Tenerife: Two Britons Injured In Explosion

Two British people were among four injured after an explosion in a hotel pool bar on the island of Tenerife. A woman suffered serious burns to her face and scalp in the blast in Adeje, on the south-west coast of the island, on Friday evening. Her eight-year-old...

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NatWest 'Hit By Fourth Online Banking Glitch'

NatWest has been hit by a cyberattack, leaving customers unable to access online accounts. The bank's online banking service was disrupted after it was deliberately bombarded with internet traffic.    Twitter users tweeted to say they...

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Warning After 'Speckled Rolex' Ecstasy Death

An urgent warning about a yellow ecstasy tablet known as "speckled rolex" has been issued after a man died at a house party in Northern Ireland. Police said the victim was confirmed dead at a house in Twinbrook, Belfast, at around 7.40pm on Friday night....

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Reflected Eye Photos Could Help Solve Crime

Reflections in the eyes of people who feature in photographs could increasingly be "mined" to help solve crimes, researchers say. Zooming in on high-megapixel images can capture recognisable images of the person taking the photo, or other people present...

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Footballer Needs Face Surgery After Attack

An amateur footballer's face will have to be rebuilt after he was knocked unconscious and beaten during a night out. Richie Robins is understood to have been set upon by up to half a dozen men as he apparently stepped in to protect a woman. The 21-year-old,...

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Greenpeace Activists Arrive Home From Russia

Five Britons detained in Russia as part of the so-called "Arctic 30" have arrived home in the UK. The five were arrested amid claims of hooliganism following a protest about oil drilling, and held in jail for two months. They have since been granted...

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Football: Standing May Return To Terraces

Standing on the terraces could return to all Football League divisions after a consultation document was sent to each of the 72 clubs. Currently, standing is allowed in Leagues One and Two, but not the Championship, once a team has played there for...

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Smacking Children Should Be Banned, Says Tsar

Parents should be banned from smacking their children, according to the Children's Commissioner for England. Maggie Atkinson told The Independent it was her personal view that the law gives pets and adults more rights to be protected from violence than...

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Millions Stress About Finances 'Every Day'

By Poppy Trowbridge, Consumer Affairs Correspondent In the UK, 18.1 million people feel stressed about their finances every day, according to new research seen by Sky News. Financial worries are even greater than concerns over health, or even job...

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Weather: Ministers Hold Emergency Meeting

Ministers are urging councils to have plans in place for New Year flooding as weather misery continues for thousands of people. A Downing Street spokesman outlined action to be taken after the Cabinet Office Briefing (COBR) held via conference call...

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Chessington Fire: Blaze At Surrey Theme Park

The Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey has been closed for the day after a fire at a restaurant near a zoo. The theme park was not open to the public when emergency crews were alerted at 9am and no people or animals were injured, London...

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Lockerbie 25th Anniversary: Victims Remembered

Relatives of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have gathered in the Scottish town for a special memorial service to mark the 25th anniversary of the atrocity. Pan Am flight 103 was on its way from London to New York when it exploded above Lockerbie,...

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Formula One Technology Used In Drug Trials

By Thomas Moore, Health Correspondent Doctors are using Formula 1 technology to test the effectiveness of experimental medicines. Smart sensors used by McLaren to track the performance of their cars on the track are being used for the first time...

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Food Banks 'Will Help One Million In 2014'

By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent The number of people predicted to turn to food banks in Britain next year rather than starve could reach a million, a charity has told Sky News. Since April this year more than half a million people living...

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Christmas Shoppers To Spend £12bn In Four Days

By Emma Birchley, Sky News Reporter Shoppers are expected to spend £12bn in just four days as they make the most of slashed prices and promotions, according to retail forecasters. The deals are being offered as a fierce battle for sales rages both...

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Search For Woman Swept Out To Sea Called Off

A major search for a woman believed to have been swept out to sea has been called off due to appalling weather. Coastguard rescue officers, lifeboat crews, police and a helicopter looked for the 36 year old in the Brighton beach area through the night...

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Syria: British Doctor's Body Released To Family

By Joe Tidy, Sky News Reporter The body of the British doctor who died in custody in Syria has been returned to his family. Dr Abbas Khan's family received the body at the British Embassy in neighbouring Lebanon. It comes a day after the 32-year-old...

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Row Over NHS 'Too Powerful To Criticise' Claim

The chairman of the NHS watchdog has sparked a political row after saying the health service has become "too powerful to criticise". Care Quality Commission (CQC) boss David Prior says people have become scared of complaining about poor care. He warned...

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Apollo Theatre Collapse: Venue 'Neglected'

The owner of the Apollo Theatre in London's West End claimed last year that the venue had "suffered years of benign neglect". Nica Burns, co-owner and chief executive of Nimax Theatres, which runs the building in Shaftesbury Avenue, said in an interview...

