100,000 Sign Welsh Cancer Drugs Petition

By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent A 100,000-signature petition is being handed in to the Welsh Assembly calling for cancer patients in Wales to get the same treatment as those in England. Protesters will demand that a Cancer Drugs Fund be...

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Children's Mental Health Services A 'Disgrace'

Vulnerable young people are being put at risk because of "serious and deeply ingrained problems" in children's mental health services, MPs have warned. The Health Select Committee report said there are "major problems" accessing inpatient mental health...

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Twin Babies Die After 999 Crew Kept Out Of Flats

A woman is in a coma and her premature twin baby girls have died after paramedics were prevented from getting into a block of flats in Birmingham. Jocelyn Bennett, 27, was 32 weeks pregnant and dialled 999 after suffering severe stomach pains. A...

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Gaddafi Good For Britain, Says UKIP's Reckless

Muammar Gaddafi was good for immigration control - and helped contain the number of North Africans heading for Britain, UKIP's Mark Reckless has said. Mr Reckless said helping to remove the dictator from power had been one of David Cameron's biggest...

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Christmas Costs 'Falling' Amid Price War

A retail industry body has said Christmas shoppers look set to benefit this year as it charts falling shop prices, with food costs growing at their lowest level since at least 2006. The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) shop price index for October,...

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Flood Defences At Risk With Funding Squeeze

A lack of cash for flood defences is increasing the risk of serious problems in many areas if winter storms hit, a spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) says half of the country's flood defences - more than 1,300 schemes -...

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Bankrupt David James Auctions Off Shirts

Bankrupt former England goalkeeper David James is being forced to auction off more than 150 signed shirts, shorts and match balls. The 44-year-old was declared bankrupt despite earning around £20m during a football career that took in spells at Liverpool,...

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Funeral For 'All Round Legend' Jack Bruce

Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker have said goodbye to their former Cream bandmate Jack Bruce at a funeral full of music. The stars were among mourners, who also included Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera and Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, who paid tribute...

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M&S Profits Up But Warm Autumn Hits Clothing

M&S has reported a 2.3% rise in half-year profits, but said its troubled clothing division was hit by an unseasonably warm September. The retailer's latest results marked a 13th consecutive quarterly fall in underlying sales of general merchandise,...

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British Troops Going Back To Iraq For IS Fight

Britain is sending troops back to Iraq to help local forces in the battle against Islamic State militants, the Defence Secretary has confirmed. Michael Fallon said the UK was "stepping up" its military presence in the country, with its forces to offer...

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NHS Alcohol-Related Admissions Near '10 Million'

By Frazer Maude, North Of England Correspondent Almost 10 million people a year are receiving NHS treatment because of alcohol, according to new figures. The report compiled by Alcohol Concern shows the number and cost of treatments for illness and...

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Writer's POW Father Inspired Prize-Winning Book

Australian novelist Richard Flanagan has won the Man Booker Prize after drawing on his father's World War Two prisoner of war experience to write The Narrow Road To The Deep North. The book tells the story of Dorrigo Evans, a surgeon imprisoned in...

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Royal Hoax Radio DJ Seeks Work In The UK

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent One of the Australian DJs at the heart of the royal hoax phone call scandal has told a UK radio conference she would like to work on the airwaves in Britain. Mel Greig appeared at Radio Festival 2014 in...

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Police Bail Limit Review After Yewtree Arrests

The length of time suspects can be kept on police bail is to be reviewed after a number of celebrities were left waiting months to hear if they would be charged with sex offences. The Home Secretary announced the move in a speech at the College of...

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Jobless Total Back Below Two-Million Mark

The latest unemployment figures show the jobless total below the two-million mark for the first time since 2008. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said unemployment fell by 154,000 in the three months to August to 1.97 million, with the jobless...

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Sainsbury's Endures Backlash On Nectar Cuts

Sainsbury's customers have threatened to shop elsewhere after the supermarket chain confirmed it was planning cuts to its Nectar reward points. The company, which announced the changes in an email, said it was halving points to one per pound...

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Baby Death: Family Rebuked Over Dangerous Dog

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent A baby girl bled to death from head wounds after being attacked by the family dog, according to the provisional findings of a coroner. An inquest in Northampton into the death of six-month-old Molly-Mae Wotherspoon...

