Fireworks Warehouse Blaze: Police Name Victims

Police investigating a fatal blaze at a fireworks warehouse have released the names of the two people they believe were killed in the explosion. Simon Hillier, 41, and Stewart Staples, 57, are understood to have died in the fire at SP Plastics on...

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Search Begins For New Child Abuse Inquiry Chair

The search is under way for a new head of the inquiry into historical child sex abuse after Fiona Woolf became the second chairwoman to quit. Mrs Woolf stepped down on Friday after victims' groups told Home Office officials they were "unanimous" in...

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Terror Warning: Brits Not Safe Anywhere In World

A worldwide travel warning has been issued by the Foreign Office, amid fears that Britons flying abroad could be targeted in terrorist attacks. The Government has updated its travel advice for 225 countries and territories to reflect a "generalised...

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Tower Poppy Memorial Proves Too Popular

People have been asked to delay visiting a First World War memorial at the Tower of London because it has proved so popular. Tens of thousands of people made the trip to view the sea of red ceramic poppies in the former moat of the landmark on Friday,...

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RAF Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers

Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian military 'Bear' bombers for the second time in a week, it has emerged. The Typhoons were sent up from RAF Lossiemouth on Friday to escort the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft, just two days...

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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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New Navigation System Amid Fears Of GPS Outage

An array of ground-based radio stations designed to help ships stay on track in the event of a GPS outage have been activated in Britain. The seven stations overlook the sea from Aberdeen in the north to Dover on the south coast, and can beam low-frequency...

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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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Barclays Sets Aside £500m Over For-Ex Probe

Barclays has confirmed a £500m provision for fines relating to allegations foreign exchange markets were manipulated by banks. The London-listed lender announced the figure in its third-quarter results statement which also contained further costs...

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Tough Drug Laws Have No Impact On Use - Report

By Tadhg Enright, Sky News Correspondent A Liberal Democrat minister has accused Downing Street of "backpedalling" over a Home Office report suggesting heavy penalties for illegal drug use make no difference. The report, which is based on international...

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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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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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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 near Farnham in Surrey. John Lowe, 82, blasted 66-year-old Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy Lee, 40, with a shotgun he normally used for killing...

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Tech And Staff Failures Behind Case 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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Tesco Faces Criminal Probe Over Profits Crisis

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is poised to launch a formal criminal probe into the accounting crisis at Tesco that led the UK's biggest retailer to overstate profits by £263m. Sky News has learnt that the agency could...

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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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How Weather Forecasting Has Changed In 20 Years

September 1991 is when I started life as a weather forecaster at the London Weather Centre in Holborn. It was much more of a hands-on experience then, with paper charts to analyse and hand draw the fronts, highs and lows. It felt as if the human...

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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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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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Energy Crunch: Plan To Keep The Lights On

National Grid has warned the UK may be forced to resort to emergency measures to keep the lights on if bad weather strikes this winter, with households picking up the bill. Its annual Winter Outlook report looking at the capacity margin - the gap...

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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 The family of a British doctor who claim he was murdered in Syria say they feel "vindicated" by an inquest verdict. A jury at London's Royal Courts of Justice concluded Abbas Khan, who died in a Damascus prison,...

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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 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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Shereka Marsh: Boy Locked Up Over Gun Death

A 15-year-old boy who shot his girlfriend dead on his birthday has been sentenced to nine years' detention for her manslaughter. Shereka Fab-Ann Marsh, 15, was hit in the neck by a single bullet from a counterfeit 1930s Italian Beretta pistol in the...

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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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'Thief' Sparks Major Manhunt In Edinburgh

A suspected motorbike thief hiding out on a roof in the centre of Edinburgh led to a major manhunt involving dozens of police officers and fire crews. Several streets were cordoned off while the operation got under way in the Old Town area of the...

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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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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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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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