'Smart Drug' Modafinil Risks Student Health

Students at some of Britain's best universities are potentially putting their health at risk by using a 'smart drug' bought off the internet, Sky News has been told. Doctors have warned that increasing numbers of teenagers are using the prescription-only...

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Leicester House Fire Murders: Four In Court

By David Crabtree, Midlands Correspondent Four people, including a 16-year-old boy, have appeared in court charged with murdering a mother and her three teenage children in a house fire. In the early hours of Friday, September 13, a blaze engulfed...

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Tory Aide Alan Lewis Held Over Rape Claim

The Conservative Party vice-chairman has been arrested on suspicion of raping a teenager in the 1960s. Alan Lewis, 75, who was appointed by David Cameron in 2010, was held by police after a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by him when she was...

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Marriage Tax Breaks For Four Million Couples

David Cameron says four million couples will benefit from the Government's new £1,000 marriage tax allowance. Ahead of the start of the Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister said the scheme - starting in April 2015 - will be worth up to...

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Brakes Could Be Slammed On Parking 'Spies'

Councils could be banned from using CCTV cameras and "spy cars" to impose fines on drivers under new government proposals. Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said he wants to curb "overzealous" local authorities in England which use cameras...

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Devon Murder Probe After Man Dies In Pub

A murder investigation is under way after the death of an elderly man at a pub. Officers were called shortly after 10pm on Thursday to the Black Horse Inn in the Devon town of Sidmouth to reports that a man had been assaulted. A 71-year-old was found...

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Woolwich Suspects Deny Lee Rigby Murder

Two men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby earlier this year. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale appeared at Old Bailey via videolink before their trial. Drummer Rigby, a father of one, was stabbed as he returned...

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Candy Crush: 'Shares Bid Values Firm At $5bn'

The British creator of the hit Candy Crush Saga game has reportedly used US rules to secretly file for a stock market flotation, valuing the firm at $5bn (£3.1bn). King - which is based in London's Tottenham Court Road - is currently the largest developer...

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April Jones Funeral: Machynlleth Says Goodbye

The family of April Jones have said a final farewell to the murdered schoolgirl as the mid-Wales town that shared their grief came to a standstill. A white horse-drawn hearse led mourners, including the five-year-old's parents Paul and Coral and their...

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Rural Broadband Roll-Out A 'Raw Deal', Say MPs

The roll-out of superfast broadband to homes in rural towns and villages will leave users paying more than they should to get online, according to a spending watchdog. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the programme represented a "raw deal" for...

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Clydesdale Bank Fined Over Mortgage Blunder

The Clydesdale Bank has been fined almost £9m by the City regulator for failing to treat customers fairly after miscalculating repayments on 42,500 mortgages. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the lender, owned by National Australia Bank, forced...

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Stuart Hall Faces New Rape Allegations

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent Detectives are preparing to question jailed broadcaster Stuart Hall over dozens of new rape allegations. A woman has told police that Hall raped her regularly over several years when she was a young teenager....

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Peru Drugs Pair Plead Guilty To Trafficking

Two women accused of trying to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru have pleaded guilty. Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum, both 20, were stopped with 11kg (24lb) of cocaine hidden in food packets in their luggage while trying to board a flight...

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Ringo Starr Receives French Medal For Artwork

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has joined one of the art world's most exclusive clubs after being appointed a Commander of France's Order of Arts and Letters. The 73-year-old received the award from French ambassador Hugues Moret in Monaco, where an exhibition...

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Stephen Lee Banned From Snooker For 12 Years

Snooker star Stephen Lee has been handed a 12-year ban for match-fixing, it has been has confirmed. The former world number five was found guilty of seven match-fixing charges by an independent tribunal last week. The case related to seven matches...

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Firefighters Go On Strike In Row Over Pensions

Firefighters across England and Wales have walked out on strike in a bitter row with the Government over pensions. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) left their stations and set up picket lines as they started a four-hour protest at midday. The...

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Search For Body In Suspected Slavery Case

Detectives have resumed their search for a body after four people were arrested in a series of armed raids at sites allegedly linked to slavery. More than 100 officers from Gwent Police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) targeted properties...

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Labour's £800m Tax Break For Small Business

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Ed Miliband will later offer an £800m tax break to smaller companies and pledge to make Labour "the party of small business". The first act of a Labour government, if it wins the next General Election,...

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Godfrey Bloom Quits As UKIP MEP

Godfrey Bloom has resigned as a UKIP MEP after he had the party whip suspended for calling women "sluts". Mr Bloom, an MEP for Yorkshire and Humber, was stripped of the party whip last week following offensive remarks he made about women at a party...

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North London Shooting: Police Appeal For Help

Police are appealing for help to find a man wanted in connection with a murder in north London five months ago. Father-of-one Zafer Eren was shot dead in the street outside his home in High Street, Southgate. Witnesses described seeing a masked gunman...

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Rolf Harris In Court On Child Sex Charges

Rolf Harris has appeared briefly in court charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of making indecent images of a child. The 83-year-old entertainer arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court with his wife Alwen at his side. Wearing...

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Cumbria School Bus Crash: Children Injured

A school bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a crash with a lorry left around 20 people injured. The two vehicles collided on the A685 in the village of Lowgill, near Kendal, at around 8.30am. A spokesman for the North...

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Labour Wants Bank Levy Hike To Fund Childcare

Working parents with children aged three and four would receive 25 hours of free childcare a week under new Labour plans. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has pledged pledge to increase the hours covered by state funding from 15 to 25, where a single parent...

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Esme Smith Found Safe After 11-Day Search

Missing 14-year-old Esme Smith, from Surrey has been found safe in north London, say police. The schoolgirl disappeared 11 days ago. She was last seen by friends after school in her home town of Farnham on Thursday, September 12. She told them she...

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Pelka 'Failings' Boss Quits Top Children's Job

A children's services boss criticised for failings by his former council over murdered schoolboy Daniel Pelka has stepped down from his new post. Tower Hamlets Council said Colin Green had decided to withdraw from the role of chairman of the Local Safeguarding...

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Food Price Rises 'A Source Of Stress'

Rocketing food prices are a "source of stress" for four in 10 UK consumers, while a third say they are struggling to feed themselves or their family. Almost eight in 10 shoppers (78%) are worried about the increasing cost of food, with almost half (45%)...

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A&E Departments Failing To Hit NHS Targets

The number of NHS Foundation trusts in England failing to see A&E patients within four hours has doubled in the last year, according to new figures. A quarterly report by regulator Monitor found 31 trusts missed the waiting times target in April-June...

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Labour: UK Apprentice For Each Foreign Worker

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Ed Miliband has launched a Labour fightback after a difficult summer - with policy pledges on the economy and immigration. The party leader announced plans to increase fines for employers who fail to...

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