Young Drivers 'Face Passenger Restrictions'

By Richard Suchet, Sky News Reporter Young drivers could be banned from carrying passengers who are not members of their own family in a bid to cut the number of deaths on the roads. More than 1,500 17 to 24-year-olds in the UK were killed or seriously...

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Electoral Commission To Probe Police Vote

Low Turnout For Police Commissioner Polls Updated: 7:33pm UK, Friday 16 November 2012 Dire turnouts have threatened to undermine the first ever police and crime commissioner elections, with as few as 10% of voters casting their ballots in some areas....

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Green Deal Cashback Scheme 'In Tatters'

Not a single household has yet signed up for a flagship coalition energy efficiency scheme despite a £1,000 cashback offer ministers said would get it off to a "flying start". Green Deal is designed to help homeowners make energy saving home improvements...

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Comet Closing Down Sales As 41 Stores To Shut

The stricken retail chain Comet will close 41 stores by the end of the month unless a buyer can be found, administrators have confirmed. Redundancies were "inevitable" although administrators Deloitte said they would look to place staff from closing...

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Meningitis B Vaccine Set To Be Approved

A lifesaving meningitis B vaccine is set to be licensed for use in the UK in a move that could save thousands of lives. The disease, which is the most common and deadliest form of meningitis in the country, affects some 1,870 people each year, many...

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Fuel Prices: AA Demands Action For Motorists

The AA has accused ministers of failing drivers and businesses by not clamping down on what is sees as unfair fuel prices. The motoring group says while average unleaded prices have gone down from 138.95p a litre in mid-October to 135.08p - with diesel...

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Demoted Christian Wins Facebook Post Ruling

A Christian man demoted for posting his opposition to gay marriage on Facebook has won his breach of contract action against his employers. Adrian Smith lost his managerial position, had his salary cut by 40%, and was given a final written warning by...

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Ashdown: Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan Now

British forces must withdraw from Afghanistan as quickly as possible before any more troops are killed, Liberal Democrat former leader Lord Ashdown has said. In a damning assessment of the campaign in Afghanistan, he said allied forces had failed to...

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Paedophile Warwick Spinks Traced By Ceops

A paedophile who had been on the run for 15 years has been found in the Czech Republic. Warwick Spinks was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Thursday after he was tracked down by officers from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop)....

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Dave Lee Travis Arrest: DJ Denies Wrongdoing

DJ Dave Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims. Speaking outside his home near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, the 67-year-old protested his innocence and said he did not want...

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Lord McAlpine: Twitter Users Face Action

The former Tory wrongly linked to a child sex abuse scandal because of a botched Newsnight investigation is poised to reach a settlement with the BBC. Lord McAlpine's lawyers are in talks with the corporation and have indicated they could agree terms...

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ITV And Newsnight Investigated By Ofcom

Ofcom's Letter To MP Rob Wilson Updated: 12:23pm UK, Thursday 15 November 2012 Here is media watchdog Ofcom's full letter to MP Rob Wilson, who complained about Newsnight and ITV. 15 November 2012 Dear Mr Wilson, Newsnight, BBC2, 2 November 2012...

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Reward Of £10k Offered After Deadly House Fire

A reward of up to £10,000 is being offered to help catch whoever was responsible for a house fire which killed six members of the same family. Essex Police recently said they suspect there was a burglary at the house shortly before the blaze. Sabah...

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Dave Lee Travis 'Arrested By Savile Police'

Former DJ Dave Lee Travis has been arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, Sky sources say. The one time Radio One star and former presenter of Top Of The Pops, is reportedly being questioned on suspicion of sexual offences....

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Inbetweeners Actress Sent Twitter Death Threat

Inbetweeners actress Emily Atack has been sent death threats by a Twitter user. Atack, who played Charlotte Hinchcliffe in the E4 show, contacted the police after receiving a number of threatening tweets from a user calling themself Jeff Jones. A message...

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Energy Firm SSE Defends 38% Profits Rise

The energy firm SSE has defended a 38% rise in half year profits at a time when its gas and electricity bills are rising by 9% on average. The company, formerly known as Scottish & Southern Energy, made an adjusted profit before tax of £397.5m in...

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Woman 'Refused' Abortion In Ireland Dies

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent Investigations have been launched after a pregnant woman died in hospital in Ireland after allegedly being refused an abortion. Savita Halappanavar, 31, suffered a miscarriage and septicaemia. Her husband...

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April Jones: Police Stop Searching River

Police looking for missing five-year-old April Jones have switched the focus of their search to a forest, the police officer in charge of the operation has said. Superintendent Ian John, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said officers had stopped combing the river,...

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Baby Died After 'Serious Failures' At Hospital

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands Correspondent A baby died at Birmingham Children's Hospital after "serious failures", a coroner has ruled. Hayley Fullerton suffered heart failure following corrective surgery in November 2009, one month after her first birthday....

