Smokers Who Quit 'Live Up To A Decade Longer'

By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent The largest ever study of the hazards of smoking amongst women has revealed that those who give up by middle age can extend their lives by more than a decade. The research, published in the medical journal...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

CCTV Clue In Hunt For Fugitive 'Sex Attacker'

Police hunting for a fugitive who is believed to have sexually attacked two schoolgirls while on the run have released CCTV pictures. Ivan Leach, also known as Lee Cyrus, did not return from day release from North Sea Camp open prison in Boston, Lincolnshire,...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Victory For Man Who Took Cold Caller To Court

A businessman plagued by nuisance phone calls offering compensation for Payment Protection Insurance has secured £220 in an out-of-court settlement. Richard Herman, 53, was so fed up with the unwanted calls arriving from India, he decided to take matters...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Trains Cancelled Due To Driver Shortage

By Adele Robinson, Midlands Correspondent A train company has cancelled more than 100 services due to a shortage of train drivers, causing anger among commuters. London Midland cancelled 60 services and partially cancelled 40 others on Saturday,...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Anti-Tank Mines Stolen From Freight Train

Police are searching for a Ministry of Defence shipment of munitions stolen from a goods train in Warrington. Sky sources understand they are powerful anti-tank mines. Ten packages, each containing four separate plastic cases, were taken from the train...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

EDF To Raise Gas And Electricity Prices

Energy giant EDF is to increase prices for householders by an average of 10.8%. The rise, gas and electricity, around four times the rate of inflation, is set to be implemented on December 7. EDF, which has 3.1 million customers and 5.5 million accounts...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Malala Dad: My Daughter Will Rise Again

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands Correspondent The schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan will "rise again", her father has said. Fifteen-year-old Malala Yusufzai was reunited with her father Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai and two brothers...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Twitter Map Shows London's Top 10 Languages

By Lulu Sinclair, Sky News Online London 2012 is now famous for something else as well as the Olympic Games - the languages spoken via the Twittersphere. A heat map of languages used during the summer reveals the top 10 languages used in London...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Tearful 'Rogue Trader' Tells Of UBS Losses

A trader accused of Britain's biggest fraud was allegedly trying to cover millions of pounds worth of losses incurred during the financial crisis for the bank he called his "family", a court has heard. Kweku Adoboli, 32, is accused of gambling away...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Hannah MacLeod's Olympic Medal Returned

Hockey player Hannah Macleod has had her missing Olympic bronze medal returned. Scotland Yard said it been posted anonymously to the England Hockey head office in Buckinghamshire. Bronze medals belonging to Macleod and rower Alex Partridge were allegedly...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Wales House Fire: Appeal For Mobile Footage

Mobile phone footage of a house fire that killed four members of the same family is being sought by detectives investigating the deaths. The blaze in North Wales last Friday killed Steve Allen's four-year-old son Bailey, daughter Skye, two, sister Lee-Anna...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Bomb Hero Dog Theo Given Posthumous Award

An Army explosives sniffer dog who died hours after his handler was killed in Afghanistan has been given a posthumous award. Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, 26, was shot by insurgents on March 1 last year while on patrol in Helmand Province with his dog...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Man Held Over Olympic Bronze Medal Theft

A man has been arrested by police investigating the alleged theft of two Olympic bronze medals from a Mayfair nightclub. Medals belonging to rower Alex Partridge and hockey team member Hannah Macleod were apparently stolen hours after attending...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Police Reveal Scale Of Savile's Alleged Abuse

Police have described Jimmy Savile as one of the most prolific sex attackers ever and are dealing with around 300 alleged victims. Commander Peter Spindler said officers are following more than 400 lines of inquiry linked to the victims, of whom all...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ford Confirms 1,400 Job Losses In The UK

Ford confirms it will make 1,400 employees redundant in the UK following the closure of two British factories. The US company's Southampton plant in Swaythling, which has made Transit vans since 1972, will close next summer with a loss of more than...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Equal Pay: Women Win Landmark Ruling

Women who earned less than men on the same pay grade when they worked for a local authority have won a battle for equal pay compensation at the UK's highest court. The Supreme Court said more than 170 former Birmingham City Council employees could launch...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Savile: Police Files From 2009 To Be Reviewed

Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer is to review legal papers relating to abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile, David Cameron has said. The Prime Minister said it was essential that lessons were learned from the scandal of Savile's decades...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Hillsborough Police Chief Bettison Quits

Sir Norman Bettison has resigned as Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, after being accused of a cover-up over the Hillsborough disaster. The 56-year-old had been due to retire next March, but had been called upon to step down with immediate effect...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Sky Sources: Ford To Close Southampton Plant

Ford is planning to close its Southampton factory as part of its restructuring in Europe, according to Sky sources. The announcement is expected on Thursday, when Ford's chief executive Alan Mulally is due to hold a business briefing call, and...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Child Benefit: New Partners May Lose Out

