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There are currently “no plans” for the UK to follow in America’s footsteps and ban TikTok, a cabinet minister said. Darren Jones said cats and dancing videos do not “seem like a national security threat”, but suggested the position could change if an issue emerges which the government is “concerned about”. The Chinese-opened app was

Former Manchester United and Scotland footballer Denis Law has died, at the age of 84. In a statement, his family said: “It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away. He fought a tough battle, but finally, he is now at peace. “We would like to

The deaths of a young woman and a teenage boy while in custody at a young offenders’ institution in Scotland “might have been avoided”, an inquiry has found. Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, took their own lives within months of each other at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in Falkirk in 2018. A fatal

A Tesla Cybertruck has been seized after being unlawfully driven in Greater Manchester. Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) stopped a permanent UK resident in Whitefield, Bury, after they were spotted driving the unique-looking electric vehicle. The Cybertruck is illegal to drive in the UK and this one was found to be registered and insured

The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts through mobile phones, will be tested later this year. The EAS causes phones and tablets to vibrate, read the alert aloud and emit a loud siren-like sound, even if the device is on silent. It is typically used to warn individuals about severe flooding, fires and

The home secretary has announced a £10 million plan for government-backed local inquiries into grooming gangs. Five new inquiries, including one in Oldham, will be funded and assisted by central government. They will be advised by Tom Crowther KC, who led the Telford grooming gang inquiry published in 2022. Politics latest:Russia attack during Starmer’s visit

A basketball player who was sacked this week by a Scottish club is believed to be a suspect in a US gun murder. Malik Dunbar, 28, has been let go by Caledonia Gladiators for a separate matter, with the club saying it later became aware of the shooting allegations. Dunbar signed for the East Kilbride-based

James Vince is to step down as Hampshire captain and move to Dubai following several attacks on his family home. The 33-year-old all-rounder, who was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup on home soil, has captained Hampshire for the last decade. But his club said he had “endured a challenging year”

Thousands of children are being failed because of the “inequitable” special educational needs system, MPs have said. In a damning report the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says too many families are struggling to access support their children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) “desperately need”. Over the past nine years, the number of young

Detectives investigating the murder of a 14-year-old on a bus in southeast London last week have named two teenagers they went to speak to over the fatal stabbing. Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich Church Street, close to the Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm last Tuesday. The teenager died at

Apple AI is sending misleading push notifications about sensitive stories like Gisele Pelicot’s mass rape trial, Britain’s grooming gang scandal and a prison officer filmed having sex with an inmate. Concerns have now been raised with Apple by multiple news organisations over the AI summary feature, which is available on iPhones with Apple Intelligence. The

UK residents planning to buy a holiday home in Spain have been warned they could be hit with a 100% tax rise as the country tries to tackle its housing shortage. Public anger is growing in Spain and other European countries as locals are being priced out of home ownership by rents driven up by

A football fan who mocked a dead player at a derby match has been banned and fined. During a game between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United, Brandon Pedryc typed out “Where’s Baldock” in large letters on his phone and waved it at rival fans during the Championship game at Bramall Lane on 11 November last

The inquest into the deaths of five people in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s stadium has heard police officers tried to break the aircraft’s windscreen after it crashed. Police officers in a patrol car spotted the helicopter, on its way from the King Power Stadium to London Stansted Airport, as it dropped. A police

One of the ships at the centre of Scotland’s long-running ferries fiasco has formally entered service. MV Glen Sannox completed its first timetabled passenger voyage on Monday morning, leaving Troon in South Ayrshire just after 6.50am and arriving in Brodick on the Isle of Arran at about 8.15am. It had earlier completed a return test

The chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry will not “hesitate to make recommendations about the use of social media” and its role in spreading “misinformation and disinformation” around vaccines, the secretary to the inquiry has told Sky News. The independent public inquiry resumes on Tuesday with Module 4 looking at Vaccines and Therapeutics. Ben Connah,

The body of a missing man has been found by police at a landfill site in Essex. Officers spent 45 days searching the site for Cumali Turhan. The 46-year-old was feared murdered and was last seen in The Globe pub in Chelmsford, in the early hours of 19 November. His family has been informed of

A hospital in north London has advertised for a corridor nurse, as the NHS grapples with a winter crisis of rising pressures. Recent days have seen more than a dozen hospitals declaring critical incidents as a “quad-demic” of flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) all put a strain on the health service’s resources.

A woman has suffered life-changing injuries after she was stabbed at the Accident and Emergency department where she was working. It’s believed she is a nurse at Royal Oldham Hospital in Greater Manchester, where the attack happened. A 37-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. It is understood the woman

A police officer has been killed after being hit by a lorry while helping motorists who had been involved in a separate collision. PC Rosie Prior died was killed on the A19 at Bagby in North Yorkshire on Saturday morning. Another driver, Ryan Welford, 41, from Knaresborough, was also killed when the HGV struck him