World Cup: England 'Well Prepared' For Opener

World Cup: 11 Players You Need To Watch Updated: 3:39pm UK, Thursday 12 June 2014 By Nick Powell, Sports Editor Like the Grand National, the World Cup has become a great participation event in offices, clubs and schools. Join the sweep, pick...

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Great North Swim Challenger Dies Taking Part

A 52-year-old man has died after taking part in the Great North Swim in Windermere. He was taken to hospital by air ambulance because of a "medical emergency", Cumbria police said. Officers attending the event were alerted to the incident on Friday...

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Retailers Set Goals On World Cup Success

By Emma Birchley, Sky News Correspondent England fans are not the only ones hoping the players can find the back of the net as their World Cup campaign finally gets under way. Retailers too are banking on success. The Centre for Retail Research...

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Queen's Birthday Honours: Stephen Sutton's MBE

By Rhiannon Mills, Sky News Reporter Stephen Sutton, the teenage cancer sufferer who raised more than £4m for charity, has been honoured with an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Stephen, who was 19 when he died last month, had been...

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Delays In Cancer Tests May Put Lives At Risk

Cancer patients' chances of survival could be put at risk by growing delays in the NHS carrying out tests that can diagnose the disease, experts have warned. The number of patients in England waiting longer than the recommended six weeks for investigations...

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Barefoot Boy To Be Reunited With Family

A three-year-old boy who was found alone and barefoot in a Birmingham street is to be reunited with his family. Police made an appeal on Friday morning to trace his parents and about an hour later the child's "distressed" father contacted police to...

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Armed Robber On The Run Is 'Threat To Public'

A convict on the run from an open prison is one of nearly 90 currently at large from the same jail. Police have warned David Blood, who absconded from Ford Prison in West Sussex on Thursday, may pose "a threat to the public". The 48-year-old is one...

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Named Doctors 'Will Improve Hospital Care'

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent Hospital patients will for the first time be assigned a named consultant responsible for all their care. New guidance from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges puts individual doctors in charge...

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Twenty-Three Treated In Salmonella Outbreak

More than 20 people at a hospital in the West Midlands have been struck down by an "unusual" salmonella outbreak. Health officials have expressed concern at how it has been spreading and are investigating the cause. They said there were usually two...

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Passport Surge: Theresa May Warned A Year Ago

Theresa May was warned a year ago the closure of overseas passport offices would lead to 350,000 extra applications, it has emerged. It comes as a huge surge of requests for passports was blamed for a significant backlog, prompting the Home Secretary...

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Google In Talks To Take Virgin Galactic Stake

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Google is in talks with Virgin Galactic about a deal that will hand it crucial access to satellite-launch technology and an equity stake in Sir Richard Branson's $2bn (£1.2bn) space tourism venture. Sky News can exclusively...

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Man, 86, Held Over Death Of 70-Year-Old Woman

An 86-year-old man is due to appear in court following the death of a 70-year-old woman in her home in Scotland. The body of Francine Clark was found at about 10.30am on Wednesday at her house in Fintry Gardens in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire. Following...

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Rik Mayall Post-Mortem 'Inconclusive'

Rik Mayall's Memorable Lines Updated: 5:50pm UK, Monday 09 June 2014 Rik Mayall, who has died aged 56, starred in a host of comedy productions. Here are some of his most memorable lines and scenes: :: As Lord Flashheart in Blackadder II: (To Baldrick...

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Urgent Passport Cases 'Fast-Tracked For Free'

Passport Service Cuts Hit Expat Applications Updated: 12:14pm UK, Wednesday 11 June 2014 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent The backlog and workload problems at the passport office are causing frustration and anger - not just for people based in...

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Mourning Mum In Call To Legalise Drugs

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent A single mother who lost her only child after she took MDMA is calling for drugs to be legalised and regulated. Martha Fernback was just 15 when she died after swallowing half a gram of the powder - better known...

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Passport Pile-Up: PM Says Backlog Is 30,000

David Cameron has admitted around 30,000 passport applications have been delayed - after the Government earlier denied a backlog. The Prime Minister told the House of Commons there had been 300,000 more applications than normal at this time of year...

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Passport Service Cuts Hit Expat Applications

The backlog and workload problems at the passport office are causing frustration and anger - not just for people based in the UK, but for Britons living all around the world. Until a few years ago, British citizens living abroad could simply wander...

