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The British mother who says she held her baby daughter above the waves as the yacht sank near Sicily was sleeping on deck as the storm hit, an Italian doctor has said. Charlotte Golunski was among 22 people on board the Bayesian when a tornado struck on Monday morning, with one dead and another six

The Bayesian, the award-winning superyacht, sank during a tornado off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday. The body of one person has been found, but six others – including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch – remain missing. But what do we know about the ship? The British-flagged 56 metre ship –

The woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim. A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident in the Gorton area near Longsight, which happened at around 11.20pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said. Two other people, a 17-year-old girl and 64-year-old man,

A 43-year-old woman has died and two other people have sustained life-threatening injuries after a stabbing incident in Manchester. A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident in the Gorton area near Longsight, which happened at around 11.20pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said. A 17-year-old girl and 64-year-old man

An emergency plan to avoid overcrowding in jails is expected to be triggered on Monday as more rioters are sentenced, Sky News understands. Operation Early Dawn is a long-standing plan that allows defendants waiting for a court appearance to be kept in police cells until prison space is available. Sky News understands that the operation

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has promised to crack down on people “pushing harmful and hateful beliefs” and “kickstart” a new approach to fighting extremism in the wake of riots that broke out across the UK earlier this month.  The Home Office has commissioned a “rapid sprint” to develop a new approach to countering extremism. The

A new deadlier variant of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is “very likely” to already be in the UK, an infectious diseases expert has told Sky News. The clade 1b strain has been confirmed in Sweden and Pakistan after first being detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is believed to be

The organiser of a protest that led to racist violence in Hull has accepted that describing small boat migrants as “an influx of illegal invaders” was not “the best choice of words”. However, he claimed his demonstration was hijacked and denied being racist. In a conversation with a worshipper from a mosque that was attacked,

Two men have received the longest jail terms so far over the recent violent disorder in England and Northern Ireland. David Wilkinson, 48, was sentenced to six years behind bars after having a “prominent role” in riots that gripped Hull on 3 August. He forced three terrified Romanian men from their car. Wilkinson was part

Victims of the infected blood scandal will receive financial support for life, the government has confirmed. Announcing the updated multi-billion-pound compensation scheme, the government said there would also be additional payments for victims of the scandal who were subjected to “unethical research”. More than 30,000 Britons contracted HIV or hepatitis after being given contaminated blood

The UK is preparing for potential cases of a new strain of mpox after outbreaks of the virus were declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation. The strain, known as clade 1b, emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 17,000 cases and 571 deaths in Africa this year, according to

The 11-year-old girl who was stabbed in Leicester Square was an Australian tourist, the country’s foreign ministry has said. The ministry said they were offering assistance to her and her mother, who was with her at the time of the attack. It comes after Ioan Pintaru, 32, was charged with attempted murder and possession of

A 53-year-old carer has been jailed after she admitted posting on Facebook: “Don’t protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it”. It comes as prison sentences continue to be handed out following recent disorder and rioting in the UK and rioting, which came after the fatal stabbing of three young girls

“I have five babies at home. Please don’t let me die.” Laura-Jane Seaman, 36, was begging for her life after giving birth to her fifth child. She died days before Christmas in 2022. Now, an inquest has concluded her death was “avoidable” and “contributed to by neglect” during her treatment at Broomfield Hospital in Essex.

A young man whose best friend was killed by a paranoid schizophrenic has spoken of his anger that lessons were not learned ahead of the Nottingham attack that left three people dead. Michael Callaghan, 27, was left permanently disabled and his friend Jacob Billington died when they were both stabbed on a night out in

A man has been charged after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in central London. Ioan Pintaru, 32, has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article less than a day after the girl was injured in an attack in Leicester Square. Initial reports suggested the girl’s mum, 34, was also stabbed in

A boy has died after being pulled from a canal in Wolverhampton. Police were called to Hendon Avenue in Ettingshall last night at 6.01pm, with an ambulance arriving within three minutes. Another ambulance joined, along with a paramedic officer, trauma doctor and critical care paramedic. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival, crews

An 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman have been stabbed in London’s Leicester Square. Their condition is not yet known. Police say a man has been arrested and is in custody. Metropolitan Police added: “We don’t believe there are any outstanding suspects.” This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published

The parents of the nine-year-old girl killed in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop have released an image of her at the event on the day of the attack. The image shows Alice da Silva Aguiar next to a cardboard cutout of Swift at the Hart Space community centre on the morning

The impact of the far-right riots seen across the UK could be felt for “months and years to come”, the justice secretary has warned. Shabana Mahmood made the remarks in a piece for The Observer as courts have been working extended hours to deal with rioters who were charged by police during the disorder. Far-right