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A US airline employee who stole an empty plane from an airport and crashed it into nearby island has been described by police as “suicidal”. Witnesses filmed the Horizon Air 76-seater plane performing loops and being chased by two F-15 military jets near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state before it crashed in dense woodland on Ketron Island.The suspect was identified as a 29-year-old Pierce County resident and ground service employee who helps direct aircraft to gates.The pilot’s condition is not yet known, but police say the “fiery crash” made it likely that it was “probably not a good condition.”…

The maker of a commonly used weed killer has been ordered to pay $289m (£266m) to a dying groundsman who says the product contributed to his cancer. A jury in San Francisco told agribusiness giant Monsanto it must pay $250m in punitive damages and $39m in compensatory damages after the firm lost a legal case.The court was told Dewayne Johnson has a terminal form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma which he claims he caught after working as a pest control manager at a school.Mr Johnson used Roundup and a similar product, Ranger Pro – both made by Monsanto – while carrying out…

A man has died and another is in hospital after an explosion at a military hardware factory in Salisbury. A 29-year-old from Southampton died in the blast at Chemring Countermeasures facility on Friday evening.A second man, 26, from Pewsey, is in hospital and his condition is described as serious but stable.The factory is about five miles from the Ministry of Defence’s Porton Down laboratory, which has been investigating the novichok poisoning attacks.Police said the attacks were not linked to Friday’s explosion, which is still being investigated. Image: Chemring Countermeasures has designed hardware systems for RAF Typhoon jets Detective Inspector Simon…

A man lay dead in a tent near a Somerset road for up to a year before he was found, police have said. The body was discovered on 15 August 2017, but officers are still trying to find his next of kin to let them know.A driving licence, birth certificate and a newspaper from August 2016 were also found in the tent.However, Avon and Somerset Police say they have not been able to confirm his identity “due to the condition of the remains”.The man was found off the A370 near Weston-super-Mare. Image: The man was found off the A370 near…

Philip Hammond says he is strongly considering introducing a so-called “Amazon tax” to try to rescue struggling retailers. In his strongest intervention on the issue, the chancellor told Sky News he was thinking of introducing a special retail tax on online businesses – if necessary without full international co-operation.Mr Hammond also warned that the high street would have to change for good.”We’re changing our shopping habits,” he said. Image: The chancellor was speaking as the latest set of GDP figures were released “More and more of us are buying online. Indeed, Britain has the biggest percentage of online shopping of…

At least four people have been killed in a shooting in eastern Canada. Police have arrested a suspect after the fatal shooting in Fredericton, the capital of province New Brunswick.Earlier, officers urged residents in the city to “stay in their homes with doors locked at this time for their safety” and to avoid the area near the shooting.A New Brunswick journalist has reported that four shots were heard at around 8.20am local time (12.20pm GMT).She also reported that people were being escorted out of the area by police. Please continue to avoid the area of Brookside Drive between Main and…

An airstrike which hit a bus carrying children in Yemen has been called “a low point in the country’s brutal war” by the head of UNICEF. At least 50 people were killed in the attack on a market in Saada on Thursday, according to the Houthi-controlled health department.The attack has been blamed on the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.As the UN chief Antonio Guterres called for a prompt independent investigation into the airstrike, UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore issued a powerful statement condemning the attack.She said: “The horrific attack on a bus in Saada, Yemen, reportedly killing and maiming…

Sports Direct, owned by billionaire Mike Ashley, has agreed to buy House of Fraser for £90m in cash. Sky News exclusively revealed that Mr Ashley was close to an agreement after the accountancy firm EY was appointed the administrator for the 169-year-old department store chain.In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Sports Direct said it had acquired all of the UK stores, brand and stock of House of Fraser.The deal represents a stunning coup for Mr Ashley, who has harboured a long-standing desire to move his retail empire upmarket by acquiring one of Britain’s leading department store chains.:: Analysis…

Emergency services have told Sky News they are dealing with a city-wide “epidemic” of violent psychotic patients hooked on a synthetic drug known as monkey dust. The emergence of the illegal substance in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire over the last two years has escalated this summer with violent and psychotic episodes now almost a daily occurrence for police, paramedics and hospital staff.While cities around the UK deal with former legal highs such as spice, black mamba and other drugs – increasing numbers of users in and around Stoke have become hooked on “dust” that they can pick up for as…

Monks at two leading Roman Catholic schools did not hide their sexual interest from young boys as young as seven, an inquiry has found. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), led by professor Alexis Jay, has investigated whether Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset failed to protect pupils from predators.Lawyers representing former students allege the schools turned a blind eye to offending over many years.Victims were as young as 11 at Downside and seven at Ampleforth.One alleged offender at Ampleforth is said to have abused at least 11 children aged between eight and 12 over a…