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A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor said. British tech mogul Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among six people recovered after the Bayesian superyacht sank near Porticello at about 5am local time […]

Mikel Arteta has told Arsenal fans not to panic about his contract with talks set to get under way once the summer transfer window shuts. Arteta has entered the final 12 months of his deal at the Emirates and while he insisted last month fresh terms would not be an issue, no announcement has been […]

Two stages will remain closed for the entirety of Leeds Festival, while a third is expected to reopen, following high winds caused by Storm Lilian. Festival organisers were forced to shut the Chevron, BBC Radio 1 and Aux stages on Friday, but reopened the arena with Liam Gallagher due to headline as Reading and Leeds […]

Sir Keir Starmer has told Ukrainians the UK will back them “today and always”, as Kyiv marks 33 years since it declared independence from the Soviet Union. The Prime Minister described his seven-word message to front-line fighters and people who have sought refuge in the UK as “crystal clear”, and the Government confirmed community groups, […]

Some parts of the UK could see between 50mm and 70mm of rain on Saturday, with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for much of the south east of England. The warning, which came into force at 6am and lasts until 1pm, stretches from Portsmouth, Hampshire, up to Ipswich in Suffolk. It follows […]

Three people have been killed and at least five were seriously wounded in an attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, police said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9.30pm to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police said that the perpetrator […]

His contract was terminated following claims he sent inappropriate messages to two female colleagues Jermaine Jenas has apologised and said he is “ashamed” after being sacked by the BBC, but insisted his behaviour was not illegal. The Match Of The Day and The One Show presenter was removed by the BBC from the presenting line-ups […]

The school attended by two children who died in a house fire in Bradford has paid tribute to the “lovely pupils” who “were full of character and had bright futures ahead of them”. Bryonie Gawith, 29, died at the scene of the blaze on Wednesday and her three children, Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and Aubree […]

NHS workers are being urged to accept a 5.5% pay increase – with a union describing the offer from the Scottish Government as the “best negotiable” under current circumstances. The Scottish Government tabled the offer, which is in line with that proposed in England, to NHS Scotland staff earlier this week. The deal could see […]

Magistrates have been ordered to delay jailing criminals in a bid to ease prison overcrowding as the number of people behind bars hit a new weekly high. Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Green, who is the deputy senior presiding judge for England and Wales, issued what is known as a listing direction to magistrates’ […]