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The Queen was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly-released files.In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the Queen's pictures and distinguished art historian, finally confessed he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s. When he was a young don at Cambridge he was recruited into one of the most […]

Semina Halliwell's mother has described how her daughter would have been dreaming of going to the school prom this year.Warning: Readers may find some of the details of this story distressing Rachel Halliwell spoke to Sky News' north of England correspondent Shingi Mararike after the first day of the inquest into Semina's death.The 12-year-old took her own life in 2021 after making a sexual assault allegation.Police officers visited Semina's home […]

British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury says he is retiring from the sport.The 36-year-old former world champion took to social media to say he was hanging up his gloves. In a video posted on his Instagram account, he said: "I would like to announce my retirement from boxing."It's been a blast. I've loved every single minute of it and I'm going to end with this - Dick Turpin wore a mask."Fury […]

Temperatures are forecast to rise to double figures on Monday, though the end of the bitter cold snap could bring some flooding.Ice and snow will begin to melt as temperatures rise above 0C (32F), with localised flooding possible, the Met Office said. At least 30 flood alerts and two flood warnings are in place across England.Get the forecast for your areaDaniel Bond, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said: […]

The UK's first safer drug consumption room is officially open.The Thistle - based in Glasgow's east end - will allow users to be able to consume drugs, including injecting heroin, under supervision in a clean and hygienic environment. The pilot is being backed by the Scottish government, with Holyrood pledging up to £2.3m a year for the facility to help tackle the country's drug-related deaths crisis.Data from National Records of […]

Tulip Siddiq has sought to distance herself from her aunt, deposed Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, claiming they never spoke about politics.But Sky News can reveal that in a blog written by the now City minister she boasted about how close they were politically and published photos of them together. In posts written in late 2008 and early 2009, when she was a Labour activist, Ms Siddiq described campaigning with her […]

A hospital in north London has advertised for a corridor nurse, as the NHS grapples with a winter crisis of rising pressures.Recent days have seen more than a dozen hospitals declaring critical incidents as a "quad-demic" of flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all put a strain on the health service's resources. In north London, Whittington Hospital has recently advertised for registered nurses who can work shifts in […]

Train managers have launched the first of a series of five months of strikes on busy rail routes, causing travel disruption. There will be picket lines outside stations including London Euston, Liverpool and Edinburgh today in the walkout in a dispute over rest day working. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast will strike every Sunday until 25 May.A reduced timetable will be in […]

A police officer has been killed after being hit by a lorry while helping motorists who had been involved in a separate collision.PC Rosie Prior died was killed on the A19 at Bagby in North Yorkshire on Saturday morning.Another driver, Ryan Welford, 41, from Knaresborough, was also killed when the HGV struck him and PC Prior. Image: Ryan Welford. Pic via North Yorkshire Police A teenage boy is in a […]