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Sir Keir Starmer has provoked outrage from senior Tories and political grandees for removing a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from inside 10 Downing Street.Just eight weeks after he moved into Number 10, it has been claimed by his biographer that he found the £100,000 painting, commissioned by former Labour premier Gordon Brown, "unsettling". But his removal of the portrait has been condemned as "vindictive" and "petty" by Tory MPs and […]

Is it last orders for puffing with a pint? Almost certainly.With Labour's massive 172-seat majority in the Commons, smoking in pub gardens and outside football stadiums, nightclubs and restaurants looks certain to be stubbed out. Politics live: Tories and Farage attack talk of outdoor smoking banDuring his visit to Gauloises-loving Paris, Sir Keir Starmer effectively confirmed that the butt stops here for outdoor cigarettes, in a baccy ban aimed at […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping after police said a two-year-old child was taken from its pram at a TK Maxx in southeast London. Police were called to Bromley High Street yesterday where the suspect had picked up the child and said to the child's mother that he would take them. Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around […]

The government will not defend the legal challenges brought against plans to develop the UK's largest untapped oil and gas field and a second North Sea site. Rosebank, 80 miles west of Shetland, contains around 300 million barrels of oil and is the UK's last major undeveloped oil site. It is twice the size of the controversial Cambo oil field.Jackdaw, another untapped oil site, is 150 miles east of Aberdeen.Legal […]

Smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants and outside stadiums, according to reports.The measures are currently being considered by ministers according to The Sun newspaper. Smokers would also been prohibited from lighting up outside sport venues, nightclubs and in small parks, the newspaper said - citing "secret Whitehall papers".Read more:How would a smoking ban work and who would be part of the 'smoke-free generation'?Legal age someone can buy […]

Tommy Fury has said speculation over his split from Molly-Mae Hague has been "horrendous".The couple, who met during the 2019 series of ITV2 reality show Love Island, announced the break-up in separate social media posts earlier this month. The 25-year-olds had welcomed the birth of their only child, a daughter named Bambi, in January last year."These last few weeks have been heartbreaking," the professional boxer wrote on Instagram."The false allegations […]

A new contempt of court application has been lodged against Tommy Robinson.The application relates to alleged breaches of a High Court order from 2021, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has said. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is a prominent far-right activist in the UK and law officers allege he breached an injunction barring him from repeating libellous allegations through six actions between June and July this year.The order […]

Sir Keir Starmer is in Germany to hold talks on a new bilateral treaty with the country as he hopes to "move beyond Brexit to rebuild relationships" with the EU. The prime minister will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday to discuss the deal, which will aim to "boost business and trade, deepen defence and security cooperation, and increase joint action on illegal migration". Downing Street expects negotiations for […]

Hundreds of cannabis couriers have been caught trying to smuggle suitcases full of the drug through British airports.They are being duped by traffickers into thinking the UK authorities are soft on cannabis and will let them off with a fine, according to the National Crime Agency. A man who landed from Los Angeles with 158 kilos of the Class-B drug - with a street value of £1m - in his […]