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One of the UK’s largest energy companies OVO is to pay £2.37m in compensation for customer complaint failures. Energy regulator Ofgem said OVO will pay £378,512 directly to affected customers, with an additional £2m to the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme “in recognition of the severity of consumer detriment caused”. As many as 1,395 people

Climate action will be central to “all” foreign policy, David Lammy will say on Tuesday, as the new government seeks to rebrand the UK’s international image. On Tuesday, the foreign secretary will use his first major speech in his new role to address the climate and nature crises and how they intersect with geopolitics, conflict

The NHS is going to use drones to fly blood samples across London to avoid the traffic. Drone flights will mean the samples can be transported in a fraction of the time it currently takes couriers via road, officials said. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has launched a pilot scheme that intends to

Scottish band Texas have been unveiled as this year’s headliner for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations. The pop-rockers, fronted by award-winning singer-songwriter Sharleen Spiteri, will perform their greatest hits at Concert in the Gardens on 31 December. The homegrown heroes announced the gig during a sold-out show at the Glasgow Hydro on Sunday. The New Year’s Eve

A search has been launched for a missing 18-year-old in the Scottish Borders. Kamile Gimbutyte, also known as Rhian, was last seen in the Melrose area at around 2pm on Sunday and is believed to have been going for a walk in the Eildon Hills. Inspector David Robertson said: “We are becoming increasingly concerned for

The foreign secretary has said the UK and allies will not be “bullied by Putin’s shameless grandstanding” as the prime minister faces pressure to allow Ukraine to fire British long-range missiles into Russia. David Lammy told Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips the Russian president’s threats to use nuclear weapons if the West sends

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for a tax on the wealthiest instead of cutting support for “struggling pensioners”. Speaking after arriving at the Lib Dem conference in Brighton on a jet ski, Sir Ed said his party is the only one offering up a solution on how to “plug the awful financial

A police dog injured during violent disorder in Southport has retired from service. Zoe needed stitches after suffering a laceration to her leg during disorder involving hundreds of people on 30 July. Mersey Police Dogs said the animal was now “fit and well” but added it would “never ask our dogs to do something they

A teacher who held a placard at a pro-Palestinian protest depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts has been found not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence. Warning: This article contains language some may find offensive Marieha Hussain, 37, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, had denied the prosecution’s allegation that the placard

A Metropolitan Police officer who was fined for assault after wrongly arresting a woman for not paying a bus fare has had his conviction overturned. PC Perry Lathwood, 50, of East Sussex, had been convicted of assaulting a woman in front of her young son in Croydon, south London, on 21 July last year. Jocelyn

Six British diplomats have been expelled from Russia after being accused of “spying and sabotage”. The country’s FSB security service said they worked in the “political department” of the British embassy in Moscow. A Whitehall source told Sky News the diplomats were kicked out in August as part of a wave of tit-for-tat expulsions. The

BBC presenter Jay Blades – who appears on The Repair Shop – has been charged with engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour against his estranged wife, police have said. The 54-year-old appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court earlier today and was bailed to appear again at Worcester Crown Court on 11 October. The alleged coercive behaviour

A proposal to build a new 50-mile railway line as a cheaper but slower alternative to a scrapped section of HS2 has been unveiled. A report has said journeys between London and Manchester on the line would only be 15 minutes longer than they would have been under the original HS2 plans. The journey time

Breathing tubes became “dislodged” during 40% of trainee shifts worked by serial killer Lucy Letby in Liverpool, prior to the murder and attempted murder of babies at another hospital in Chester, an inquiry has heard. The former neonatal nurse was sentenced to life imprisonment last year for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder others

A young child has sustained “life-changing injuries” in a suspected hit and run involving a motorbike. Police received a report of a serious collision on Central Drive, Shotton, shortly after 5.30pm. North Wales Police is attempting to locate the suspect, who officers say failed to stop after the collision. Three people have been arrested on

A body has been found in the search for a missing hillwalker who disappeared more than a year-and-a-half ago. Ross Kinghorn, 57, travelled by train from Linlithgow, West Lothian, in January 2023 with the intention of exploring the Bridge of Tilt area of Perthshire. He was last seen in Blair Atholl and is believed to

The King found himself in the middle of a group hug from a rugby team. During a reception at Buckingham Palace, New Zealand player Winger Ayesha Leti-I’iga asked to hug the monarch, to which the King replied: “A hug, why not?” That was enough of a greenlight for the multiple Black Ferns players, who are

A police officer has been found guilty of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 13. John Stringer was on trial at Cardiff Crown Court where a jury returned its verdict on Monday. The 42-year-old from Cardiff had been suspended from duty by Gwent Police when the force first became aware of the allegations

Roughly £5.5bn of potential state revenue has been lost due to tax evasion, according to the government spending watchdog. The vast majority of evasion took place in small businesses which can “easily exploit” weaknesses in government systems, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. But the body that collects tax – HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

A loud crash jolts Paul Wheeler into waking up in the middle of the night. As he peers out of his bedroom window, which overlooks the park at the back of his home in a quiet, suburban part of Kent, he sees a shadowy figure setting fire to something. It’s a warm summer night, Labour