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• Police reviewing three further incidents - including stabbing of boy, 14 - after train knife attack

  Police say they are reviewing three further incidents, including the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy, after a man appeared in court in connection with a mass knife attack on a train.

• 'Heroic' staff commended after Huntingdon train stabbing as details of victims emerge

  The prime minister has commended the "heroic" driver and staff who were working on board a train when multiple people were stabbed on Saturday night.

• 'Vile and dangerous' strangulation pornography to be banned

  Strangulation pornography will be banned following a review which found such images have helped to establish it as a sexual norm.

• Jeremy Corbyn reveals the number of people who have joined Your Party

  Your Party membership stands at 50,000, Sky News can reveal.

• Pregnant British teenager held on drugs charges freed from Georgian jail

  A pregnant British teenager has been released from jail in Georgia after being held on drug smuggling charges.

• Joey Barton 'crossed line between free speech and crime' with X posts, jury hears

  Joey Barton "crossed the line between free speech and a crime" with social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and female sports pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, a jury has heard.

• Self-styled 'Anglo Jihadi' guilty of planning attack on shopping centre

  A gym instructor who called himself the "Anglo Jihadi" has been found guilty of planning a bomb and chemical attack on a major shopping centre.

• Woman 'tormented' Madeleine McCann's parents in stalking campaign, court told

  A woman who falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann is very manipulative and "tormented" the missing girl's parents during a stalking campaign, a prosecutor has said. 

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Local Headlines

• Council on track to deliver £50m+ in savings

  Dudley Council is on track to deliver more than £50 million of savings this year to further ease the pressure on its finances.

• Shop could lose licence over underage sale and illicit items

  A shop could lose its licence after it was caught selling alcohol and an illegal vape to a child.

• ‘Discriminative’ transport plan set to go

  Dudley Council may backtrack on ‘morally wrong’ and ‘discriminative’ proposals after a consultation to save cash on school transport.

• Frustration at Midlands Metro ‘debacle’

  A leading Dudley councillor says he is frustrated with delays to Midlands Metro construction after hearing the project called ‘a debacle’.

• Butchers in Lye shut down after officers find evidence of rats

  A butcher in Lye was temporarily shut down after environmental health officers discovered evidence rats were in the shop, a court was told.

• Trading standards team hailed for rumbling £175k care home fraud

  A council chief has hailed the authority’s “superb” trading standards team after its latest high-profile court victory.

• Pub bombing families react to public inquiry announcement

  Devastated Birmingham Pub Bombings campaigners have “no intention” of taking part in an independent commission to look into the attacks.

• New images show Dudley Interchange

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  Aerial footage has been released showing significant progress on the new Dudley Interchange, which is set to transform public transport services in the town centre.

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Entertainment News

• Forget the gym - a 'cultural workout' could be the key to better health

  Culture lovers have long believed in the healing power art. Now, science has caught up, with new research showing it has measurable benefits on the body.

• Thieves steal more than 1,000 items from museum's collection in 'brazen' heist

  Thieves have stolen more than 1,000 items from a museum's collection in California, including jewellery, carvings and Native American artefacts.

• Man jailed after burgling Damien Hirst's studio while wearing GPS tag

  A man who burgled one of Damien Hirst's studios and was caught by police who traced the movements of his GPS-enabled ankle tag has been jailed.

• 'We're having the time of our lives': Westlife on 25 years of touring, family fame and fans

  They were one of the main staples of noughties music in the UK and Ireland and to celebrate 25 years of touring, Westlife have returned to the spotlight again.

• Presenter Kirsty Gallacher 'still in shock' after being attacked in street

  Kirsty Gallacher has been flooded with well wishes from famous friends after a stranger attacked her in central London.

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National Sport

• Vitor Pereira sacked: Wolves dismiss Portuguese boss after winless Premier League start and Carabao Cup defeat

  Wolves have sacked head coach Vitor Pereira after their winless start to the Premier League season continued with a 3-0 defeat at Fulham on Saturday.

• Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher assesses Premier League incidents including Man Utd's corner goal against Nottingham Forest

  Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher is back with the latest Ref Watch after a busy weekend of incidents, including Manchester United's dubious goal from a corner at Nottingham Forest.

