Marks and Spencer’s retail boss has warned crime is getting “more brazen, more organised and more aggressive” after a week plagued by antisocial behaviour. Retail director Thinus Keeve hit out at the government and London Mayor Sadiq Khan in a letter posted to the supermarket’s website on Thursday. “Without a government seriously cracking down on…
Police investigating the murder of a mother and her five children in a house fire have appealed to whoever wrote an anonymous letter containing “a number of details” about the incident to come forward. Abdul Shakoor was the sole survivor of the blaze, which claimed the life of his wife, Sabah Usmani, 44, in Barn…
New Spurs coach Roberto De Zerbi has apologised for past comments in which he described Mason Greenwood as a “good guy”. The new Tottenham boss said he was “sorry if I offended” anybody and always defended the “more fragile” in society, in his first interview since joining the club. Greenwood joined Marseille from Manchester United…
A woman has died and a man has been left with serious injuries after a collision on the M23. Police have shut the northbound carriageway and are investigating the single-vehicle collision, which happened just before 5am on Thursday between junctions nine and 10. The driver of the car, a 21-year-old man from London, has been…
A young girl and a man riding in a pony and trap have died in a collision with a truck in Kent. The truck collided with the horse-drawn carriage while travelling in the same direction on the A228 Boyle Way in East Peckham at 6.25pm on Wednesday. A 29-year-old man from Kent who was driving…
Police have issued a 48-hour dispersal order across Rochdale town centre following recent incidents of anti-social behaviour involving young people. It comes after crowds of teenagers swarmed the high street in Clapham, south London, on Tuesday and Saturday, trying to get into shops and setting off fireworks on Clapham Common, as part of a social…
To grieving families and colleagues, Hull funeral director Robert Bush seemed a “nice guy”. But behind closed doors, he was cutting corners financially, providing sub-standard coffins and DIY flowers to the bereaved, and funeral staff were refusing to work with him over unpaid bills. Sky News has spoken to a celebrant who worked closely with…
A funeral director – dubbed “a monster” by his victims – has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial. Dozens of bodies and ashes from different people were recovered from a funeral home in Hull in March 2024. Some of the remains had been stored in varying states of decay for nearly…
The Prince of Wales celebrated the “amazing legacy” of Dame Deborah James after a fund set up shortly before her death raised over £20m. Prince William posted on his Instagram to say the achievement by the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK was “an incredible milestone and an amazing legacy”. He added: “Deborah is in…
The latest storm set to hit parts of Britain this Easter weekend has been named Storm Dave. A warning for very strong winds that could cause damage and travel disruption was issued for parts of the UK over the Easter weekend. It is set to bring damaging winds across northern parts of the UK later…
