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Britain faces a miserable start to the weekend with a yellow warning issued for rain until Friday evening – before temperatures are expected to nosedive, the Met Office has said. Heavy downpours, together with strong winds, are set to batter most of England and all of Wales until 8pm tonight, while blustery showers are also

Two Jewish schools in north London are closing their doors “in the interests of the safety of our precious children”. Torah Vodaas Primary School in Edgware and Ateres Beis Yaakov Primary School in Colindale both informed parents on Thursday evening they would not reopen until Monday. In a letter to parents, Rabbi Feldman, of Torah

The government has organised flights to get British nationals out of Israel, the Foreign Office has said. The first flight is set to leave Tel Aviv later on Thursday, it added. Airlines and governments are scrambling to evacuate thousands from Israel ahead of a possible ground assault on Gaza. Evacuation efforts come as the combined

The Met Police has appealed for footage or images of last weekend’s attack in Israel. The force’s counter-terrorism unit is “appealing for anyone in the UK who has direct evidence related to the terrorist attacks”. It added: “This appeal is directed at anyone who may have already returned from Israel in the past few days

Seventeen British nationals, including children, are feared dead or missing in Israel after an attack by Hamas, Sky News understands. Three Britons are already confirmed to have died in the weekend’s attack. At least 1,200 Israelis are dead and more than 2,700 have been wounded, according to the latest figures supplied by the IDF (Israeli

Crews have been called to a fire at a car park at Luton Airport. Flames could be seen tearing through a car park at the airport terminal, as seen in videos posted to X on Tuesday. London Luton Airport tweeted earlier: “Emergency services are currently responding to a car fire in Terminal Car Park 2,

The UK and Ireland will host Euro 2028, with all five nations hosting matches throughout Europe’s premier international men’s football competition. Turkey was the only remaining competitor for hosting the competition before it pulled out to focus on a joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032 – which was also approved on Tuesday morning –

Young female tennis players are receiving death threats from gamblers who have lost money betting on them, Judy Murray has said. The former Fed Cup captain, who helped coach sons Andy and Jamie – who went on to achieve world number one status in singles and doubles respectively – said the abuse on social media

The foreign secretary has called on supporters of Palestinians to stay at home after protests over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in London. James Cleverly said the protests were causing concern in the Jewish community, “who have often been on the receiving end of prejudice and threats of violence”. “There is no need, there’s

A British man who was serving in the Israeli army has been killed in an attack by Hamas militants. Corporal Nathanel Young, 20, from London, was a soldier in the 13th Battalion who lived in Tel Aviv, according to the Israeli Defence Forces. His family shared a post on Facebook saying they are “heartbroken”, adding:

The Metropolitan Police says it has increased police patrols across London after the Hamas militant group attacked Israel. In a statement, the force said it had been made aware of a number of incidents in the capital – some shared on social media – that were related to the ongoing conflict. Anyone who experiences threatening

Serious collisions and multiple landslips have been reported in Scotland as extreme rainfall sweeps the country. Aerial footage shared by search and rescue helicopters showed soil, rocks and earth strewn across the A83 between Tarbet and Lochgilphead – with Police Scotland confirming the road is completely closed. Officers are urging drivers in Argyll and Bute

Two rail companies have advised customers not to travel to and from Scotland tomorrow, with Met Office weather warnings in place for heavy rain. Avanti West Coast said there would be advised customers not to travel between Scotland and Preston and said there would be “no services north of Preston, and as a result other

Every time Tyrelle Willis peels back a bit of tape stuck to the skirting board, tiny black bed bugs scurry out – leaving behind hundreds of tiny eggs stuck to the adhesive. We’re at a house in Croydon where bed bugs have taken over the bedroom on the top floor. The pest control technician points

Scottish Labour has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Michael Shanks replaces shamed MP Margaret Ferrier, who was ousted from her seat in August following a successful recall petition for breaching COVID restrictions during lockdown in 2020. Voters took to the polls between 7am and 10pm on Thursday and out of the 82,104 electorate,

A man who was encouraged by an artificial intelligence chatbot in his plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced to nine years in custody, but will remain in hospital until he is deemed fit enough to go to prison. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, scaled the perimeter of the Windsor Castle grounds with a

Just Stop Oil protesters have halted a West End performance of Les Miserables after invading the stage. During the song One Day More, where an actor waves the famous red flag, members of the group stormed the stage with banners emblazoned with Just Stop Oil. A video shows the actors on stage continuing to perform

Metro Bank, the high street lender, is drawing up plans to raise hundreds of millions of pounds of new capital in weeks in a bid to strengthen its troubled balance sheet. Sky News has learnt that Metro Bank – the first new lender to open on Britain’s high streets in over 100 years when it

Rishi Sunak will try and convince the public he is the person to “fundamentally change the country” and fix Westminster’s “broken system” – despite the fact his party has been in government for 13 years. The prime minister will try to present himself as a reformer who is prepared to take difficult decisions, unlike opponents,

Rishi Sunak has claimed a general election is “not what the country wants”, despite insisting he is unafraid of going to the polls. Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby put it to the prime minister that he was a “man without a mandate” – having lost the Tory leadership election last year, before being appointed