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1 week ago |
news.sky.com | Daniel Dunford
The assisted dying bill passed its third reading in the Commons with a majority of 23 and will now be passed to the House of Lords. In November, the bill passed its second reading by a majority of 55, more than twice as large as today. It then went to "committee stage", during which the wording and implications were examined in detail, and tweaked with input from experts, stakeholders and the public.
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2 weeks ago |
mkfm.com | Daniel Dunford |Freya Gibson |Joely Santa Cruz |Adam Parker
Two 14-year-old boys were arrested and charged after the incident, and police in Northern Ireland said the pair used a Romanian interpreter to plead not guilty in court. After that, calls for "peaceful protest" from the victim's father were amplified online. Those protests took on an anti-immigration angle and erupted into riots and clashes with police.
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2 weeks ago |
news.sky.com | Daniel Dunford
Two in five people over 50 say they have not had as many children as they wanted - with economic issues, health concerns and fears about the state of the world among the main barriers. More than half said financial factors such as affordable housing, childcare options and job security were things that had limited, or would limit, their ability to grow their families.
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3 weeks ago |
manxradio.com | Daniel Dunford |Ali Fortescue
However, analysis by the Sky News data team shows that there has also been a big rise in crossings on days when the weather has been poor. A record 11,074 people arrived in small boats before May this year, a rise of almost 50% compared with the same period last year. According to the Home Office figures, 60 of those days this year were classed as "red days" - where Channel crossings are more likely because of good weather - compared with just 27 last year.
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3 weeks ago |
news.sky.com | Daniel Dunford |Ali Fortescue
Good weather in the first half of the year may help to explain an increase in small boat arrivals to the UK, according to the government. But our analysis shows that there has also been a big rise in crossings on days when the weather has been poor. A record 11,074 people arrived in small boats before May this year, a rise of almost 50% compared with the same period last year.
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