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Passengers are being warned of major disruptions on Avanti West Coast (AWC) rail routes every Sunday from this weekend until 25 May.Train managers for Avanti who are part of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are launching a walkout campaign from Sunday 12 January in a dispute over rest day working. Here is everything you need to know.What impact will the strikes have this Sunday?There will be a significantly […]

The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a bus in southeast London has said she is not surprised he was killed.Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich Church Street, close to the Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. His mother Mary Bokassa said he had been groomed by gangs from the age of six.She told the BBC her […]

A senior Conservative has called for a retrial for Lucy Letby, the nurse jailed for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others.Former minister Sir David Davis has said he believes a retrial will "clear" her, as her conviction was "built on a poor understanding of probabilities" and lacked "hard evidence". He told MPs on Wednesday "there is case in justice" for a retrial, but admitted there was a […]

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman outside a northwest London church following a wake. He was arrested on Wednesday and remains in custody, the Met Police said.An investigation was launched after police were called to reports of a shooting in Gifford Road, Brent, where Michelle Sadio and others were standing outside a church following a wake, around 9.15pm on 14 […]

UK Athletics Ltd and its former head of sport have been charged with manslaughter following the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei, the Crown Prosecution Service said.United Arab Emirates athlete Mr Hayayei died aged 36 after a metal throwing cage fell on him while he was training for the shot put at Newham Leisure Centre in London in 2017. Keith Davies, the former head of sport at UK Athletics Limited, has […]

A fresh weather warning for snow has been issued for southern England, with cautions for snow and ice already in place across much of the country.The Met Office's yellow weather warning for snow covers the southern counties of England from 9am until midnight on Wednesday. The warning stretches from Kent to Cornwall and up to south London and the Met Office said between two and five centimetres of snow could […]

Sauna users have been urged to stay hydrated after a woman in her 70s had a heart attack after suffering from severe heat stroke.Experts from Birmingham Heartlands Hospital described how the patient was in hospital for 12 days after she was found unconscious at an indoor sauna in her local gym. The unnamed woman, who used the gym daily, suffered a heart attack, seizures, liver injury and kidney injury, among […]

Rachel Reeves is on course to tighten Whitehall public service budgets further than expected in the spending review because of the worsening economic outlook, Sky News can reveal.This will pit the chancellor against some ministers who already claim she is sacrificing the manifesto promises they are expected to deliver - which will no longer be possible on tight budgets - so that she can fulfil her promises. The chancellor committed […]

A prosthetic leg, a hamster and a wig are among items left on trains in the last few years.Train operator Northern said they were among more than 32,690 incidents of lost property recorded since July 2022. Other items left behind include crutches, an ironing board, a cupboard and a 10kg box of chicken breasts.The most common items left behind were phones and laptops.One customer left their bike on the train […]