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A British man has been killed and another injured after a suspected deliberate hit-and-run in Cyprus. Cyprus Police said the two men, aged 39 and 32, were hit as they walked along a road near Paphos at about 2.30am on Saturday.The older man was later confirmed to have died.He has been named as Charlie Birch from Powys, Wales.The second man was taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries.Police were called to an accident at 3am when someone reported two people lying on the road, the Cyprus Mail reported.There had reportedly been an altercation at a bar in Coral…

MPs will decide later whether to expand Heathrow airport in a crunch vote which looks set to expose divisions in both Labour and Tory ranks. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said it was “the biggest transport decision in a generation” as he called for cross-party support to approve a third runway.The spotlight will be on the whereabouts of Boris Johnson, who once threatened to lie down in front of the bulldozers if a third runway got the go-ahead at the west London airport. Image: (L-R) Chris Grayling and Boris Johnson The foreign secretary is set to miss the vote because he…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defeated strong opposition to be re-elected as president of Turkey. With 97.7% of the votes counted, the electoral board pronounced Mr Erdogan as the winner with an “absolute majority” of valid votes.The 64-year-old, who has led Turkey for the past 15 years, secured 52.5% of the vote, thereby avoiding a second round runoff in a fortnight.His closest challenger, Muharrem Ince, received 30.8% and the only female candidate, Meral Aksener, 7.4%. Image: Mr Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul Speaking on national television, Mr Erdogan said: “The nation has entrusted to me the responsibility of the presidency…

The Italian and French governments have exchanged some remarkably undiplomatic language on the issue of migration as 16 EU leaders arrive in Brussels for a hastily arranged emergency meeting.  Italy’s two deputy prime ministers accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being “arrogant” and said that France risked becoming Italy’s “No1 enemy”.Writing on his Facebook page, Luigi Di Maio said: “Italy indeed faces a migration emergency and it’s partly because France keeps pushing back people at the border. Macron risks making his country Italy’s No.1 enemy on this emergency.”Mr Macron had said that Europe’s migration challenge was not on the same…

A boy has been stabbed to death after leaving a birthday party in Romford, east London. The party had been attended by up to 100 youths and the fighting broke out as the group left the event at North Romford Community Centre on Saturday night.The 15-year-old was found with knife wounds and died at the scene.His family has been told but his identity has not been released. Image: The teenager was stabbed to death following a private birthday party at North Romford Community Centre. Pic: @999London Police were called just after 9pm after reports of fighting and damage to the…

New research into a therapy for the currently untreatable mitochondrial depletion syndrome is to be funded by a UK charity. The Lily Foundation provides help and support for families affected by the genetic disease.The condition was brought into sharp focus by the case of Charlie Gard, who died a week before his first birthday as his parents fought to allow him to be treated in the US with a new form of treatment called nucleoside therapy. Image: Charlie Gard died following a fight by his parents to be allowed to take him to the US for treatment Liz Curtis, founder…

Polls have opened in Turkey’s joint presidential and parliamentary elections, seen as the biggest test at the ballot box for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of his 15 years in power. On Saturday, up to a million people turned out for one of the last opposition campaign rallies ahead of Sunday’s elections.The rally, held in Istanbul, was in support of Muharrem Ince, the main competitor to President Erdogan.Mr Erdogan is expected to be re-elected but might be forced into a run-off by the opposition. 3:02 Video: Final campaign push ahead of historic election in Turkey A coalition of parties have teamed…

A little-known education entrepreneur has swooped to seal an audacious takeover of Learndirect, Brit‎ain’s biggest provider of apprenticeships and adult training services. Sky News can reveal that Dimensions Training Solutions (DTS) struck a deal on Saturday to acquire Learndirect in a deal which will preserve roughly 1,000 jobs and the training courses of thousands more people.The ‎acquisition will be transformational for DTS, which is part of a wider group owned by Stonebridge Colleges, a mini-conglomerate in the further education sector.It will bring to an end months of uncertainty about Learndirect’s future, with doubts about its survival prospects exacerbated by an…

A murder investigation has been launched after a man who was found stabbed in a car park in Norwich died. Police believe the victim was not randomly attacked and have cordoned off the scene.They were called to the multi-storey car park in Rose Lane just after midnight on Saturday to reports the male had stab wounds.The victim, thought to be in his 40s, was taken to hospital but died after arrival.A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in police custody.The Norfolk force has appealed for any witnesses to come forward with…

A leading UK beauty pageant has vowed to keep its swimwear round, despite a US-equivalent deciding to scrap the event from its competition. Earlier this month, the Miss America beauty pageant said contestants would no longer have to take part in a mandatory bikini round. The pageant’s managers said the shift would put more emphasis on a contestant’s talents and skills, rather than her looks.But the organisers of Miss Great Britain told Sky News that they had no plans to follow suit.”We fully appreciate the potentially divisive nature of our decision but it is based on what our contestants want…