Veiled Acid Attacker Sentenced To 12 Years

By Siobhan Robbins, Sky News Reporter A woman who threw acid in the face of her friend, leaving her scarred for life, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail. Mary Konye, 22, cried as the sentence was handed down at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Her...

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Tape Measure 'Better For Weighing Up Obesity'

By Thomas Moore, Health Correspondent The current method of judging obesity is so complex it should be replaced by a simple tape measure, according to a leading specialist. Dr Jude Oben, from the Obesity Action Campaign, said the body mass index,...

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Jean McConville Case: Ex-IRA Chief Charged

A former Irish Republican Army commander has been charged in connection with the murder of a mother of 10 more than 40 years ago. Ivor Bell, 77, is due to appear in court in Belfast today accused of aiding and abetting in the murder of Jean McConville...

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Giant Vending Machine Replaces Village Shop

A giant vending machine selling eggs, milk and essentials has been built in a village after no one could be found to run the local shop. People queue for their shopping It sells 80 products, including washing powder, shampoo, shower gel, cereal, and,...

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UK Soldiers Laid To Rest 100 Years After WW1

Ten British soldiers who died in France during World War One and whose remains were found in 2009 have been formally identified. The soldiers died in battle on October 18, 1914, while serving with the 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment. ...

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First Female Genital Mutilation Charges In UK

A doctor and another man will be charged in the first UK prosecution for female genital mutilation, the CPS has said. Dr Dhanoun Dharmasena, from the Whittington Hospital in London, and Hasan Mohamed, who is not a medic, will be charged under the Female...

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Pelka Council Rated 'Inadequate' By Ofsted

Children's services at the council criticised over the death of four-year-Daniel Pelka at the hands of his mother and stepfather has been labelled "inadequate" by Ofsted. The boy died of a head injury after longstanding abuse by his mother, Magdelena...

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Road-Death Sentences 'Are Not Tough Enough'

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent Some 82% of motorists think sentences should be higher for drivers who kill people on the roads, according to a survey by road safety charity Brake. Latest government figures show only 62% of those convicted...

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Petrol Prices Drop To A Three-Year Low

Petrol: The Pump Price Conundrum Updated: 10:35pm UK, Wednesday 30 January 2013 By Ursula Errington, Business Correspondent So, the OFT says motorists aren't being ripped off, that the price of petrol on our forecourts is fair and isn't the result...

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No Make-Up Selfies Raise £2m For Cancer Group

By Joe Tidy, Sky News Reporter Cancer Research has said it is overwhelmed by the amount of money coming into the charity through a viral craze where women post pictures of themselves without make-up. The 'no make-up selfie' is a growing social...

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G4S Staff To Be Charged Over Deportation Death

Three G4S detainee custody officers are to be charged with manslaughter over the death of a man who was being deported. Colin Kaler, Terrence Hughes and Stuart Tribelnig are to be charged in connection with the death of Jimmy Mubenga, the Crown...

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Driver Sought In Melanie Hall Murder Probe

Missing Melanie Case: Timeline Of Events Updated: 8:48am UK, Thursday 03 October 2013 Bones found in a bag near a motorway slip road are those of missing hospital clerk Melanie Hall, according to Sky sources. Here is a timeline of events since the...

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Shapps Ridiculed For 'Patronising' Bingo Tweet

The Tory chairman has been criticised for tweeting a Budget poster hailing beer and bingo cuts a reward for "hard-working people". Grant Shapps' tweet In what will be considered a gift to those who claim the Tories are "out of touch", Grant Shapps...

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Salford Cash Machine Thieves Dig 50ft Tunnel

Thieves have dug a 50ft (15m) tunnel underneath a cash machine to steal a "significant amount of cash", police said. The 50ft tunnel thieves dug to raid a cash machine Detectives believe the perpetrators spent months building the tunnel to access...

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EE Customers Angry Over Signal Problems

Mobile network operator EE has apologised for signal problems that have stopped some of its 27 million customers from using its network. Some phone owners were not able to make calls, text or use the internet because of a technical fault. The problem...

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Man Held As Woman And Teenagers Stabbed

A man has been arrested after a woman and two teenage girls were stabbed at a house in Birmingham in a suspected domestic incident. Police were called to Little Green Lane, Small Heath, at 7.20am by a resident who reported hearing screams from the home....

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Death Of Child On Bathroom Floor Examined

By Gerard Tubb, North Of England Correspondent The death of a seven-year-old girl left on the bathroom floor of her Doncaster home by a paramedic instead of being rushed to hospital is to be examined by a coroner. When Izabelle Easen suffered an...

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Claudia: Mystery Man Wanted Over Disappearance

By Gerard Tubb, North Of England Correspondent A mystery man whose DNA was found in a car belonging to missing York cook Claudia Lawrence is being sought five years after her disappearance. The possible clue is one of several potential new leads...

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Madeleine Police Appeal Over Abuse Suspect

Police searching for Madeleine McCann have launched a search for a man who abused children in holiday homes in Portugal. Officers from Operation Grange have identified a series of 12 crimes between 2004 and 2010 where a male intruder entered villas...

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George Osborne Delivers The 2014 Budget

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has opened his Budget 2014 saying that the economy is recovering faster than forecast. Mr Osborne has said that the deficit is down by a third and by next year will be down by a half but he said there was more to do....

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EuroMillions: Neil Trotter Wins £107.9m Prize

The Top 20 National Lottery Rich List Updated: 1:00pm UK, Tuesday 18 March 2014 The latest lottery winner has scooped almost £108m, putting him fourth on the rich list. The others are:   1.      12 July      ...

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Childcare: £2,000 Boost For Working Parents

Working parents are to get up to £2,000 of tax-free childcare in a move to target families who are "running to stand still". The scheme will be worth up to £2,000 per child per year when it launches in autumn next year - £800 more than the £1,200 originally...

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Claudia Lawrence: Dad's Grief On Anniversary

By Gerard Tubb, North of England Correspondent The father of missing York woman Claudia Lawrence says her five-year absence is "like a cancer" that "just gets worse and worse". Peter Lawrence, speaking at a news conference to mark the fifth anniversary...

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Sainsbury's Sales Slide Is 'End Of An Era'

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has reported like-for-like sales down 3.1%, ending 36 successive quarters of growth. The result for sales, excluding fuel, were for the 10 weeks to March 15 - its fiscal fourth quarter. That compared to a rise of 3.6%...

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Lenny Henry Attacks Britain's 'White' TV

Lenny Henry is calling for a reversal in the "paucity" of ethnic minorities on British television and comedy programmes. The comic first spoke about improving diversity in film and television in 2008 but described his frustration that so little has...

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Somerset Flood Victim's Car For Sale On eBay

A submerged car that became one of the iconic images of flooding on the Somerset Levels has been put up for sale on eBay. Hubert Zajaczkowski's silver Seat Toledo was seen bobbing along a road near Muchelney after he abandoned it on Christmas Eve because...

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Five UK Families 'Richer Than 12.6m Britons'

The five richest families in the UK are wealthier than the poorest fifth of the country combined, according to new figures. Research by the charity Oxfam found the wealthiest households have more money than 12.6 million of the least well-off put...

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Osborne To Build For Britain In His Budget

By Anushka Asthana and Darren McCaffrey, Sky Political Team George Osborne has announced that a "garden city" will be built in Britain for the first time in decades, based in Ebbsfleet, Kent, with 15,000 homes to start with. Speaking ahead of Wednesday's...

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