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Glastonbury In Native American Headdress Ruling

Traders at next year's Glastonbury Festival have been forbidden from selling Native American headdresses following an online petition. The headwear is often worn by revellers at summer festivals all over the world and has controversially become...

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Beginners' Luck For EuroMillions Builders

Six builders are celebrating winning more than £300,000 in a EuroMillions lottery draw as part of a syndicate that had entered for the first time. The men, who work in Glasgow and all live near each other in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, will each get...

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Lord Freud Accused Over Disabled Comments

Welfare minister Lord Freud was under pressure to resign after Labour leader Ed Miliband disclosed he claimed that disabled people were "not worth" the minimum wage. Welfare charities joined politicians in calling for the Conservative minister to...

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Ebola Outbreak: How Much Is Britain At Risk?

By Thomas Moore, Health And Science Correspondent As a Spanish nurse becomes the first person outside West Africa to be infected with ebola, here we answer some of your questions. Now the virus is in Europe, should I panic? No. The infection of...

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School Blocks Charity Worker Over Ebola Fears

A school visit by a charity worker in Greater Manchester has been cancelled because some parents were reportedly worried their children would be infected by ebola. Miriam Mason-Sesay and her nine-year-old son, Kofi - who was due to study at St Simon's...

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Rise In Child Abuse Linked To Witchcraft

Cases of ritual child abuse linked to beliefs in witchcraft are being reported to police in increasing numbers, it has been revealed. A total of 27 allegations have been made to Scotland Yard in the past year, including two claims of rape, a child...

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Terror Arrests May Have Foiled Major Plot

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in a series of raids, during which one suspect was Tasered. The men - all aged 20 or 21 - were detained by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command at addresses...

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EDF Go Ahead for Hinkley Point Nuclear Reactor

French energy giant EDF has been given approval to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in north Somerset, it has been confirmed. The new-build power station is part of a plan to replace 20% of Britain's ageing nuclear power infrastructure....

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Clegg Admits Lib Dems Tainted By Government

Nick Clegg has said his party has been tainted by time in Government, as he pledged never to make a tuition fees-style "mistake" again. In his final conference speech before the General Election, the Liberal Democrat leader admitted he was no longer...

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Kevin Costner's Message For 'Noble' British Troops

Hollywood actor Kevin Costner has recorded a special message for British troops, praising their bravery and commitment. The star wrote and recorded the emotional message for the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) during a break from filming...

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DJ 'Raped Teenager After Pop Fame Promise'

A DJ accused of raping a 15-year-old with Jimmy Savile attacked another teenager who responded to his magazine advert looking for "the next teenage pop sensation", a court has been told. Former Radio Caroline DJ Ray Teret, 72, raped the 17-year-old...

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UK Soldiers Deployed To Ebola Epicentre

British troops are to be deployed to Sierra Leone on a mission to help fight the spiralling ebola outbreak in West Africa. Up to 700 soldiers from the Royal Scots Borders 1st Battalion, based in Holywood, Northern Ireland, will eventually be stationed...

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US Military Jet Crashes In Lincolnshire

A US fighter pilot ejected to safety as their military jet crashed in a Lincolnshire field. Emergency services were alerted by members of the public to the incident, involving an F-15 fighter plane, near Broadgate in Weston Hills, at about 3.30pm....

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Freed Abu Qatada 'Will Not Be Returning To UK'

Timeline: Qatada Legal Battle Updated: 10:35am UK, Wednesday 24 September 2014 Abu Qatada challenged and ultimately thwarted every attempt by the Government to detain and deport him for many years. Here is a timeline of the legal battle. 1993: Abu...

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24-Hour Tube Launch Date Is Revealed

London's Tube trains are set to operate a 24-hour service at weekends from September 12 next year, it has been announced. Night-time journeys in the capital are expected to be cut by 20 minutes on average, with some journeys expected to be reduced by...

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iPods Save 750 Lives During Hospital Trials

By Lisa Dowd, Sky Correspondent The lives of more than 750 patients have been saved at two hospitals after nurses started using iPods instead of paper charts to record patients' vital signs. Research published in the British Medical Journal found...

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