By Sophy Ridge, Political Correspondent New partners of divorced parents will lose part of their salary if they earn more than £50,000 under changes to child benefits, according to accountants. The anomaly will affect people even if the children...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

April Jones: Clock Tower Lit Three Weeks On

The clock tower in missing April Jones' home town has been lit up pink, exactly three weeks since the youngster disappeared. The 24m-tall landmark in Machynlleth, mid-Wales, was illuminated last night at 7pm, the time five-year-old April went missing...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Charles And Camilla's Tour Details Revealed

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be treated to a barbecue in the outback, an afternoon on Bondi beach and a tour of a special effects workshop used in the making of The Hobbit movie when...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ben Needham Search: Children's Toys Found

By Mike McCarthy, Sky News Correspondent, in Kos Police have discovered parts of toys that Ben Needham may have been playing with on the Greek island of Kos before he went missing. The samples were found by archaeologists supporting a team of investigators...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Badger Cull Pilot Delayed Until Next Summer

Badger Cull: Cases For And Against Updated: 3:35pm UK, Tuesday 23 October 2012 By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent The badger cull has been delayed by a simple counting exercise that went badly wrong. Just days before the cull was...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Battle Of Britain Hero William Walker Dies

William Walker: An Obituary Updated: 3:32pm UK, Tuesday 23 October 2012 By Chloe Culpan, Sky News Online Flight Lieutenant William Walker, who was the oldest surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain and a published poet, has died peacefully,...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Frankie Boyle Wins £54,650 Libel Case

Frankie Boyle has won £54,650 in damages after a High Court jury concluded that he had been libelled by the Daily Mirror. Boyle, aged 40, from Glasgow, claimed that the Daily Mirror defamed him by describing him as racist and saying he had been...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Palace To Pay Queen's Maid £14,000-A-Year

A maid who will run baths and make beds at Buckingham Palace and help the Queen's guests get dressed will be paid just £273 a week. The palace is advertising for a housekeeping assistant, who will work 40 hours a week and be responsible for keeping...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Terror Suspects 'Planned Eight Suicide Bombs'

Three terrorist plotters led a plan to set off eight suicide bombs which could have been bigger than the July 7 London attacks, a court has heard. Irfan Naseer, 31, and Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, both 27, are accused of being "central figures" in the...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ben Needham's Mother Makes Emotional Plea

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent The mother of Ben Needham has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her son who went missing 21 years ago on the Greek island of Kos. Shaking uncontrollably, Kerry Needham said she was overwhelmed...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Goalkeeper Assault: Man Jailed For 16 Weeks

A football fan has been jailed for four months after he admitted assaulting Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland. Aaron Cawley, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, also pleaded guilty to invading the pitch during the Championship match against...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Bristol Bridge Plunge: Man Charged Over Death

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a mother-of-one was killed when a car containing five people plummeted into a river. Police said a 33-year-old from Bristol had been charged in relation to the incident and is...

00.35 | 0 komentar | Read More

Kirkland Attack: Man Held After Goalkeeper Hit

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was hit in the face during a Championship game against Leeds. A statement from Gloucestershire Police said the man was arrested in Cheltenham...

00.35 | 0 komentar | Read More

Man Charged With Murdering Darlington Woman

A 61-year-old man has been charged with murdering a great-grandmother who was stabbed to death in her flat. Pamela Glen, also known as Turner, 61, was attacked at the flat where she lived alone in Darlington on Friday night. Neighbours came to help...

00.35 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ben Needham: Police Believe He Can Be Found

British police officers have told Sky News that if missing toddler Ben Needham is buried on a site being searched on a Greek island they are confident of finding him. The officer leading the British side of the inquiry says the police service would...

00.34 | 0 komentar | Read More

Tributes To Great-Grandmother Stabbed In Flat

The family of a 61-year-old great-grandmother who was stabbed to death in her flat have paid tribute to her. Pamela Glen, also known as Turner, was stabbed on Friday night at her council flat in Springhill, Darlington, where she lived alone. Neighbours...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Cardiff Hit-And Run: Dad Saw Van Target Child

A father has described the terrifying moment his young family were struck by a van in Cardiff. Adam Lewis' two-year-old daughter Amelia-May was catapulted from her pram during a 30-minute hit-and-run rampage across the Welsh capital. Luckily, she escaped...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Arrest Over Goalkeeper Assault During Match

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in Cheltenham over an incident during the Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds match on Friday. A statement from Gloucestershire Police said the man was arrested shortly before 1pm on Sunday on suspicion of assault during...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Bristol Bridge Plunge: Man Charged Over Death

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a mother-of-one was killed when a car containing five people plummeted into a river. Police said a 33-year-old from Bristol had been charged in relation to the incident and is...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ben Needham: Police Believe He Can Be Found

British police officers have told Sky News that if missing toddler Ben Needham is buried on a site being searched on a Greek island they are confident of finding him. The officer leading the British side of the inquiry says the police service would...

22.11 | 0 komentar | Read More