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Great Britain's Toby Roberts has won a gold medal in the men's boulder and lead competition at the Paris Olympics.The 19-year-old beat Japan's Anraku Sorato, who was the favourite going into the event, into silver medal position. Afterwards he looked incredulous and appeared to ask someone in the crowd if he had come first.Full list of Team GB's Olympic medals at Paris so farNicknamed 'The Terminator', Roberts totalled 155.2 points […]

A man downed pints of lager and shots in a pub before killing a six-year-old boy and two women in a 90mph car crash.Joe-Lewis Tyler, 34, has been jailed for 18 years over the collision on 22 February, when he smashed his BMW into a Ford Mondeo taxi in Worcester. A bartender estimated Tyler had downed around five pints of lager and four Sambuca and Jagermeister shots before getting behind […]

Police in Greater Manchester and Merseyside have released new images of people wanted in connection with the disorder of the last week.It comes as courts are already sentencing people for taking part in the violence, with jail terms of up to three years handed down so far. Fears of more than 100 far-right demos faded away on Wednesday night as thousands of anti-racism protesters turned out instead.UK riots latest: 'I'm […]

Temperatures of up to 33C (91F) could hit parts of the country this weekend in a "short-lived but quite intense" spell of hot weather.Warm air is set to move up from Europe on Saturday, through Sunday and into Monday, bringing with it the hotter weather. England and Wales are expected to see temperatures in the high 20s and low 30s. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player […]

British Airways (BA) has announced it is scrapping flights between London and Beijing.The carrier said it was "pausing" its service from the end of October until at least November next year. Flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong will continue, BA added.It comes amid weaker demand and a ban on UK flights over Russian airspace, which has resulted in longer journey times on some routes.Russia's civil aviation authority introduced the restrictions […]

Karen vividly remembers the day she picked up a brick and became a rioter."I went out and attacked the police. We were fed up. Things had to change," she said. It was 1981 and Liverpool was burning. A series of riots has been sparked in part by long-standing tensions between the local police and the black community. Karen was just 16 years old.All these years later, she has turned out […]

Counter-protesters have turned out in UK cities amid warnings of at least 100 far-right marches being planned for Wednesday night.People were on the streets of towns and cities including Bristol, London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Brighton. More than 6,000 specialist police had been mobilised amid fears of a repeat of the violence seen around the country over the past week.UK riots latest: Far-right outnumbered by thousands of counter-protesters Some businesses closed […]

The King has asked for daily updates on protests planned around the UK, Sky News understands.He is said to be engaging privately in the issues it has generated. The King has a longstanding record of involvement in issues around community cohesion and interfaith dialogue.UK riots latest: Counter-protesters gather in HackneyIt comes as thousands of specialist police have been mobilised tonight amid fears of at least 100 far-right protests and 30 […]

Humza Yousaf, the former first minister of Scotland, has revealed the recent days of violent riots have left him unsure whether his family has a future in the UK.Mr Yousaf - the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government and the first Muslim to lead a major UK party when he became SNP leader and Scotland's first minister in March 2023 - described the past week of unrest as […]