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A body found in the River Thames is that of an 11-year-old girl who went missing while playing near a causeway in east London, police have said.Officers launched a search after Kaliyah Coa went missing near Barge House Causeway during a school inset day on Monday, 31 March.The Metropolitan Police said they received a report of a body in the water in east London on Sunday, 13 April, and that […]

M&S may have been hacked by a group of notorious cyber-criminals known as Scattered Spider, some of whom are believed to be English-speaking teenagers.For more than a week, the British retailer has been unable to accept contactless payments and customers are also unable to shop online. On Monday, Sky News reported that hundreds of agency workers at its main distribution centre were told to stay at home as M&S grappled […]

Scottish football is introducing a ban on transgender women playing in women's football, Sky News understands.The updated policy goes beyond global governing body FIFA, which has been conducting a gender eligibility review for more than three years without any conclusion. The Scottish Football Association's change follows the UK Supreme Court ruling that a female is defined by biological sex.From next season, only players who were female at birth will be […]

A huge fire has broken out at an electrical substation in west London.Around 100 firefighters were tackling the blaze on Aberdeen Place in Maida Vale, where an electrical transformer was alight. The roof of a neighbouring residential building was also alight, the London Fire Brigade said. Around 80 people have been evacuated from their homes.Pictures from the surrounding areas show thick black smoke bellowing across the city's skyline.The fire brigade […]

The government is being urged to end the "absolute scandal" of new homes being built without solar panels. Doing so would cut both household bills and greenhouse gases that cause climate change, the Local Government Association (LGA) said in a new report. Just four in 10 new homes in England come with solar power, according to separate figures from the industry body Solar Energy UK.Although that is a significant three-fold […]

Trade talks between the UK and United States are "moving in a very positive way" according to the White House.President Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke about the likelihood of the long-discussed agreement during a press briefing. In Westminster, there are hopes such a deal could soften the impact of the Trump tariffs announced last month.Leavitt told reporters: "As for the trade talks, I understand they are moving in […]

It is often cited as being the "envy of the world", seen as a gold standard public service broadcaster.But while this latest report ultimately found no evidence of a toxic culture for staff at the BBC, it brought to light why the bad behaviour of some of its stars often goes unchecked. The process of reporting was described by one employee as "traumatising... unsupportive, overly long... [with]... relentless rounds of […]

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has ordered hundreds of agency workers at its main distribution centre to stay at home as it grapples with the unfolding impact of a cyberattack on Britain's best-known retailer.Sky News has learnt that roughly 200 people who had been due to undertake shift work at M&S's vast Castle Donington clothing and homewares logistics centre in the East Midlands have been told not to come in amid […]

Ruth Perry's sister has joined forces with education leaders to demand a delay to proposed changes to Ofsted's inspections.The 53-year-old headteacher took her own life in January 2023 after her school - Caversham Primary in Reading, Berkshire - was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate by the education watchdog for England. A coroner concluded the Ofsted inspection in November 2022 "contributed" to her death. And the tragedy led to nationwide calls […]