COVID testing has been suspended at a private laboratory in Wolverhampton after an estimated 43,000 people were given incorrect results. An investigation was...
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Butchers and abattoir workers from overseas will be granted seasonal worker visas to deal with the backlog of pigs that need to be slaughtered, the government...
The government is expected to back down today in a row over visas for foreign butchers to prevent a mass cull of British pigs. A shortage of butchers at...
GP surgeries will be named and shamed in league tables aimed at improving patients’ access to face-to-face appointments. Practices which fail to provide...
Situation at UK’s biggest port ‘improving’ and Britons should shop for Christmas presents ‘normally’
The situation at the UK’s largest commercial port is “improving” and Britons should shop normally for Christmas, a minister has told Sky News...
Clashes have broken out between Hungary football fans and police during England’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium. The violence began after...
A minister has refused to apologise for the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after a highly-critical report by MPs said thousands of...
The family of a care worker who could have been saved following the Manchester Arena bombing has refused to accept an apology from the senior paramedic on the...
The Metropolitan Police are taking no further action after reviewing allegations connected to Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein. The force had assessed a...
Four people have died, and a teenager left with life-threatening injuries, after a car crash in a village in Kent. Kent Police have issued an appeal for...
COVID-19 and flu are co-circulating this year for the first time and those who catch both are twice as likely to die, early evidence suggests. Jenny Harries...
A newborn baby has been rescued by the RNLI after surviving a nine-hour journey across the Channel made by a group of migrants on Saturday. Sky News witnessed...
A phone service to help protect women as they walk home is reportedly being backed by Home Secretary Priti Patel. The proposed service would allow people to...
Around one in six adults in Britain have been unable to buy essential food items in the last fortnight, representing up to eight million people – new...
Motorists have reacted with fury after Insulate Britain protesters blocked the M25 during rush hour – as climate activists also halt traffic at a key...
Council tax may need to rise by up to 5% a year for the next three years – the latest in a long list of warnings that the cost of living is expected to...