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Val Kilmer dies aged 65 - US media reports

Wed, 02/04/2025 - 04:49
Val Kilmer, the actor who starred in Top Gun and played Batman and Jim Morrison, has died aged 65, the New York Times reports.

In the engine room of China's economy Trump's tariffs are already beginning to bite

Wed, 02/04/2025 - 03:46
If China is known as the world’s factory, then the province of Guangdong is the engine room.

Will Trump's 'liberation day' be a tactical masterstroke or make him an April fool?

Wed, 02/04/2025 - 01:46
"Liberation day" was due to be on 1 April. But Donald Trump decided to shift it by a day because he didn’t want anyone to think it was an April fool.

Photo released of girl, 11, who disappeared after falling into River Thames

Wed, 02/04/2025 - 00:01
Police have released a photograph of the 11-year-old girl who disappeared after falling into the River Thames.

Virginia Giuffre 'overwhelmed' with support after saying she had days to live

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 21:41
Virginia Giuffre has said she is "overwhelmed with gratitude" for the support she received after saying she had days to live.

Girl, 11, who went missing after entering Thames named

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 20:37
An 11-year-old girl who went missing after entering the River Thames has been named as Kaliyah Coa.

'No more bat tunnels' after government reveals planning reforms to 'rewire the system'

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 20:29
Major developers will only deal with one regulator under planning reforms which ministers say will "rewire the system" to get Britain building - all while protecting the environment. 

Not so secret: Notorious Soviet spy's passport part of unique MI5 exhibition

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 19:28
A passport belonging to one of the Cambridge spies, a 110-year-old lemon used for invisible ink and a letter about the Queen's response to news of a Soviet agent in Buckingham Palace are among MI5 artefacts on display in a "groundbreaking" new exhibition. 

Six people in hospital after huge fire at industrial estate

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 19:22
Six men have been treated in hospital after a huge fire broke out on an industrial estate in North Lanarkshire, Police Scotland has said.

Father demands protection after Gaza aid workers' deaths

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 18:20
The father of a paramedic killed by Israel in Gaza has told Sky News he would have been on the mission to rescue wounded colleagues, but was ill that day and so his son went instead.

Number 10's downplaying of its Chagos win is a sign of Trump's unpredictability

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 17:14
Getting Donald Trump to sign off the Chagos Islands deal is a big win for Number 10 and a vindication of Sir Keir Starmer's softly, softly approach to the unpredictable president. 

Pest controllers 'feel like fourth emergency service' as rat populations 'triple' in Birmingham bin strike

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 16:57
As we drive around Birmingham, the first thing we notice is that, to some extent, every street is affected by the rubbish problem.

Car manufacturers fined £461m for collusion

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 16:39
Major car manufacturers and two trade bodies are to pay a total of £461m for "colluding to restrict competition" over vehicle recycling, UK and European regulators have announced.

US prosecutors directed to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione - man accused of killing healthcare boss

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 16:18
Prosecutors are being urged to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting the chief executive of a major company in New York in December.

Democrat rails against Trump and Musk in record-breaking Senate speech lasting more than 24 hours

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 15:53
A senior Democrat has broken records with a marathon speech on the Senate floor against US President Donald Trump.

Democrat rails against Trump and Musk during marathon Senate speech lasting more than 17 hours

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 15:53
A senior Democrat has taken to the Senate floor to speak against US President Donald Trump - with the 17-plus-hour speech still ongoing.

'Exceptional' Bletchley Park codebreaker dies

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 15:50
A Bletchley Park codebreaker, who showed "dedication and exceptional work" during the Second World War, has died at the age of 101.

Step to legally prevent new 'two-tier' sentencing guidelines begins today, justice secretary says

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 15:50
A bill to legally prevent new sentencing guidelines on how ethnic minority criminals should be punished will be introduced today, the justice secretary said.

Payouts for departing civil servants capped at £95,000

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 15:16
The most senior and long-serving civil servants could be offered a maximum of £95,000 to quit their jobs as part of a government efficiency drive.

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