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Wildfires are spreading over larger areas, burning for longer and drawing closer to homes, according to analysis of this year's fires by Sky News' Data and Forensics team.

A girl, whose three family members lost their lives after getting into difficulty in waters off the Sussex coast, has also died.

More than 68,000 men are newly diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK each year - the equivalent of one diagnosis every eight minutes, a charity has said.

A 20-year-old woman has denied arson after a large moorland fire in Greater Manchester.

Police have recovered a body after a man reportedly fell overboard from a cruise ship off the east coast of Scotland.

A survivor of the Manchester Arena attack has said the impact of terrorism "continues for years".

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott "subjected young children to the worst kind of abuse", a court has heard.

A Romanian man has been jailed for murder in the UK - just three years after being freed over a similar killing in his homeland.

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One person has died after an 18-year-old man armed with a sword carried out an attack at a school in Sweden, police have said.

Three Argentina players have been banned for a number of games for their role in a brawl at the World Cup final - with the country's football association fined £235,000 over a Falklands Islands banner.

The body of an 18-year-old hiker has been recovered from the Australian bush, a day after authorities incorrectly announced she had been found alive.

Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.

Funerals have been held for two teenagers killed when the car they were in drove the wrong way down a motorway and crashed into another vehicle.

More than 2,500 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a UN coordinator who says it's spreading to an area larger than France.

Cyclist Josh Tarling will ride in a Spainish event just eight days after his younger brother Finlay died when he was hit by a car during the Volta a Portugal.

A guide for asylum seekers published by the Home Office has told them not to rape or sexually harass people, including partners and children.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and the Israeli government began a war of words over a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank.

Britain's biggest banks have fired a renewed warning to the government against hiking taxes on the industry as John Healey, the new chancellor, prepares to deliver his inaugural Budget in October.

Defending Premier League champions Arsenal would become Champions League winners if they land Julian Alvarez in the final days of the transfer window, says Gary Neville.

Tottenham are closing in on signing Manchester City pair Savinho and Omar Marmoush.

Wigan eased to the top of the Betfred Super League table with a club-record 12th straight win after seeing off gutsy Wakefield 26-12 at the Brick Community Stadium.

British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on allegations he raped a woman in Australia almost two years ago.

Cinemas are considering a ban on Meta AI glasses amid piracy concerns.

Hayden Panettiere's mother has paid tribute to the US actress, calling her an "amazingly talented person" who "sadly lost her way" in a difficult industry.

Disney has sued the Trump administration's media regulator over what the entertainment giant described as an "extraordinary assault on free speech".

TikTok has reached a $400m (£293.2m) settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws.

Cinemas are considering a ban on Meta AI glasses amid piracy concerns.

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A snake almost killed by a cancerous tumour has been saved after what's been called a world-first treatment - originally for humans.

Man's best friend knows how you feel, as scientists have found that dogs can distinguish between emotions in people's faces.

AI videos of fruit and vegetable characters unleashing gory violence are spreading extremist ideas and helping normalise graphic violence, researchers claim.

A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt.

Two drivers of Mercedes-AMG cars have filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury car company after they allegedly suffered burn injuries from the AMG logo on their driver's seat.

A boxer from the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu has won her country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight.

The oil and gas industry has urged Andy Burnham to approve two controversial North Sea developments as a public consultation on the UK's largest undeveloped oil field closes.

Disney has sued the Trump administration's media regulator over what the entertainment giant described as an "extraordinary assault on free speech".

Hayden Panettiere's mother has paid tribute to the US actress, calling her an "amazingly talented person" who "sadly lost her way" in a difficult industry.

Radio Royal is pleased to announce the continuation of our sponsorship agreement with Solicitors for Older People Scotland.

Winners of the Robyn Jenkins Memorial Award 2020-21 announced.

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