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Kevin Spacey has been found not guilty of committing sexual offences against four men in the UK between 2001 and 2013. The 64-year-old Oscar winner cried as he was cleared after a trial which started at the end of June, during which he was described as a “sexual bully” by the prosecution. On his birthday,

Last year’s multi record-breaking hot and dry weather will become “typical” in the UK in under 40 years, the Met Office has warned. The remarkable weather of last year – when almost every month was hotter than average, wildfires torched homes and more people died in the summer – was considered extreme. But by 2060

A five-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man have been found dead in a house in Leicester. The bodies were found at a property in Hopyard Close after police were called at 9pm on Monday 24 July. East Midlands Ambulance Service and the air ambulance also attended but both people were declared dead at the scene.

More than nine million people in England will be living with a major illness by 2040 – placing “additional demand” on the NHS and having “significant implications” for other public services, a report has warned. The number of adults with conditions such as cancer, diabetes and kidney disease will rise by 2.5 million – an

A British tourist has told how he escaped a “scene from Dante’s Inferno” thanks to a helicopter dowsing a path through a wildfire. Duncan Kemp was waiting for evacuation coaches to arrive at Lindian Village hotel, in Rhodes Bay, when the fire “jumped the road and began to burn in front of reception”. There were

Sea evacuations have begun from a beach in Corfu to transport individuals fleeing wildfires on the Greek island – as scores of Britons await repatriation flights out of Rhodes. Around 59 people have been evacuated from Nissaki beach on the northwest coast, the Greek Coast Guard has said. The evacuation involved six coast guard vessels

Sadiq Khan is still committed to expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) but is happy to look at new ideas for ways to mitigate the financial impact on Londoners, Sky News understands. The London mayor is understood to be willing to consider measures as long as they do not reduce the policy’s effectiveness at

What Emily experienced when a previous relationship broke down was a living nightmare. Her ex-boyfriend harassed her relentlessly by phone and email after she told him she didn’t want to get back together. It was a terrifying experience. She told Sky News: “I was scared to go out. I kept turning off all my devices

England have won their first Women’s World Cup match with a 1-0 victory over Haiti in Brisbane. It took 29 minutes for Georgia Stanway to push the Lionesses into the lead with a retaken penalty – aiming the ball low into the left corner of the net. England looked dominant from the start, with Alessia

Millions of Britons could face travel disruption today as rail strikes continue on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The continued deadlock between railway unions and the government over pay and conditions will see some parts of the UK having no train services at all, with the RMT holding walkouts. There is

Just Stop Oil protesters have disrupted The Open golf championship with a smoke flare and orange powder at the 17th hole. The group tweeted: “Three Just Stop Oil Supporters have disrupted The British Open – they demand that the UK government halts all new oil and gas projects.” One of the players – believed to

Parts of the UK could see almost an entire month’s rain this weekend – while southern Europe experiences a scorching heatwave. Forecasters say hilly areas of northern England and Northern Ireland, as well as southern areas of Scotland and Wales, could see up to 80mm of rain from Saturday. A typical month’s rainfall in July

Unconscious with her hands cuffed behind her back, a woman is carried into a police cell. She is forced face-down onto a thin mattress. Police officers take off her jeans, cut off her knickers, pull a pair of oversized custody shorts over her legs, then remove her top and bra before leaving her alone and

NHS patients face major disruption over the next 48 hours as senior doctors in England begin their first major strike in nearly 50 years. Consultant doctors along with hospital-based dentists will strike over pay from 7am on Thursday until 7am on Saturday. It follows the longest period of industrial action in the history of the

Falling fuel, milk, cheese and eggs prices have helped a surprise drop in inflation, while sugar, jam and syrups have pushed to keep costs high, according to the latest figures. The rate of price rises has dropped to 7.9% in the year up to June, down from 8.7% last month. Economists had predicted the CPI

The Conservatives have won Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip following a by-election. The vote was triggered after the former prime minister stood down as an MP last month. Mr Johnson’s decision to leave the Commons shortly before it was recommended he be suspended for 90 days was enough to have potentially

One year since record-breaking temperatures hit the UK, new heatmaps published today visualise the dramatic cooling effect of trees in some urban areas. The maps paint a stark picture of how different communities suffer more or less from heat depending on the abundance of green space. The inner-city areas lacking parks and green canopies were

Ryan Giggs’ retrial later this month over domestic violence allegations has been abandoned. The former Manchester United and Wales footballer was accused of attacking and controlling his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville, and assaulting her younger sister, Emma. It was to be the second time the 49-year-old was to be tried over the claims. However, the charges

Metropolitan Police officers are using counter-terrorism tactics to catch some of the worst predators targeting women on the streets of London. The force is using the Cambridge Crime Harm Index to assess 35,000 offenders reported each year for crimes against women and girls in a bid to rank the 100 who are most dangerous to

Just Stop Oil protesters have staged their biggest day of slow marches so far.  More than 200 demonstrators blocked traffic in at least 14 locations across London during rush hour. The Metropolitan Police says it has removed 183 protesters and arrested 21 so far. Motorists have been filmed grabbing protesters on Marylebone Road and Cromwell