• Conor Bradley's runs helping Mo Salah, Nico Gonzalez's passing for Man City and flexible Ferdi Kadioglu in The Debrief

• Vitor Pereira, Will Still sacked with 52 of 94 English clubs having changed manager since summer 2024 - Between the Lines

  Does English football have a manager sacking problem?

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Business News

• UK must increase North Sea drilling to boost economy, says US ambassador

  The US ambassador to the UK has said Britain should carry out "more drilling and more production" in the North Sea.

• Nigel Farage pivots on economy - will his original supporters be in favour?

  Nigel Farage has long known he would need to overhaul Reform UK's offer on the economy, not least because of the scale of the attack it faced over conference season.

• Buyout firm Epiris plots £230m swoop on Next 15 divisions

  The private equity firm which owns the Las Iguanas and Cafe Rouge restaurant chains is in talks to buy a sizeable chunk of Next 15 Group, the London-listed marketing services group.

• Ryanair boss hits out at chancellor over growth as profits climb 42%

  Ryanair's boss has accused the chancellor of having no idea how to grow the UK economy as the airline reported that hikes to fares had delivered a 42% rise in half-year profits.

• Pest controller reveals first sign you have an infestation - and the one job he'll 'never forget'

  Each week, the Money blog speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. This week we chat to pest controller from Bespoke Pest Control, Stephen Wales.

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Politics News

• 'Vile and dangerous' strangulation pornography to be banned

  Strangulation pornography will be banned following a review which found such images have helped to establish it as a sexual norm.

• Jeremy Corbyn reveals the number of people who have joined Your Party

  Your Party membership stands at 50,000, Sky News can reveal.

• Nigel Farage says Reform UK could cut minimum wage for young people - and defends U-turn on tax pledges

  Nigel Farage has said Reform UK could cut the minimum wage for young people, saying there is "an argument" that it is currently "too high".

• Nigel Farage pivots on economy - will his original supporters be in favour?

  Nigel Farage has long known he would need to overhaul Reform UK's offer on the economy, not least because of the scale of the attack it faced over conference season.

• Ex-Labour councillor appears in court over Westminster blackmail allegation

  An ex-Labour councillor has appeared in court charged with blackmail after an investigation into an alleged Westminster honeytrap.

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World News

• Thousands targeted in 'killing fields' around Sudanese city in paramilitary group's hands

  Thousands who fled a key frontline city in Sudan's war as it fell to paramilitaries were targeted in killing fields around it by the group, after the military's top brass secured their own safe passage.

• Israeli military's former top lawyer arrested

  Israel's former top military lawyer has been arrested after admitting leaking a video of soldiers allegedly abusing a Palestinian prisoner.

• Only survivor of Air India Flight 171 crash tells Sky News the trauma 'broke' him

  The only survivor of the Air India crash has told Sky News he has been "broken down" by the trauma.

• Worker rescued from collapsed medieval tower after 11 hours trapped in rubble

  A man is in a critical condition after he was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed medieval tower in central Rome on Monday.

• At least 20 dead and 150 injured after magnitude 6.3 earthquake in north Afghanistan

  At least 20 people have died after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Afghanistan, the Taliban has said.

• Mexican mayor killed by gunman during Day Of The Dead festivities

  A mayor has been shot dead in front of dozens of people in Mexico during Day Of The Dead festivities.

• Donald Trump warns Nigeria that US troops or airstrikes 'could be' used to prevent killing of Christians

  Donald Trump has warned the US military "could be" deployed to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing of large numbers of Christians.

• Prince William to attend Earthshot Prize and COP30 in Brazil - with his team hoping to refocus attention away from Andrew

  Prince William has spoken of the need for people to "work together with optimism and courage" on the environment as he heads for Brazil, hoping to leave behind the problems of his uncle, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

• Number of dead in Jamaica due to Hurricane Melissa rises to 28

  A total of 28 people have died following Hurricane Melissa's rampage across Jamaica, the government has confirmed.

• Two Louvre jewellery heist suspects 'convicted over theft in 2015'

  Two of the suspects in the Louvre jewellery heist were convicted of involvement in the same theft case a decade ago, French prosecutors have revealed.

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