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Seven men have been charged after two people were injured during a protest outside the Iranian embassy in west London.The Metropolitan Police said officers responded to reports of a fight in Knightsbridge shortly after 9.50am on Friday. Two men involved in an altercation outside the embassy in Prince's Gate, which borders Hyde Park, were taken to hospital.The men, aged 37 and 39, sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries.Eight men were […]

The impending ban on protest group Palestine Action has divided opinion - described as both "outrageous" and "long overdue".Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to take the step after the group broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on e-scooters and sprayed two Voyager planes with red paint. The prime minister described the attack as "outrageous" and a rapid review of security at MoD bases is under way.It was the […]

A yellow warning is in place for "potentially intense" thunderstorms in large parts of the country - and some places could have up to 40mm of rainfall in less than two hours.The Met Office said there could also be "frequent lightning, large hail and strong winds". The alert lasts until 3am on Sunday and covers parts of northern England, northeast Wales and the Scottish Borders.The Met Office urged those in […]

Since the local elections Reform UK has had no shortage of good polls.But a new one suggests Nigel Farage's party has a chance not only of winning the next election, but of claiming a decent Commons majority, too. In February, Reform topped a Sky News/YouGov poll for the first time, with Nigel Farage's party edging in front on 25%, Labour pushed into second on 24%, with the Tories on 21%.But […]

Kensington Palace has released a picture showing the Prince of Wales playing with their family dog and her new puppies.The photo was taken in Windsor earlier this month and was released as he celebrated his 43rd birthday. It shows Prince William gazing adoringly into the eyes of one of the puppies as another clambers over his legs.The family's black cocker spaniel, Orla, gave birth to four puppies last month, three […]

Wales's government has set the aim of having one million Welsh speakers by 2050 - along with a doubling of the daily use of the language by then - but is that target achievable?Figures from the latest census in 2021 showed a fall in the number of people who could speak Welsh compared to a decade earlier. An estimated 538,000 people in Wales - or 17.8% of the population - […]

The House of Commons is a place defined by confrontation where political battles play out and engage more actively with their constituents.But the atmosphere could not have been more different on Friday, as those on both sides of the assisted dying debate listened respectfully, almost solemnly, to one another in the final hours before the crucial vote. As MPs headed for the division lobbies, the bill's supporters seemed confident but […]

The home secretary is planning to proscribe the Palestine Action group, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, Sky News understands. Yvette Cooper is preparing a written ministerial statement which would make becoming a member of the group illegal. The statement is expected on Monday and will then need to be enacted through new legislation.It comes after pro-Palestinian activists targeted RAF Brize Norton and damaged two military aircraft - with […]

A yellow warning for thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office - as a nationwide heatwave intensifies.The Met Office alert is in force from 3pm on Saturday until 4am on Sunday. Forecasters said: "The most intense thunderstorms could produce frequent lightning, large hail and gusty winds, along with some heavy downpours for a time."The warning covers parts of the East and West Midlands, North East and North West of […]