Snow Starts To Fall As Britain Shivers

A dusting of snow has fallen across parts of the UK, with more predicted over this weekend. It is in contrast to the torrential rain and windy weather which played havoc in some parts of the Midlands and in North Wales at the start of the week. Around...

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World Aids Day: Bid To Break Testing Record

Campaigners in London are marking World Aids Day with an attempt to break an HIV testing record. It comes as new figures suggested a record number of people in the UK - nearly 100,000 - are living with HIV. People are being invited to have a 60-second...

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Freddie Flintoff Wins First Heavyweight Fight

Andrew Flintoff has won his first heavyweight boxing match against Richard Dawson at the Manchester Arena. Flintoff beat Dawson on points by 39-38 at the end of four two-minute rounds in front of a roaring crowd in his native North West. The former...

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Movember: Razors At The Ready For Shave-Off

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Reporter Thousands of men up and down the country are heading to the barbers to get their Movember moustaches shaved off after raising £16m for charity. Around 360,000 men, including celebrities, have taken part in this...

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Three Babies Die In Whooping Cough Outbreak

Three babies died of whooping cough in October amid the biggest outbreak in 20 years, health officials have said. The total number of babies under the age of three months who have died as a result of the infectious disease this year now stands at 13,...

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Freddie Flintoff Admits Boxing Bout Nerves

By Frazer Maude, North of England Correspondent Ashes winner Andrew Flintoff is no stranger to big crowds, or huge pressure, but stepping through the ropes in front of 5,000 fans at the Manchester Arena for his heavyweight boxing debut will be a...

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Hit-And-Run Death Outside Palace: Man Held

A pedestrian has died after being struck by two cars near Buckingham Palace. The unidentified woman was pronounced dead shortly after the collision at 2.20am at The Mall in central London, Scotland Yard said. The driver of the second car, a blue Mercedes...

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Supermarkets Back New Price Promotion Rules

What The Supermarkets Say Updated: 3:19am UK, Friday 30 November 2012 Eight major supermarkets have signed up to a new code on special offers and price promotions, while Asda is considering whether to take part. Here is what some of the retailers had...

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Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl: Man Charged

An 18-year-old is to appear in court charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl. The girl was attacked on Friday, November 23 at around 4.30pm in Enfield, north London, as she walked home from school. She was dragged into nearby Jubilee Park...

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Indiana Jones' Whip Goes Up For auction

The bull-whip used by Indiana Jones is going under the hammer in London as one of the lots in a massive sale of music and movie memorabilia. The whip, famously wielded by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in the first three movies of the adventure franchise,...

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Rebekah Brooks And Andy Coulson Are Bailed

Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks have appeared in court to face charges linked to alleged corrupt payments to public officials. David Cameron's former spin doctor and the ex-News International chief executive were among five people to appear at Westminster...

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Cumbria Earthquake Centred On Lake District

A small earthquake with a 2.1 magnitude has hit Cumbria. The British Geological Survey said the tremor, which started at a depth of 3.1 miles (6km), struck in Patterdale after 9.30pm on Wednesday. Several Cumbrian residents took to Twitter to...

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Rail Fares To Rise Above Inflation Again

New Season Rail Ticket Prices Updated: 1:08am UK, Wednesday 28 November 2012 According to Passenger Focus, these are examples of the new season ticket prices and fare percentage increases on 2012 that will take effect from January 2013: :: Gillingham...

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Euromillions: £64m Hitchin Prize Unclaimed

A Euromillions player has just seven days to identify themselves as the winner of £64m - the biggest unclaimed prize in UK lottery history. The winner in the June 8 draw matched the five main numbers, 5, 11,  22, 34, 40 and two lucky stars, 9 and...

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Comet: 125 More Stores Face Closure In Weeks

Comet's administrators have confirmed a further 125 stores will close by the end of the year if they fail to get a firm offer for the whole business. Around 70 stores of the original 236 will remain open until the electricals retailer's remaining...

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Louis Walsh Wins £403,500 Over Sun Sex Slur

Louis Walsh has won a 500,000 euro (£403,500) settlement from The Sun after the newspaper carried false sex assault allegations. The X Factor judge sued the newspaper after it published a story that was based on a false allegation that he sexually assaulted...

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Second Man Held After Girl, 11, Raped In Park

Detectives have arrested a second man on suspicion of raping an 11-year-old girl in a north London park. The man, aged 18, was arrested in Edmonton and remains in custody, the Metropolitan Police said. A 26-year-old who was arrested earlier on Monday...

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Nadine Dorries Has To Wait For Whip Ruling

Nadine Dorries will find out next week if she is being kicked out of the Conservative Party after appearing on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The Mid-Bedfordshire MP says she had a "good-natured" meeting with Tory Chief Whip Sir George Young...

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Floods: Hundreds Of Families Evacuated

Rain-battered Britain is struggling to cope with rising flood levels after further heavy rain brought misery to thousands of residents and motorists across the UK. The Environment Agency has issued more than 200 flood warnings and almost 300 flood alerts...

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Ofsted: Postcode Lottery For Good Schools

More than two million children are still not getting a decent education, and a youngster's chance of attending a good school is often too dependent on where they live, Ofsted has warned. There are stark inequalities in England's education system, with...

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Winter Weather: Sub-Zero Temperatures Forecast

Winter weather is set to bite later this week with sub-zero temperatures predicted. Heavy rain will give way to ice, frost and bitterly cold northerly winds from Tuesday onwards. Temperatures could plummet to as low as -6C in some places, with highs...

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Weather: 'Shocking Scenes' Of Storm-Hit Britain

Heavy rain is continuing to deluge parts of the South West today - but the worst of the weather has moved to North Wales and the North East. There are nearly 250 flood warnings and 300 flood alerts in place right across the country, after a weekend...

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Brit Killed In South Africa Farm Robbery

A British man who went to South Africa to run a nature reserve has been killed in a robbery at his farm, police say. Christopher Preece had gone outside to check why the power was cut at the property when three men attacked him with machetes, according...

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Man Held After Girl, 11, Raped In Park

Detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of raping an 11-year-old girl in a north London park. The youngster is being treated in hospital after she was grabbed by a man on her way home from school on Friday afternoon. She was dragged into Jubilee...

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Butlins Balcony Plunge Kills Man

A 23-year-old man has died after falling from a hotel balcony at the Butlins holiday resort in Bognor Regis. Police and ambulance crews arrived at the West Sussex complex in the early hours of Saturday morning after receiving reports of the fall. Paramedics...

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Hatton Retires Again After Losing Fight

Ricky Hatton's fairytale return to the ring ended in defeat after he was knocked out by a ninth-round body shot from fellow former champion Vyacheslav Senchenko. Hatton, 34, was back in the ring for the first time since a devastating second-round knockout...

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New Law To Tackle Stalkers Comes Into Effect

By Jane Chilton, Scotland Correspondent Campaigners are celebrating today after new anti-stalking legislation finally becomes law in England and Wales. It is already illegal to stalk a person in Scotland, with the Scottish legal system changing...

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Flood Scenes 'Shocking' Says David Cameron

David Cameron has said the scenes of flooding around the country are "shocking" and pledged help for all those affected. The Prime Minister took to Twitter to voice his concern about the pictures of devastation coming from the South West as Britain...

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