Ash Dieback Threat May Be Worse Than Feared

A deadly fungal disease that threatens to devastate the UK's native ash trees has been discovered in six new counties. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the chalara fraxinea fungus, which causes leaf loss and crown dieback...

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Legal Highs: 43 Deaths Linked To Drugs

More than 40 deaths have been linked to a group of now-banned legal highs in 2010 - eight times as many as in the previous year. The biggest increase related to meow meow, which caused five deaths in 2009 and 29 the following year, the National Programme...

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White Cliffs Of Dover Safe For The Nation

An appeal to safeguard one of England's most treasured natural landmarks has reached its target almost two months earlier than expected. The purchase of the 0.8 miles of land between Dover and South Foreland Lighthouse will fill in the missing link...

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Sellafield Nuclear Waste Storage Warning

Hazardous waste being stored in run-down buildings at Sellafield nuclear plant is posing "intolerable risks to people and the environment", a watchdog has warned. For more than 50 years, the owners of the Cumbrian nuclear power station have failed to...

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Man Arrested Over David Black Murder

Police investigating the murder of prison officer David Black have arrested a 46-year-old man. The married father-of-two was gunned down in a high-speed motorway ambush as he drove to work at Maghaberry prison in Co Antrim. A Police Service of Northern...

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Bus And Tube Fares To Rise Above Inflation

London mayor Boris Johnson was today accused of trying to bury bad news as he confirmed above-inflation increases in tube and bus fares. He announced a 4.2% average increase from January 2 2013 - and said the figure would have been higher had he not...

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EU Budget: PM Defiant Over Planned Increase

David Cameron has attacked a "ludicrous" rise in the European Union budget ahead of showdown talks with Angela Merkel. The Prime Minister will meet the German Chancellor at Downing Street - less than three weeks before a crunch summit to determine the...

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April Jones: Man Sentenced For Facebook Posts

An 18-year-old man has been given a six-week suspended sentence for making offensive comments on Facebook about missing girl April Jones. Sam Busby, a sales adviser from Worcester, was arrested by police after posting grossly offensive sexual remarks...

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DC Adele Cashman Death: Two Charged With Theft

Two teenagers have been charged with theft after a female detective chasing suspects collapsed and died. The 17-year-old boys will appear at Highbury Corner Youth Court on November 14 accused of snatching a mobile phone from a 59-year-old woman in Haverstock...

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Family In Favour Of Savile Exhumation

A nephew of Jimmy Savile has told Sky News that he supports calls to have his uncle's body exhumed from Scarborough cemetery. Guy Marsden, son of Jimmy's sister Marjorie, says he believes other members of the family would agree that he should be moved...

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