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A man has been detained by police after running on the racecourse at the Epsom Derby. A woman was also detained by officers after being pulled to the floor when she tried to invade the course. It comes after 19 people – believed to be animal rights protesters – were arrested this morning over plans

Inspections and searches have been continuing of the sightseeing boat at the centre of the investigation into the death of a teenager and child pulled from the sea in Bournemouth. The boat has been impounded by Dorset Police after the incident on Wednesday, where a 12-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire and a 17-year-old boy from Southampton

The government has been accused of an attempted “cover-up” as it bids to block the COVID inquiry’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Cabinet Office revealed it was taking the unusual step of bringing a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s

A Labour MP who has been suspended from the party over allegations of sexual harassment has “boasted” about bringing sex workers into parliament for drinks, two of his colleagues have claimed. One Labour MP and a Labour peer told Sky News it was “well known” in Westminster that Geraint Davies would take the women to

Bereaved parents of children who took their own lives want authorities to take online histories into account when determining their cause of death. The mother of Archie Battersbee, who died in August 2022 after a “prank or experiment” that went wrong, joined other families to demand more access to content their children were exposed to

The England squad for the Women’s World Cup has been announced, with Lucy Bronze, Lauren James and Mary Earps among the 23-player squad. Beth Mead, who won the Golden Boot in last year’s Euro 2022 triumph, has been recovering from an ACL injury sustained in November and will miss out. Captain Leah Williamson and midfielder

Phillip Schofield has been dropped as an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust after his admission of an affair with a younger male colleague. The charity, founded by the King, said it was “no longer appropriate” for it to work with the presenter. Schofield left ITV’s This Morning last week after two decades as host. A

The deadline for the government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages has been delayed by the COVID inquiry. The inquiry had ordered the government to hand over the messages – alongside diary entries and notes – by 4pm on Tuesday 30 May. The deadline has now set been 4pm on Thursday 1 June. The

Eamonn Holmes has claimed there was a “total cover-up” over Phillip Schofield’s affair with a younger male colleague on This Morning while he was married. Holmes, 63, who also presented on the show, has accused Schofield of “toxicity” amid the furore over the culture on the ITV daytime programme. Host Schofield, 61, admitted last Friday

Phillip Schofield has hit back at critics in his first statement after admitting having an affair with a much younger colleague on This Morning. Less than half an hour before the programme was due to air on Monday, he posted a statement on Instagram. It read: “Now I no longer work on @thismorning I am

Former This Morning star Dr Ranj Singh has spoken out in the wake of the Phillip Schofield controversy and hit out at the “toxic culture” at the ITV daytime show. He claimed he was “managed out” after taking his concerns to Emma Gormley, the head of ITV Daytime. ‘I was on the show for 10

ITV has said there are no plans to axe its flagship This Morning show following reports it could be taken off air in the wake of the Phillip Schofield controversy. The veteran TV presenter, 61, quit the broadcaster on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency after admitting he lied about an “unwise, but

The Home Office is launching an ad campaign in Albania aimed at deterring people from crossing the English Channel illegally. Posters bear the message that people “face being detained and removed” if they make the journey. The department would not say how much the publicity drive is expected to cost but announced it will also

Roads are expected to be busy and ferry passengers have been warned of queues at Dover as people head away for the bank holiday weekend. Drivers across the UK are expected to make 19.2 million leisure car trips between Friday and Monday, according to estimates from the RAC, with the hottest day of the year

Boris Johnson has insisted the fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are “total nonsense” and that elements of his ministerial diary were “cherry picked and handed to police”. The former prime minister was confronted by Sky News about the allegations as he made his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington following a brief

Transgender women will be banned from competing in British Cycling’s competitive women’s events in changes that will see the men’s category become an open one. The new policy change ends the hopes of transgender cyclist Emily Bridges of competing in women’s competitions. It is 14 months since the 22-year-old was barred from competing in her

One person has been arrested after a car hit the main gates of Downing Street. Police said there were no injuries. Pictures broadcast on television showed cordons in place along Whitehall. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:08 Car that crashed into Downing Street gates “At around 4.20hrs a car collided

The chancellor has said he “is willing to do what it takes” and increase support for households if energy bills rise again this autumn. Sky’s economics and data editor Ed Conway asked the chancellor if he could guarantee he would step in if energy bills start rising again. “All I can say is that I

A new “zombie drug” has claimed its first British victim and could be widespread across the UK, experts have warned. The death of 43-year-old Karl Warburton last May marked the first recorded fatality caused by xylazine, a powerful sedative which has devastated cities across the US. Used by vets to tranquillise large animals, xylazine lowers

Police are using sniffer dogs to comb through a wooded area on the banks of a reservoir during the second day of an operation in Portugal as part of the investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. Officers are searching close to the Arade dam, located around 30 miles (50km) from the Algarve resort town of Praia