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A new film that uses virtual reality (VR) technology to immerse users in the acid house party movement in 1989 has started its tour of the UK in Birmingham. The film, In Pursuit Of Repetitive Beats, sees the user become a character in a scene where, before mobile phones were available, party-goers listened to pirate radio for a number to call to find the secret location for a warehouse rave on […]

A man in his 80s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly woman who was known to him was found dead in southwest London. Officers were called to Raeburn Avenue, Tolworth in Kingston at around 9.30am on Friday where they found a woman in her 80s who was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was arrested at the address on suspicion of murder and remains in custody, […]

The honeymoon is over. The global IT outage is Sir Keir Starmer's first crisis.When the full enormity of the disaster became apparent, the prime minister was about to pull off his latest diplomatic coup: hosting Ukraine's President Zelenskyy at a meeting of the cabinet. Were the PM and senior ministers distracted by the VIP guest in Downing Street and too slow to react? Almost certainly. And to make matters worse, […]

Most GP practices in England have suffered disruption as a result of the major global IT outage, causing problems with booking appointments and issuing prescriptions.But NHS England said there was currently no known impact on 999 or emergency services as a result of the mass computer failure. Thousands of doctors' surgeries have been affected after the widely-used EMIS appointment and patient record system went down.Global IT outage: Follow livePharmacies have […]

On the corner of a street in Harehills, a crowd of people gathered around the charred shell of what was once a double-decker bus. The smell of smoke hung in the air, while a police helicopter hovered overhead.Just a few hours on from what West Yorkshire Police described as "pockets of disorder", the scene on the ground felt like much more than that, with dozens of people still gathering when […]

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Number 10 on Friday as the UK government promises to lead a "crackdown" on Russian oil vessels.The Ukrainian leader, who has been in the country for the European Political Community (EPC) summit, will meet the whole of the new cabinet in Downing Street to brief them on the ongoing war and "the need to ramp up Europe's defence industrial base to outpace the Russian threat". […]

A baby aged under 12 months died earlier this year after contracting whooping cough in Scotland, amid a sharp spike in cases.There have been 5,270 laboratory-confirmed instances of whooping cough up to 15 July, figures from Public Health Scotland (PHS) show. A rapid rise in cases across the UK has seen the deaths of eight babies in England since the start of the year.The first of a new series of […]

One of the founding members of the English football league is working with bankers to explore options for its future ownership.Sky News has learnt that Preston North End, the Lancashire side which finished tenth in last season's Championship table, is being advised by Rothschild on a strategic review. Football industry sources said the process was not certain to lead to a sale, but indicated that the club's owners could be […]

Fraser T Smith is the producer you want on speed dial to make a hit. His CV of collaborators reads like a who's who of chart-toppers, award-winners and A-listers, from Adele, Sam Smith and Drake, to Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and Idris Elba, while his work with Stormzy, Kano and Dave has helped push the sound of UK rap and grime.We speak on Zoom, chatting about this year's Glastonbury festival […]