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Four people accused of damaging two RAF Voyager planes - in a demonstration allegedly carried out by members of Palestine Action - could have to wait until 2027 for their trial.They are alleged to have ridden scooters onto RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed the planes with red paint on 20 June. About £7 million worth of damage was caused to the aircraft, the Old Bailey heard.Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, […]

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle knew about Afghan data leak and should have made ministers tell MPs, Dame Harriet Harman has claimed.Speaking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the Labour peer said the Speaker - whose job she ran for in 2019 - should have asked for a key select committee to be made aware. A spokesperson for the Speaker said he was "himself under a super-injunction" and […]

Victims of the loan charge received advice from professional accountants who were being paid to place them into tax avoidance schemes. Sky News has seen evidence of chartered accountants advising their clients to enter loan arrangements, run by companies that were paying them a commission.These schemes were later targeted by HMRC, and workers were hit with giant tax bills, sometimes hundreds of thousands of pounds.Money blog: Value of a million homes […]

Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation.A party spokesperson confirmed the decision to Sky News but did not give a reason why. Politics Live: The Starmtroopers are coming for the CorbynitesIt comes after the veteran MP defended previous comments about racism which sparked an antisemitism row and led to a year-long suspension.She apologised at the time and was readmitted back into the party just before […]

Every week, we interview top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more. This week, we speak to Stephen Parker, corporate executive chef at Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beers...The worst thing ever to happen to the food industry is… the celebrity chef culture that has exploded over the past few decades, thanks to the likes of channels such as The […]

The UK's unemployment rate has risen further, in a surprise deterioration that boosts the case for a Bank of England interest rate cut.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a rise in the jobless rate from 4.6% to 4.7% in the three months to May. No change had been expected after the 0.1 percentage point rise seen just last month.The ONS data, which still comes with a health warning due […]

A photograph of the Queen has been released to celebrate her 78th birthday.The picture of Camilla was taken earlier this month in front of a meadow at her Wiltshire home, Raymill. It shows Her Majesty smiling in the sunshine, looking relaxed and leaning on a metal gate.She is seen wearing a turquoise dress in a Liberty fabric printed with a rainforest of toucans, lemurs and monkeys.In the image taken by […]

Southend Airport has partially reopened days after a plane crash that killed four people.Flights to and from the airport in Essex had been suspended since Sunday afternoon when a medical transport aircraft crashed moments after taking off. A statement from the airport on Wednesday read: "London Southend Airport is today partially reopening for a small number of flights, following Sunday's tragic air accident and subsequent closure."Four easyJet flights will land […]

A teenager who murdered his family will not be given a whole-life order after a bid to increase his sentence was dismissed at the Court of Appeal.Nicholas Prosper, 19, from Luton, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and his siblings, Kyle Prosper, 16, and 13-year-old Giselle Prosper at Luton Crown Court in […]