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Sir Keir Starmer has insisted it would "cost the taxpayer a fortune" if he were to watch Arsenal from the stands after it emerged he had accepted thousands of pounds worth of free football tickets.

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death in Teesside, Cleveland Police have said.

Thunderstorm warnings have been issued for large parts of England and Wales over the next two days - bringing the threat of frequent lightning and large hail.

Police have issued CCTV images of three men as part of an investigation into the rape of a teenage girl and the sexual assault of a woman on Brighton beach.

A man has been arrested after an 87-year-old was dragged into a car, attacked and dumped "miles from his home", police said.

A man who murdered his love rival in a ferocious knife attack at a petrol station forecourt has been jailed for life.

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has blamed government "flimflam artists" for dragging out financial redress for victims.

A curator at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds has spoken to Sky News about going viral in an entertaining cross-generation TikTok video.

A professional footballer has been sacked by his club after being arrested on suspicion of orchestrating the attempted import of £600,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand through Stansted Airport.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage would not have been told to avoid holding in-person surgeries in his constituency, Sky News understands.