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A Nazi-obsessed man has been jailed for attempted murder after he stabbed an asylum seeker.Callum Parslow was handed a life sentence and will serve a minimum of 22 years and eight months in prison after he attacked the man at a hotel in Worcestershire on 2 April last year, as a "protest" against small boat crossings. The 32-year-old has Hitler's signature tattooed on his arm and used a £770 knife […]

Erling Haaland has signed a new nine-and-a-half-year contract to keep him at Manchester City until the summer of 2034.Haaland's previous contract was due to expire in the summer of 2027 but he has now signed one of football's longest-ever deals that will see him turn 34 years old by the time it ends. Reflecting on his new deal, Haaland said: "I am really happy to have signed my new contract […]

The man suspected of abducting Madeleine McCann won't face any charges in the foreseeable future, a prosecutor has told Sky News.German drifter Christian B, who cannot be fully identified under his country's privacy law, is expected to be freed from an unrelated jail sentence this year while police in three countries continue to search for evidence against him.Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said: "There is currently no prospect of an indictment […]

The City watchdog is considering a formal proposal to increase Britain’s £100 contactless spending limit as part of a response to the prime minister's order for regulators to tear down barriers to economic growth.Sky News has learnt that the Financial Conduct Authority's response to a Christmas Eve letter from Sir Keir Starmer, chancellor Rachel Reeves and business secretary Jonathan Reynolds includes potential reforms to contactless payments among its ideas. The […]

The teenager who stabbed 15-year-old Elianne Andam to death in a row over a teddy bear has been found guilty of murder.Hassan Sentamu, 18, attacked Elianne with a kitchen knife in "white-hot anger at having been disrespected" after she stood up for his ex-girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard. He had been due to return items including a teddy bear to Elianne's friend following their break-up but instead came armed, wearing […]

The UK economy just about returned to growth in November after two months of contraction, the latest official figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP), the standard measure of an economy's value and everything it produces, grew by 0.1% compared to the previous month, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. It was expected to grow by 0.2%.Money blog: Renowned chef shares his worst type of customer, overrated food […]

Molly-Mae Hague has said her new fly-on-the-wall documentary will "answer a lot of questions" surrounding her recent break-up with Tommy Fury.The couple, who met during the 2019 series of ITV2 reality show Love Island, announced they were going separate ways in August last year. The split sparked rumours that Fury, 25, had cheated on Hague, also 25, which he later denied.Speaking at the launch of the first three episodes of […]

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog, which covers a huge swathe of England and parts of Wales. Fog is expected to develop through Wednesday evening and overnight - and will be "dense" with "visibility below 100m" in some places, forecasters have said. The weather warning stretches from Exeter and Cardiff up to Hull, covering cities including Oxford, Peterborough, Birmingham and Lincoln. Image: Pic: The Met […]

The judges who oversaw court proceedings about Sara Sharif's care before she was murdered have "serious concerns" about the risks to them and their families if they are now named, the Court of Appeal has been told.Mr Justice Williams ruled in December that the media could not identify three judges who oversaw historical family court cases related to Sara, as well as others including social workers and guardians, due to […]