World Cup: England 'Well Prepared' For Opener

World Cup: 11 Players You Need To Watch Updated: 3:39pm UK, Thursday 12 June 2014 By Nick Powell, Sports Editor Like the Grand National, the World Cup has become a great participation event in offices, clubs and schools. Join the sweep, pick...

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Retailers Set Goals On World Cup Success

By Emma Birchley, Sky News Correspondent England fans are not the only ones hoping the players can find the back of the net as their World Cup campaign finally gets under way. Retailers too are banking on success. The Centre for Retail Research...

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Great North Swim Challenger Dies Taking Part

A 52-year-old man has died after taking part in the Great North Swim in Windermere. He was taken to hospital by air ambulance because of a "medical emergency", Cumbria police said. Officers attending the event were alerted to the incident on Friday...

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Queen's Birthday Honours: Stephen Sutton's MBE

By Rhiannon Mills, Sky News Reporter Stephen Sutton, the teenage cancer sufferer who raised more than £4m for charity, has been honoured with an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Stephen, who was 19 when he died last month, had been...

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Delays In Cancer Tests May Put Lives At Risk

Cancer patients' chances of survival could be put at risk by growing delays in the NHS carrying out tests that can diagnose the disease, experts have warned. The number of patients in England waiting longer than the recommended six weeks for investigations...

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Robber Is One Of 89 On Run From Same Prison

A convict on the run from an open prison is one of nearly 90 currently at large from the same jail. Police have warned that David Blood, who absconded from Ford Prison in West Sussex on Thursday, may pose "a threat to the public". The 48-year-old is...

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Passport Surge: Theresa May Warned A Year Ago

Theresa May was warned a year ago the closure of overseas passport offices would lead to 350,000 extra applications, it has emerged. It comes as a huge surge of requests for passports was blamed for a significant backlog, prompting the Home Secretary...

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Twenty-Three Treated In Salmonella Outbreak

More than 20 people at a hospital in the West Midlands have been struck down by an "unusual" salmonella outbreak. Health officials have expressed concern at how it has been spreading and are investigating the cause. They said there were usually two...

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Daughter 'Lost It' And Shot Mum 'After Taunts'

A woman has told her trial she "lost it" and shot her mother who had claimed to have had a sexual relationship with the daughter's husband. Susan and Christopher Edwards are accused of murdering Patricia and William Wycherley in 1998, burying them in...

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Barefoot Boy To Be Reunited With Family

A three-year-old boy who was found alone and barefoot in a Birmingham street is to be reunited with his family. Police made an appeal on Friday morning to trace his parents and about an hour later the child's "distressed" father contacted police to...

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Workers Threatened Over Passport Pile-Up Leak

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent Workers have been threatened with disciplinary action over leaked photographs that revealed the scale of the backlog at the Passport Office. The images, which showed documents piling up in a meeting room...

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Man, 86, Held Over Death Of 70-Year-Old Woman

An 86-year-old man is due to appear in court following the death of a 70-year-old woman in her home in Scotland. The body of Francine Clark was found at about 10.30am on Wednesday at her house in Fintry Gardens in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire. Following...

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Mourning Mum In Call To Legalise Drugs

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent A single mother who lost her only child after she took MDMA is calling for drugs to be legalised and regulated. Martha Fernback was just 15 when she died after swallowing half a gram of the powder - better known...

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Urgent Passport Cases 'Fast-Tracked For Free'

Passport Service Cuts Hit Expat Applications Updated: 12:14pm UK, Wednesday 11 June 2014 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent The backlog and workload problems at the passport office are causing frustration and anger - not just for people based in...

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Rik Mayall Died Of Heart 'Event' After Run

Comic Rik Mayall suffered "an acute cardiac event" after returning from a morning run, his wife has said. The actor, 56, who died at his home in Barnes, southwest London, on Monday, was best known for the TV shows The Young Ones and Bottom, in which...

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Madeleine McCann Police Search A Third Site

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 7:29am UK, Wednesday 11 June 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Passport Pile-Up: PM Says Backlog Is 30,000

David Cameron has admitted around 30,000 passport applications have been delayed - after the Government earlier denied a backlog. The Prime Minister told the House of Commons there had been 300,000 more applications than normal at this time of year...

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Passport Service Cuts Hit Expat Applications

The backlog and workload problems at the passport office are causing frustration and anger - not just for people based in the UK, but for Britons living all around the world. Until a few years ago, British citizens living abroad could simply wander...

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Madeleine McCann: Site Was Identified In 2007

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 7:29am UK, Wednesday 11 June 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Black Cab Demo Causes Central London 'Gridlock'

Parts of central London are currently gridlocked after thousands of black cab drivers took industrial action at Trafalgar Square. Up to 12,000 black cabs have headed to the centre of the capital with the intent to cause traffic chaos. Helicopter footage...

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Cameron Sets Out 'British Values' For Schools

'Trojan Horse': Full Statement Updated: 10:45am UK, Monday 09 June 2014 The full statement from Park View Educational Trust on a damning Ofsted inspection of its schools as part of the checks sparked by alleged Islamist infiltration plot. "On behalf...

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Madeleine McCann: New Search 'Will Be Useful'

By Tom Parmenter, Sky Correspondent, in Praia da Luz The renewed searches in Praia da Luz will be "useful" in understanding what happened to Madeleine McCann, a former Portuguese attorney general has told Sky News. Pinto Monteiro, who was in post...

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Rik Mayall: Comedian 'May Have Died After Fit'

Stars Mourn 'Funniest Man Of Generation' Updated: 8:00am UK, Tuesday 10 June 2014 Comedian Adrian Edmondson has led tributes to his long-time friend and collaborator Rik Mayall, who has died aged 56. The pair worked together on hit shows such as The...

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Rolf Harris 'Used Fame To Mesmerise Women'

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter, at Southwark Crown Court Entertainer Rolf Harris "mesmerised" his victims with his fame and talent before sexually assaulting them, a jury has heard. Harris, 84, who is facing 12 counts of indecent assault, was...

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America's Cup: Kate Helps Sir Ben Launch UK Bid

The Duchess of Cambridge has joined Sir Ben Ainslie as he launched Britain's bid to win the America's Cup. Kate could not conceal her passion for sailing as she eyed the trophy admiringly during the launch this lunchtime. Sir Ben, a four-time Olympic...

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'Trojan Horse' Pupils: School Is Too Extreme

Girls attending a school placed in special measures by Ofsted because of concerns over infiltration by Islamic extremists have told Sky News that Park View deserved to face action. The girls, who did not want to be identified, told Sky's Social Affairs...

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Scottish Independence 'A Leap Into The Unknown'

Backing Scottish independence would be a vote for "a leap into the unknown to a very uncertain destination", MP Alistair Darling has warned. The leader of the Better Together campaign, which has rebranded itself as the No Thanks campaign, urged campaigners...

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Ex-Tesco Boss Leahy 'Disappointed' At Decline

The former boss of Tesco has told Sky News he is "very disappointed" with the performance of Britain's biggest retailer. Speaking to Ian King Live, Sir Terry Leahy said: "As a shareholder I am very disappointed. I know the business will be disappointed...

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'Failures Were Made' At Birmingham Schools

Education Secretary Michael Gove says the Government will consult on new rules to require schools to "actively promote British values". Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Gove told MPs the findings of inspections by Ofsted into 21 Birmingham...

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