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Beachgoers have been warned about digging giant holes in the sand after a six-foot pit was dug up near a cafe. A group of children dug up the massive sand pit in Cornwall while their parents watched on and stood aside, according to the Polzeath Beach Ranger Service. Posting a video of the 1.8m (6ft)

The “Love Island effect” is being blamed for a “dramatic increase” in the number of women, often young, seeking to have cosmetic surgery. The number of high street salons offering cosmetic surgery has also increased. One plastic surgeon told Sky News that younger women increasingly request dermal filler packages, explicitly asking for the “Love Island

A murder investigation has been launched after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death. Police were called at 4pm on Thursday to a home on Lovett Avenue in the West Midlands market town of Oldbury. West Midlands Police say a team of detectives is investigating. Detective Superintendent Shaun Edwards, from the force’s homicide team, said:

Interim England boss Lee Carsley has named his first squad for upcoming games against Ireland and Finland. The Three Lions head to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 7 September before returning to Wembley Stadium three days later for the visit of Finland in the Nations League. Carsley is naming his first squad since taking

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76, his family has said. Eriksson had pancreatic cancer and at the beginning of the year revealed he only had a year to live “at best”. “Sven-Goran Eriksson has passed away,” his family said in a statement. “After a long illness, SGE died during

The Metropolitan Police has urged the public to come forward if they can help prevent any further violence at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival. The force said the annual event in West London celebrating Caribbean culture was “marred by unacceptable violence” on Sunday after three people were stabbed, only “narrowly avoiding a fatality”. One of

A Devon beach was evacuated after a suspected unexploded bomb washed ashore, police have said. The object was found in Beer, a seaside village on the south coast, on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses reported it to police fearing it was an unexploded shell. It’s believed the suspected ordnance may have first been spotted by a metal

There will be a “very significant policing presence” at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, the Metropolitan Police have said. Seven thousand officers are due to be on duty weeks after rioting and violent disorder erupted on streets across the UK. “Those [riots] highlight why carnival is set up in the first place,” explained Matthew Phillip,

The energy price cap will rise to an average annual £1,717 from October, the industry regulator has confirmed as the clock ticks down to the loss of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The new figure represents a 10% a year – or £12 per month – leap in the typical sum households face

A man in Pakistan has been arrested over his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to riots across the UK. The suspect, a freelance web developer, was arrested in the eastern city of Lahore on suspicion of cyberterrorism, according to Imran Kishwar, the city’s deputy inspector general of investigations. The arrest is in connection

BBC presenter Lauren Laverne has revealed she is undergoing treatment for cancer. The star, 46, who presents Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 and has been a regular DJ on BBC channels for many years, thanked her doctors and family as she explained what had happened in a post on Instagram. Sharing the news while

Twenty-two people were on board the superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday. The British-flagged vessel named Bayesian was carrying 12 passengers and 10 members of crew when it got into difficulty at around 4.30am, the Italian coastguard said. A man is confirmed to have died, while six

The King will meet some of the children who survived the Southport knife attack in a visit to show his support to the community. The monarch is set to hold a private meeting with the young people and their families who were most directly affected by the attack at The Hart Space community centre on

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 former office manager who embezzled almost £1m from an Edinburgh property firm to fund a luxury lifestyle has been ordered to pay back more than £211,000. Emma Hunt, 38, was jailed for three years last August after she was found guilty of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. Hunt spent thousands of pounds on parties,

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

A-level results are an August rite of passage for hundreds of thousands of teenagers, but this year the students won’t be the only ones swallowing hard as they open envelopes and emails. For most, these results determine the path into higher education, and, with the university sector facing a funding crisis, scores of vice-chancellors will

The pace at which prices are rising has sped up, according to official figures. The rate of inflation grew to 2.2% in July, up from 2% a month earlier, data from the Office for National Statistics showed. It is the first time since December last year that the rate has increased, rather than fallen. But