Man Charged With Murders Of Mother And Son

A man has been charged with the murders of a mother and son who were found with multiple stab wounds at their home in Bolton-le-Sands near Preston. Paul Chadwick, 34, of Lowlands Road, Bolton-le-Sands, has been remanded to appear before Preston Magistrates...

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Prince Harry To Race To South Pole

Prince Harry has announced he will take part in a race to the South Pole with a team of wounded British servicemen and women. The 28-year-old will take on teams from the United States and the Commonwealth in the 208-mile (335km) Walking With The...

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Vinyl Releases Help Boost Record Store Day

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent Several big names in the music industry are releasing limited edition vinyls to mark national Record Store Day. The annual event aims to deliver a much-needed boost to music shops, which are struggling...

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Planning Reforms To Give Neighbours A Say

Plans to relax planning laws covering the building of extensions are to be changed to allow neighbours to have a say if they object. The original proposals led to a rebellion by 16 Tory MPs and eight Liberal Democrats in the Commons on Tuesday following...

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Gove Wants An End To Long School Holidays

England's schoolchildren should have shorter holidays and spend more time in the classroom, Michael Gove has declared. The Education Secretary called for longer school days and term times, warning that the current system is out of date and fit for the...

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Kate Middleton: More Patronages For Duchess

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent The Duchess of Cambridge's workload is expected to nearly double in the coming months as she becomes a mother for the first time. Kate is taking on a further three patronages, taking her total to seven. Announcing...

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Rolf Harris Questioned By Savile Police

Police have confirmed television star Rolf Harris was arrested in March on suspicion of committing sexual offences. Police first raided his home in November 2012. He was interviewed under caution a few days later after agreeing to attend a South London...

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First Measles Death Suspected In South Wales

A 25-year-old man from Swansea has died from suspected measles, according to public health officials. The body of the man, who has not been named, was discovered by a relative on Thursday morning at his home in the Port Tennant area of the city. A post-mortem...

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Paul Lamb: New Face Of Right-To-Die Battle

Right-To-Die Witness Statement Updated: 11:03pm UK, Wednesday 17 April 2013 An extract from Paul Lamb's witness statement at the Court of Appeal outlines his case. ... As a result of the accident, I have been left with quadriplegia and have no function...

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Alps Crash: Last Words Of Brit Driver

The British coach driver who died in an accident in France warned his passengers they were about to crash, giving them time to escape. Maurice Wrightson, 64, from County Durham was taking 52 Britons home from a ski trip when the bus careered off the...

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'Severe' Blaze Hits Birmingham Paper Mill

Around 100 firefighters are tackling a "severe" fire at a paper mill in Birmingham. Thousands of tons of cardboard have been burning at the Smurfit Kappa plant in the Nechells area of the city. No injuries have been reported. People living near...

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Life Sentences For UK Terror Bomb Plotters

Four men have been sentenced for their part in a plot to detonate a bomb at a Territorial Army (TA) base in Luton. Zahid Iqbal, 31, and Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 25, who plotted to guide a bomb mounted onto a remote-controlled toy car...

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Npower: Energy Firm Denies Tax Avoidance

Npower has admitted it has not paid corporation tax in the UK for three years - just months after increasing prices by around 9%. The company made the admission to the Energy and Climate Change select committee - but its boss said they had invested...

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Lowestoft: Death Fall Mum 'Cared Too Much'

A heavily pregnant woman who fell to her death before her three young children were found dead was "beautiful and intelligent". Fiona Anderson had suffered from mental illness Fiona Anderson, 23, has been formally identified after she suffered fatal...

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Jobless Total Up As Income Squeeze Tightens

The unemployment total has risen for the second month in a row while average pay increases were found to be at their weakest on record. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people without work rose 70,000 in the three months to...

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Home Office To Appeal Over Qatada Ruling

The Home Office has asked the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal over a decision to allow Abu Qatada to stay in the UK. The move to appeal to the Supreme Court comes after judges last month rejected the latest in a long line of attempts to deport the...

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London Marathon Security Review After Boston

British police are reviewing security arrangements for the London Marathon this Sunday after the bombs in Boston. Marathon organisers and officers are working together to find out whether there is an international threat and if they should change any...

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Terror Suspect Haroon Aswat - No Extradition

European judges have blocked the extradition of terror suspect Haroon Aswat, ruling that sending him to the US would breach his human rights. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided that Broadmoor patient Aswat's probable incarceration in...

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Boston Marathon Explosions: Britons On Attacks

No British nationals appear to have been injured in the deadly Boston terror attacks, but the Foreign Office says it is continuing to monitor the situation. Some 347 of the 25,000 runners taking part in the race were British and several have spoken...

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Cable Climbdown After One Direction Blast

Business Secretary Vince Cable has been forced to backtrack after suggesting that the high pay of pop bands like One Direction is "downright insensitive and grossly immoral". At an Institute of Directors event in central London, the Cabinet minister...

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Ex-Corrie Actor Denies Child Sex Offences

Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel has denied sexually assaulting a teenage boy. The 42-year-old, who played Frank Foster in the ITV soap, was charged last November under his real name, Andrew Watkinson. He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court...

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Measles: Letters Sent To South Wales Schools

Schools in South Wales are sending out letters of consent to parents so their children can be vaccinated against measles. So far there have been near 700 confirmed cases of the disease and that number is expected to rise - both in Wales and England....

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Thatcher Funeral: Practice Run Of Procession

A full military rehearsal for Baroness Thatcher's funeral procession has taken place in the early hours of this morning. Timed to last 19 minutes, Wednesday's ceremonial service will involve more than 700 serving Armed Forces personnel and see Lady...

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Gunmen Rob Britons On Caribbean Cruise

Some 55 passengers - including ten Britons - from a cruise ship have been robbed by "three" masked gunmen on a tour bus on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. The gunmen held up the bus at the Botanical Gardens in Soufriere during a tour excursion on...

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LSE: BBC N Korea Report Put Students At Risk

Visiting Secretive North Korea Updated: 2:46pm UK, Friday 12 April 2013 Despite the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula, tourists have been able to travel to North Korea. A Sky News employee has just returned from a four-day trip. Journalists...

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Thatcher Funeral 'Not Over The Top' Says Maude

The Government has defended the lavish plans for Baroness Thatcher's funeral after a poll showed major opposition to using taxpayers' money to pay for it. A ComRes survey found that only 25% of people think the event should be funded form the public...

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Firefighters Tackle Blaze At Scottish Zoo

A fire has ripped through part of a Scottish zoo, killing a sustantial number of reptiles and insects. The blaze began in the early hours at the reptile house of the Five Sisters Zoo at Polbeth in West Lothian and quickly took hold. Described as "fierce",...

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TV's Andrew Marr: 'I'm Lucky To Be Alive'

BBC presenter Andrew Marr has told how he feels "lucky to be alive" three months after suffering a stroke. Marr, 53, made his first television appearance on his own show on Sunday morning and spoke of his battle to regain his health. Despite still...

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