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New measures to end “the menace of nuisance calls” for millions of householders have come into force. People will now be given the choice to opt-in to be contacted by companies offering to sell payment protection insurance or settle personal injury claims.Businesses which call customers without their consent face fines of up to half a million pounds by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).Previously, people had to opt-out by registering with the free Telephone Preference Service or withdraw their consent while on the call.The UK-wide measures force the caller to make sure they have the recipient’s consent before calling.Britons have been…

Russia, Turkey and Iran have failed to agree on a ceasefire that would prevent a Syrian government offensive in rebel-held Idlib. The United Nations fears action could cause a humanitarian catastrophe in the city involving tens of thousands of civilians.The UN envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura says one way or another there needs to be a political end to the war “or we will see this war reach new levels of horrors”.But Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani pushed back against Turkey’s Recep Erdogan’s call for a truce.The three leaders met in Tehran for a summit…

Police are investigating the £10m crash of a foreign exchange firm that helped Britons buy new homes in the sun. Premier FX went bust after UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority discovered it had been acting without full authorisation.The company was licensed only to transfer clients’ money, but many were encouraged to leave their cash with it in the hope they would benefit from a rise in currency exchange rates.Administrators have told customers that Premier FX had no authorisation to hold their money, so they will get no compensation.The FCA told Sky News: “We are very concerned that there was…

Seventeen-year-old Jayden Parkinson was pregnant when she was strangled and buried by her violent ex-boyfriend in Oxfordshire in December 2013. Ben Blakeley, who had a history of violence towards previous partners, is serving a life sentence for the teenager’s murder.Here, Jayden’s mother Samatha Shrewsbury tells Sky News why she hopes her daughter’s death is not in vain as she backs calls for a register of domestic abusers.I don’t want another mum to have to stand there and look at their daughter’s body on a slab.I will never forgot that until the day I die.For the year before Jayden was killed,…

British Airways has promised to compensate customers following a major hack that compromised the bank card information of around 380,000 customers. The airline was hit by a “very sophisticated malicious criminal attack” on its website and app between 21 August and 5 September.Chief executive Alex Cruz says the company is “100% committed” to compensating customers who have had financial information stolen.”We will compensate them for any financial hardship that they may have suffered,” he told the BBC.Enough information was stolen to allow criminals to use credit or bank card information, Mr Cruz said.BA confirmed details of the data breach on…

Boris Johnson and his wife Marina Wheeler have announced that they are in the process of divorcing. In a joint statement issued through a family friend, the pair said: “Several months ago, after 25 years of marriage, we decided it was in our best interests to separate.”We have subsequently agreed to divorce and that process is under way.”As friends we will continue to support our four children in the years ahead. We will not be commenting further.”It comes after The Sun revealed that Mr Johnson, considered a future prime minister by some Conservative supporters, was no longer living with his…

A warm summer and the World Cup provided pub chain and brewer Greene King “positive momentum” for a boost in sales, the company has revealed in its latest trading update. The Greene King IPA, OId Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale brewer saw an increase in like-for-like sales of 2.8% in the 18 weeks to September 2.Growth over the last 10 weeks was at 3.2%.Greene King’s branded local pubs traded well, with comparable sales up 5.5%, driven by football fans during England’s impressive run to the World Cup semi-finals.A total of 3.7 million pints of beer were sold during England’s seven…

Brazil’s right-wing presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro has undergone emergency surgery after he was stabbed in the stomach during a campaign event. Mr Bolsonaro’s son Flavio said his father had suffered severe blood loss and arrived at the hospital “almost dead” after the attack in the southeastern city of Juiz de Fora on Thursday.The surgeon who operated on Mr Bolsonaro said the 63-year-old had suffered multiple internal injuries to the small and large intenstine during the attack.”It was necessary for us to not just treat one point (of entry) but a number of them inside the small intestine,” Dr Luiz Henrique…

Shares of British Airways’ parent company IAG fell around 4% as markets opened on Friday morning, hours after the airline said the credit card information of at least 380,000 customers had been “compromised” in a data theft. More than £500m was wiped of the airline group’s market value as a result, before the share price rallied to being down just 2% on the day.The airline said people using BA.com and its mobile app for flight bookings were targeted by hackers between 21 August and 5 September.Information stolen includes customer names, email addresses, home addresses and payment card information – but…

The problems and the tensions with migration at the French port of Calais are well-established.  But in a sleepy Normandy fishing port four hours to the west, Sky News has found the tensions and strains have spread.The town of Ouistreham is now a growing focus for young African men and boys trying to reach the UK.It’s 10am and, while locals shop at the fish market and sip coffee at the town’s cafes, scores of young men are dashing after trucks heading to the port right in plain sight of everyone. Image: The dangerous, brazen, desperate dash is now happening every…