds from his business account and failing to declare a property in his home town of Leimen in Germany.

Around 8,000 British soldiers are due to be sent to eastern Europe to take part in military exercises designed to combat Russian aggression. The deployment – which is one of the largest to take place since the Cold War – will see troops placed in countries from Finland to North Macedonia. Dozens of tanks and

The first COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 encouraged people to flee the city in search of more space and fresh air. But new Sky News analysis has found that people are now choosing city life again. Manchester and London are the most popular places to move to, according to GP records – a good proxy

A drug addict mother has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the manslaughter of her asthmatic son who died alone and “gasping for air” in a garden. Laura Heath “prioritised her addiction to heroin and crack cocaine” prior to the “needless, premature” death of seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain on Sunday 26 November 2017, Coventry

Police have raided homes and offices in London and the Isle of Man as part of a criminal investigation into the supply of government personal protective equipment at the start of the pandemic. Officers seized financial documents and electronic devices, but made no arrests in a series of discreet and co-ordinated raids. It is believed

The government broke the law by failing to protect more than 20,000 elderly or disabled care home residents who died after contracting COVID-19, the High Court has ruled. The case was brought forward by Dr Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris whose fathers Michael Gibson and Donald Harris died after testing positive for coronavirus. In a

Police searching for missing mother-of-two Katie Kenyon believe she is dead – and have arrested a man on suspicion of murder. The 33-year-old woman, from Padiham in Burnley, was reported missing after being last seen at around 9.30am on Friday. More than 60 specialist search officers from four police forces are scouring parts of Gisburn

All four people stabbed to death at a house in southeast London on Monday have now been named by police. On Tuesday, the Met Police Specialist Crime Command appealed for information about the the deaths at a property in Southwark in the early hours of Monday. The victims have been named as 58-year-old Denton Burke

A body has been found in the search for a missing woman last seen a week ago when she is thought to have got into a van. Katie Kenyon, 33, from Padiham in Burnley, was reported missing after being last seen at around 9.30am on Friday 22 April in Lancashire. It is believed the mother-of-two

The mysterious shooting of a Scottish man, may have been related to his objection to a planning application, it has emerged. Alistair Wilson, who was murdered at his home in Nairn in 2004, had registered his objection to permission for a large decking area outside the Havelock Hotel opposite his home. Police now believe this

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were stabbed to death in southeast London. Three women and a man were found dead after a reports of a disturbance at a property in Bermondsey in the early hours of this morning, the Metropolitan Police said. All four people, who were found

Police have arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a woman in Burnley, Lancashire. Katie Kenyon, 33, was reported missing after being last seen on Friday. Police said a woman matching Ms Kenyon’s description left an address on Todmorden Road with a man on Friday morning and travelled in a silver Ford Transit,

Angela Rayner has condemned a “sexist” and “misogynistic” Mail on Sunday article which claimed Tory MPs have accused her of a ‘Basic Instinct’ ploy to distract Boris Johnson. The prime minister also commented, tweeting: “As much as I disagree with Angela Rayner on almost every political issue I respect her as a parliamentarian and deplore

There was a familiar scene at Birmingham Airport arrivals on Friday night. An emotional welcome of hugs and tears. But for Ukrainian refugee Yuliia Korzun and her British sponsor Emma Nishigaki it meant so much more. Ms Korzun had just arrived from the Romanian capital Bucharest. The last leg of a journey that started weeks

Football fans have paid a moving tribute to Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo with loud applause during his return to the pitch following the death of his newborn son. Saturday’s match at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium was his first time back in action, and with seven minutes on the clock – the same number as the Portuguese

Madeleine McCann’s parents have said they welcome the news convicted child abuser Christian B has been named an official suspect in the case of their daughter’s disappearance. In a statement signed “Kate & Gerry” the couple also said they hold out hope Madeleine is still alive despite German police treating her disappearance as a murder

Britain is to reopen its embassy in Kyiv next month in a show of support for Ukraine and its people, Boris Johnson has announced. The prime minister made the commitment at a news conference during his trip to India. Britain moved its embassy away from the Ukrainian capital in February before Russia invaded the country.

Hundreds of crimes have been reported at royal palaces in the last three years including offences involving weapons, drugs, violence and robbery. A total of 470 crimes were recorded at Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, St James’s Palace and Clarence House – either inside or immediately outside the grounds – between 2019 and 2021, the Metropolitan

A murder investigation has been launched after three people were found dead after a “targeted attack” at a sheltered housing property. The bodies of a woman in her 60s, a man in his 50s, and another man in his 60s, were found by officers while responding to reports of a disturbance at the home in