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Two men have been arrested after a young football fan who died from cancer was mocked at a match. South Yorkshire Police says a 27-year-old and a 31-year-old man are being held on suspicion of outraging public decency and remain in police custody. The incident happened during Sheffield Wednesday’s clash with Sunderland on Friday. Image:

The driver of a school bus who died when it overturned on a motorway has been named as Stephen Shrimpton, Sky News understands. On a crowdfunding page to pay for his funeral his sister in law, Emily, said he was “suffering medical issues” while at the wheel. By late Saturday morning just over £9,000 had

The 15-year-old girl killed in a school bus crash on the M53 in the Wirral has been named as Jessica Baker. The driver of the bus also died in Friday morning’s incident but has not yet been publicly identified. A total of 54 people were on board – with many assessed at the scene near

A 14-year-old girl and a school bus driver have died after the vehicle overturned on a motorway in Merseyside, police have said. It comes after major incidents were declared following “a number of casualties”, emergency services said earlier. A total of 54 people were on the bus – many were being assessed at the scene

A teenage girl who was stabbed to death outside a bus on her way to school has been named as Eliyanna Andam. The 15-year-old was stabbed in the neck with a foot-long knife near the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon, south London, during the morning rush hour, a witness said. A 17-year-old boy, who knew

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed near a bus stop on her way to school. Elianne Andam died on Wednesday near the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon, south London, during the morning rush hour. Police responded to the incident in Wellesley Road within two minutes

A 15-year old girl has been stabbed to death during the rush hour in Croydon, the Metropolitan Police have said. Officers were called to Wellesley Road, in south London, at around 8.30am this morning and she died at the scene near the Whitgift shopping centre shortly after 9.20am. A white tent and a stationary number

The teenage boy being held after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in south London was known to local community groups, according to a charity worker who works to combat youth violence. The girl, who has not been named, was stabbed in the neck with a foot-long knife while on her way to private

Firearms officers in the Metropolitan Police are planning a mass downing of guns if the identity of the officer accused of Chris Kaba’s murder is made public by a judge. An officer appeared at court last Thursday charged with the murder of Mr Kaba, 24, who was killed in September last year in Streatham Hill,

Mental health support for children struggling to attend school is “grossly inadequate”, a report by a committee of cross-party MPs has said. The number of children absent from school has more than doubled since the pandemic and a report by the Education Select Committee says ministers are not acting fast enough to get numbers down.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman will question whether the foundation of modern asylum law is still relevant in a speech in the US on Tuesday. Ms Braverman will ask whether the United Nations Refugee Convention 1951 is “fit for our modern age”. She will be speaking to the American Enterprise Institute, a centre-right think tank in

The Metropolitan Police says it has received a number of sexual offence allegations against Russell Brand in London and elsewhere in the country. It says the alleged offences are all non-recent. A Met statement said: “Following an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of

The Ministry of Defence has placed the army on standby to support the Metropolitan Police after “more than 100” armed officers handed in their weapons. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has launched a review after a growing number of Scotland Yard officers turned in their firearms following a force marksman being charged with the murder of

A man has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog, believed to be an XL bully. The man, who is in his 40s, was attacked in Pasley Park in Southwark, southeast London, on Friday. He was taken to hospital with injuries to his arm. The owner of the dog, believe to be

A man was taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog – believed to be an XL bully – just hours before demonstrators gathered in London today to protest against a proposed ban. The victim, who is in his 40s, was attacked in Pasley Park in Southwark, southeast London, on Friday. He suffered injuries

A woman has told Sky News that Russell Brand made her feel “vulnerable and intimidated” – and alleges he refused to call her a taxi until she performed a sex act. It comes as new allegations continue to emerge about the comedian’s behaviour, as another organisation cut ties with him. Sarah, whose name has been