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Two Teens Killed In Sixth-Floor Balcony Fall

Two teenagers have died after falling from a balcony while "kissing" and "frolicking" on the sixth floor of a block of flats Police, who were called just after midnight to Knights Tower, in Deptford, south London, have described the deaths of the 18-year-old...

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Boris Johnson: 'Blast Me With Water Cannon'

Boris Johnson has offered to be blasted by a water cannon to show they are safe as the political row over the weapon intensifies. The London Mayor has ordered three water cannon for the capital despite the Home Secretary having not officially sanctioned...

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Black Cab Demo Causes Central London 'Gridlock'

Parts of central London are currently gridlocked after thousands of black cab drivers took industrial action at Trafalgar Square. The traditional cabbies are protesting at Transport for London's (TfL) regulation of rival cab service Uber. The Google-backed...

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Madeleine McCann: New Search 'Will Be Useful'

By Tom Parmenter, Sky Correspondent, in Praia da Luz The renewed searches in Praia da Luz will be "useful" in understanding what happened to Madeleine McCann, a former Portuguese attorney general has told Sky News. Pinto Monteiro, who was in post...

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Speeding Drivers Could Be Fined £10,000

Drivers caught speeding on motorways could be fined up to £10,000 under plans being considered by the Government. Magistrates would be able to issue fines four times larger they can at present, with maximum penalties for a range of offences including...

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Rik Mayall: Comedian 'May Have Died After Fit'

Stars Mourn 'Funniest Man Of Generation' Updated: 8:00am UK, Tuesday 10 June 2014 Comedian Adrian Edmondson has led tributes to his long-time friend and collaborator Rik Mayall, who has died aged 56. The pair worked together on hit shows such as The...

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Grid To Pay Firms To Prevent Winter Blackouts

National Grid has begun offering to pay firms to manage their electricity use from this winter to help prevent the "lights going out". The company, which runs the power network in England and Wales, is asking the largest energy users to agree to cut...

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Cameron Sets Out 'British Values' For Schools

'Trojan Horse': Full Statement Updated: 10:45am UK, Monday 09 June 2014 The full statement from Park View Educational Trust on a damning Ofsted inspection of its schools as part of the checks sparked by alleged Islamist infiltration plot. "On behalf...

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Scottish Voters 'Not Getting Full Picture'

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown has told Sky News an independent Scotland would be a "more unequal country", despite the SNP's claims to the contrary. In an exclusive interview with Eamonn Holmes marking 100 days to go...

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Stunning Views And Secrecy At England's Rio HQ

England will train for the first time at their Rio headquarters on Monday - a military base that sits in the wealthy, secluded district of Urca in a cove overlooking Guanabara Bay. Judged on the scenery alone, you might think the Brazilian Tourist Board...

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Glasgow 'Full Of Surprises' As Vote Draws Near

Sunny Govan. Really? My experience of Glasgow having been limited mainly to a slate-grey and sodden Liberal Democrat conference, I was not expecting to be greeted by blue skies and sweltering temperatures on arrival in Clydeside. My welcome from the...

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Cybercrime 'As Lucrative As Drugs Trade'

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent Cybercrime costs £266bn every year - about as much as the global drugs trade - according to a new report revealed exclusively by Sky News. Computer security company McAfee said that cybercrime is worth...

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Birmingham Schools 'Target Of Extremist Plot'

Schools in Birmingham are being targeted by a campaign to impose hardline Islamic views on teachers and their pupils. Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said schools in the city were being run under a "culture of fear and intimidation". He said successful...

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Metal Studs Treat The Homeless 'Like Animals'

By Siobhan Robbins, Sky News Reporter Metal studs installed to stop homeless people from sleeping outside private flats in London have been described as "brutal" by a homelessness charity. Residents at the block on Southwark Bridge Road said they...

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Minimum Wage Dodgers 'Named And Shamed'

Twenty-five employers who failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage have been "named and shamed" by the Government. It is the biggest number of employers publicly named since a new crackdown was announced last year. Between them, they owe...

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Scots Vote: 'English Politicians Keep Out'

English politicians getting involved in the Scottish independence debate is more likely to make Scots vote in favour of leaving the Union, an exclusive Sky News/YouGov poll has found. Our poll shows almost a third of people in the UK (31%) believe English...

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GPs 'Should Offer On-The-Spot Smear Tests'

By Harret Hadfield, Sky News Reporter Women should be offered on-the-spot smear tests during regular doctor's appointments, according to a new study. All women in the UK aged between 25 and 65 are offered the test regularly every three years to...

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