Kids Given Lessons On Dangers Of Social Media

By Emma Birchley, Sky News East of England Correspondent The danger of posting personal information online is being taught to children as part of a pilot project to keep them safe from criminals. Pupils at a primary school in Shropshire and a high...

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Car Park Dug Up Around Marooned Mercedes

Workers were forced to resurface a car park around a stranded vehicle after its owner decided to move barriers to park there. The area was blocked off by diggers at Edinburgh Waverley railway station, but when they turned up the next day, they found...

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Halal Prison Food Found To Contain Pork DNA

A company which supplies Halal meat to prisons has had its contract suspended after traces of pork DNA were found in pies and pasties. The Ministry of Justice said it had withdrawn the products immediately, while justice minister Jeremy Wright said...

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RBS Told To Pay Libor Fine From Bonus Pot

Chancellor George Osborne wants any fine paid by the Royal Bank of Scotland over the Libor scandal to come out of its bankers' bonuses. RBS, which is majority-owned by the taxpayer, is expected to agree a fine of £400-500m next week with US and British...

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Blackpool Burning Body: Teen Stabbed To Death

A 16-year-old girl whose body was found burning in an alley was stabbed to death, a post-mortem examination has found. Sasha Marsden's body was set on fire after she had died from stab wounds to the head and face, police said. Police cordoned off the...

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999 Calls Tweeted By West Midlands Police

Police will today be live tweeting details of 999 calls made by the public - after a barrage of bizarre requests to the emergency line. West Midlands Police is staging a 24-hour tweetathon to show the array of calls it receives - from the life-threatening...

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Seabird 'Pollution' Substance May Be Palm Oil

A mysterious sticky substance covering more than 100 birds which washed up on the coast of southern England could be palm oil dumped in the sea. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) was called in on Thursday after the troubled guillemots,...

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Detective Jailed For Trying To Leak To NOTW

A senior police officer has been jailed for 15 months for trying to sell information to the News Of The World. Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, 53, was found guilty last month of misconduct in public office for offering the newspaper confidential...

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Taxi! Chinese Firm Saves British Icon

A Chinese company has rescued the maker of Britain's iconic black taxi and intends to sell them around the world. Privately-owned Chinese carmaker Geely has bought Coventry-based Manganese Bronze in a deal worth £11m. Geely previously owned a 20% stake...

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Car Thieves Dump Children By Birmingham Road

Police in Birmingham are searching for two car thieves who drove off with two young children still strapped into the back of the vehicle. The 23-year-old mother of the children was pulled from behind the wheel of her white Vauxhall Astra in Erdington...

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Alps Drowning: Teenager Dies In Pool Accident

A British teenager has drowned in a swmming pool after a night out in a French ski resort. Lucy Sallis became trapped under a pool cover after jumping into the water in Alpe d'Huez, according to reports. The 19-year-old from Bognor Regis, West Sussex...

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Whale Vomit Found on Dog Walk Worth £100,000

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent A man whose dog found a lump of rare and valuable whale sick on a beach is expecting to be able to sell it for more than £100,000. Ken Wilman, 50, was out walking on Morecambe beach when his dog...

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Mark Duggan: Man Guilty Of Supplying Gun

A man has been found guilty of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose fatal shooting by police sparked the London riots. Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, 30, was convicted at the Old Bailey of passing the firearm to Mr Duggan after a retrial. The court heard...

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Ex-EastEnder Dean Gaffney Hurt In Car Crash

Former EastEnders actor Dean Gaffney is being treated in hospital for serious head injuries he suffered in a car crash. The 34-year-old actor, who played Robbie Jackson in the BBC soap for 10 years, was hurt when his car hit the central reservation...

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HMV Staff Use Twitter To Reveal Redundancies

HMV staff have used the company's Twitter account to reveal workers at the head office and other non-shop staff are being fired. The staff used the social media service to inform followers that 190 employees were being made redundant. Joint administrators...

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Tax Deadline: 1.8m Still To File Returns

By Pete Norman, Sky News Online Nearly two million people have still to file their self-assessment tax returns before tomorrow's deadline, Sky News has learned. Although a total of 8.8 million returns have so far been filed, a further 1.8 million...

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Jeremy Kyle Cancer Battle: Host 'On The Mend'

TV chat show host Jeremy Kyle is recuperating abroad after being treated for testicular cancer. He is understood to have had chemotherapy following the discovery of a growth late last year. The 47-year-old presenter has taken a break from recording...

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Motorist In Court Over Tandem Couple's Deaths

A motorist has appeared in court accused of killing a couple who were knocked off their tandem bike in an alleged hit-and-run. Nicholas Lovell, 38, was remanded in custody at North Avon Magistrates' Court in Yate, south Gloucestershire, charged with...

