New Year Honours: Women Overtake Men

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent More women than men have been named in the New Year Honours List for the first time ever. Actress Penelope Keith is made a dame along with Professor Julia Slingo, chief scientist at the Met Office, and Professor...

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David Attenborough's 'Ghastly' Night Shifts

By Richard Suchet, Arts and Entertainment Correspondent Sir David Attenborough says he struggled to acclimatise to night shifts during filming for his new documentary. The 87-year-old historian admits he found 20 nights shooting at London's Natural...

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Adam Pickup: Body Found In Missing Teen Search

Police searching for teenager Adam Pickup have found a body they believe to be the missing student. The 17-year-old had not been seen since the early hours of Saturday morning, when he got separated from his friends during a night out in Manchester...

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Bosham Murder Hunt As Woman Found Dead

A 55-year-old woman has been found murdered at a large family home in a picturesque south coast seaside village. The victim, who has not yet been formally identified, was discovered with a serious head injury at the house at Smuggler's Lane, in Bosham,...

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Crime Statistics Revamped To Boost Transparency

Police in England and Wales are to change the way crime statistics are recorded to show the public the reasons why many are not solved. Policing minister Damian Green said the new system, to be phased in from the start of the new year, should bring...

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NHS: Migrants To Be Charged For A&E Care

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Political Reporter Visitors and migrants who use NHS accident and emergency services in England are to be charged, ministers have announced. The move is part of an extension of the NHS charging strategy intended to deter...

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Weather: More Rain And Strong Wind On The Way

Further rain and strong winds have been sweeping the UK - just as engineers restored power to homes hit by poor weather over Christmas. The last households cut off from electricity by the Christmas storms have now had power restored, the Energy Networks...

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CBI: Firms Must Boost Pay After Long Squeeze

The director general of the CBI has called on businesses to improve pay levels as the Labour leader Ed Miliband charts what he sees as the "biggest cost-of-living crisis in a generation". In his New Year message, Mr Miliband signalled his determination...

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Fresh Misery As Another Storm Heads For UK

Fears of fresh flooding have been raised as another band of persistent rain and heavy winds heads towards the UK. The latest storm pushing in from the Atlantic will arrive in the West on Sunday evening, before spreading northeastwards overnight and...

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Fire Service Teams Trained For Water Rescue

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent The number of emergency rescue teams in England and Wales equipped to tackle flooding has more than quadrupled. Some £2.5m has been spent funding teams, mostly within the Fire Service, until 2017. The...

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Anti-Smoking Campaign: New Ad Targets Addicts

By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent Smokers are being targeted by a new TV advertising campaign which aims to scare them into giving up. Graphic images of polluted blood flowing through the body of a smoker and damaging cells in his brain are...

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Ferry Rescue: Police Make Arson Arrest

A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire alert on a North Sea ferry sparked an emergency evacuation. Northumbria Police said they had also arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of affray. Two crew members and four passengers...

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Warning After 'Speckled Rolex' Ecstasy Death

An urgent warning about a yellow ecstasy tablet known as "speckled rolex" has been issued after a man died at a house party in Northern Ireland. Police said the victim was confirmed dead at a house in Twinbrook, Belfast, at around 7.40pm on Friday night....

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Smacking Children Should Be Banned, Says Tsar

Parents should be banned from smacking their children, according to the Children's Commissioner for England. Maggie Atkinson told The Independent it was her personal view that the law gives pets and adults more rights to be protected from violence than...

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NatWest 'Hit By Fourth Online Banking Glitch'

NatWest has been hit by a cyberattack, leaving customers unable to access online accounts. The bank's online banking service was disrupted after it was deliberately bombarded with internet traffic.    Twitter users tweeted to say they...

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Millions Stress About Finances 'Every Day'

By Poppy Trowbridge, Consumer Affairs Correspondent In the UK, 18.1 million people feel stressed about their finances every day, according to new research seen by Sky News. Financial worries are even greater than concerns over health, or even job...

