'Zombie Bank Accounts Cost Savers £4bn A Year'

Savers are losing more than £4bn pounds a year by having their money in poor-paying accounts, according to consumer group Which? The group found more than a third of accounts closed to new customers, dubbed 'zombie accounts', paid 0.5% interest or less....

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UK Soldier 'Posed With Dead Taliban Fighter'

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent The RAF has launched a probe after photographs surfaced appearing to show a serviceman posing with a dead Taliban fighter. The pictures were apparently taken in the wake of an attack by 15 insurgents...

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'Killer' Asian Hornet Could Threaten Honey Bees

By Siobhan Robbins, Sky News Reporter A new "killer" hornet may soon threaten Britain's honey bees, it has been warned. The Asian hornet has already been spotted in France and could be transported to the UK in food pallets or may even be able to...

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Giro d'Italia Race Raises Hopes In N Ireland

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent The winner of the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia in Northern Ireland has said he has achieved "a dream come true" and thanked the crowds along the route for their "fantastic" support. Svein Tuft described...

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Stretched Nurses 'Struggling To Give Safe Care'

Patients in some NHS hospitals are receiving "unsafe and unsatisfactory" care because of staff shortages, a nursing chief has told Sky News. Elderly patients are particularly at risk of being left in discomfort and distress, according to Dr Peter Carter,...

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Rolf Harris A 'Jekyll And Hyde' Who Groomed Girl

Rolf Harris abused one of his daughter's friends on a motorway, in a theatre and in her family home while her parents were in, a court has heard. The prosecution called the 84-year-old a "Jekyll And Hyde" character who used his status as a children's...

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Female Genital Mutilation A 'Major UK Problem'

By Siobhan Robbins, Sky News Reporter A dedicated helpline set up to deal with female genital mutilation (FGM) has received more than 215 calls in just under 10 months, Sky News has learned. The NSPCC revealed that since June last year, 96 of the...

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Powers To Seize Unpaid Tax Criticised By MPs

Plans to give HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) the power to seize money directly from the bank accounts of those who owe the taxman money have been criticised by an influential group of MPs. The Treasury Committee said it has "considerable concern" about...

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How Hot Does David Cameron Like His Nando's?

Europe and big business takeovers may be the pressing issues of the day but David Cameron was confronted with another crunch decision on a trip to Nando's - how hot would he go? In what may have been a bid to show the Prime Minister following the coalition...

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Michael Wheatley In Court Over Armed Robbery

Michael Wheatley, who was arrested after going missing from an open prison, has appeared in court after being charged with carrying out an armed robbery. The 55-year-old from Kent spoke only to confirm his name when he appeared at East Surrey Magistrates'...

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Ann Maguire Stabbing: Twitter Troll Jailed

By Harriet Hadfield, Sky Reporter, Swansea A man who admitted posting offensive messages on Twitter about stabbed teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed for eight weeks. Robert Riley, 42, was sentenced at Swansea Magistrates' Court over the remarks...

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Madeleine McCann Search: Three Main Dig Sites

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 12:46pm UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Russell Brand Wins Damages Over 'Cheat' Story

Russell Brand has accepted substantial libel damages over a newspaper's claim he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. News Group Newspapers (NGN) agreed to pay a large but undisclosed sum to the comedian at London's High Court. The "exclusive" story,...

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Clegg Vows To Block Tory Knife Crime Plan

By Sophy Ridge, Political Correspondent Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has publicly vetoed a Conservative plan to automatically jail anyone caught in possession of a knife for a second time. The Deputy Prime Minister insists he will not allow...

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Premier League To Be 'Half English' By 2022

At least 45% of Premier League players will be English by 2022 under a new target set for the game by FA chairman Greg Dyke. ...

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Single Punch Killer's Sentence 'Not Lenient'

The four-year sentence given to a man who killed an Asperger's sufferer in an unprovoked attack was not "unduly lenient", appeal court judges have ruled. Andrew Young, 40, died after being punched once in the head by Lewis Gill in Dorset on November...