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Tragic London Marathon Runner Used Stimulant

By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent A young woman who died in the London Marathon was using a stimulant which has since been banned, an inquest has heard. After Claire Squires, 30, collapsed and died in the run last April, a public outpouring...

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Cumbria Votes Against Nuclear Waste Site

Cumbria County Council has voted against proceeding with plans to build an underground nuclear waste dump. Council leaders rejected a move to the next stage of studying a possible suitable site by seven votes to three. There were huge cheers from environmental...

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Belcuore Knee Death: Compensation For Widow

The widow of a man who died during a botched knee operation more than three years ago has been awarded an undisclosed amount by a High Court judge. Luigi Belcuore, known as Louis to his friends, agreed to take part in a clinical trial testing new techniques...

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Pimlico Stabbing: Teen Was On Gang 'Periphery'

A teenager who died after being stabbed in the street has been described as a "timid young man" who was on the "periphery" of a gang. Hani Abou El Kheir, 16, was set upon on the edge of Pimlico by a gang reported to have been wielding swords and knives....

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Bali Drugs Case: Briton Julian Ponder Jailed

A British man has been jailed for six years and fined the equivalent of £65,000 after being convicted of cocaine possession in Bali. Julian Ponder, 43, from Brighton, was cleared of drug trafficking but found guilty of the lesser offence of possession....

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Genetic Map Gives Hope On Cancer Treatment

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent Every cancer patient could soon have a genetic profile made of their tumour so they can be treated with new smart drugs that can dramatically improve their survival. Scientists at the Institute...

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Childcare Plans: Nursery Ratios To Be Relaxed

By Gamal Fahnbulleh, Sky News Reporter Nurseries and childminders will be allowed to look after more children under Government plans to help parents battling soaring fees. Staff will be able to take charge of six two-year-olds rather than four,...

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New British Citizenship Test - Take The Quiz

Changes to the Life in the UK citizenship test, which must be taken by all migrants wanting to settle permanently in Britain, have been unveiled. The Home Office said the revised exam, which is being introduced in March, will focus less on the practicalities...

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'Hit-And-Run' Deaths: Tandem Cyclists Named

The car involved in an alleged hit-and-run crash that killed a husband and wife on a tandem bicycle was being followed by police, it has emerged. The couple, who died at the scene of the collision in Bristol, have been named as 34-year-old Ross Matthews...

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Pimlico Fatal Stabbing: Teenager Named

A teenager, who died after being stabbed in Pimlico, central London, has been named as Hani Abou El-Kheir. Officers were called to Lupus Street at 6.50pm on Sunday where they found a 16-year-old who had been stabbed. Witnesses heard him screaming for...

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Baby Rescue: Nurse Revived Harbour Fall Boy

A woman who gave CPR to a six-month-old baby after he had been rescued following a fall into freezing waters says she had never done it before. The boy, Sam Cooper Stevens, was rescued from the water by a dockmaster and then revived by Tanya Allen,...

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Nicole Falkingham: Businessman's Wife Found Dead

The wife of a prominent North West businessman has been found dead in a car. The body of Nicole Falkingham, whose husband Jonathan Falkingham is the chief executive of property developer Urban Splash, was discovered on Friday, police confirmed. The...

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Childcare Better In Wealthy Areas, Report Says

By Siobhan Robbins, Sky Reporter Children from wealthier areas receive a better standard of childcare, according to a new report. Research by Policy Exchange showed Ofsted judged 79% of childminders in the richest parts of England as good or outstanding,...

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Melting Snow And Downpours Cause Flooding

Heavy rains combined with thawing snow are bringing flooding problems to many parts of Britain. Large parts of the UK are on flood alert and the Met Office is warning people to be prepared for potential travel disruption. The Environment Agency (EA)...

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Globetrotting Record: Briton Visits Every Nation

By Jay Singh-Sohal, Sky News Producer An adventurer from Liverpool is just one step away from entering the Guinness Book of Records for visiting every country in the world without flying. Graham Hughes, 33, began the challenge to visit all 193...

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Payday Loan Sites' Dirty Tricks To Boost Traffic

By Jason Farrell, Sky Correspondent A Sky News investigation has found that some payday loan brokers have benefitted from hacking into websites to divert the history and status of a legitimate business to their domain. This increases their ranking...

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Starbucks Plays Down 'Threats' Over Tax Row

Starbucks is distancing itself from reports that it threatened to pull millions of pounds of investment out of the UK because of "cheap shots" from the Prime Minister over tax. The company's UK managing director Kris Engskov demanded talks after David...

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Flood Fears As Snow Melts And Rain Moves In

Heavy rains combined with milder temperatures which are thawing the snow that has blanketed much of Britain have sparked fears of flooding across the country. Large parts of the UK are on alert for flooding, and the Met Office is warning people to be...

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