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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has told reporters he stands behind his speech in Davos calling out unconstrained super powers, after a Trump official said he had “aggressively” walked it back in a call with US President Donald Trump. “To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, …

Two major broadband altnets are close to finalising a merger that will propel them into the ranks of the sector’s largest players amid growing financial pressure to consolidate. Sky News understands that Truespeed and Freedom Fibre are in advanced talks about a tie-up. One industry source cautioned that the negotiations …

Actor and scooter enthusiast Sir Idris Elba has been slapped with a fine for going more than 20mph on his moped. Speed cameras clocked the actor, 53, making his way across Chelsea Embankment in central London at 10.12am on 21 June last year. Sir Idris is renowned for his love …

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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service The badger was attempting to cross Slyers Lane, in Dorchester, which has now been closed A badger has been spotted trying to cross a flooded road in Dorset. It was captured on camera by fire crews attending an incident on Slyers Lane in the Cokers …

Europe’s most prominent rabbi has told Sky News he holds Iran responsible for the rise of antisemitism in recent years and believes European countries must do much more to support Iranian protesters in overthrowing the Tehran regime. Speaking on Holocaust Memorial Day, Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European …

West Ham are set to sign Fulham winger Adama Traore on a permanent deal, with the move subject to a medical. The 30‑year‑old is close to a reported £2m switch from west to east London, where he will be reunited with Nuno Espirito Santo, who managed him at Wolves. Capped …

Work has started to dig the tunnel that will take HS2 from west London to Euston in the capital’s centre. The first of two boring machines was switched on by Rail Minister Lord Hendy and Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Prime Minister, at Old Oak Common on Tuesday. …

Former Labour MP Conor McGinn has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman. McGinn was questioned in connection with the allegation from July 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The 41-year-old was MP for St Helens North from 2015 until 2024, serving as an independent after he was suspended by …

A rapper has been jailed for at least 24 years for a drive-by attack in which a man was shot six times but managed to drag himself back to his flat. Daniel Offei-Ntow needed life-saving surgery after being hit in the head, mouth and body as he sat in his …

Reform UK have unveiled GB News presenter and academic turned activist Matt Goodwin as their candidate to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Speaking at a press conference, Goodwin said he was “not part of the establishment” and promised to give people in the constituency “a voice” in Westminster …

Leinster flanker Will Connors will join Connacht on a two-year deal next summer, the provinces have confirmed. The 29-year-old has won 62 caps for Leinster having made his debut in February 2018 and started the 2024 Investec Champions Cup final loss to Toulouse. He has nine caps for Ireland, the …

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited his Chadian counterpart to Paris, as both countries seek to renew and improve future relations. The verbal invitation was delivered to President Mahamat Déby by France’s Ambassador to Chad, Éric Gérard, during a meeting at the presidential palace in the capital, N’Djamena, on Monday. …

Chloe Hughesand Charlie Stubbs,in Shrewsbury St Mary’s Church Shrewsbury The fire started in a ground floor flat, police said A woman has died after a fire broke out at a ground floor flat in a 16th Century building in Shrewsbury. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to Windsor Place, …

Snowy conditions have shut roads as Storm Chandra grips the country. Heavy snowfall has blocked the B6276 road from Brough, Cumbria, to Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, making it being impassable for vehicles, Westmorland and Furness Council says. National Highways said the A66 was also closed in both directions between the A67, …

Keiron TourishBBC News NI north west reporter BBC Chloe Rutherford says the couple’s three children have been left traumatised following the attack on their home in the Waterside A family have said they will be forced to leave their home after being targeted in a sectarian attack that left their …

David CowanScotland home affairs correspondent Aamer Anwar Tanker skipper Avtandil Kalandadze and his wife, Natia Dzadzama, on their wedding day The captain and first officer of a Russian-flagged oil tanker have been taken out of UK territory by US Coast Guards. The Americans seized the vessel, the Marinera, on 7 …

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026 WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7PM SATURDAY UNTIL 7AM MONDAYCOLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8PM FRIDAY UNTIL 10AM SATURDAY THIS EVENING:Plunging Temps, Gusty WindsTemperatures:30s/20s/10sWinds:Northwest 10-20, Gusts to 30 mphArctic cold continues to pour across the DMV with acold weather advisoryuntil early Saturday morning. Temperatures will fall …

Large amounts of waste have been illegally dumped by lorries across East Ayrshire last month. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the rubbish – at an industrial estate in Kilmarnock and a business park in Lugar – would have a serious impact on the local environment. It said the …

One of Scotland’s biggest egg producers has been hit by a third outbreak of avian flu. A 1.8-mile (3km) protection zone has been put in place at the site at Easter Deans and Blairburn in West Linton in the Borders which is owned by Glenrath Farms Biosecurity measures and movement …