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A “US security guarantee” is the only path to peace in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Speaking in Paris after an emergency summit with European leaders, the prime minister said a “US backstop” is the “only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again”. And he said the future of Ukraine is not

Tories trail Reform UK on a range of key indicators according to an exclusive new YouGov poll for Sky News that reveals Nigel Farage’s party now has the potential to reach as much of the electorate as the party run by Kemi Badenoch.  Detailed comparisons of voter opinion towards the Tories and Reform UK reveal

The landlady of a village pub where a woman was killed on Valentine’s Day has told Sky News the victim was drinking in the pub before she was shot dead in the car park. Michelle Thomas, who runs The Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, Kent, said she was printing off menus and preparing for the

The whole government recognises the need to spend more on defence, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves, a cabinet minister has said. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that he “disagrees” with claims the prime minister is preparing to overrule the chancellor on the amount of cash being spent on the

A manhunt has been launched after a reported shooting at a Kent village pub on Valentine’s Day which has left a woman seriously injured. Police were called to an apparent disturbance at The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt near Sevenoaks just after 7pm on Friday. A male suspect, who is thought to be known to the

Around 100 people have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a luxury London hotel. Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters were on the scene at the Chiltern Firehouse, near Baker Street. London Fire Brigade said it was called out at 2.52pm – with the cause so far unknown. Image: The hotel is

Almost one in five (18%) secondary school teachers in England have seen pupils with knives in school, according to a special survey commissioned by Sky News. More than 4,000 teachers responded to our questions, asked via the survey tool Teacher Tapp, which asked about their first-hand experiences of pupils with weapons. This academic year, 6%

Two brothers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting police officers in a disturbance at Manchester Airport. Footage of the incident at the airport’s Terminal Two building on 23 July was widely shared online. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, is alleged to have assaulted PC Zachary Marsden and PC Lydia Ward, causing them

Marina Strange is 90 and lives alone. She had a heart attack last week, her third in two years. It took two hours for an ambulance to reach her. Marina was impressed. “I was surprised the ambulance came within two hours. I thought that was very good,” she told Sky News. Marina also has an

An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment to three babies who died within days of their births. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) had charged Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust over the deaths, which all occurred in 2021. The trust pleaded guilty to six charges

Migrants arriving illegally in the UK in small boats or stowed away in lorries will be refused British citizenship, new Home Office guidance states. The “Good Character” guidance for immigration staff has been changed to say people who have arrived in the UK illegally “having made a dangerous journey… will normally be refused citizenship” from

Concerns have been raised about the safeguarding components of the assisted dying bill after the MP who proposed it said cases would not need to be signed off by a High Court judge. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is expected to bring forward amendments to her proposal so that a multidisciplinary panel of experts will examine

Parliament’s most famous bar, Strangers, is to re-open after being closed last month following a drink-spiking allegation. The bar, used by MPs and their guests, peers, parliamentary staff and political journalists, was closed on Monday 20 January. Sky News understands it is now likely to re-open after Parliament’s half-term recess, on Monday 24 February, meaning

More than 600 immigration arrests were made last month, as authorities carried out more than 800 raids, the Home Office has said. The Labour government points out this was a 73% increase compared to January last year – when the Conservatives were in power – and 352 arrests were made across 556 visits. Labour have

Labour will punish any other MP or minister caught up in the Andrew Gwynne WhatsApp group scandal, a senior official has told Sky News. The health minister was sacked over leaked comments he had posted on a group chat. He reportedly made antisemitic comments and “joked” about a pensioner constituent, saying he hoped she died

The parents of two of the girls murdered at a dance class in Southport have spoken of the moment they were told “something awful has happened” to their children. In an interview with The Sunday Times, the parents of Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe paid tribute to their daughters, while recalling what happened on

Two years ago, Dayni suffered the sudden and unexpected loss of her mother, Janice. The shock of her passing was traumatic enough – but what followed made the grieving process even more unbearable. Warning: this story contains details some readers may find upsetting Dayni was in hospital when her mother died, so it was a

Grenfell Tower will be demolished, Angela Rayner has confirmed. The demolition is expected to take “around two years” and be carried out “sensitively”, the government said. The official announcement comes after the deputy prime minister met with campaigners to tell them of the decision on Wednesday evening – sparking an angry reaction. Grenfell United has

Grenfell campaigners have reacted to the “deeply sensitive decision” by the deputy prime minister to demolish the tower block. Victims’ families and survivors were given the news in a meeting attended by Angela Rayner on Wednesday night. Grenfell Next of Kin, which represents some of the bereaved families, described it as a “deeply sensitive decision…

The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacks have said the killer should face a retrial on a murder charge. Findings from a new independent review published on Wednesday mean Valdo Calocane should be retried on the more serious charge, the families told Sarah-Jane Mee. Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia,