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Jay Slater’s uncle has said “we have to be doing something” as he vowed his family would continue their “desperate” search for the missing teenager in Tenerife. Apprentice bricklayer Mr Slater, 19, was last seen on 17 June after leaving an Airbnb in the tiny northern village of Masca to walk back to his accommodation,

Inspectors have described the “worst conditions they have ever seen in immigration detention” inside a centre near Heathrow in west London. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor was so concerned by what he found during the visit in February that he wrote to then Home Secretary James Cleverly but received no reply. The visit to

The parents of a teenage girl have appeared in court charged with her murder. Simon Vickers, 48, and Sarah Hall, 44, made a short appearance at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court, County Durham, on Monday. The pair, of Geneva Road, Darlington, are accused of murdering their 14-year-old daughter Scarlett Vickers last Friday, court papers show. The teenager

Three weeks on from the disappearance of British teenager Jay Slater, life on the island of Tenerife has almost returned to normal. The main strip, Veronicas, in Playa de las Americas was packed with groups of young British holidaymakers on Sunday night with heavy drinking and open drug use on clear display in the neon-lit

The new Labour government has ruled out the introduction of digital ID cards after former prime minister Sir Tony Blair called for the measure to help control migration. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds initially told Sky News that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper would look at “all sources of advice” on the issue. But sources close to

Bukayo Saka didn’t need any redemption. There was never any doubt about his value to the England team. But it was a sign of determination, character and strength that the winger stepped up to take another penalty when called on at Euro 2024. It would be easy to understand if he had not after the

England are through to the Euro 2024 semi-finals after beating Switzerland on penalties. The tense game ended 1-1 after extra-time, with both sides unable to break the deadlock. England then faced a penalty shootout without their captain and de facto penalty taker Harry Kane, who had been replaced by Ivan Toney in the second half

Jess Phillips has admitted she found the general election campaign “absolutely horrible” after enduring abuse – which culminated in being booed as she gave her acceptance speech. The Labour MP was narrowly re-elected for Birmingham Yardley on Friday morning with a majority of just 693 – after facing competition from a Workers Party candidate on

This is the greatest defeat in the Conservative Party’s history and it will not recover soon. Trying to do so will end up prolonging the pain.  This was not a defeat born of an election called too early, or with too thin a manifesto, or because of what happened at D-Day or with wayward bets

Voting is a simple process – but it’s also a serious one, with strict rules in place to make sure the election is fair.  Wondering whether you can bring your own pen, your dog, or your favourite political party sweatshirt to the polling station? Sky News has reviewed the rules around election day so you

Labour are on course for a landslide victory on Thursday with a majority of 212 seats according to the final YouGov poll projection of the campaign. This will give Sir Keir Starmer the biggest majority for any single party since 1832 in a vote which YouGov’s last MRP suggests will break a series of electoral

Rishi Sunak has conceded defeat in the general election – putting Sir Keir Starmer on course to enter Downing Street as the country’s first Labour prime minister in 14 years. Speaking after winning his seat in Richmond, Yorkshire, the solemn-looking Conservative leader said: “The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called

A teacher found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys broke down in tears as she was jailed for six and a half years. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed her victims from the age of 15 and had a child with one of the teenagers, Manchester Crown Court heard. Jurors heard Joynes joined their high school

He’s still got it. Boris Johnson may have left it late before coming to the party – the Conservative Party, that is – but his 11th-hour rallying cry to the Tory faithful was vintage Boris and just like the old days. It was the kind of shambolic, chaotic but barnstorming box office performance that he

A trainee nurse has been found guilty of attempting to launch an ISIS-inspired suicide attack using a homemade bomb on the hospital where he worked. Mohammad Sohail Farooq, 28, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds with a viable bomb, manufactured from a pressure cooker containing 9.9kg of low explosive, in January last year.

Police have appealed for witnesses and information after a 70-year-old woman was found dead at her home in west London. An investigation was launched after Rita Fleming was found unresponsive at an address in Golborne Road in Kensington at around 9.45am on Sunday, 23 June. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Metropolitan Police officers

Just imagine if Gareth Southgate had gone through with the plan to bring off Jude Bellingham. Imagine if Bellingham had been dropped completely from England’s starting line-up against Slovakia as Southgate faced calls to do. What Bellingham produced – in a mesmerising moment of magic – is what Real Madrid fans have been cherishing all

England survived a scare to book their place in the quarter-finals at Euro 2024 after beating Slovakia 2-1 in extra-time. Gareth Southgate’s team fell behind in the 25th minute when Ivan Schranz put Slovakia into a shock lead and they looked to be heading out of the tournament as the game went into injury time.

Leaders and politicians of all parties are coming out swinging today as the general election campaign enters the final days. Rishi Sunak is today saying that Labour would cause “irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power”, while his top lieutenants warn of the “danger” of a government led by Sir Keir Starmer.

In a corner of Tenerife, a winding, narrow road takes you towards a small village called Masca. At points on the route, the view of the sea below and the mountains above is breathtaking. This place, with its handful of houses and cafes, nestled among ravines and rockfaces, is about a 40-minute drive from the