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Gales reached 76mph overnight as Storm Bronagh arrived in the UK – bringing heavy downpours and fresh travel disruption to areas already hit by deadly Storm Ali. The second named storm of the season will continue to affect Wales and much of England on Friday, with yellow “be aware” warnings in place for both wind and rain.Winds are expected to reach up to 60mph, and the police have warned that rush-hour travellers may face delays because of fallen trees and power cables.The Met Office has also urged the public to take care, as flying debris could pose a “danger to…

Death Row Records co-founder Marion ‘Suge’ Knight will serve 28 years in jail for running a man over during a fight in Los Angeles. The rap mogul, whose label once listed Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, was charged with murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run after fleeing the scene of the altercation outside a burger stand in Compton in January 2015.Knight and Cle “Bone” Sloan, a consultant on the N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton”, were involved in the fistfight that ended up with Knight clipping Mr Sloan with his pickup truck.He then ran over another man, businessman Terry Carter,…

More than 100 people have died after a ferry sunk in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, according to the country’s police chief. The MV Nyerere may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers – double its capacity – when it capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island on Thursday.Witnesses told AFP news agency the ferry sank when passengers rushed to one side to disembark as it approached the dock.Tanzania police chief Simon Sirro, cited by state radio TBC Taifa, said on Friday the number of people killed rose to more than 100.Mwanza governor John Mongella had earlier said 40 people…

The UK is facing not one but five concurrent mini housing crises – each with dramatically different consequences and solutions, research from Sky News finds. The first comprehensive mapping of the UK’s different housing problems lays bare the scale and complexity of the country’s housing issues and finds that the supply shortage most politicians and journalists commonly cite as the biggest challenge is largely confined to London and the South East.The research – carried out in conjunction with Neal Hudson, of Residential Analysts, one of the country’s leading housing economists – suggests that Downing Street may have been misdiagnosing the…

Police have arrested two boys in Kent on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts. The pair, aged 15, were arrested at their homes in Ramsgate and are being questioned at a police station in the South East.They are being detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.Detective Superintendent Nigel Doak, from Counter Terrorism Policing South East, said: “I would like to reassure the local community that today’s arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led, and there was no immediate threat to the public.”We are committed to tackling any and all ideologies which pose a threat to the public’s safety and security.”We treat…

Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the Sahara desert to solve Europe’s migration crisis, a Spanish politician has claimed. The US president made the suggestion to Spain’s foreign affairs minister Josep Borrell, according to Spanish media reports.The conversation between the two politicians is believed to have taken place when Mr Borrell visited the States with the king and queen of Spain in June.Mr Trump is said to have cited his own project to construct a divide with Mexico, which is yet to get off the ground itself, to stop illegal migrants from crossing the border into the US. The…

The head of the Prison and Probation Service has been asked to step aside following recent strike action and a rise in prison violence. Michael Spurr will leave his role at the end of March 2019 after 35 years in the service and nearly nine years as chief executive.Justice Secretary David Gauke told Sky News yesterday that work needed to be done to improve the prison system amid a surge in violence and drug taking. Image: Michael Spurr has been chief executive for nine years “I accept that there are things we need to do to improve our prison system…

An anaesthetist has been jailed for life in Hong Kong for killing his wife and daughter by placing a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide into their car. Malaysian citizen Khaw Kim Sun, 53, had become estranged from his wife, Wong Siew Fing, 47, and their four children, although they continued to live together while he had an affair with a student.Khaw was accused of putting the gas-filled yoga ball in the boot of a Mini Cooper driven by his wife on 22 May, 2015.Ms Wong and their 16-year-old daughter were found unconscious in the car parked at a bus…

Luxury carmaker Aston Martin is looking to raise up to £1.3bn when it floats on the London Stock Exchange next month, seeking a market valuation of up to £5.07bn. The Lagonda and DB7 manufacturer has set share price range for its imminent listing at between £17.50 and £22.50 per ordinary share.That range will give the company a likely market capitalisation of between £4.02bn and £5.07bn.The company will be the first UK carmaker to float in London since the 1980s.It hopes to announce its final pricing by 3 October and expects its shares to be admitted to the stock exchange around 8…

The takeover battle for Sky plc, the owner of Sky News, will be decided in a three-round auction to conclude on Saturday evening, it was announced today. The Takeover Panel said the two American companies bidding for control of Sky – film and TV group 21st Century Fox and cable giant Comcast – would be invited to take part in a three-round auction on Saturday if a competitive situation between the pair continued to exist by 5pm on Friday.The company going into the auction with the lowest offer, currently Fox, will be the only party allowed to increase their bid…