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Madeleine McCann: 'UK Police Searches Refused'

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 12:46pm UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Miley Cyrus Rejects Drug Claims At London Gig

Miley Cyrus has rejected claims she took a drug overdose, as her UK tour got off to a provocative and controversial start. The Wrecking Ball singer boasted about her fine physical health after a sinus infection and an allergic reaction to an antibiotic...

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Former Co-op Boss Flowers Fined Over Drugs

Co-op Reform Critics Must Back Overhaul: Myners Updated: 2:03pm UK, Wednesday 07 May 2014 Former City minister Lord Myners has warned the Co-operative Group will not survive unless members get behind his recommendations for reforming its governance...

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'Skull Cracker' Police Probe Armed Robbery Link

Police are investigating whether an armed robbery in Surrey today is linked to the hunt for escaped prisoner Michael Wheatley. Firearms officers are at the scene of the raid on the Chelsea Building Society, in Sunbury-on-Thames. Kent Police have confirmed...

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'Teacher Murder Plot' Schoolgirls Expelled

Two teenage girls arrested over an alleged attempt to murder a teacher at a school have been permanently excluded. The pair, aged 14 and 15, are out on police bail after being questioned last week over concerns about their behaviour at the Cwmcarn High...

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Manchester City Facing £50m Fine From Uefa

By Paul Kelso, Sky News Sports Correspondent Manchester City face a £50m fine and having to limit their Champions League squad to just 21 players next season, instead of the normal 25, after breaching Uefa Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, Sky News...

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Escaped 'Skull Cracker' Armed Robber Sighting

A reported sighting of an escaped armed robber known as the "Skull Cracker" has been made in London, police have said. Officers were called to an address in Twickenham shortly before 8pm on Monday, following a sighting of Michael Wheatley, who earned...

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Stuart Hall Admits One Indecent Assault Charge

Broadcaster Stuart Hall has admitted one count of indecent assault on a girl aged under 16. The 84-year-old, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, denied 20 other charges at Preston Crown Court. He replied "guilty" when asked how he pleaded to the one allegation...

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Madeleine McCann: Police To Dig For Evidence

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 12:46pm UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Children In Hospital After Mass Plane Sickness

Sixty children have been treated by paramedics after some of them began vomiting and suffering diarrhoea on a flight to London. Emergency services met the plane when it landed at Heathrow The friends, who are aged between 10 and 14, told crew members...

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Police Called Over Boys' Teacher Poison Plot

By David Crabtree, Midlands Correspondent Police were called to a school after two boys poured a mixture of bathroom products into a teacher's drink on her classroom desk. The teacher was alerted before she drank from what was reported to be a...

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Stephen Sutton Rejects Cancer 'Duping' Claims

A terminally ill teenager who has raised more than £3m for charity has denied "duping" people after being released from hospital following a dramatic improvement in his condition. Stephen Sutton, who was diagnosed with incurable colorectal cancer aged...

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Gerry Adams Back On Sinn Fein Campaign Trail

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will be returning to the campaign trail today for the forthcoming local and European elections after being freed by police investigating a notorious IRA murder. Less than an hour after he was freed from questioning, he said...

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Man Admits 'Malicious' Teacher Death Message

A 42-year-old man has pleaded guilty to making "malicious communications" relating to the fatal stabbing of teacher Ann Maguire. Robert Riley, from Port Talbot in South Wales, admitted sending Twitter messages of a grossly offensive, abusive or malicious...

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Gerry Adams 'Questioned For 17 Hours A Day'

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is being questioned for up to 17 hours a day during his interrogation by police in Northern Ireland, Sky News understands. Mr Adams is spending a fourth day being quizzed in custody following his arrest in connection with...

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Leeds Teacher Death: Man Charged Over Message

One man has been charged and another arrested in connection with what police describe as "malicious communications" following the murder of teacher Ann Maguire in Leeds. Mrs Maguire, 61, was stabbed to death in front of her students at Corpus Christi...

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