Edinburgh Car Crash Leaves Three Men Dead

Three men have died and three other people were injured in a car crash near Edinburgh. Witnesses to the crash are being asked to contact police The accident happened about 1.5 miles south of Pathhead, Midlothian, at around 7.30am. A gold-coloured...

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Twitter Closes Down Child Porn Accounts

Several Twitter accounts have been disabled after complaints they contained indecent images of children. It was unclear whether the images were uploaded from the UK. Members of the public reported the accounts to Greater Manchester Police and North...

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Samurai Sword Attack: Woman In Hospital

An unarmed police officer has tackled a man wielding a samurai sword who allegedly attacked a young woman at random in the street. The sergeant, based in Islington, north London, went to the scene of the assault in Holloway Road early on Monday to find...

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iPad And Tablet-Related Injuries On Rise

By Gemma Morris, Sky News reporter Tablet computers look set to be one of this year's top Christmas presents, but while we get to grips with our new devices, health experts are warning we should learn to handle them properly or potentially face...

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Coastal Erosion: Homeowner's Appeal For Help

By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent A great-grandmother whose home could be lost to coastal erosion before next Christmas has told Sky News she feels neglected and wants more to be done to help her. Janet Ellis, 67, has seen so much of her cliff-top...

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Christmas Day Online Sales Surge Predicted

Bargain season begins in force today as online retailers slash prices ahead of an expected onslaught of consumers hitting the high street for the traditional Boxing Day sales. Amazon's UK website said it had seen sales on Christmas Day increase by 263%...

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Troops Send Christmas Cheer From Front Lines

British troops stationed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan have sent Christmas messages back home to their loved ones. Soldiers serving with the 21 Engineer Regiment wished family and friends a happy festive season, before celebrating with a traditional...

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Floods: UK To Remain On Alert For Another Week

Christmas has got off to a soggy start for many parts of the UK, as more rain falls on flood-threatened areas. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been swamped with floodwaters as winter rain continues to fall on saturated land. Staffordshire Police...

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M6 Crash: Three Children Killed On Motorway

Three children have died in a major crash which closed the M6 northbound carriageway at Staffordshire. Two boys and a girl died in the crash, which took place just over an hour after two people were killed in a separate road collision near Basingstoke....

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Queen And Royals Attend Christmas Day Service

The Queen has used her annual Christmas broadcast to express gratitude for the outpouring of enthusiasm for her Diamond Jubilee celebrations this year. Delivering the broadcast for the first time in 3D,  Her Majesty said she was struck by the "strength...

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Cystic Fibrosis Woman Dies After Transplant

The father of a woman born with cystic fibrosis who died after being given a lung transplant from a smoker is calling for hospitals to tell patients about a donor's health history. Jennifer Wederell, 27, died of cancer on August 24 at her home in Hawkwell,...

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Jamie And Nigella Roasted In Nutrition Study

Recipes by TV chefs including Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson are often "less healthy" than ready meals and their programmes should be subjected to a 9pm watershed, a study says. It found that meals randomly selected from their books contained "significantly...

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Trains Resume Service On East Coast Line

Trains have resumed some service on the East Coast Main Line after overhead wire problems caused chaos for travellers. East Coast said a half-hourly service was now operating from London King's Cross and other services would "progressively resume throughout...

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Women Held Over £1m Security Van Robbery

Two women have been arrested in connection with a £1m raid on a security van almost 20 years ago. One of the women is the partner of Eddie Maher, who is accused of carrying out the robbery in Felixstowe in 1993. The other is his sister. Deborah Brett,...

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Cancer Boy Neon Roberts' Mum Blocks Surgery

The mother of a seven-year-old boy who is at the centre of a legal battle over whether he should have radiation treatment for cancer is also opposed to any further surgery on his brain tumour, a court has heard. A High Court judge had been due to rule...

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Lord McAlpine Settles Claims With BBC And ITV

Lord McAlpine, who was wrongly implicated in child sex abuse allegations, has settled his libel actions against the BBC and ITV for £310,000. The former Tory Party treasurer was not at London's High Court to hear their solicitors apologise unreservedly...

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Norovirus: New Warning About Vomiting Bug

Almost 880,000 people could have been affected by an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug, according to health officials. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) says the number of confirmed cases of norovirus is 83% higher than the same time last year, ...

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Two Jailed Over Kwame Ofosu-Asare Murder

Two teenagers have been jailed for life for killing a 17-year-old schoolboy. Kwame Ofosu-Asare was mistaken for a rival in a "poisonous and senseless" gang war and knifed to death in broad daylight while walking with a friend through Brixton, south...

