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A seven-year-old girl who died after a tree partially collapsed at a park in Essex has been named.Leonna Ruka, from Dagenham in east London, died in hospital after being caught beneath the tree at Chalkwell Park in Southend shortly before 3pm on Saturday.She was among a number of children who became trapped. Essex Police said a second girl, aged six, remains in hospital in a critical condition.Another three children suffered […]

A major component within household energy bills is set to rise sharply from next year to help pay for efforts to maintain energy security during the transition to green power.The industry regulator Ofgem's draft determination on how much it will allow network operators to charge energy suppliers from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031 would push up network costs within household bills by £24 a year. These charges currently […]

As we pulled back the hospital curtain, he was hunched over and clearly in pain.He had climbed off the hospital bed to greet us with a polite smile, then hobbled back to lie down again. Every breath was uncomfortable, but he wanted to share the horrible reality of knife crime. Image: The young knife attack victim in Manchester "I've never in my life been stabbed so I don't know how […]

A former Conservative minister has been "asked to step back" from his role as a trade envoy following claims a company he was being paid by helped him write questions of claims to government departments.George Freeman was previously listed as a trade envoy for Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Brunei, but Downing Street said the role had now been "suspended". The MP for Mid-Norfolk since 2010 referred himself to the […]

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Dozens of MPs have called on Sir Keir Starmer to "urgently" establish a Ukraine-style visa to allow Gazans with family in the UK to come to Britain.In a letter seen exclusively by Sky News, the 67 MPs and Lords from across the political spectrum, have asked the prime minister and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to create a "Gaza Family Scheme" to "reunite [Palestinians] with their loved ones in the UK until […]

Prince William has acknowledged the "complex and unpredictable" challenge that still lies ahead for those helping him tackle homelessness, two years since he launched his ambitious Homewards project.In a letter to the local coalition groups that were formed in six locations across the UK, the Prince of Wales thanked them for joining his mission to "demonstrate that it is possible to make homelessness rare, brief and unrepeated". Signing off with […]

The private equity firm at the centre of a string of bidding wars for British companies is leading the £1.7bn race to buy the owner of Argos's store-card operations.Sky News has learnt that KKR is the frontrunner to buy NewDay Group, which is owned by the buyout firms Cinven and CVC Capital Partners. KKR is not in exclusive talks, and other parties - said to include Pimco, the asset management […]

It was only 10 days ago that embattled Welfare Secretary Liz Kendall, trying to convince MPs to back her reforms, said ministers were "firm in our convictions".People on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and universal credit were too often being "written off", while the welfare bill was becoming unsustainable. Politics latest: Minister condemns 'appalling' anti-IDF chants at Glastonbury After an unprecedented rebellion by Labour MPs forced the prime minister into a […]