Walthamstow: Teens Charged With Rape Of Girl

Two teenagers have been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl in east London. The 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were questioned over the attack in Walthamstow. They are due to appear at Thames Magistrates' Court in Bow,...

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Lads Mags: Tesco To Restrict Sales To Over 18s

Supermarket giant Tesco says it will sell lads mags only to those aged 18 or over. The chain also said it had struck a "modesty deal" regarding the front covers of magazines such as Zoo, Nuts and Front and that Bizarre will be supplied in a bag. The...

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Car Parking 'Cash Cow' Plan For Homeowners

Householders should be free to turn their driveway into a car park to boost their income and help provide cheaper parking spaces, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles says. The Cabinet minister has promised to clamp down on a "back-door parking tax" that...

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Snowden Leak: GCHQ 'Paid £100m' By US

The US government has paid at least £100m to the UK spy agency GCHQ over the last three years, according to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The payments were made to secure access to Britain's intelligence gathering programmes, according...

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Coventry: Men Charged With Sex Abuse Of Girls

A group of men accused of exploiting teenage girls have been charged with offences including rape, sexual assault and trafficking. Ten men were charged on August 1 following an investigation into allegations of abuse of five "vulnerable" girls aged...

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Race Row Over Police Immigration Spot Checks

The Home Office has been accused of targeting non-whites and using "heavy-handed" tactics in a new immigration crackdown to tackle people working illegally in the UK. Spot checks on people's immigration status are being carried out at London train and...

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British Gas To Offer Free Power On Saturdays

British Gas owner Centrica is considering offering free power to customers on Saturdays to encourage energy use when overall demand is low. As part of a shake-up in the way energy is used and paid for, free energy tariffs could be offered to those who...

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Council Parking Tickets Raking In Millions

Some councils are making huge surpluses from parking operations, according to the RAC Foundation. During 2011/12 the combined amount of cash left over after money was spent on parking services, filling potholes, funding park and ride schemes, street...

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Drink-Drive Deaths: 25% Increase In 2012

A total of 290 people were killed in drink-drive accidents last year - a quarter up on the previous 12 months. ...

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Judges To Rule On Assisted Suicide Appeal

Leading judges are to rule on the latest round of a right-to-die legal battle started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson. Mr Nicklinson, 58, died at home in Melksham, Wiltshire, a week after he lost a High Court bid to end his life with...

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Twitter Admits Failing Rape Threat Women

Twitter has broken its silence over a growing row about abuse on the social media site, telling Sky News it has failed women who have faced rape threats. Twitter's head of safety, Del Harvey, said: "I think that any time that someone feels we weren't...

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Walthamstow Rape: Police Hunt Three Men

Police are looking for three men after a 12-year-old girl was "brutally" raped in London. The girl was lured to a garage area in Walthamstow, east London, where she was pinned down and raped by two of the men, who are thought to be aged between 17 and...

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Cybercrime: Britain 'Losing The War' Say MPs

The threat of a cyberassault on Britain is considered so serious it is marked as a higher threat than a nuclear attack, according to an influential group of MPs. Despite being the preferred target of online criminals in 25 countries, the UK is still...

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Barclays Half-Year Profit Down 17% To £3.59bn

Barclays has reported a 17% drop in half-year adjusted profit of £3.59bn, as it announced a £5.8bn capital-raising rights issue. It said adjusted income decreased 3% to £15bn, in the six months to June 30. Barclays said a payment protection insurance...

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Hospital Patient Ratings Largely Positive

The first results of a new NHS test have revealed most patients are satifised with their standard of care. Despite months of criticism about hospitals and A&E departments, only 36 out of more than 4,000 NHS wards had an overall negative figure in...

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Arrest Made After Twitter Rape Threats

A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a barrage of sexual abuse was posted on Twitter aimed at the woman who campaigned for a female figure to appear on British banknotes. Caroline Criado-Perez received hostile posts, including threats to rape and...

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Usain Bolt And Mo Farah Could Race Each Other

One is the world's fastest man, the other is one of Britain's most successful athletes, and they could be going head-to-head in a race for charity. Speaking to Sky, UK athletics star Mo Farah challenged Jamaican Usain Bolt to run over a distance of...

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Manchester Stabbing: Girl Fights For Life

A 13-year-old-girl is fighting for her life after a stabbing attack in which a man believed to be her father died. The man who is understood to have launched the knife attack in Moston, northeast Manchester, died of knife wounds a short time later after...

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Gloucester Stabbing: Three People Arrested

Three people have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death close to where a carnival procession passed just hours earlier. Officers were called to Park End Road in Gloucester shortly before 8pm last night following reports that a man had been...

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Immigration Figures 'Little Better Than A Guess'

Official figures showing how many immigrants are coming to the UK are "little better than a guess", according to a report by MPs. The report by the Public Administration Select Committee says the number of migrants coming to the country is not properly...

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Theresa May 'Shocked' By Diabetes Diagnosis

Theresa May has spoken of her shock after being diagnosed with a chronic illness, but insists it will not affect her political career. The Home Secretary was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two months ago and must now inject herself with insulin at least...

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