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Former Tory leadership contender Penny Mordaunt has endorsed Liz Truss in the race to be prime minister, in a huge blow to Rishi Sunak. Ms Mordaunt announced her backing for the foreign secretary as she introduced her at the latest Conservative leadership hustings in Exeter, declaring Ms Truss as “the hope candidate” who “knows what

England’s Euro 2022 champions are celebrating before thousands of fans after claiming the first major trophy in their history. “I think we’ve partied more than we’ve actually played football in the last 24 hours,” said the Lionesses’ captain Leah Williamson, to cheers from the crowd. On a more serious note, she said she believes the

England’s Lionesses have won Euro 2022 after beating Germany 2-1 in extra-time at Wembley. It is the country’s first major trophy since the men’s side won the World Cup in 1966. Ella Toone gave England the lead in the 62nd minute with a sublime lob after being sent through one-on-one with the German goalkeeper. The

The Duke of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte are among those cheering on England’s Lionesses as they aim to make football history when they take on Germany in the Euro 2022 final at Wembley later today. The home side, who could land their first major trophy, are underdogs – Germany has won the title eight times,

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering nine-year-old Lillia Valutyte in Lincolnshire. Police said the 22-year-old suspect was held in the “Boston Central Park area” at about 2.45pm on Saturday and is now in custody. Progress on the investigation into Lillia’s death was made through a “combination of intelligence and information supplied by

Police investigating the killing of a nine-year-old girl in Lincolnshire have released images of a new suspect. Lilia Valutyte, a Lithuanian national, was found dead after being stabbed in Fountain Lane in Boston at about 6.20pm on Thursday. Lincolnshire Police released four CCTV images of the man and warned anyone who sees him not to

A nine-year-old girl stabbed to death in Lincolnshire has been named by police as Lilia Valutyte. The girl, a Lithuanian national, was found dead in Fountain Lane in Boston at about 6.20pm yesterday. Two people have been arrested as part of a murder investigation, following what police are calling the “isolated incident”. Lincolnshire Police Chief

Rebekah Vardy has lost her Wagatha Christie libel trial against Coleen Rooney. In her judgment, Judge Justice Steyn said Rooney had succeeded in establishing that the essence of her social media post was “substantially true” – that’s to say Vardy was responsible for leaking her private information to the press. In her conclusion, she said:

Last week’s record-breaking heatwave in the UK was made at least 10 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study. Hundreds of people are expected to have died during the scorching weather, though official figures are yet to emerge, the rapid analysis by the World Weather Attribution group (WWA) said. There have

In a historic televised first – cameras have been allowed in court to show a judge sentence a 25-year-old man to life imprisonment for stabbing his grandfather to death. Ben Oliver, who had been cleared of murder, admitted the manslaughter of 74-year-old David Oliver, in Mottingham, south-east London, on 19 January last year. Making legal

Train drivers at nine rail companies will strike on 13 August, the Aslef union has announced, as passengers faced further disruption today due to industrial action. Only around one in five trains ran on Wednesday, on about half the network, with some areas having no trains all day. Picket lines were mounted outside stations as

The Foreign Office has been accused of “washing its hands” of a British man detained in Saudi Arabia since February. Crispin Blunt MP told Sky News that the Foreign Office appeared to have a “regional policy of doing nothing to support the position of UK citizens” including his constituent Christopher Emms. Emms was arrested in

England’s Lionesses are celebrating after they thrashed Sweden 4-0 to book their place in the women’s Euro 2022 final at Wembley. Sarina Wiegman’s side won their semi-final in impressive style and will now face either Germany or France who play on Wednesday in Milton Keynes. There was elation in London’s Trafalgar Square where big screens

The blue on blue attacks have ramped up after Rishi Sunak was accused of “mansplaining” to Liz Truss during their first head-to-head TV debate. Mr Sunak spoke over Ms Truss several times as she attempted to explain her tax-cutting policies to the BBC audience of Tory members. This prompted accusations of “mansplaining” – when a

Droughts have been declared across swathes of England as the result of the driest summer in 50 years. On Friday, the Environment Agency (EA) announced that drought trigger thresholds have been met in eight parts of England – across southwest, southern, eastern and central England. As part of their announcement, officials warned that during the

Swathes of England may face drought as soon as August if the hot and dry weather persists, the Environment Agency has confirmed. A dry spring and early summer have already withered rivers and reservoirs and watered down water quality in many parts of England, pushing most of the country into “prolonged dry weather” status, the

A damning review of Scottish cricket has found that its governing body failed on almost all tests of institutional racism. Sky News revealed on Saturday that the independent review found the sport in Scotland to be institutionally racist. Independent investigators have now published the details of their findings. They found 448 indicators of institutional racism.

Fires in Surrey and London are largely under control, after crews were sent out to battle earlier “weather-related” blazes. In Surrey, a fire at Hankley Common near Farnham had drawn “several fire engines” to the area, and had earlier been described as a “major incident”. The fire service tweeted: “There is a great deal of

Holidaymakers have travelled overnight to reach the Kent coast as they enter a third day of traffic chaos, despite the Port of Dover clearing its weekend backlog. Border and ferry staff worked “through the night” to clear “huge volumes of tourist and freight traffic”, so that services at Dover were finally able to “get back

A housing group said it is “devastated” and “sorry for our part” in failing to realise one of its tenants had been left dead in her flat for two and a half years. Sheila Seleoane, 58, was last heard from in August 2019, the last month she made a rent payment. When police forced their