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Matt Weston has won gold in the men’s singles skeleton, securing Team GB’s first medal at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The twenty eight year old, a reigning world and European champion, had been favourite after leading at the halfway stage on Thursday with track records in the first two heats. On Friday he set another track record on his third run, extending his advantage and confirming his place at […]

Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald, the United Kingdom’s most senior civil servant, is leaving Downing Street. The Cabinet Office said the prime minister and the cabinet secretary have agreed that he will stand down as cabinet secretary and head of the civil service by mutual agreement from today. Sir Chris said it has been an honour and a privilege to serve as a civil servant for thirty five years, and […]

Sir Keir Starmer has described comments about immigration made by Manchester United co owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe as offensive and wrong. The Ineos founder told Sky News the UK had been colonised by immigrants and suggested the prime minister was too nice to take difficult decisions to stabilise the economy. Responding, Sir Keir said Britain is a proud, tolerant and diverse country and called on Sir Jim to apologise. A […]

A man in his twenties has been hospitalised after being stabbed multiple times during an assault in Slough. Police say several men were involved in an altercation on Lerwick Drive at around five thirty pm on Monday February the ninth. The victim’s injuries are not life threatening but he remains in hospital receiving treatment. Detective Inspector Liam Butler said officers are carrying out a thorough investigation and understand the incident […]

A member of a US congressional committee investigating the Epstein affair says the monarchy faces a serious test. Congressman Ro Khanna said King Charles may have questions to answer over the scandal involving his younger brother. He described this as the most vulnerable the British monarchy has ever been and said it could even mark the end of the monarchy. Khanna was behind the Epstein Files Transparency Act that led […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a student at the University of Lancashire. Police said the body of nineteen year old Carla Georgescu was found in student accommodation on Victoria Street in Preston on Thursday afternoon. Officers were called at thirteen fifteen GMT. A thirty four year old man from Hartlepool has been arrested there. Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney […]

A payment given to Lord Peter Mandelson after he was sacked as ambassador to the United States is being reviewed. He lost the post in September last year over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Westminster anger has grown after documents suggested he leaked information while serving as a government minister. Allies of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer say he should return the payment or donate it to a […]

Two properties owned by Peter Mandelson have been searched by police investigating alleged misconduct in a public office. Boxes were seen leaving his Camden home, while police vehicles were outside his Wiltshire property. Plain clothed officers briefly searched a Range Rover near the London address. Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Hayley Sewart said the central specialist crime team carried out the warrants. A Nigerian court has reportedly ordered the UK […]

Broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher has called for more police on the streets and stronger action on violence against women and girls after she was attacked last year. She said she was assaulted by a man while walking to her car after work in central London, but he has never been found. Speaking on UK Tonight with Sarah Jane Mee on Sky, Gallacher said the man turned around and kicked her hard, […]