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A Chinese spying trial collapsed last month after the UK government would not label Beijing a national security threat, a top prosecutor has said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/spying-trial-collapsed-after-government-refused-to-brand-china-a-threat-says-top-prosecutor-13446716 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 20:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sir Keir Starmer has begun the first full-blown trade mission to India since Theresa May was prime minister, bringing 125 UK CEOs, entrepreneurs and university leaders to Mumbai. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-refuses-to-rule-out-tax-rises-as-he-flies-business-leaders-to-india-13446700 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 20:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Pro-Palestine protests taking place on university campuses are "at risk of being interpreted as support for the actions that Hamas committed on October 7th", the chief executive of Universities UK has told Sky News. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/pro-palestine-protests-on-anniversary-of-october-7-risk-being-seen-as-support-for-hamas-says-universities-uk-boss-13446650 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 18:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the chief magistrate's decision to throw out the terror case against a member of the band Kneecap. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/prosecutors-to-appeal-against-decision-to-throw-out-case-against-kneecap-rapper-13446555 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 14:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

How they cheered. The Tory faithful loved it as their leader-in-waiting, Robert Jenrick, delivered a conference speech that was aimed at raising morale - and his own leadership prospects. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/jaunty-jenrick-a-leaders-speech-in-all-but-name-13446515 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 12:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A bird of prey suffered a "harrowing death" after being poisoned in Aberdeenshire. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/bird-of-prey-suffered-harrowing-death-after-being-poisoned-in-aberdeenshire-13446447 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 10:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Fifteen Conservative councillors have now defected to Reform this morning - on the Tories' third day of their conference. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/fifteen-tory-councillors-defect-to-reform-this-morning-13446384 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 08:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Three people have been critically injured after a helicopter crash in Sacramento, according to the Californian city's fire department. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/three-people-critical-after-helicopter-crash-in-california-13446288 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 03:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 200 people left stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest are being evacuated, Reuters news agency reports. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/stranded-mount-everest-hikers-being-evacuated-13446285 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-07 03:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The government has announced new financial incentives worth up to £31,000 tax-free for trainee teachers in maths, physics, chemistry and computing, in an effort to tackle long-standing recruitment challenges in England's schools. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/government-offers-trainee-teachers-up-to-16331000-tax-free-incentives-to-boost-recruitment-13446276 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 22:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A woman who allegedly claimed to be missing toddler Madeleine McCann pretended to be two other girls who had also vanished, a court has heard. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/woman-who-claimed-to-be-madeleine-mccann-pretended-to-be-two-other-missing-girls-court-hears-13446208 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 18:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kemi Badenoch did not have "enough confidence" as Tory leader to begin with, but is now "blossoming", a shadow cabinet minister has said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/badenoch-didnt-have-enough-confidence-but-now-blossoming-says-shadow-cabinet-minister-13446217 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 18:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The brutal findings of the YouGov poll suggesting Conservative members want leader Kemi Badenoch out and a pact with Nigel Farage confirm what the party's gloomy MPs are telling Sky News here in Manchester. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/brutal-findings-of-new-poll-in-line-with-views-of-gloomy-tory-mps-13446159 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 16:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prime ministers past and present have led tributes to Dame Jilly Cooper, a lifelong Conservative and champion of the countryside. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/senior-politicians-pay-tribute-to-tory-supporter-and-countryside-campaigner-dame-jilly-cooper-13446045 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 12:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A security guard who helped barricade the doors during the Manchester synagogue attack has told Sky News he thought "we are all going to die" - as he watched two of his friends get struck by what's believed to be a police bullet.  Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/security-guard-reveals-new-details-of-manchester-synagogue-attack-13445873 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 09:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Author Dame Jilly Cooper has died, her publisher has said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/author-jilly-cooper-has-died-13445808 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 07:59:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Anyone who bought a Samsung or Apple phone between 2015 and 2024 could be due compensation if a class action suit against technology giant Qualcomm is successful. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/apple-and-samsung-phone-users-could-get-compensation-13445789 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-06 07:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

England rugby star Ellie Kildunne says girls playing rugby needs to stop being an "anomaly".  Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/girls-playing-rugby-needs-to-stop-being-an-anomaly-red-roses-star-says-13445018 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Israel's deputy foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on the UK government, accusing it of a "grotesque betrayal of truth, of justice and of Britain's Jewish community". Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-minister-sharren-haskel-attacks-labours-grotesque-betrayal-of-jewish-community-13445726 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 23:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Tories will pledge to make even further cuts to the foreign aid budget, as the party attempts to regain its reputation for fiscal responsibility in the wake of the Truss mini-budget. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/shadow-chancellor-to-pledge-further-cuts-to-foreign-aid-as-tories-vow-to-stand-up-for-fiscal-responsibility-13445571 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Six men have been arrested after a man died inside a house in Leicester. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/six-arrested-in-murder-investigation-after-man-dies-in-house-police-say-13445683 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 20:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Just days before the 100th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Thatcher, on 13 October, Kemi Badenoch opened the Conservative conference by twice praising the party's heroine and three-time election winner. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/kemi-praises-thatcher-but-faces-fight-with-grandees-13445461 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 16:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Talks aimed at starting the process of releasing Israeli hostages look set to begin on Monday. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/hostage-release-talks-imminent-to-kickstart-gaza-peace-deal-13445201 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 13:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rachel Reeves will this week take the unusual step of pitching to London Stock Exchange flotation candidates alongside one of the City's top bankers as she tries to revive interest in the UK as an international listing destination. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/reeves-and-goldman-chief-to-pitch-to-london-ipo-candidates-13445096 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 12:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Robbie Williams has said he is "deeply sorry" his concert in the Turkish city of Istanbul has had to be cancelled "in the interests of public safety". Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/robbie-williams-forced-to-cancel-world-tour-gig-in-interests-of-public-safety-13444900 Author : Publish date : 2025-10-05 05:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.