Over 16 months, the bodies of four young gay men were found dead in East London. They were victims of Stephen Port - known as the 'Grindr killer'.
Despite striking similarities in their deaths, detectives failed to link them
One of England's most senior police officers apologised to the families of his victims, saying they had a "right to expect a professional investigation to the standards all of us expected" - before adding "it's fair to say those standard's weren't met" news.sky.com/story/stephen-…
"Ricky continues to believe there was police prejudice into Daniel's death"
Partner of Daniel Whitworth, Ricky Wamsley calls on Cressida Dick to resign after inquest jury found police failings "probably" contributed to deaths of Stephen Port's victims
Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor were all plied with fatal doses of the "date rape" drug GHB by Port, who was dubbed the "Grindr killer" for the way he scouted his victims on the gay dating app news.sky.com/story/stephen-…
An inquest over the last nine weeks has heard evidence of a series of failings by the Met Police during the killing spree, who is now serving a whole-life prison sentence.
Here, Sky News looks at the missed opportunities to catch the serial killer 👇
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Boris Johnson gives a speech at a leaving party for a member of staff in Downing Street during the second national lockdown, according to reports in the Daily Mirror
Dozens of island and low-lying nations have done the least to cause climate change - but are the most vulnerable to it. The Caribbean island of Grenada is one of them.
Sky News analysis has found that the number of fully qualified GPs has fallen in four out of five areas in England since March 2016, with the North experiencing some of the biggest drops.
Follow this thread to see what we learned from the data 👇
Everyone seems to have a story about the difficulty of getting an appointment with a GP. We wondered what the data showed and found some worrying signs.
Blackburn with Darwen has just 33 doctors for every 100,000 people. That’s dropped 27% since 2016.
As governments around the world take action to tackle climate change, it's been revealed that some fossil fuel companies are suing in response. Here's why 👇
Five big companies, including British companies Rockhopper and Ascent, are suing governments around the world for $18 billion (£13bn) for a possible loss of earnings due to climate action.