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“His room is still the same” and “there’s always a missing chair around the table”, says Pip, whose younger brother Sanjiv Kundi was 41 when he vanished in Paris 11 years ago. She has visited the French capital many times since he left the family home in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, for a week’s holiday –

A mother has admitted to killing her 10-year-old daughter. Jaskirat Kaur admitted the manslaughter of Shay Kang on the basis of diminished responsibility at Wolverhampton Crown Court today. Shay was found dead in Robin Close, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, after police were called to her home at about 12.10pm on Monday 4 March. Brickhouse Primary

Parents and carers of children aged nine months or over will be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare a week from Monday, the government has confirmed. The plans to extend free childcare provision were announced by the then Conservative government back in 2023, with the first stage – 15 hours of childcare for two-year-olds

A man who used a wheelchair has been stabbed to death in east London. Jade Anthony Barnett, 38, was attacked on Wednesday afternoon and two men have since been arrested. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 3.38pm on Wednesday to reports of a fight in Rushmore Road, Clapton, and found a man with

A young woman with a bright yellow balloon in her mouth giggles as a police car pulls up beside her. Next to her in the Fiat 500, her friend inhales gas from a blue balloon. Both women are visibly high and still giggling as two officers jump out of their car. Their mission: a targeted

A prison workshop instructor has appeared in court over an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with Zara Aleena’s murderer. Hayley Jones, 33, has been charged with misconduct in a public office having allegedly acted in a way “which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust”. Jordan McSweeney, 31, is serving at least 33 years in HMP

Hundreds of cannabis couriers have been caught trying to smuggle suitcases full of the drug through British airports. They are being duped by traffickers into thinking the UK authorities are soft on cannabis and will let them off with a fine, according to the National Crime Agency. A man who landed from Los Angeles with

Oasis are finally reuniting 15 years after they split, having announced a huge UK tour. The iconic Manchester band’s official social media accounts shared the dates of its 14 UK and Ireland shows, which will take place over July and August next year. Speculation about a reunion grew in the weeks leading up to the

Five more people were stabbed and 230 were arrested on the closing day of Notting Hill Carnival. The Metropolitan Police said officers “used their search powers to take weapons off the streets and prevent additional serious violence” after three people were stabbed at the event in west London on Sunday. The force also recovered three

Sven-Göran Eriksson doubted so much whether England could ever have a foreign manager that an initial approach was considered a joke.  Intrigued eventually by the ground-breaking opportunity, rather than being deterred by the indignation, the Swede would launch the Three Lions into five of the most frenzied years in their history. Everything belied his suave

The Metropolitan Police have said it will be using greater search powers after a man was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival. The victim’s injuries are not life-threatening, the Met said. Police have made 38 arrests across the carnival and four knives have been recovered. “While the majority at today’s event have come to enjoy

Messaging is a key weapon in any government’s armoury. Back in 2010 the new coalition spent the first few months re-iterating the line that Labour had caused economic chaos, aided by the famous note “there is no money left”. It was so successful that some political analysis believe it was a big factor in helping

Sir Keir Starmer will warn life in the UK is “going to get worse” before it improves in his first major speech as prime minister. Sir Keir will mark a week before Parliament returns after a shortened summer recess by continuing his attacks on the previous government, saying things are “worse than we ever imagined”.

Former footballer Jermaine Jenas has been sacked by the BBC over allegations of inappropriate behaviour. While he was on air on a radio show on Thursday, the BBC announced the One Show co-host and Match Of The Day pundit, 41, was “no longer part of our presenting line-up”. The news of his sacking broke moments

Jermaine Jenas has admitted to sending “inappropriate messages” to women after he was sacked by the BBC. The former footballer, who worked as a pundit on Match Of The Day and was a co-host of The One Show before his BBC contract was terminated over allegations about his behaviour, insisted “nothing physical ever happened” but

Parts of the UK are facing power cuts and widespread travel disruption thanks to Storm Lilian – with high winds forcing Leeds Festival organisers to shut two stages. The storm surged across Wales and England this morning and left more than 60,000 homes across the north of England without power or facing supply issues. Northern

A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental vaccine to help his body fight the disease. Janusz Racz, 67, had six syringes of the jab, each containing genetic material for a different part of the tumour, to train five billion cells in his immune system to go

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a delivery driver in Leeds, police have said. The 32-year-old from Leeds was arrested last night on suspicion of murder in relation to the death of Claudiu-Carol Kondor, aged 42 from Sheffield. It is understood that Mr Kondor had delivered a package for Amazon

Two bodies have been found by divers searching for six missing people who were on the superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily. British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter are among those who remain unaccounted for after the Bayesian went down as a result of being hit by a tornado on Monday

A murder investigation has been launched after a delivery driver died trying to stop the alleged theft of his van in Leeds. West Yorkshire Police said the victim, who is aged in his forties and has not been named, delivered a package at about 6.45pm on Tuesday and returned to his van to find a