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King Charles will host a reception for key COP27 figures at Buckingham Palace on Friday, despite not attending the conference himself. The United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Egypt on 6 November, but the King – who has been a passionate campaigner on environmental issues – will not be going. The reception will bring

The Princess of Wales has warned the shame of addiction is stopping many people getting help – and told sufferers “recovery is possible”. Kate, patron of addiction recovery charity The Forward Trust, said addiction is “a serious health condition” and “not a choice”. Her message of support for the Taking Action on Addiction campaign comes

Nurses are working the equivalent of one day a week for nothing, according to a study. Researchers from London Economics were commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to look at pay in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland since 2010. They found that the salary of an experienced nurse had fallen by 20%

A Welsh police force has spent nearly £40,000 on four tuk-tuks which it says will help them fight crime. The three-wheelers, which are commonly used as taxis in Asia, will be driven by officers and council “ambassadors”, according to Gwent Police. It unveiled the initiative earlier this month and said they would patrol parks and

The Northern Ireland Assembly has been recalled in a last-ditch effort to form a devolved government before tonight’s midnight deadline. Six months after the Stormont election, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is refusing to restore power-sharing with Sinn Fein over the Northern Ireland Protocol. With no sign of breakthrough, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is

Egypt has urged new prime minister Rishi Sunak not to ditch the UK’s climate leadership role just weeks before it takes over as host of the UN COP climate talks. As the Egyptians prepare to host COP27 in November, their lead negotiator told reporters that the UK “[showed] leadership in Glasgow,” where it held the

WhatsApp has gone down for users across the UK, with thousands of people reporting being unable to send or receive messages. Downdetector, which tracks outages, said more than 12,000 reports of problems had been submitted by 8.30am. However, the number of users experiencing issues could be much higher due to the way the website collects

A staff member at the Chinese consulate in Manchester has claimed he was “choked” by a protester who “posed a severe threat” to his life when disorder broke out during a demonstration outside the building.  Speaking at a media conference hosted by the consulate and the Chinese embassy in the UK, consul Gao Lianjia claimed

Author Sir Salman Rushdie has lost the sight in an eye and the use of a hand after he was stabbed on stage, his agent has revealed. The Indian-born British writer, who faced death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, was attacked in August as he was about to deliver a lecture in New

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak held talks late into the night, Sky News understands. Reports suggest Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak’s talks focused on a potential joint ticket. The discussion has fuelled speculation the pair could strike a deal – though neither the former prime minister nor the ex-chancellor have officially declared themselves in the

For a man who was, until recently, thousands of miles away on a Caribbean island (and has yet to put his hat in the ring) it is extraordinary that Boris Johnson’s name has dominated this leadership race. Such is the strength of feeling around the former PM: love him or loathe him, we can’t stop

A line of gas in front of the spine of a baby allegedly murdered by nurse Lucy Letby was consistent with “air having been administered”, her trial has heard. Paediatric radiologist Dr Owen Arthurs said the “unusual finding” showed up on the post-mortem X-ray of the newborn baby known as Child A. Dr Arthurs told

The second Tory leadership race in three months is under way after the extraordinary resignation of Liz Truss. The outgoing prime minister was forced from office 44 days into her tenure after a seismic few weeks in Westminster in which her tax-slashing mini-budget crashed and burnt. Ms Truss’s resignation, which makes her the shortest-serving prime

Suella Braverman has resigned from Liz Truss’s government after sending an official document from her personal email – and has taken aim at the prime minister as she departed the Home Office. In her resignation letter sent to the PM on Wednesday, the now former home secretary acknowledged she had breached government security rules, stating:

The family of a man who died after being Tasered on a London bridge are threatening legal action against the police watchdog. Relatives of Oladeji Omishore, who died in June, told Sky News the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) decision not to hold a criminal or misconduct investigation into his death is “wrong” and

Financial markets have reacted positively to the new chancellor’s cull of more costly measures in his predecessor’s disastrous mini-budget. Jeremy Hunt revealed in a televised statement that he would no longer be proceeding with almost all the controversial package, including the reduction in the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19% from next

Three men have been arrested after a man’s body was found in woodland in Essex. It is suspected that the deceased – in his 40s – and a woman in her 30s were “taken against their will in a vehicle” in north London on Thursday evening, Scotland Yard said. Despite the body being found in

The home secretary has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on climate protesters as she pledged to stop demonstrators holding the public “to ransom”. Under the plans, Suella Braverman will give police stronger powers to take a more “proactive” approach when dealing with protests that threaten or cause “serious disruption or a serious adverse impact

More than five million households could see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 between now and the end of 2024, a leading think tank has warned. In total, mortgage payments are set to rise annually by £26bn over the next two years, according to the Resolution Foundation. Affected households in London

The financial markets have responded negatively to Truss speech despite a positive response to the government’s U-turn on parts of its massive mini-budget programme of unfunded tax cuts and energy price cap spending. Despite initial positive moves in the market on Friday the response to Liz Truss’s U-turn speech on Friday afternoon has been negative.