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A third person has been arrested after police received a report concerning "care of the deceased" at a funeral directors in Hull.Legacy Independent Funeral Directors has been under investigation since March when officers recovered 35 bodies, as well as suspected human ashes, at a site in Hessle Road in Hull.A 54-year-old woman was held on suspicion of money laundering on Wednesday as part of the investigation.A 46-year-old man and a […]

A man who was diagnosed with E. coli during the recent deadly outbreak has told Sky News he feared he would die.John Daniels, a 66-year-old chartered surveyor, fell ill after he said he ate a chicken and bacon Caesar wrap bought at Boots in May. The product was one of those later recalled as a precautionary measure.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is continuing to investigate the nationwide outbreak of […]

A firearms officer from the Metropolitan Police has been arrested on suspicion of rape.The officer, an inspector in the Met's Specialist Firearms Command, was arrested on 24 June on suspicion of rape and other offences."He was bailed to return in mid-September, pending further enquiries," the force said in a statement.The officer has been suspended from duty and the matter has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), […]

Banksy has said the home secretary calling his migrant boat artwork at Glastonbury Festival "vile and unacceptable" was "a bit over the top".A small boat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets was hoisted above the crowd and passed around by festival-goers during several performances at the Worthy Farm festival last week. Speaking to Sky News earlier this week, Home Secretary James Cleverly said: "There are a bunch of […]

A Conservative minister has said Labour will get "the largest majority this country has ever seen".Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride not only appeared to concede the election to Labour a day before voting begins but said they would gain a record number of seats. He told Sky News: "It appears, if the polls are right, that we're heading towards the largest majority that this country has ever seen, much […]

He's still got it. Boris Johnson may have left it late before coming to the party - the Conservative Party, that is - but his 11th-hour rallying cry to the Tory faithful was vintage Boris and just like the old days.It was the kind of shambolic, chaotic but barnstorming box office performance that he used to give at packed Tory conference fringe meetings when he was the king over the […]

A 71-year-old woman died after she stopped taking insulin at a workshop run by an alternative healer.Danielle Carr-Gomm was left "howling in pain" before she died at Cleeve House in Seend, Wiltshire, where she was taking part in the event in October 2016. The workshop promoted Paida Lajin therapy, where patients are slapped or slap themselves repeatedly.Hongchi Xiao, of Cloudbreak, California, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of […]

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is facing further sex offence charges, bringing the total to 18.The Northern Ireland politician has been charged with seven more offences after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) reviewed the police evidence, as is the normal practice. When he appeared in court in April, the ex-MP was accused of 11 sex offences.His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, 58, was facing four charges of aiding and abetting […]

The government is "urgently" investigating why some people have not yet received their postal ballots ahead of Thursday's election.Conservative minister Maria Caulfield told Sky News she is aware of "a number of" constituencies where people have not yet received their postal votes. There are reports of thousands of postal ballots not being delivered in time, with postal affairs minister Kevin Hollinrake calling on Royal Mail "to do all they can" […]