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The number of universal credit (UC) claimants has soared to 8.3 million people - up from 7.2 million at the same time last year, new government figures show. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/universal-credit-claimants-soar-by-over-a-million-in-a-year-new-figures-show-13468726 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 18:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

An investigation has concluded following complaints an Aberdeen primary school teacher reportedly told children that "Santa wasn't real". Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/investigation-into-complaints-primary-school-teacher-told-pupils-santa-isnt-real-concludes-13468670 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 16:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A woman caught with £5bn in Bitcoin in the UK's highest ever value money laundering investigation has been jailed for 11 years and eight months - after nearly five years on the run. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/goddess-of-wealth-conwoman-jailed-over-1635bn-bitcoin-hoard-after-years-on-the-run-13467958 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 14:54:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

An NHS ward manager has been sentenced for health and safety failings and a trust fined more than £500,000 after a young woman died in a secure mental health hospital. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-ward-manager-sentenced-over-death-of-patient-13468194 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 12:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police say they have interviewed a man over comments made during punk-rap duo Bob Vylan's set at Glastonbury. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/police-release-update-on-bob-vylan-glastonbury-investigation-13468467 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 09:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to official figures released ahead of the budget. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/unemployment-rate-jumps-to-highest-level-since-late-2020-ahead-of-budget-13468366 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 05:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

An end to the longest US government shutdown in history is one step closer after Senate Democrats broke with their party to strike a deal with the Republicans. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/end-to-longest-us-government-shutdown-one-step-closer-as-democrats-face-backlash-13468347 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 00:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The UK's Prevent counter-terrorism strategy "is no longer keeping the country safe" and needs a "radical overhaul", an independent commission has found. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/uks-prevent-counter-terrorism-strategy-is-no-longer-keeping-the-country-safe-commission-warns-13468349 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-11 00:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

MPs have joined a campaign calling for 15 penguins "trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air" in central London to be released. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/sea-life-london-aquarium-told-keeping-penguins-trapped-in-basement-is-un-british-13468330 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 22:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Princess Beatrice has made her first public charity appearance in the UK since her father, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, was stripped of his prince title. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/princess-beatrice-appears-at-her-first-charity-event-in-uk-since-andrew-stripped-of-prince-title-13468243 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 18:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The family of Sami Hamdi, the British journalist being held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is to be released, his family have said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/british-journalist-sami-hamdi-being-held-by-us-immigration-to-be-freed-his-family-say-13468250 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 19:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A criminal who carried out a knifepoint sex attack on a woman who went to his house to fit him with an electronic tag has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/patrick-nolan-man-jailed-for-sex-attack-on-woman-who-tried-to-fit-him-with-electronic-tag-13468096 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 14:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

South Korea's ousted president, Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing more criminal charges amid allegations he ordered drone flights over North Korea. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/former-south-korean-leader-yoon-suk-yeol-charged-over-drone-flights-into-north-korea-13467960 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 13:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A woman has died after being stabbed in the neck in Birmingham city centre on Friday night. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/woman-34-has-died-after-being-stabbed-in-the-neck-in-birmingham-13467841 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 10:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

It's been three decades of COP talks - and as most of the climate metrics get worse, questions about whether the summits are working have become impossible to ignore. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/cop30-are-climate-summits-saving-the-world-or-just-hot-air-13465363 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 01:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged Donald Trump to return to global efforts to fight climate change. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/cop30-trump-urged-to-involve-us-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-13467809 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 01:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

What did the BBC do to anger Donald Trump? And what has he said about the resignations? Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/very-dishonest-people-it-didnt-take-long-for-donald-trump-to-react-to-the-bbc-resignations-13467810 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 02:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Amid serious concerns over the editorial mistakes made by the BBC, the downfall of its leaders has been greeted with undisguised glee by many on the right of British politics. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/downfall-of-bbc-leaders-greeted-with-undisguised-glee-by-many-on-the-right-of-british-politics-13467807 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-10 00:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The BBC's director-general Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News, have resigned from their positions. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/tim-davie-and-deborah-turnesss-resignation-letters-in-full-8211-and-the-bbc-response-13467776 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 21:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sir Keir Starmer's been on the other side of the world for most of the week - at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, his 40th foreign trip in 16 months. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-avoided-political-heat-at-home-during-brazil-climate-conference-but-he-returns-to-a-prisons-crisis-13467463 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 16:58:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general, according to the broadcaster. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/tim-davie-resigns-as-bbcs-director-general-13467527 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 17:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A man accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy at a campsite in Scotland has died in prison. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-boy-at-scottish-highlands-campsite-dies-in-prison-13467302 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 14:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The UK is deploying a specialist Royal Air Force team to help defend Belgium's skies following a series of sightings of "rogue" drones, the defence secretary and his military chief have revealed. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/uk-deploying-specialist-raf-team-to-defend-belgium-from-rogue-drones-13467164 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 10:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The government is "gripping" the prisons crisis, minister Lisa Nandy told Sky News, as she said it is "unacceptable" the number of prisoners being wrongly released has risen. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/govt-gripping-prisons-crisis-as-unacceptable-mistaken-releases-have-risen-minister-says-13467119 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 08:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ghislaine Maxwell has said she is "much, much happier" since being moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas, leaked emails reveal. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/ghislaine-maxwells-emails-from-minimum-security-jail-leaked-amid-claims-of-vip-treatment-13467069 Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 02:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.