High Street Revival 'Has Shown Little Impact'

By Frazer Maude, Sky News Correspondent The self-titled "Queen of Shops" has come under fire after her Government-backed bid to revive the High Street has shown little impact. Wolverhampton was one of 12 town centres chosen to pilot retail guru...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ebola: Games Athletes Afraid To Return Home

Many members of Sierra Leone's Commonwealth Games team are afraid to return home because of the outbreak of ebola, it has been reported. A team representative told The Times newspaper the athletes fear they may not be safe if they go back to their country...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

Rolf Harris Spat At During Prison Scuffle

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris who is serving a jail sentence for sex abuse has been spat at in prison. The 84-year-old was targeted during an incident at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire. A source said that there was a scuffle and the artist and musician...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

Body Parts Found At Waste Recycling Plant

Police say human remains found at a waste recycling plant in Bristol may have got there after being chucked in. Officers were called to the site in Avonmouth after staff at the Biffa depot made the discovery yesterday. A police spokeswoman said: "Employees...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

PM Hails £300m Project To Unlock Power Of DNA

UK scientists are to map 100,000 complete DNA code sequences in a "landmark" project that aims to revolutionise medicine, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. Mr Cameron said the 100,000 Genomes Project, funded by a package of deals worth £300m,...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

'Kids At Risk' By Overdue Nursery Inspections

By Gerard Tubb, North of England Correspondent Ofsted has been accused of putting pre-school children at risk and of not being fit for purpose over a backlog of nursery and childminder inspections. Sky News has discovered that a quarter of early...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

Athlete Tested For Ebola At Commonwealth Games

An athlete competing for Sierra Leone at the Commonwealth Games has revealed he spent four days in isolation over fears he had brought the deadly ebola disease into the UK. Moses Sesay, who came to Scotland to compete in the cycling time trial, fell...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

Eastbourne To Receive £2m After Pier Blaze

Eastbourne is to get £2m in government cash to deal with the devastating damage caused by a fire that ravaged the town's historic Victorian pier. Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne made the funding announcement...

18.55 | 0 komentar | Read More

UK Border Staff 'Unprepared' For Ebola

Border, customs and immigration staff feel unprepared to deal with people arriving in Britain who may be carrying the deadly ebola virus, a union leader has warned. The virus - which has no vaccine and a fatality rate of up to 90% - has now killed nearly...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Boozy Criminals Get Tags That Detect Alcohol

By Darren McCaffrey, Political Reporter People who consistently break the law while drunk are to be forced to wear tags that can detect whether they are drinking. The mandatory so-called 'sobriety tags', which look like electronic tags, could force...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

West Ham Player Charged With Assaulting Women

Premier League footballer Ravel Morrison has been charged with assaulting two women in Manchester. The West Ham midfielder is accused of attacking a 19-year-old woman outside a bar in the city centre in the early hours of Sunday morning. He then allegedly...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Poisoned Spy: CPS Wanted To Prosecute Russians

A public inquiry into the death of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has been formally opened in London. Coroner Sir Robert Owen suspended the current inquest into Mr Litvinenko's death before opening the inquiry, which was announced by Home Secretary...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Cobra Meeting As UK Doctors Warned Over Ebola

The Government's emergency committee is to discuss how to tackle the "new and emerging" threat of ebola, as doctors in Britain are put on alert to spot symptoms of the deadly disease. The outbreak is the largest in history, with the virus killing more...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

No Appeal Over 'Lenient' Rolf Harris Jail Term

Rolf Harris's jail term for sex offences will not be referred to the Court of Appeal for being too lenient, the attorney general's office has confirmed. The veteran entertainer was sentenced to five years and nine months behind bars for 12 indecent...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

NOTW Journalists Charged With Phone Hacking

Former News Of The World journalists Jules Stenson and Neil Wallis are to be charged with phone hacking, prosecutors have confirmed. Ex-deputy editor Wallis and Stenson, who was the features editor, will face Westminster Magistrates Court on August...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ebola Cure 'A Long Way Off': Facts About Virus

A cure for the deadly ebola virus, which has killed hundreds of people in West Africa, is "a very long way off", an expert has told Sky News. David Evans, a professor of virology at Warwick University, said ebola is the latest disease to be transmitted...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

House Prices Force Adults To Live With Parents

By Gerard Tubb, North Of England Correspondent Millions of young workers have been dubbed the "clipped wing generation" because they are forced to live with their parents by rising house prices. Housing charity Shelter has published census data...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Kate's Got A Real Fan At Commonwealth Games

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be hoping the home nations' gold rush continues as they return to the Commonwealth Games in Scotland where they spent a fun-packed day. Kate and William joined Prince Harry and Prince Edward as they saw several...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

UK Bankers Face Longest Bonus Clawbacks

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Staff at British banks could be made to hand back bonuses more than six years after the money has been paid to them under a regime that will amount to the world's toughest rules on clawing back remuneration. Sky News...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Immigrant Benefits To Be Cut To Three Months

EU migrants will be able to claim benefits for only three months unless they have serious job prospects, under plans announced by David Cameron. The Prime Minister insisted the change, which halves the amount of time EU migrants can claim, would make...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Clegg: Russia Should Be Stripped Of World Cup

Russia should be stripped of the 2018 World Cup in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. He said it was "unthinkable" at present that the tournament could go ahead in the...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Loyal Dog Stands Guard Over Attack Victim

Police have released a photo of a dog found standing guard over his owner who had been violently attacked in the hope it may jog the memories of potential witnesses. The 49-year-old man was out walking his dog in Bolton, Greater Manchester, when he...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Gatwick Passengers Suffer Baggage Delays

Hundreds of people arriving into Gatwick Airport's South Terminal have faced long delays in picking up their luggage, with many being told to go home without it. An airport spokesman said the overnight disruption was caused by "resourcing issues" involving...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More

Controlled Explosions After Homes Evacuated

A number of controlled explosions have been carried out at a flat in Derbyshire where police say "potentially volatile" substances were found. A 55-year-old man has been arrested after the substances were discovered during a search of the flat in Belvoir...

18.54 | 0 komentar | Read More