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Zarah Sultana starts every event she attends the same way. She has to log the date, location and time into a little mechanical device at each destination so security teams know where she is. That way, if any danger were to occur, her colleagues and the parliamentary authorities can send support as quickly as possible.She's the Labour MP for Coventry South and the youngest Muslim MP ever elected in this […]

A woman whose husband's cremation was organised by the funeral home at the centre of a major police investigation has told Sky News she feels "genuinely numb".Earlier, police said they were investigating a "truly horrific incident" at the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.Investigators have discovered suspected human ashes just days after recovering 35 bodies from the Hull-based business.Louisa Millington arranged her husband Carl's cremation at the funeral parlour after he died […]

The private funeral of Lady Gabriella Kingston's husband Thomas Kingston has taken place.Around 140 friends and family of the financier, whose sudden death left the Royal Family in mourning, gathered at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace in London. Buckingham Palace confirmed the service was followed by a reception in St James's Palace. Image: The couple on their wedding day in May 2019. Pic: PA The Prince of Wales, […]

A mystery 10ft metal column has appeared on a Welsh hillside, leaving locals baffled. The silver monolith was spotted by walkers on Hay Bluff near the Powys town of Hay-on-Wye at the weekend. It follows a spate of monoliths cropping up around the world in 2020 - from the Isle of Wight to Romania, California and the Utah desert.Conspiracy theorists speculated aliens could be behind the structures - and some people […]

It's not a time that any of them want to be thinking of a damage limitation strategy - neither the Prince and Princess of Wales or the team around them.The priority has been allowing the princess the space to get better after she spent time in hospital for abdominal surgery in January. But this was a story where they knew they'd been caught out, leaving us with the remarkable situation […]

A scheme to release offenders early has been massively expanded because of a lack of space in prisons, the government has announced.It means prisoners serving sentences of less than four years can be let out of prison two months early. The End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme was launched in October and originally allowed prisoners to be released up to 18 days before the end of their sentence to reduce […]

The Premier League has failed to secure agreement for a new financial settlement for English football amid a continued stalemate between its clubs.Sky News has learnt that a planned vote at a shareholder meeting on Monday afternoon was scrapped after it became clear it would not win support from the required majority of 14 clubs. The meeting is likely to have been the last opportunity to agree the proposed £836m […]

Nottinghamshire Police have been asked to "urgently produce an improvement plan" after being put into special measures.The force has been moved to an enhanced level of monitoring by watchdog His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). They said, "the force needs to improve how it manages and carries out effective investigations" and "doesn't have adequate processes, planning or governance arrangements in place".His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary […]

More than £117m of taxpayers' money will be spent to protect mosques, Muslim faith schools and community centres from hate attacks, the government has announced.Home Secretary James Cleverly said the money, which will be spent over the next four years on measures including CCTV cameras, alarms and fencing, would give "reassurance and confidence to UK Muslims". The announcement follows a £70m package for Jewish groups and comes in response to […]