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David Coleman: Veteran Sports Broadcaster Dies

David Coleman, the veteran sports commentator and long-time Question Of Sport presenter, has died at the age of 87. The Grandstand and Sportsnight presenter, who retired in 2000, died peacefully with his family at his bedside after a short illness....

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Escaped Prisoner Who Terrorised Women Gets Life

A sex attacker who battered women in their homes after fleeing prison while on day release has been jailed for life. Lee Cyrus, 48, preyed on vulnerable women in their homes, ringing their doorbells, before smashing their heads with weapons. He went...

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Belfast Bomb: Attackers 'Stoop To New Low'

A bomb attack in Belfast city centre is a "new low" for dissident republicans opposed to the peace process, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said. Theresa Villiers described the blast in the bustling Cathedral Quarter as a "despicable attack that...

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Boy, 11, Sexually Assaulted On Country Lane

An 11-year-old boy was sexually assaulted as he walked along a country lane in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, police have said. Thames Valley Police said the attack by a man believed to be in his 40s happened at around 4.40pm on Friday. The schoolboy was...

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Nigella Lawson 'Let Her Children Smoke Weed'

Nigella Lawson let her children smoke cannabis and allowed one of her aides to buy them cigarettes, a court has heard. Elisabetta Grillo, who is accused of fraudulently spending £685,000 on credit cards belonging the TV cook and her former husband,...

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PR Blunder Over Labour MP's 'Pikey' Tweet

By Sophy Ridge, Political Correspondent Shadow cabinet minister Jack Dromey has become embroiled in a race row after calling a post worker a "pikey" on Twitter. On a visit to a Royal Mail sorting office, he posted a picture of himself with one...

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Lynne Spalding Death Linked To Alcoholism

A British woman found dead in a locked stairwell 17 days after going missing from her San Francisco hospital room probably died of a chemical imbalance due to complications from alcohol abuse, a coroner has said. Lynne Spalding, 57, disappeared from...

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Portsmouth Shipyard Job Losses: Protests

By Alex Rossi, Sky News Correspondent Hundreds of protesters have marched through the streets of Portsmouth to demonstrate against job losses by defence giant BAE Systems. It was announced last month that more than 900 jobs are being axed, ending...

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Iran Claims 'MI6 Spy' On Trial After Capture

Iran says it has arrested a "spy" accused of working for the British secret intelligence service. A court official said the man had confessed to his alleged crimes and was on trial. He was detained in the town of Kerman in southeast Iran after authorities...

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Jayden Parkinson: Police Launch Murder Inquiry

Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Jayden Parkinson now believe she was murdered. Jayden, 17, from Oxford, was last seen leaving Didcot Parkway train station at 4.27pm on December 3 - and did not return home that evening as planned....

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Double Murder Probe Launched As Bodies Found

A double murder inquiry has been launched following the deaths of a man and a woman in a house in Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the incident in the Ravenhill area in the south east of the city is thought to be domestic-related....

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Cancer: 'Half Of Doctors Failing Patients'

Family doctors have been accused of failing cancer sufferers after new data suggested more than half are not referring patients to specialists quickly enough. Figures from around 4,000 GP practices in England show that, in many cases, only a minority...

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Man Admits Strangling Ex-Girlfriend And Baby

A violent partner has admitted strangling his ex-girlfriend and her seven-month-old baby boy in their beds two days after the couple separated. Wesley Williams, appearing at Birmingham Crown Court, admitted the double-murder of Yvone Walsh, 25, and...

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Police Woman Jailed For 'Burying' Rape Claim

A policewoman lied to an alleged rape victim by telling her that prosecution lawyers were unwilling to pursue her case. PC Hannah Notley told the alleged victim, as well as her superiors, that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had decided not to pursue...

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Norfolk Yachtsman Braves Surge To Save Boat

By Tom Parmenter, News Correspondent While people retreated to their homes or evacuation centres one man rode out the biggest storm surge in a generation aboard his 26-foot sailing boat. Dave Jones, from Wells-next-the-Sea, was moored up in the...

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Taser Used On Devon Special School Boy

A teenage boy with complex learning difficulties has been Tasered by police in the grounds of a special school. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Chelfham Senior School near Plymouth after reports of an alleged assault on a teacher. The force...

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World Cup 2014: England's Opponents Revealed

England have been drawn to play against Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The draw means England's first game, against Italy on June 14, will kick off at 2am UK time in the city of Manaus, in the Amazon region. They...

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Former Priest Questioned In Child Sex Probe

A retired Catholic priest has been questioned by detectives over the alleged sexual abuse of three schoolgirls between 1980 and 2000. Canon Mortimer Stanley, 82, has been interviewed under caution by Greater Manchester Police following complaints from...

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Glasgow Helicopter Crash Pilot's Funeral Held

By David Blevins, Sky News Correspondent The funeral has taken place of the pilot killed when his helicopter crashed onto a Glasgow bar last weekend. Captain David Traill was one of nine people who died when the aircraft crashed on to the roof...

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