The King has gone into hospital for prostate treatment, Buckingham Palace has said. In a statement, it added: “The King was this morning admitted to a London hospital for scheduled treatment. “His Majesty would like to thank all those who have sent their good wishes over the past week and is delighted to learn that
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Manchester City have been overtaken in an annual global football club money ranking, with an old foe from Spain reclaiming the top spot. The 27th edition of the Deloitte Football Money League placed Real Madrid at the head of the pack for the first time since 2017-18, with Premier League clubs losing ground in the
The chief fire officer at West Midlands Fire Service has been found dead at his home amid claims made about his qualifications for the role made on social media. In a statement from Greg Brackenridge, chairman of West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority, said: “We are devastated to report that our chief fire officer, Wayne
A money launderer who worked for people smuggling networks involved in small boat crossings has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Asghar Gheshalghian, 48, who is originally from Iran, ran an unregistered money transfer business from an office block in Wood Green, north London. Over a period of nearly five years, he acted as
Almost 10 million people in England do not have access to NHS ear wax removal services, in what a hearing loss charity has called a “postcode lottery” of care for patients. Charity RNID – which supports people who are deaf and with hearing difficulties in the UK – says people are being forced to pay
England spinner Shoaib Bashir has been forced to fly home to resolve Indian visa complications – an issue Ben Stokes has described as “frustrating”. Bashir, a 20-year-old British Muslim of Pakistani heritage, was the only member of the touring party to have a significant delay over his application and was forced to stay in Abu
A surgeon has spoken of the risks of having weight loss operations abroad after a young woman died following a procedure in Turkey. Ahmed Ahmed, a consultant bariatric surgeon and council member for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, told Sky News that while weight loss surgery in the UK carries “extremely small risks
A surgeon has spoken of the risks of having weight loss operations abroad after a young woman died following a procedure in Turkey. Ahmed Ahmed, a consultant bariatric surgeon and council member for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, told Sky News that while weight loss surgery in the UK carries “extremely small risks
Professor Jason Leitch has said his claim of deleting WhatsApp messages as a “pre-bed ritual” was a “flippant exaggeration”. The Scottish government’s national clinical director is giving evidence to the UK COVID inquiry, which is currently sitting in Edinburgh. Last week the inquiry was shown transcripts of a group chat. Within the message, Ken Thomson,
Six million of the poorest people in the UK would need to more than double their income to climb out of poverty, according to a new report criticising “social failure at scale”. The poverty gap – the amount of money needed to bring the incomes of those in poverty to the poverty line – has
Millions will be cut off from gas and electricity services this winter, as new research from Citizens Advice details the extent to which households are affected by the inability to afford prepayment power top-ups. The independent, state-funded advice service has said its advisers are helping more people than ever who cannot pay for energy. This
Norfolk Police has said it is “reviewing” its working practices after it emerged that officers failed to respond to a 999 call from a house where four people were later found dead. It comes after the force previously referred itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) watchdog following the deaths of Bartlomiej Kuczynski,
A football club has shut its ticket office after “appalling abuse and threatening behaviour”. Newport County will face Manchester United on Sunday in a home FA Cup tie at Rodney Parade. The League Two side said all remaining tickets for the fourth-round match would be available to purchase online only from 10am on Monday. The
Parliamentarians are being urged to back a proposal that could help further reduce the cost of baby formula. Iceland supermarket boss Richard Walker is calling for retailers to be given more freedom to help make first infant formula milk more affordable for families. He wants lawmakers to amend a bill which is currently passing through
A whistleblower who resigned from Greater Manchester Police has told Sky News the force’s child protection investigation unit where she worked is “not fit for purpose” and that failures have left a paedophile ring at large for at least seven years. In her resignation letter last year, she said: “I don’t feel like we’re making
A man and a woman have died, along with a dog, after a collision involving a BMW X5 in Kent. The pair, both in their 60s, were out walking the dog when they were hit on Saturday afternoon in Bearsted, Maidstone. Police are urging anyone who witnessed the incident to call Kent Police’s serious collision
Coventry City midfielder Kasey Palmer has said he “feels like things will never change” after alleged racist abuse was aimed at him in the closing stages of their 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday. Palmer, 27, was seen going to retrieve the ball from behind the goal, before sharply turning away and motioning towards match referee
A 45-year-old man found dead alongside two young girls and a 36-year-old woman in Norwich has been named as Bartlomiej Kuczynski. Their bodies were found at a house in Allan Bedford Crescent, Costessey, Norfolk, after police forced their way into the property following a call from a member of the public shortly before 7am on
An online predator who blackmailed dozens of women around the world into performing sexual and degrading acts, including child abuse, has been jailed for 24 years. Anthony Burns, originally from Lowestoft in Suffolk, used multiple online identities when engaging with the women on the internet. On one occasion he posed as the head of a
Google has started construction on a new $1bn (£789m) data centre in the UK, it has been revealed. The announcement was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been meeting company bosses as part of a bid to “champion British excellence in tech”. The new facility is to be
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