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A campaign has been launched to give Britain's "cracking" traditional pie and mash protected status.The meal - a minced beef pie and mashed potatoes with a parsley liquor - has so far been "underappreciated" despite being the "original fast food", according to conservative former minister Richard Holden. Mr Holden, who is MP for Basildon and Billericay, and producers have made representations to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs […]

Members of heavy metal band Iron Maiden have said they are "deeply saddened" following the death of former bandmate Paul Di'Anno.Di'Anno sang with the British band between 1978 and 1981 and featured on their self-titled debut album and its follow-up Killers - singing songs such as Running Free, Sanctuary and Remember Tomorrow. His death was announced by record label Conquest Records on behalf of his family on Monday.He died at […]

A grandfather who was jailed over rioting outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has died in prison. Peter Lynch was serving two years and eight months behind bars after he pleaded guilty to being part of a mob which gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on 4 August. Body-worn camera footage, played to Sheffield Crown Court in the summer, showed 61-year-old Lynch screaming "you are protecting people […]

A Scottish grandmother who live streams playing video games has said it was "love at first sight" when she was introduced to Fortnite.Cath Bowie, 76, enjoyed playing games like Mario Kart, FIFA and Minecraft with her two grandchildren for years before her grandson, Lewis, 24, got her "hooked" on Fortnite. The survival game has a number of different modes, including where players fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with […]

The M25 has been closed in both directions following a serious lorry fire.The incident happened between junction 5 near Sevenoaks and junction 6 for Godstone at around 10pm on Sunday. National Highways South-East posted on X that the incident had also led to the closure of the M26 westbound between junction 2A and the junction with the M25 and A21.Read more from Sky News:Conker champion cleared of cheatingLiam Payne fans […]

Police are investigating the death of a soldier on an Army training exercise in the Brecon Beacons.The Ministry of Defence said Christopher "Gilly" Gill of the 4th Battalion, the Ranger Regiment, died during a "non-operational incident" on Wednesday 16 October, near Brecon, in Wales.Police said they are investigating the special operations soldier's death along with the health and safety executive.Cpl Gill was described as a "remarkable" special operations soldier who […]

There's been an outpouring of support for Sir Chris Hoy after the Olympic great revealed his cancer is terminal and he has between two and four years to live.A host of sport and entertainment stars replied to his latest Instagram post in which he said he was "overwhelmed by all the love". Fellow cycling legend Sir Mark Cavendish called him a "hero of a human being", while former Scotland footballer […]

The health secretary has warned of "difficult and big choices" coming in the budget, as he refused to rule out freezing tax thresholds.Wes Streeting told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips programme the government "can't fix 14 years in one budget" and there are lots of choices "we will have to make that we'd prefer not to have to". Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to prolong the freeze on […]

Every time her son has a seizure, Ellie (not her real name) is forced to recall the man who shook her tiny baby so violently he was left with life-changing injuries.Her little boy was born healthy but when he was attacked, just weeks old, his life completely changed.His mobility, vision, and ability to eat have all been seriously affected. Daily seizures are now normal. The injuries, she said, are a […]