David Mercer

The Duke of Sussex told ITV’s Tom Bradby he did not have “any intention to harm” or “hurt” his father Charles and brother William with his memoir Spare, and in a subsequent interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes he branded Camilla “the villain” and “dangerous”.

A travel agent who lied about having cancer while scamming hundreds of holidaymakers in a £2.6m con has been jailed. Lyne Barlow carried out one of the biggest frauds ever investigated by Durham Police - and told people she had a terminal illness while she committed her crimes. She initially targeted her own family and friends and used their savings before setting up a travel agency, in which she fraudulently sold holidays. Barlow, 39, admitted the theft of £500,000 from her own mother following…

A Sky News investigation finds details of dozens of race hate crimes against Russian nationals in Britain since Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine. Russian chef Alexei Zimin says his London restaurant has received threats despite being an opponent of the war.

A review into the Metropolitan Police heard that an officer was “repeatedly raped” by a colleague, staff were urinated on during “initiation rituals” and rape cases were dropped due to a broken freezer. Baroness Louise Casey, who conducted a year-long investigation into Britain’s biggest force, found that the Met is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic and said the force may need to be broken up to “fix” it. Here, Sky News looks at some of the shocking details revealed in her report. Ra…

A review by Baroness Louise Casey, who spent a year investigating the Met Police in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard, said Britain’s largest force needs a “complete overhaul” and may need to be broken up.

Artist Andrei Molodkin says he has covered 25 copies of Spare with human blood, which he will put on display today before selling just days before the King’s coronation.

Blood-soaked copies of Prince Harry memoir 'sold for five-figure sums' - as artist plans coronation protest

The brutal murder of a French film producer more than two decades ago has scarred the tiny town of Schull on the southwest coast of Ireland. Locals there are reluctant to talk publicly about the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, according to Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan, who spent several years investigating the case. “That’s what got me interested - the fact that nobody would talk about it,” the veteran director told Sky News. “It was the only thing people would talk about - but n…

An artist has defended plans to destroy masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt and Andy Warhol with acid if Julian Assange dies in prison. Andrei Molodkin says he has gathered 16 works of art - which he estimates are collectively worth more than $45m (£42.77m) - in a 29-tonne safe with an “extremely corrosive” substance. Inside the vault are boxes containing the art and a pneumatic pump connecting two white barrels - one with acid powder and the other with an accelerator that coul…

New data from the Motor Insurers' Bureau shows the worst offending areas for uninsured driving in the UK.