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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Germany on a European arrest warrant. Police intercepted Mr Puigdemont near the Danish border as the ousted politician attempted to return to Belgium, according to his lawyer, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas.Mr Puigdemont “was arrested today at 11:19 am by Schleswig-Holstein’s highway patrol force,” said a German police spokesman.”He is now in police custody”, added the spokesman.Mr Puigdemont’s lawyer said on Saturday that the former president had slipped out of Finland. He had been in the country since Thursday for talks with MPs.A Spanish Supreme Court judge reactivated an international arrest warrant for him…

A ring-fenced tax solely for the NHS and social care has the backing of the public, Jeremy Hunt has said. The Health and Social Care Secretary said Britain’s ageing population meant more cash was needed for health, adding it was “vital to be open to innovative models of taxation” to provide the funding.His claim will be interpreted in some quarters as a prod to his Cabinet colleagues to back the idea.Indeed, Mr Hunt acknowledged the idea could be resisted by Chancellor Philip Hammond because the measure could restrict his flexibility over how to use tax revenue.:: 3,000 new midwives to…

South Korea’s coastguard has rescued 163 people who were trapped on board a ferry that hit a rock during foggy weather. At least six people were injured in the incident which happened as the ship tried to avoid colliding with a fishing boat.”It seems that the ferry’s front grazed the rock after it changed directions to avoid a fishing boat passing by,” said a coastguard official.The spokesperson added that four coastguard vessels and nearby civilian ships headed to the ferry for the rescue operation.The official added the ferry wasn’t showing signs of flooding or losing balance despite Sunday’s crash.Another coastguard…

The first non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has landed at London. Qantas 9 (QF9) landed at Heathrow’s Terminal 3 just after 5am – 17 hours after departing from Perth on Australia’s west coast. Image: The Qantas 787 Dreamliner took off from Perth in Australia The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner completed the journey of around 9,000 miles to touch down two minutes earlier than scheduled.Previously the flight had to stop in either Singapore or the Middle East but cutting out those stopovers slashed roughly three hours from the previous flight time. The Qantas flight is the world’s second-longest, after a…

Three thousand extra midwives are to be trained over the next four years in the largest-ever increase of maternity staff in England. The plans will be announced on Tuesday and will include the introduction of a “continuity of carer” model, which will see expectant mothers treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy.The changes to England’s maternity services will start with a target of one in five women benefitting from the model by March next year.By 2021, the majority of pregnant women will be receiving care from the same midwives throughout their pregnancy, labour and birth.Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is…

The husband-and-wife theatre tycoons who ‎have run a swathe of London’s live entertainment scene for decades are lining up their next fortune by selling a chunk of their business empire. Sky News has learnt that Sir ‎Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, the co-chief executives of Trafalgar Entertainment Group (TEG), are in advanced talks with the private equity division of Barings about a potential deal.The negotiations are expected to see TEG, which owns the Trafalgar Studios theatre in the West End, raising tens of millions of pounds to fund its expansion as well as a windfall for the company’s shareholders.A deal…

A French policeman who took the place of a hostage during a terror attack at a supermarket has died of his injuries. Arnaud Beltrame had voluntarily swapped himself with a female hostage and surreptitiously left his mobile phone on so his colleagues could hear what was going on inside.The 45-year-old was left fighting for his life after being shot by Moroccan-born Redouane Lakdim.Counter-terrorism officers then stormed the supermarket in Trebes, southwest France, and shot the terrorist dead.Mr Beltrame’s death takes the number of people killed to four – in addition to the gunman – and 15 others were injured.Paying tribute…

Political tensions between the UK and Russia after the Salisbury nerve agent attack could force some England football fans to alter their travel plans for this summer’s FIFA World Cup. Some reports suggest ticket sales to England supporters are nowhere near the level they were for the last tournament in Brazil in 2014, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued new travel advice to anyone intending to visit Russia in June and July.Russia is making final preparations to host the sport’s most prestigious tournament with England playing group games against Tunisia, Panama and Belgium in the cities of Volgograd,…

Russia’s ambassador has written to the police officer treated in hospital after the Salisbury attack, wishing him a “full recovery” and assuring him Russia had “nothing to do with this reckless incident”. Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was discharged from hospital on Thursday after several weeks of treatment.He was one of the first to respond to the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.Alexander Yakovenko, Russia’s UK ambassador, wrote: “I was relieved to hear you were released from hospital and reunited with your family. I wish you full recovery and hope that you will be able to…

Britain’s retailers are facing “a perfect storm” that will see businesses squeezed and more corporate failures, according to the UK boss of McDonald’s. In an exclusive interview for Sky News, Paul Pomroy said he had made the “bold decision” to keep investing in restaurants and staff since Brexit, but said conditions were getting ever tougher.Describing a “perfect storm of challenges, Mr Pomroy said: “I am really concerned by the amount of inflation that companies are carrying at the moment.”Food inflation is running at between 4% and 7% across retail, there’s pressure on wage inflation, interest rate movements and now you…