Andy Murray Through To Wimbledon Final

Andy Murray is through to the Wimbledon final after beating Jerzy Janowicz in four sets. He will face world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday after the Serbian came through a five-set thriller against Juan Martin del Potro. Murray came back...

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Paul Gascoigne Arrested Over 'Drunken Assault'

Paul Gascoigne has been arrested after an alleged drunken assault at a train station. The former football star, who left rehab in the US earlier this year, was held after the incident in Hertfordshire. A Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman said: "Police...

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Father In Court Over Daughter's Murder

The father of an 11-year-old girl found strangled at her home has appeared in court charged with her murder. Rebecca Thompson was discovered at the house in Holmefield Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, on Saturday, June 22. Her father Simon Thompson, 52,...

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Weather: Britain Set To Sizzle This Weekend

Britain is set to bask in the hottest temperatures of the year so far this weekend as summer finally arrives across the country. Sun worshippers will enjoy highs of up to 28C (82F) to 29C (84F) on Saturday in London, with temperatures soaring to 30C...

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Stone 'Geordie God' Head Discovered By Student

A student has discovered a 1,800-year-old stone head of a "possible Geordie god", buried in an ancient rubbish dump. The 20cm sandstone head, which dates from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, is thought to have been worshipped as a source of inspiration in...

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Prisoners To Be Moved To Jails Near Home

Where Are The Resettlement Prisons? Updated: 10:29am UK, Thursday 04 July 2013 Plans for the use of 70 jails across England and Wales to prepare offenders for release have been announced. (Some prisons serve more than one area) NorthumbriaDurham,...

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Tour De France: Team Sky Blame Tacks For Flats

Team Sky have blamed tacks placed on the road by spectators for the punctures suffered by two of its cyclists during stage five of the Tour de France. Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte were two of a handful of riders to suffer flat tyres during the 228.5km...

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Mum And Child Found Dead In Merthyr Tydfil

The deaths of a mother - who has been named locally - and child in a house in South Wales are being treated as "unexplained", according to police. Officers found the bodies of Joanne Thomas, who was thought to be in her 20s and a baby after being called...

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Wales Approves Organ Donation Opt-Out Law

People in Wales will be presumed to have given consent for organ donations unless they opt out after a vote in favour of the law. The current system, which operates across the UK, relies on people signing up to a voluntary scheme and carrying a...

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Health Tourism: Foreigners Face £200 NHS Levy

Foreigners face being charged around £200-a-year for using the NHS in an attempt to tackle so-called health tourism. Ministers will outline plans to introduce the charge for foreign workers and students who come to the UK for more than half a year....

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Electricity Theft: Ofgem Urges Crackdown

The energy regulator could force electricity suppliers to tackle power theft because of the growing cost to households. Ofgem estimates that 25,000 cases of electricity theft annually cost law-abiding consumers £200m - or £7 per household - with a third...

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TA Overhaul: Army Reservists Given Benefits

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The Defence Secretary has announced that £1.8bn will be invested in a restructured reservist force over the next decade. Philip Hammond set out a new package for reservist soldiers and their employers...

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Status Quo Debut Fiji-Based Action Movie

Status Quo stars Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi have shown off their big screen debut - an action film set in Fiji. The band, famous for hits such as Rockin' All Over the World, star in Bula Quo! where they go on the run with their manager after accidentally...

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Sex Offenders To Face Lie Detector Tests

Compulsory lie detector tests are set be introduced to monitor convicted sex offenders under a change to the law due to be approved later. MPs will debate the relevant legislation in the House of Commons and are expected to approve routine use of polygraph...

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School Summer Holiday: Six-Week Break Could Go

'Looking East' For Better Education Updated: 12:04pm UK, Tuesday 02 July 2013 By Mark Stone, China Correspondent For some time now, Education Secretary Michael Gove has been "gazing east" as he grapples with what he sees as a British education...

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Qatada Deportation Moves A Step Closer

By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent A legal treaty between the UK and Jordan has been fully ratified, bringing the deportation of radical cleric Abu Qatada a step closer. The treaty was passed by parliaments in both countries last month but...

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Rotavirus: Babies To Get Vomiting Bug Vaccine

By Rhiannon Mills, Sky Reporter A vaccination programme aimed at protecting babies against one of the most common causes of diarrhoea in young children begins today. The rotavirus vaccination will be given to all infants aged between two and three...

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Marriage Tax Breaks Fast-Tracked By Cameron

Plans for a tax break for married couples will be introduced this year in a move to head off a revolt by Tory backbenchers. Details of the policy, which is a pet project of David Cameron's, are now expected to be in George Osborne's Autumn Statement....

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Smethwick Fire: Massive Blaze At Recycling Plant

A blaze at a plastic recycling factory, described by firefighters as one of the biggest ever seen in the West Midlands, is believed to have been started by a single Chinese lantern. Around 200 firefighters have been tackling the blaze at the site in...

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Hot July Across UK As Summer Finally Arrives

Summer could finally be around the corner with weather forecasters predicting that the UK could enjoy warm weather for the rest of July. With parts of Britain on Sunday experiencing the hottest day of the year so far - 27.2 Celsius being recorded at...

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Meat From Diseased Cattle Sold By Defra

Meat from cattle slaughtered after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is being sold for human consumption by Defra, the food and farming ministry has said. The meat is banned by most supermarkets and burger chains, The Sunday Times reported....

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Duchess' 'Hotel' Baby Birth Not For Everyone

The Duchess of Cambridge is just weeks from becoming a mum for the first time - in the "hotel-like" environment of a private hospital. The experience at the Lindo wing of St Mary's Hospital, where it costs £5,000 for the first day of a normal delivery,...

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Salford Body: Woman Found Murdered In Home

A murder investigation is under way after the body of a woman was found at her home in Salford. Linzi Ashton, 25, was found dead after police were called to the property in Westbourne Road, in Winton, shortly before 6pm on Friday. A post-mortem examination...

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Dundee Tower Blocks Demolished Next To Church

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent A church in Dundee was the meat in a "demolition-sandwich" when two neighbouring tower blocks were blown down. St Martin's Episcopal Church is situated just metres from Butterburn and Bucklemucker Court...

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