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PPE Medpro will be pursued 'with everything we’ve got' health secretary says

The Government has vowed to pursue a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone for millions of pounds paid for defective PPE at the height of the COVID pandemic after a High Court deadline passed without repayment.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:32:00 +0100

Ex-funeral director admits 35 fraud charges after investigation into remains found at his premises

Former funeral director Robert Bush has pleaded guilty to 35 counts of fraud by false representation after an investigation into human remains.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0100

Inter-Arab security force should be set up 'within weeks' to stop Hamas retaking Gaza, ex-Israeli PM tells Sky News

An inter-Arab security force should be set up in Gaza within weeks to prevent Hamas from retaking control, Israel's former prime minister Ehud Barak has said.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0100

Chancellor warns of tax rises ahead of budget

Rachel Reeves has told Sky News she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, in her first interview since being briefed on the scale of the fiscal black hole she faces.

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SKY NEWSTue, 14 Oct 2025 19:24:00 +0100

Donald Trump has the right to determine which cities are safe for the World Cup, FIFA tells Sky News

FIFA has told Sky News the US government does have the right to determine if cities are safe for the World Cup - after Donald Trump threatened to remove the Boston area from hosting.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 18:11:00 +0100

Pakistan agrees to ceasefire with Afghanistan after days of bloodshed

Pakistan says it has agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan following days of bloody cross-border violence.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 16:13:00 +0100

Man who murdered girlfriend in hot tub jailed for life

A man who murdered his girlfriend in a hot tub on Shetland has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 11:58:00 +0100

Images of clothing found in field with baby Ava released by police

Police trying to identify a baby, whose body was found in a field almost a year ago, hope a distinctive piece of underwear will help them make a positive identification.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 12:57:00 +0100

Misconduct hearing against Met Police officer who fatally shot man during foiled prison break discontinued

A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break nearly a decade ago has been discontinued.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:11:00 +0100

Could Tomahawk missiles be a game-changer for Ukraine and could they strike Moscow?

Donald Trump is considering supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine - but what makes them different to current weapons, and could they make a difference?

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 11:24:00 +0100

PPE Medpro will be pursued 'with everything we’ve got' health secretary says

The Government has vowed to pursue a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone for millions of pounds paid for defective PPE at the height of the COVID pandemic after a High Court deadline passed without repayment.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:32:00 +0100

Ex-funeral director admits 35 fraud charges after investigation into remains found at his premises

Former funeral director Robert Bush has pleaded guilty to 35 counts of fraud by false representation after an investigation into human remains.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0100

Oxford student arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over chant at pro-Palestine march

A student allegedly filmed chanting for Gaza to "put Zios in the ground" has been arrested.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 13:25:00 +0100

Chancellor warns of tax rises ahead of budget

Rachel Reeves has told Sky News she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, in her first interview since being briefed on the scale of the fiscal black hole she faces.

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SKY NEWSTue, 14 Oct 2025 19:24:00 +0100

Man who murdered girlfriend in hot tub jailed for life

A man who murdered his girlfriend in a hot tub on Shetland has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 11:58:00 +0100

Images of clothing found in field with baby Ava released by police

Police trying to identify a baby, whose body was found in a field almost a year ago, hope a distinctive piece of underwear will help them make a positive identification.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 12:57:00 +0100

Man admits trying to kidnap teenager walking home from work

A man has admitted trying to kidnap a 17-year-old girl in Swindon in what police described as a "terrifying incident" for the victim.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:43:00 +0100

Seaside restaurant owner sold business to fund terror attack on Jewish people in Manchester, court told

The former owner of a Norfolk seaside restaurant sold up and used the cash from the sale to buy assault rifles for a terror attack, a court has heard.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:37:00 +0100

Misconduct hearing against Met Police officer who fatally shot man during foiled prison break discontinued

A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break nearly a decade ago has been discontinued.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:11:00 +0100

Pair found dead in camper van after attending cider festival

Two people have been found dead in a camper van after attending a cider festival in a national park.

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SKY NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 09:42:00 +0100

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Funeral director admits fraud charges after inquiry into human remains at his premises in Hull

Robert Bush denied 30 counts of preventing lawful burials but admitted fraud charges.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:56:24 GMT

'Worse than starting from scratch': how big is the task of rebuilding Gaza?

BBC Verify investigates the damage done by two years of war, which could take $70bn and decades to repair.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 17:27:28 GMT

Government will publish evidence in collapsed China spy case, PM says

The Tories and Lib Dems had called for witness statements provided to prosecutors to be released.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 13:59:09 GMT

Reeves says she is looking at tax rises ahead of Budget

The chancellor also said she was considering further measures on public spending, in a bid to put the UK's finances on a firmer footing.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:53:46 GMT

Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m

PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 19:02:30 GMT

Cracked windscreen forces US defence secretary's plane to make unscheduled landing in UK

The Pentagon says Hegseth and other military leaders on board, who were travelling back from a Nato meeting, are safe.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 19:29:34 GMT

Student arrested after chanting about putting Zionists 'in the ground'