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Club Drugs: Health Warning As Use Increases

By Niall Paterson, Sky News Correspondent The number of people seeking treatment for their use of so-called "club drugs" is on the rise, according to new research. The report, "Club Drugs – Emerging Trends And Risks", from the National Treatment...

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Prince Charles Myths Denied By Clarence House

Claims Prince Charles has seven boiled eggs cooked for his breakfast but only eats one have been dismissed by Clarence House as part of a new royal myth-busting mission. The anecdote was first written about by Jeremy Paxman, the Newsnight presenter,...

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Abu Qatada Freed After Winning Appeal

Terror suspect Abu Qatada has been released on bail after winning his latest appeal to avoid extradition to Jordan. The radical cleric smiled as he was driven from Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire and returned to his family home in north west London....

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Ex-Bishop Held Over Child Sex Abuse Claims

A retired Church of England bishop is among two clergymen arrested over historic allegations of child sex abuse. Peter Ball, 80, was held at his home near Langport, Somerset, on suspicion of eight sex offences against eight boys and young men aged...

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Submariner Admits Official Secrets Act Breach

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Reporter A former Royal Navy submariner has admitted collecting secret coding programmes that could be useful to an enemy of the UK. Petty officer Edward Devenney, from Northern Ireland, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey...

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Margaret Moran Found To Have Fiddled Expenses

A Political Career In Tatters Updated: 2:02pm UK, Tuesday 13 November 2012 Margaret Moran's expenses claims were some of the most notorious of the Westminster scandal and shattered her political career. It was all a far cry from her promising start...

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Prison Officer Murder: 'IRA' Group Claims Attack

A group of militant Irish nationalists has said it was responsible for the murder of a Northern Irish prison officer as he drove to work earlier this month. The Belfast-based Irish News newspaper said it had a received a statement from a coalition of...

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Burning Poppy Photo: Man Faces Questioning

A man is to be questioned by police after an image of a burning poppy was posted on Facebook on Remembrance Sunday. Kent Police said the 19-year-old, from Canterbury, was detained last night on suspicion of making malicious telecommunications and is...

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Karen Otmani Jailed Over Body In Wheelie Bin

A woman who killed her lover and hid his body in a wheelie bin in her bedroom for 11 days has been jailed for life. Mother-of-two Karen Otmani, 42, was told she would have to serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars after being found guilty of murdering...

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Coach Fall: Woman Hurt On M42 Motorway

A woman has suffered a serious head injury after falling from a coach travelling on the M42 motorway in the West Midlands. The victim, in her 20s, is believed to have fallen from the vehicle's emergency exit near the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham....

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Qatada Given Bail After Winning Latest Appeal

Abu Qatada is to be freed after winning his latest appeal against extradition, in a major blow to Home Secretary Theresa May. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) decided the radical cleric could not have a fair trial in Jordan because...

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Victoria Cross Charity Role For George, 12

Bereaved Mum's Journey Of Despair Updated: 9:44am UK, Sunday 11 November 2012 By Lucy Cotter and Richard Suchet For the families of those killed in war, Remembrance Sunday can be a day of profound grief. While the nation - and the Commonwealth...

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Missing Girl: Man Hands Himself In To Police

A 22-year-old man wanted in connection with the suspected murder of a teenager has handed himself in to police. Hertfordshire Police said Jack Wall was arrested by officers investigating the disappearance of Amelia Arnold, who was last seen on Wednesday....

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Remembrance Sunday: Tributes To The Fallen

Two minutes' silence have been held to remember those who have fallen in battle. Marked by the first stroke of Big Ben at 11am and the firing of a gun from Horse Guards Parade by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, the silence at the Cenotaph in...

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Remembrance Sunday: Tribute To Helmand Soldier

By Lucy Cotter and Richard Suchet For the families of those killed in war, Remembrance Sunday can be a day of profound grief. While the nation - and the Commonwealth - expresses its gratitude to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, the bereaved...

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Man Bailed By Jimmy Savile Inquiry Police

A man in his 70s arrested in connection with the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation has been released on bail. The suspect was held as part of Operation Yewtree - an inquiry into alleged child sexual exploitation by Savile and others. Police said...

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Man Bailed By Jimmy Savile Inquiry Police

A man in his 70s arrested in connection with the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation has been released on bail. The suspect was held as part of Operation Yewtree - an inquiry into alleged child sexual exploitation by Savile and others. Police said...

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Victoria Cross Charity Role For George, 12

Bereaved Mum's Journey Of Despair Updated: 9:44am UK, Sunday 11 November 2012 By Lucy Cotter and Richard Suchet For the families of those killed in war, Remembrance Sunday can be a day of profound grief. While the nation - and the Commonwealth...

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