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Behind in the polls, Rishi Sunak needed to come out fighting and take the gloves off in the first TV leaders' debate. And he did. He was aggressive, repeatedly challenging Sir Keir Starmer, particularly on tax, placing the Labour leader on the defensive. Election latest: Voters think Rishi Sunak beat Keir Starmer in first TV debate, snap poll findsThe YouGov snap poll scored it at 51% for the prime minister […]

A champion boxer has died in hospital three days after being injured in a motorbike accident.Andrew Tham, 28, was riding a Kawasaki bike when it was involved in a collision with a Hyundai Tucson car in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, on Thursday evening. Emergency services attended and Mr Tham was taken to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, but he died on Sunday.Mr Tham, who was known as Andy, became Scottish featherweight […]

Labour have confirmed Diane Abbott is standing as a candidate for the party in Hackney North and Stoke Newington.Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC), which is in charge of final approval of election candidates, has given the go-ahead for the veteran MP to stand in the seat she has held for 37 years. It published the list of approved Labour candidates for the election on Tuesday lunchtime ahead of the deadline […]

Sir Keir Starmer will promise to "close the door" on Vladimir Putin with his homegrown energy plan - while Rishi Sunak will propose an annual visa cap to try to reduce immigration as election campaigning continues today.The prime minister will look to win over voters after what was perhaps his toughest day of the campaign so far on Monday - with some Conservatives fearing Nigel Farage's decision to lead the […]

A man has been jailed for 15 years for raping a "vulnerable, lone" woman in a city centre while celebrating his birthday on a night out.Liam Stimpson, isolated the woman under the guise of buying her food, and attacked her underneath a secluded railway bridge in Cardiff in the early hours of 27 December, last year. The woman was homeless, local media reported.The assault continued even as she managed to […]

Labour could be on course to win a historic landslide, with the party expected to win a 194-seat majority, a YouGov poll shows.It would be the highest number of seats of any party at any election since Stanley Baldwin won a majority of 208 in 1924.Sky News has partnered with YouGov for the campaign and today we publish the first of their three polling projections, known as MRPs, which suggests […]

A 13-year-old boy is due in court later today in connection with the death of another teenager in Glasgow.Kory McCrimmon was seriously injured during a disturbance at Greenfield Park in Eskbank Street at around 8.15pm on Friday. Emergency services attended to the 16-year-old from Glasgow, who was then taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where he died on Sunday afternoon. Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up with all […]

A former teammate of Rob Burrow has paid tribute to a "wonderful friend" after the rugby league legend died more than four years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.Kevin Sinfield played for Leeds Rhinos alongside Burrow and the pair went on to raise millions of pounds for charity after the former scrum-half was diagnosed with the condition in 2019. An image of Sinfield carrying his former teammate over the […]

The Conservatives have vowed to change the Equality Act to ensure "biological sex" is a protected characteristic.The party said reforming the law - which states that an individual must not be discriminated against on the basis of their sex - would clear up "confusion" among public bodies and institutions about access to female-only spaces. The Tories said it would change the Act to clarify that "sex" meant "biological sex".It said […]