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Landslide: Charlotte Blackman Death 'Accidental'

A young man has relived the moment 400 tons of rock buried his girlfriend as they walked beneath a cliff during a family holiday. Matthew Carnell told an inquest how he noticed "two small stones" drop before "half the cliff face" crashed onto Freshwater...

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Olympics: Boxing Wins Funding Boost For Rio

UK Sport has announced a record pot of £347m to be invested into elite sport in the run-up to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games with boxing given the biggest boost. Boxing is to receive a 44% increase in funding following the success of the likes of Nicola...

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Sex Attacker Jailed By Skin Under Nails

A sex attacker has been jailed after being traced by skin cells left under the fingernails of his victim after she fought him off. John Elam, 44, attempted to rape a university student in Coventry as she walked home in the early hours of the morning....

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Royal Nurse: Radio Gives £320K To Family Fund

A memorial fund for the family of the dead nurse who was the victim of the royal hoax call has been set up by the radio station responsible for the prank. Southern Cross Austereo, the parent company of radio station 2Day FM, said the remainder of the...

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Ian McKellen Reveals Prostate Cancer Battle

Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from fighting the goblins of the Misty Mountains, has revealed how he has been battling something closer to home - prostate cancer. The 73-year-old will be hitting cinema screens across the UK on Friday with the release of The...

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Snoopers' Charter: Nick Clegg Urges Re-Think

By Katie Stallard, Media And Technology Correspondent The Government must go back to the drawing board with its plans for new digital surveillance laws, Nick Clegg has told Sky News. The Deputy Prime Minister said the coalition should have a fundamental...

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Northern Rock To Refund £270m To Customers

Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM) - the state-owned part of the defunct lender - is to refund a total of £270m to customers. The bank will pay an average of £1,775 to each affected customer after failing to disclose information in documents and...

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Libor Scandal: UK Police Make Three Arrests

The Serious Fraud Office has made three arrests as part of its investigation into the manipulation of the interbank lending rate, Libor. Its statement read: "Today the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), with the assistance of the City of London Police, executed...

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Census: Rise In Immigrants Boosts Population

There has been a large rise in the number of migrants living in England and Wales, according to the results of the 2011 census. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that the population of England and Wales now stands at 56.1 million people...

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Gay Marriage: Mixed Reaction To New Plans

Gay weddings in the Churches of England and Wales will be explicitly banned under new laws on same-sex marriage, the Government has announced. Culture Secretary Maria Miller said other religious organisations would be able to "opt in" and offer weddings...

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Belfast Flag Protest Riots 'A Disgrace'

Rioters have been warned against "holding Belfast to ransom" after a petrol bomb attack on a police officer by suspected loyalists which is being treated as attempted murder. A gang of 15 men targeted, surrounded and smashed the unmarked vehicle on...

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Woman Gives Birth In Rescue Helicopter

A woman has given birth in a helicopter taking her to hospital from her remote island home. The drama happened after the woman, from Unst in the far North of Scotland, went into labour in the early hours. Shetland Coastguard received a call from her...

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'Burglary Takes Courage' Judge Reprimanded

A judge who said burglary took courage has been given a formal reprimand. Judge Peter Bowers told an offender who raided three homes in five days: "It takes a huge amount of courage, as far as I can see, for somebody to burgle somebody's house. I wouldn't...

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Andrew Parsons Charged Over Wife's Death

A man has been charged with murdering his American beauty therapist wife at their home in Oxfordshire. Andrew Parsons, 38, will appear at Oxford Magistrates Court, accused of killing his wife Janee in Lucerne Avenue, Bicester. Mrs Parsons, 31, was...

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Dane Bowers Gets Community Service For Brawl

Ex-Big Brother star Dane Bowers has been ordered to undertake community service after admitting common assault during a drunken night out. Norwich Crown Court heard how Bowers led a group of men in a violent confrontation against another group, including...

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15 Police Injured In Belfast Union Flag Riots

Eighteen people, including 15 police officers, have been injured during a riot at Belfast City Hall after the passing of a vote to stop flying the Union flag all year round. The violence spread to parts of east Belfast on Monday night where loyalists...

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Corfu Sex Attack Video Given To Essex Police

Police are trying to trace a young woman, believed to be British, who was videoed being sexually assaulted while on holiday in Corfu. Essex Police were handed footage from a video camera in August which features the "shocking" attack alongside more...

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Leveson: Cameron Demands Urgent Action

David Cameron has warned newspaper editors that they must act "urgently" to set up an independent press regulator. The Prime Minister met with newspaper editors in Downing Street in the wake of the Leveson Report on press standards and ethics. Senior...

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Kate Pregnant: William At Wife's Bedside

The Duke of Cambridge has returned to his pregnant wife's bedside as she continues her hospital treatment for severe morning sickness. Kate was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in central London on Monday where she is likely to remain for the next...

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