Don Valley: Jessica Ennis' Track To Close

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent The athletics stadium where Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis trains is to close. Sheffield City Council voted to go ahead with the closure of the Don Valley stadium as part of a package of cuts....

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Defence Sec: Cut Welfare Not Troops

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has warned he will resist further cuts to the armed forces in Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming spending review. After Downing Street said publicly last month that the military would not be immune from further...

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Middle-Aged Drinking Takes Toll on 'Ladettes'

By James Matthews, Sky Correspondent The "ladette" culture of the 1980s and 90s is a key factor in the growing number of middle-aged women turning to drink, according to the founder of a support website. Lucy Rocca says women between 30 and 50...

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Breast Cancer: UK Lagging In Survival Rates

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent Ageism and poor treatment are reducing women's chances of surviving breast cancer, new research suggests. The study, funded by The Department of Health, revealed that women in Britain are far less...

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Lloyds: Osborne Plans Taxpayer Stake Sale

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The Government will signal today that it will begin the sell-off of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group when the lender's share price hits 61p - a far lower level than previously thought. I have learnt that UK Financial...

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Jessica Ennis Makes Don Valley Stadium Appeal

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis has made an eleventh-hour appeal to save the stadium that helped to inspire her. Councillors are expected to approve closure of the Don Valley Stadium at a budget...

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CPS Taxi Fraud: Charges Over £1m Plot

Two workers at the Crown Prosecution Service are facing charges over a fraud plot involving false taxi claims worth at least £1m. Finance manager Lisa Burrows, 41, from Birmingham, and an administrative officer who has not been named, work for CPS West...

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MoD 'Wasting Funds On Unnecessary Equipment'

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is "wasting significant amounts of public money" buying equipment it does not need, according to a group of politicians. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has closely examined...

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RBS Boss: Spring Cleaning Drives £5.16bn Loss

The Royal Bank of Scotland boss has said "spring-cleaning" continues after his firm reported a pre-tax loss in 2012 of £5.16bn. RBS chief executive Stephen Hester said: "This company is going through a pretty thorough spring-cleaning. It is a pretty...

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Armed Forces Facing £11bn More Cuts Warning

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent More redundancies could be made in the UK Armed Forces, according to new analysis of the defence budget. The respected Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) claims cuts to budgets are "likely" in 2015,...

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Belfast: Rocket Launcher And Warhead Found

A rocket launcher and a warhead have been discovered by police investigating dissident republicans in West Belfast, police said. Officers found the weapons, which were intended to kill, while searching a house in Hawthorn Street, said a spokesman from...

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Horsemeat: Tesco To Source More Meat From UK

By Poppy Trowbridge, Business and Economics Correspondent Tesco is to announce a commitment to source more of its meat from the UK at a farming conference in Birmingham later. The supermarket kingpin will tell the National Farmers Union meeting...

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Military Complaints: MPs Want Ombudsman

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent Bullying and harassment are on the increase in the UK armed services and the system needs to change, according to a senior group of politicians. Their report goes on to claim that the existing structure...

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Lack Of Sleep Impacts On Gene Activity

One week of poor sleep can disrupt hundreds of genes linked to stress, immunity and inflammation, research has shown. Scientists think the discovery could explain why lack of sleep can have a devastating impact on health. For the new study, researchers...

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Ben Nevis Climber Killed In 165ft Fall

A climber has died after falling 50 metres (165ft) on Ben Nevis. The man was climbing with a friend in the Raeburn's Buttress area of the UK's highest mountain, in the Scottish Highlands, when he fell at around 12.30pm on Monday. Two helicopters flew...

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April Jones Murder: Mark Bridger On Trial

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger will go on trial today accused of the murder of schoolgirl April Jones. Bridger, 47, was arrested the day after the five-year-old vanished while playing on her bike near her home in Machynlleth, Wales, on October 1 last...

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Nick Clegg On Rennard: I've Nothing To Hide

Nick Clegg has insisted he has "nothing to hide" over the handling of allegations about sexual harassment by his party's former chief executive. The Deputy Prime Minister is facing accusations of a cover-up after admitting he knew five years ago about...

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Two Police Officers Injured In Hit And Run

Two people have been held on suspicion of attempted murder after police officers were injured in a hit and run in Manchester. The male officers pulled over the vehicle - believed to be a red Hyundai - at about 10.50pm on Sunday on Rochdale Road in Harpurhey,...

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Banksy Mural Withdrawn From Auction

By Liz Lane, Sky News Reporter A Banksy work that was removed from the side of a north London Poundland shop under mysterious circumstances has been withdrawn from sale in the US. The world's most famous street artist painted the mural on the side...

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Doctors From Abroad Must Take English Test

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent New checks will be introduced to make sure all NHS doctors can speak English well enough to treat patients, the Government has announced. It comes five years after David Gray, 70, was killed by a German doctor...

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'Appalling Tragedy' Of Caravan Park Deaths

The deaths of a woman and her elderly parents at a caravan park in Cornwall have been described as an "appalling tragedy". The victims are all believed to have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. The alarm was raised at the park near Camborne...

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