All news for 2025-02-13

Sky News has learned that the leader of Reform UK has engaged lawyer Chris Daw KC to advise on initiating a criminal prosecution against NatWest Group concerning the 2023 debanking scandal.

The future of additional projects is uncertain after it was discovered that the Rosebank and Jackdaw licenses had been granted unlawfully.

Madden spent 31 months in prison due to his connections to a company founded by Jordan Belfort, known as The Wolf of Wall Street.

Analysis shows that over 11% of patients had to wait more than 104 days last year, an increase from 4.4% in 2016.

Charity claims it has implemented significant changes to ensure its future as the Guardian discovers it spent £100m more than it raised over the past six years.

A potentially life-saving drug was prescribed for William Hewes, but it was not administered quickly enough due to a communication mix-up.

David Darling and Colin Pease, both in their 70s, exchanged insults, resulting in scratches, bleeding, and broken glasses.

A man said he ‘had to fix these c****’ as he was swarmed by armed police after crashing his car intoBuckingham Palace and causing nearly £25,000 worth of damage.

There would be only seconds to prepare before the fireball hits.

The UK should be ready to engage in war with Russia if Vladimir Putin chooses to intensify his conflict in Eastern Europe, a senior MP has stated.

An urgent search has been launched to try and find a schoolgirl who has been missing since yesterday morning.

A woman was discovered stabbed to death inside a house in a coastal town.

A NASA scientist has forecasted the potential impact location on Earth of a massive asteroid that might collide with the planet in seven years.

The United Kingdom is facing £24 billion in tariffs after President Donald Trump signed a comprehensive reciprocal tariffs deal targeting the trading partners of the United States in his latest executive order.

South Korea on Thursday announced strengthened aviation safety measures following a fire on an Air Busan plane last month, saying the rules would include limiting the number and type of portable batteries allowed on the country’s airlines.

Six men have been arrested in the UK over their suspected involvement in a major people smuggling ring.

Violence erupted at the party in Stockton when an armed gang shot and stabbed guests, leaving some in need of surgery, following a disagreement between two party-goers.

Freedom of Information Act disclosures reveal the extent of the speeding issue on Britain’s roads, with nearly half of UK police forces recording drivers reaching 90mph on 30mph roads.

Michael Steele, 81, is scheduled to be released from prison in a few weeks, even though he continues to assert that he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice regarding the 1995 murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex.

Deise Moura dos Anjos, who was accused of fatally poisoning three members of her family with a Christmas cake, has been found dead in her cell at a women’s penitentiary.

A police officer has been hurt when chasing a suspect on foot in southeast London.

British tennis legend Andy Murray has confessed he had to be rescued off a ski slope after an ’embarrassing’ recent accident in the Alps.