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A 14-year-old girl and a school bus driver have died after the vehicle overturned on a motorway in Merseyside, police have said.

Rishi Sunak is considering removing the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners as a way of clawing back some taxpayer funds from the elderly, as he prepares to fight the next election on a pledge to keep the pension triple lock despite its spiralling costs.

A state of emergency has been declared in New York City and two other surrounding areas after "extreme rainfall" caused widespread flooding in the northeast region.

A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death on her way to school.

At least 52 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, officials have said.

There has been an outpouring of anger after one of the UK's most famous trees was "deliberately felled".

Calvin Robinson has become the third GB News presenter to be suspended from the channel after comments made by Laurence Fox on air.

California senator Dianne Feinstein - known for being a vocal advocate of gun control measures - has died aged 90.

European football chiefs will seek to quell a rift over the ending of the blanket ban on Russian teams by highlighting how Ukraine's government ended its outright opposition to their athletes competing against Russians appearing as neutrals, Sky News understands.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there is no room for racism in sport, after controversy around a young black gymnast not receiving a medal at a presentation ceremony.