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(c) Sky News 2026: Union seeks pension guarantees amid Thames Water crisis | Mark Kleinman blog
Boy accused of murdering girl, 9, said he had to get away from police, court told
A jury has heard how a teenage boy on trial for the murder of a nine-year-old girl in Somerset told a group of young people that he had to get away from "the police... everything".
Captain of Russian shadow fleet tanker intercepted in Channel appears in court
The captain of a Russian shadow fleet vessel, which was intercepted by British troops in the English Channel, has appeared in court charged with breaching sanctions.
Three arrested after record-breaking 12-tonne cannabis haul seized
Border Force officers have seized a record 12-tonne shipment of cannabis worth £139m.
First batch of grooming gang cases returned to police to reinvestigate
The first batch of grooming gang cases, among a national review of previously closed files, has been referred back to police forces where lines of inquiry may have been missed.
'Horses**t': Campaigners and government reject claims of forced Dartmoor pony 'cull'
A row has broken out over the future of Dartmoor's ponies, with warnings livestock owners may be forced to cull them to hit biodiversity goals.
Rogue traders jailed for conning vulnerable people out of £880,000
Three conmen have been sentenced after defrauding a 83-year-old out of most of her life savings in a plot which targeted vulnerable people.
Prince George to attend Eton College from September, Kensington Palace confirms
Prince George will attend the £63,000-per-year Eton College from September, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
Social media ban would have stopped me quitting, says Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips says she would not have resigned if Sir Keir Starmer had announced an under-16s social media ban earlier.
Man avoids jail after chopping down Shotton Colliery's war memorial Christmas tree
A man who chopped down a village Christmas tree that had stood for more than a decade as a war memorial has avoided jail.
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