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Weather: Ireland And UK Battered By Storms

Hurricane-speed gusts and driving rain have been lashing Britain and Ireland for the second time this week, with warnings of more flooding and trouble for travellers. Just a few days after thousands of people's Christmas travel plans were ruined, the...

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Northern Ireland Dealing With Daily Bomb Threat

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent Fifteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, the Army's bomb disposal officers in Northern Ireland are still dealing with more than one incident a day. The senior police officer in charge of their deployment...

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Sales: Shoppers Ready For More Bargain Hunting

Bargain-hungry shoppers are expected to spend nearly £3bn today on the second day of the post-Christmas sales. The amount of money spent is predicted to be more than the estimated £2.7bn spent in shops and online on Boxing Day though bad weather is...

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Walsall Christmas Fire: Woman Is Arrested

Police have arrested a woman on suspicion of murder after a man was killed in a house fire on Christmas Day. The man, 58, died in the blaze in South Street Gardens, Caldmore, Walsall, at around 5.30pm on Wednesday. He is yet to be formally identified...

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Fox Hunts To Ride Out For Boxing Day Meets

Thousands of supporters are expected to attend Boxing Day hunts across the UK today as a poll shows 80% of people remain opposed to hunting with dogs for sport. Some 250 hunts will ride out on the biggest day of the hunting calendar, some following...

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Abbas Khan: Funeral For Syria-Death Doctor

The funeral of British doctor Abbas Khan - who died in custody in Syria - is due to take place in London today. Dr Khan was on the verge of being released when his family were told of his death by what the Syrian government calls suicide - but they...

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Bargain Hunters Flock To Boxing Day Sales

Bargain hunters are set to flock to the high streets in their thousands today as shops open for the Boxing Day sales. Shoppers had already started queuing before 7am to ensure they were first in line when the shops open. Harrods kicked off its...

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Glasgow House Fire Kills Woman On Christmas Day

An elderly woman has been found dead after a house fire in the east end of Glasgow on Christtmas Day evening, police said. The woman in her 80s was pronounced dead at the scene after police were called to the property in Hermiston Road in...

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Christmas Benefit Payments: Thousands Miss Out

Tens of thousands of people have not received benefit payments in time for Christmas. The money for jobseekers, low earners and pensioners had been due to arrive in their accounts on Tuesday, but will now not arrive until Friday. Up to 32,000 people...

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Queen's Message: Monarch Reflects On 2013

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent The Queen will reflect on key events of the past 12 months in her traditional Christmas broadcast, including the birth of her great-grandson Prince George and the 60th anniversary of her coronation. In her...

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Stafford: Motorist Arrested After Road Death

A 22-year-old motorist has been arrested after the body of an elderly man was found in the road in the early hours of Christmas Day. The discovery was made at the junction of Shakespeare Road and Wordsworth Avenue on Stafford's Highfields estate at...

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Adverts 'Should Feature More Disabled Children'

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands correspondent The owner of the UK's largest child talent and model agency says advertising companies should use disabled youngsters more often in campaigns. Debi Clark has two disabled children on the books of her talent...

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Adoption: New Online Maps To Ease Process

Would-be adopters are being urged by a minister to use online maps to help match them to some of the 6,000 children in need of a home. The interactive maps include local information such as the ratio of children in need of waiting adopters and the approval...

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Northern Ireland Talks End Without Deal

Talks being held throughout the night in Northern Ireland aimed at finding a solution to peace process issues have ended without agreement. The marathon session in Belfast between Stormont's five executive parties and chaired by US former diplomat Richard...

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Alan Turing: WWII Code-Breaker Granted Pardon

Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon for a 61-year-old conviction for homosexual activity. Dr Turing, who played a pivotal role in breaking the Enigma code, arguably shortening the war by at least two years,...

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Weather: Christmas Travel Plans Hit By Storms

Fire crews have rescued approximately 25 people from cars trapped in flood water in Dorset as severe weather batters the UK. Dorset fire control said rescuers helped get people out of stranded vehicles in the Sturminster, Blandford, Shaftesbury, Sherborne...

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