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More than 70 MPs have signed a letter asking the government to delay biometric checks for 80 students from Gaza so they can study in Britain, Sky News can reveal.Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Barry Gardiner are leading the charge, asking Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to defer the requirement, so the students can take up their university places in September. However, shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the biometric checks […]

Drugs designed to treat diabetes and repurposed as miracle diet aids have taken over TikTok - and Hollywood.The weight loss caused by these weekly injectables is rapid and previously unattainable, people boast, showing off newly svelte bodies. But what are these drugs, how do they work - and what were they originally designed to do?Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro - what are they?Let's start with the most well-known of the trio: Ozempic. […]

Thousands of severely obese patients are facing severely delayed treatment with what's been called the 'King Kong' of weight loss jabs - because the NHS rollout has been mismanaged and underfunded, according to Sky News research.Mounjaro was supposed to be available through GP surgeries and other community services from 23 June under an agreement between NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the body that […]

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is due to appear in court today, charged with raping two women.The 32-year-old, who was charged four days after leaving the north London club when his contract expired back in June, faces five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. He is accused of two counts of rape against one woman and three counts against another. The sexual assault allegation relates to a […]

A 14-year-old girl who was supposedly under constant supervision at a children's mental health unit died after being left alone by her support worker, an inquest has heard.Ruth Szymankiewicz was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, where she was being treated for an eating disorder. She died at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in February 2022, after an incident of self-harm. Ruth's parents told an inquest into her […]

A 19-year-old who was stabbed to death in Bury has been named by police.Mohammed Afzal, known to his loved ones as Isa, was attacked just before 9pm on Friday in a car park on Market Street. He suffered several stab wounds and died later from his injuries.Three 19-year-old men were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of murder, Greater Manchester Police said.An investigation is ongoing and the suspects remain in […]

Footballer Michelle Agyemang has told Sky News she followed a "disciplined" regime to cope with her studies while training for England ahead of her pivotal role in the Euros.The 19-year-old scored two decisive goals - including one in the semi-final against Italy when England were on the brink of defeat - to help the Lionesses to victory at the Women's Euros in Switzerland. England retained their title after beating Spain […]

The NHS will start rolling out a "world-first" vaccination programme against gonorrhoea in England today.Earlier this year, NHS England announced that eligible patients would start to be offered the vaccine from early August amid a record number of gonorrhoea cases and increasingly antibiotic-resistant strains. Now, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said sexual health clinics will be able to offer a free vaccine against the sexually transmitted […]

Almost two months after Air India Flight 171's deadly crash, some of the 53 British nationals on board are only now being laid to rest.Some 300 friends, families, and locals from the Gujarati community in and around London gathered in Wembley for a prayer and memorial service dedicated to remembering some of the victims. Wearing his father's emerald ring that was miraculously recovered from the wreckage, Miten Patel addresses the […]