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The Duchess of Cambridge has gone into labour with her third child. Kate has been admitted to the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, central London – the same hospital where she gave birth to Prince George and Princess Charlotte.:: Live updates as pregnant Kate admitted to hospital Video: Police guard hospital after Kate admitted It was announced last September that the Duke and Duchess were expecting their third baby.Like her two previous pregnancies, they had to announce the news before she had reached the 12-week stage because she was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, an extreme form of…

Wage growth rose to 2.8% in the three months to February, outstripping inflation for the first time in a year, official figures show. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) signal an end to the squeeze on household incomes after the slump in the pound following the Brexit vote drove the cost of living higher.Inflation had topped 3% in recent months but more recently has eased, meaning that according to the latest figures wages, stripping out bonuses, are now growing in real terms by 0.2% – the first positive reading since the three months to January 2017.There was…

The pound has climbed to its highest level against the dollar since the Brexit vote. Sterling rose to $1.437 in early morning trading, surpassing a previous peak seen in January.Britain’s currency has been supported in recent months by expectations of a Bank of England interest rate hike and growing hopes about a Brexit deal.Meanwhile, the US dollar has been coming under pressure over fears of a trade war.Britain’s June 2016 vote to leave the EU saw its value collapse overnight from $1.50 and slip below $1.20 at the start of last year.Its weakness has driven up the cost of imports,…

Syrian government troops have shot down missiles fired at two airbases in the country, according to state TV. The reports said the missiles had targeted Shayrat airbase in Homs province and Dumair military airport, northeast of Damascus, late on Monday night.State TV said the country’s air defences had confronted a new “aggression” but gave no further details.It is unclear who was behind the attack, but the US said its military was not involved.Shayrat was hit last year by US cruise missiles, launched in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 people in the rebel-held town of Khan…

A young man has been fatally stabbed in Forest Gate in east London, police have said. Officers were called to Chestnut Avenue at around 10.50pm on Monday.The victim, believed to be 18 years old, died just before 11.30pm.Police said his family were still being informed and that formal identification and a post-mortem would be arranged.There have been no arrests so far but any witnesses are urged to call police on 101. Image: Officers were called to Chestnut Avenue in Forest Gate :: London’s year of horror – the victimsIt comes a day after two other people were stabbed to death…

Theresa May has denied launching airstrikes in Syria on the orders of Donald Trump, as she faced MPs for the first time since the military action. The Prime Minister insisted it was morally and legally right to target three sites that stored or researched deadly chemical weapons.She was tackled by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who called the raids “legally questionable” and demanded the Government publish the legal advice behind its decision.He also criticised Mrs May for failing to get a UN resolution before signing up to action with France and the US against Syria’s President Assad.The PM said that a…

A third of millennials could still be renting by the time they retire, a report has warned. And if current trends in home ownership continue, up to half of that generation – born between 1981 and 2000 – face the prospect of renting in their 40s.The research, by think tank the Resolution Foundation, says a “generation of young people face the prospect of never owning their own home”.Around four in 10 millennials currently rent privately at age 30.That is double the rate at the same age as Generation X – now in their forties – and four times that of…

Shopping visits fell at their steepest rate since the end of 2010 last month as bad weather added to the high street’s woes, new figures show. Footfall declined by 6% in March compared with the same month last year as plunging temperatures and icy conditions deterred consumers according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and data company Springboard.At the same time, figures from Visa showed the biggest fall in quarterly consumer spending since the last three months of 2012 – also partly blamed on the “Beast from the East”.Retailers have been under pressure in recent months as households…

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it is closing down all its social media accounts following the “trolling” of MPs and ethnic minorities. The Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for all 900 pubs and head office are shutting down with immediate effect, the pub operator said.The move also takes account of recent concerns over the misuse of personal data and the addictive nature of social media.A spokesman for the chain told Sky News: “We’ve noticed a lot of MPs get trolled and some receive some nasty comments and the company doesn’t like what’s going on – we don’t like the general…

As knife and gun crime rises to record levels on London’s streets, police say they are focusing on the scores of gangs whose battles for control of the capital are, they say, fuelling the violence. With more than 50 deaths so far this year bringing London’s murder rate above New York City’s, former gang member Sheldon Thomas showed Sky where he mentors young people – hoping to show them that gang life is not the only choice.Just yards away from the glitzy Westfield shopping centre in east London, he shows us round an estate where he says the local gang…