Video appears to show Samuel Williams allegedly leading the chant at a pro-Palestinian march in London.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:40:01 GMT

Man who murdered girlfriend in hot tub is jailed for life

Aren Pearson will spend at least 25 years in jail for stabbing Claire Leveque to death in Shetland in 2023.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:28:47 GMT

Controversial UK oil field publishes full scale of climate impact

The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:44:09 GMT

Asylum hotel a 'feeding ground for unrest', High Court told

Lawyers for a council are trying to stop The Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 11:44:34 GMT

'Time to begin healing together': Israeli hostage couple reunited after 738 days

Avinatan Or and Noa Argamani were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on 7 October2023 but held in separate locations.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 12:15:17 GMT

Watch: Freed detainee finds family alive after thinking they had been killed

Shadi Abu Sido told the BBC an Israeli prison officer said his family had been killed.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 13:10:39 GMT

Gaza experts work to identify bodies of 90 Palestinians returned by Israel

Under the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to hand over the bodies of 15 Palestinians in return for every dead Israeli hostage.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 16:05:01 GMT

Trump demands Hamas disarm as group moves to assert control with public execution

BBC Verify analyses footage of Hamas fighters in Gaza, including one of an execution in the centre of Gaza City.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 09:24:36 GMT

Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

South African photographer Wim van den Heever takes the main prize for his shot

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BBC NEWSTue, 14 Oct 2025 23:04:11 GMT

After the PM's appearance at PMQs, what more do we know about the collapsed China spy case?

The detail of this story is enormously complicated, and it is possible the release of witness statements do not signal the end of the saga.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:28:57 GMT

'It gave me my voice back': How group singing is helping new mums with postnatal depression

New research suggests singing can be clinically effective at treating the symptoms and cost effective for the NHS.

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BBC NEWSTue, 14 Oct 2025 23:32:02 GMT

Which celebrity Traitor are you? Take our quiz to find out

Many of us like to think we could handle the pressure of being a traitor, so choose the tactics you'd deploy.

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BBC NEWSTue, 14 Oct 2025 23:29:36 GMT

I said goodnight to my mum's ashes for five months, then I found out it wasn't her

Brian Allison says an unexplained mix-up with his mother's ashes tormented his late sister as she battled cancer.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 05:12:31 GMT

AI couldn't picture a woman like me - until now

Paralympic swimmer Jess Smith, says representation means being seen as part of the AI world that's being built.

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BBC NEWSTue, 14 Oct 2025 23:14:57 GMT

'I never used the word retirement' - Daniel Day-Lewis is back on screen after a seven-year break

The three-time Oscar winner appears in the family drama Anemone, his first film since 2017's Phantom Thread.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 08:12:54 GMT

Watchdog urges Phillipson to speed up trans guidance

The equalities watchdog says updated guidance on single-sex spaces needs to be approved quickly.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 17:00:16 GMT

Bankers to get bonuses faster under rule change

The change is a relaxation of rules that were brought in after the 2008 financial crash.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:58:31 GMT

UK targets Russian oil market in fresh sanctions

The government has also targeted a major Indian energy company and Chinese oil terminals in new sanctions.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 16:11:56 GMT

Vets should be made to publish prices, watchdog says

Vet prices have risen at nearly twice the rate of inflation, the Competition and Markets Authority found.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 12:43:49 GMT

Uni cricket club suspended over 'degrading' initiation event

Cardiff Students' Union said it would not tolerate "intimidating or degrading behaviour".

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 15:52:43 GMT

Afghan Taliban and Pakistan agree short truce after deadly clashes

The move comes after fresh fighting and reports of Pakistani air strikes in Kandahar and Kabul.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 17:20:06 GMT

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BBC NEWSWed, 30 Apr 2025 14:04:28 GMT

Some of music history’s most shocking stories revealed

The untold stories behind the most controversial music of the 1980s

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BBC NEWSSat, 27 Sep 2025 21:22:31 GMT

Supernatural horror based on Stephen King's novel

A repressed and bullied teenager discovers that she has special powers. Horror.

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BBC NEWSSun, 21 Sep 2025 22:38:19 GMT

Rain rescues England from shock defeat against Pakistan

England slip to 79-7 against Pakistan before heavy rain abandons their group stage game at the Women's World Cup in Colombo.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 16:57:40 GMT

Wales legend Fishlock to retire from international football

Wales' greatest female footballer Jess Fishlock will win her 166th and last cap in this month's friendly against Australia in Cardiff.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:53:26 GMT

'Mercedes deals end Verstappen speculation - for now'

The spectre of Max Verstappen has hung heavily over both Mercedes drivers this season - and over Britain's George Russell more so than rookie Kimi Antonelli.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 16:52:58 GMT

GB men's basketball team barred from internationals

Basketball's world governing body Fiba suspends the British Basketball Federation and bars the British men's team from international competition because of governance issues.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 17:04:57 GMT

How are World Cup favourites shaping up - and who will win?

Now England have booked their place at the 2026 World Cup attention turns to how they might fare in North America next summer - and how some of their rivals are looking.

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BBC NEWSWed, 15 Oct 2025 17:32:36 GMT

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