Fears UK Is Paying Taliban Compensation Claims

MPs are investigating whether the Taliban could be claiming compensation from UK taxpayers under human rights legislation, Sky News has learned. A Ministry of Defence claims report for 2012-13 observes: "There is recent anecdotal evidence that a number...

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Glasgow Helicopter Crash: At Least Six Dead

Police and firefighters working to try to rescue people from the wreckage of a pub hit by a helicopter say they have made contact with survivors inside. The police aircraft came down on the Clutha Vaults pub in Glasgow, which was packed with more than...

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Helicopter Fell 'Like A Stone Out Of The Sky'

Eyewitnesses have described the "terrifying" moment when a police helicopter spun out of control and plunged into a bar which was hosting a live music gig. Grace MacLean was in The Clutha in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, and said people became aware of...

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Energy Bills: Govt Wants Price Freeze Until 2015

The Energy Secretary has written to the big six energy providers asking them to freeze their prices until after the 2015 general election, according to Sky sources. The call, barring any big increase in wholesale fuel costs, is to try to avoid another...

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Maternity Leave: New Shared Rights Unveiled

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky News Reporter Fathers will have the option of sharing parental leave under proposals to be announced by Nick Clegg, who has branded the current system antiquated. The Government has published final details of a significant...

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Annual UK House Price Growth 'Hits 6.5%'

The rate of annual house price growth accelerated to 6.5% in November, its fastest pace since July 2010 according to Nationwide. The monthly survey suggested prices have now risen every month for the last year but the surge could now be threatened after...

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David Cameron 'U-Turn' Over Cigarette Packaging

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent David Cameron is set to be accused of a major U-turn over the introduction of plain packaging of cigarettes. The Government is poised to announce it is pressing ahead with the measure aimed at making...

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Drink-Driving: Most Brits 'Unaware Of Rules'

By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent More than one million motorists have driven while over the legal alcohol limit in the last two years, new figures reveal. In most cases drivers got behind the wheel the morning after drinking alcohol because...

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Student Loans: £5bn Unaccounted For Says NAO

More than £5bn paid out in student loans is unaccounted for because the Government does not have enough information about the recipients. There are 368,000 student borrowers for whom there is no current employment record, or other details on earnings,...

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Digital Post-Mortem Centre To Open In UK

Europe's first non-invasive digital post-mortem examinations will be carried out at a state-of-the-art centre in Sheffield. It will allow pathologists to perform some investigations into cause of death without dissecting the body. Sheffield is the...

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Lottery: Last Gasp Search For £12m Winner

By Adele Robinson, Midlands Correspondent A £12m lottery prize will be lost forever if it is not claimed before a deadline elapses tonight. The winning EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle ticket, worth £1m a month for a year, was bought on Friday,...

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Brian Thexton: 'Most Wanted' Fugitive Arrested

One of Britain's most wanted fugitives has been arrested at an isolated home in Cumbria. Brian Thexton was detained by Cumbria Police at a rural property near Kirkby Stephen shortly before 8pm on Tuesday. The 37-year-old, from Durham, was recently...

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Scotland Independence: SNP Unveils White Paper

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent Scotland's SNP Government is set to present a vision of a "wealthier and fairer" Scotland ahead of next year's independence referendum. The 670-page white paper will be launched at an event in Glasgow at...

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Sex Survey Says Brits Are More Adventurous

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent British men and women are having increasingly adventurous sex, with more partners, well into old age, according to the most comprehensive ever survey of its kind. The study of 15,000 people's sexual...

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Birmingham Pensioner Died In Hit-And-Run

A 75-year-old man found fatally injured on a Birmingham street was the victim of a hit-and-run driver, West Midlands Police say. The man's injuries were so severe that police believe he must have been hit by a 4x4 or a van and left for dead. He...

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London 'Slavery' Case: New Homes Investigated

Detectives say they are investigating 13 addresses as part of their probe into claims that three women were held as slaves in London. The inquiry began after one of three alleged victims told a charity she had been kept against her will for more than...

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Bereavement: Workers 'Should Get Paid Leave'

Campaigners are urging the Government to give workers the legal right to paid leave if they have been affected by a family bereavement amid growing public support for the move. Two thirds of people said it was unfair that bereavement leave was unpaid,...

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Trott Quits Ashes With Stress-Related Illness

Batsman Jonathan Trott has left the Ashes tour due to a stress-related illness, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced. The 32-year-old will play no further part in the tour and will take a break from cricket "for the foreseeable future,"...

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Stabbing: Mother Died From Multiple Wounds

Police have confirmed that a woman found dead in her home in Manchester died of stab wounds. Officers called to a house on Mayford Road, Levenshulme on Friday discovered the body of 49-year-old Aisha Alam following reports a woman had been killed. ...

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Miliband Accuses PM Of 'Reaching A New Low'

Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused the Prime Minister of resorting to a strategy of mud-slinging in an effort to win the 2015 election. He hit out at David Cameron for using the Paul Flowers scandal to attack his party's links to the co-operative...

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London 'Slavery': Neighbours' Shock At Claims

People living near to a house where three women were allegedly held as slaves for more than three decades have spoken of their shock at the claims. The women - a 69-year-old from Malaysia, a 57-year-old from Ireland and a 30-year-old Briton - were taken...

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