Firefighters Poised For Bonfire Period Strike

Firefighters in England will start a four-day strike on Friday evening, as a bitter row over pensions intensifies. Opponents to the walkout, orchestrated by the Fire Brigades Union, have branded the industrial action as "regrettable and unnecessary"...

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Man Held After Body Parts Found On Island

A man has been arrested after a 33-year-old woman's body parts were found by ramblers on an island in Essex. Angela Millington's remains were discovered in a salt marsh area on Foulness Island on 21 June. Hikers initially found a collection of bones....

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Man Arrested Over Fireworks Warehouse Blaze

A man has been arrested over a blaze at a fireworks warehouse in Staffordshire where two people remain unaccounted for. An investigation has been launched into what caused the explosion at the SP Plastics building at an industrial unit in Stafford...

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UK Begins Paying Back First World War Debt

The Government has announced it will pay off part of the UK's First World War debt - the first such payment for 67 years. The Treasury will repay £218m of the £2bn still owed from the 1914 to 1918 war, as part of a redemption of bonds stretching...

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Father Of Murdered Schoolgirl Sarah Payne Dies

Tributes have been paid to Michael Payne, father of the murdered schoolgirl Sarah, after he died at the age of 45. Mr Payne, who developed a drinking problem after his daughter was abducted and killed near her grandparents' home in West Sussex, was...

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Tough Drug Laws Have No Impact On Use - Report

By Tadhg Enright, Sky News Correspondent Severe criminal penalties on drug taking makes no difference to the level of substance use in a country, a Government report has indicated. The first Home Office study of the issue based on international evidence...

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Child Grooming 'Normal' In Parts Of Manchester

By Nick Martin, North of England Correspondent Child sexual exploitation is a "real and ongoing problem" that has become "normal" in some parts of Greater Manchester, according to a new report. It suggests that youngsters are exposed to an increasing...

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Jean McConville Murder: Police Arrest Man

Detectives investigating the 1972 abduction and murder of mother-of-10 Jean McConville have arrested a 73-year-old man. Detective Inspector Neil McGuiness said the man from the Dunmurray area had been taken to Antrim police station for questioning....

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'Devastating Impact' Of NHS Mistakes Revealed

NHS hospitals are making mistakes which cause patients to suffer needless harm or die prematurely, according to a damning report. Dame Julie Mellor, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, has uncovered dozens of cases with several complaints...

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Tech And Staff Failures Behind Asylum Backlog

The failure of two major IT projects and "ill-judged" staffing decisions have led to the loss of more than 50,000 people who cannot be found in Britain, according to a report by MPs. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report reveals the Home Office...

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Asylum: 29,000 Cases Unresolved Since 2007

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Failings in the UK's asylum system have led to an "extremely concerning" backlog of cases - with the Home Office accused of being in chaos over immigration. Some 11,000 asylum seekers have been waiting since...

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Breeder Found Guilty Of Puppy Farm Murders

An elderly dog breeder has been found guilty of murdering his partner and her daughter at his puppy farm. John Lowe, 82, blasted 66-year-old Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy Lee, 40, with a shotgun he normally used for killing rats at his property...

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Blunkett: Fallon 'Right To Speak' Over Migrants

Michael Fallon was right to speak out about immigration, despite controversy over his choice of words, says former home secretary David Blunkett. The Defence Secretary caused an outcry at the weekend when he told Sky News some towns were "under siege",...

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UKIP Hits New Poll High After £1.7bn EU Bill

Support for UKIP has hit a new high according to a new survey carried out in the wake of the £1.7bn EU surcharge demand. The ComRes poll, carried out for The Independent newspaper, showed support for the Labour Party has fallen by five points to 30%...

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Huge Supercomputer To Boost Weather Forecasts

A 140-ton supercomputer that can perform more than 16,000 trillion calculations per second is set to give the UK its most accurate weather forecasts ever. The £97m machine will be fired up at the Met Office next year and will crunch data at a blistering...

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Charity Warning Over Rise In UK Child Poverty

By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs Editor Child poverty in the UK increased significantly during the recession, according to a new report which criticises wealthy countries for failing to protect the most vulnerable from the effects of the economic downturn....

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'HS3' Northern Rail Link To Cut Journey Times

The Government has welcomed plans to extend high speed rail travel to northern England, potentially cutting the journey time between Leeds and Manchester by up to half. The project, dubbed High Speed 3 (HS3), would cover an east-west section of northern...

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Three Dead In Sea Tragedy: Man's Rescue Bid

An off-duty lifeguard has told Sky News how he tried to save a man's life during a sea tragedy in Cornwall that left three surfers dead. The victims, along with four children, had got into difficulty after they were reportedly caught up in a rip current...

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'HS3' Northern Rail Link: Commuters Fear Cost

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent As bleary eyed passengers boarded the 06.57 train to Leeds at Manchester Piccadilly this morning, most had already heard about plans that could halve their commute between the two northern cities. ...

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British Doctor 'Unlawfully Killed' In Syria

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent An inquest into the death of a British doctor in Syria has found he was unlawfully killed. Dr Abbas Khan, from south-west London, was arrested in the conflict-hit country in November 2012 whilst volunteering...

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Doctors Recruited In Battle To Keep Young Safe

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent Family doctors are being urged to look out for signs of radicalisation, child trafficking and cyber-bullying in their younger patients. GPs are being sent a 'toolkit' of information by children's charity the NSPCC...

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Fourth Man From Portsmouth Dies In Syria

A 19-year-old has become the fourth man from the same British city to be killed after reportedly joining Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria. Mehdi Hassan, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, travelled to the conflict-hit country with a group of four other...

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Liam Gallagher's Band Beady Eye Splits Up

Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher has announced the split of his band Beady Eye - the project he started after leaving the group he founded with his brother Noel. The rock star posted the news on Twitter, but did not explain the reason. Gallagher...

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Lords Consider Drone Laws Over Privacy Fears

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent A House of Lords committee will hear from drone safety experts on Monday about whether legislation needs updating. The committee is investigating the civil use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and is expected...

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