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Rishi Sunak has said “nothing is off the table” when it comes to assisting the war effort in Ukraine and fighter jets “are part of the conversation”. It comes after Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a speech at Westminster Hall to urge the UK and Western allies to provide “wings for freedom” by supplying his air force

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a standing ovation and cheers from parliament as he called on the UK and the West to provide Ukraine with fighter jets during a surprise visit to London. The Ukrainian president is the first foreign leader to address parliamentarians in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of parliament, since former Myanmar leader

Three Britons are missing following the earthquakes which struck Turkey and Syria, the foreign secretary has said. Making a statement in the Commons, James Cleverly said: “As of this morning, we know that three British nationals are missing.” Death toll tops 7,300 as patients left to die in ‘forgotten’ hospital – latest updates He added

An “evil” police officer who was unmasked as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders has been jailed for at least 30 years after being handed 36 life sentences. David Carrick, 48, was branded a “monster” who carried out a “catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences” against 12 women over nearly two decades. Carrick

With temperatures set to drop as low as -6C in the south and east of England, emergency cold measures have been activated by the mayor of London. It follows an extension of the current level-two cold weather alert by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) – which is responsible for public health protection in England

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three children were seriously injured in a stabbing in Huddersfield. Police officers were sent to a home on Walpole Road in the West Yorkshire town at around 8.02am this morning after a “report of concern” from the ambulance service. Two boys and a girl

The head of Epsom College has been found dead along with her husband and young daughter. The bodies of headmistress Emma Pattison, 45, husband George, 39, and seven-year-old Lettie were discovered at a property on the grounds of the school in the early hours of Sunday morning. Ms Pattison has been described as a “wonderful

The daughters of Nicola Bulley are asking “where is she and is she coming home?”, a friend of the missing dog walker has told Sky News. People gathered at St Michael’s Church in Lancashire on Sunday to light candles for the mother-of-two as her family, friends, and search teams continue searching for the 45-year-old mother,

Police searching for Nicola Bulley have found a “key” witness who they believe was in the area on the morning of the mother-of-two’s disappearance. The witness is a woman who was seen pushing a pram on Friday 27 January, when Ms Bulley went missing. The woman was spotted on CCTV walking in the village of

Family and friends of missing woman Nicola Bulley have claimed there is “no evidence whatsoever” behind a police update suggesting the mother-of-two fell into the river. Officers believe the 45-year-old “sadly” fell into the River Wyre while she was walking her dog last Friday morning but are continuing the search. It is understood Ms Bulley

Police investigating the disappearance of a mother-of-two say they believe she “sadly” fell into a river as they focus on a 10-minute window when she went missing a week ago. Nicola Bulley, 45, vanished in Lancashire while out walking her dog last Friday morning after dropping off her daughters, aged six and nine, at school.

The partner of missing dog walker Nicola Bulley has said it is as though “she has vanished into thin air”. Speaking near the scene where the mother-of-two was last seen, Paul Ansell said he will “never lose hope”, one week after she disappeared. He also said he kept playing “every scenario” in his head “around

The heartbroken sister and father of missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley say “her children need her home” and described being “stuck in a nightmare” since her disappearance. Ms Bulley, 45, was last seen on Friday 27 January at around 9.15am on a footpath by the River Wyre in the Lancashire village of St Michael’s. Her sister

The Bank of England has raised UK interest rates by a further half percentage point to 4%, but gave its clearest signal yet that borrowing costs may now be nearing their peak. This was the Bank’s tenth successive interest rate increase, but in the accompanying documentation, it hinted that there is a chance it might

The head of the Royal Air Force admitted to mistakes and failings after it was claimed that the former head of recruitment had identified “around 160 cases” of discrimination against white men. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, appearing before a committee of MPs on Wednesday for the first time since the scandal broke last

Two men have been sentenced to 35 years each in jail for murdering a 71-year-old businesswoman in a £4.6million scam to plunder her life savings. Mohamed El Abboud, 28, and Kusai Al-Jundi, 25, targeted trusting mother-of-two Louise Kam, who had previously owned a catering business with her ex-husband before going into rental properties. Al-Jundi, a

A four-year-old girl has died after a dog attack in Milton Keynes. Police officers were called by the ambulance service shortly after 5pm on Tuesday after a report that a dog had attacked a child in the back garden of a property in Broadlands, Netherfield. The child died at the scene shortly after. Officers remain

A woman who disappeared while walking her dog has “two little girls that need their mummy home”, her boyfriend has said, as a major search continues.  Nicola Bulley, 45, was last seen at 9.15am on Friday by a member of the public. Her mobile phone was found on a bench near where she was last

Britain’s economic reputation has been dealt a further blow after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that this year the UK economy will fare worse than any other country in the developed world – including Russia. In the latest update of its economic forecasts, the IMF said that it expected the UK’s gross domestic product

A major search is under way to find a 45-year-old woman from Inskip, Lancashire, who vanished while walking her dog. Nicola Bulley was last seen two days ago – on Friday 27 January – at around 9.15am on a footpath by the River Wyre off Garstang Road in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre.