National Headlines

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick has been sacked.

Crisis-hit Poundland has secured an extended deadline for a potential rescue amid political pressure for a solvent sale of the chain.

An anti-immigration activist has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after using a knife to slash a migrant boat in the English Channel.

Two Iranian nationals who arrived in the UK illegally have been found guilty of spying for their country in the first case of its kind.

The UK economy grew 0.7% in the third quarter of the year, according to early official figures confirming a boost from AI investment.

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to further charges of sexual offences against two more women.

Hundreds of people are being diagnosed with potentially life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections each week, new figures suggest. 

A bomb alert at a French train station disrupted journeys including international travel, with Eurostar trains among those affected.

The directors of crisis-hit Poundland have held a board meeting to decide the company's future, Sky News has been told.

The beleaguered owner of Poundland is among the parties who have been considering offers for Dune, the British footwear retailer, even as its biggest UK high street asset teeters on the brink of collapse.