Armed Forces Launch New Recruitment Drive

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The British Armed Forces have launched a new recruitment campaign in an attempt to reverse the dwindling number of new entrants, particularly to the Army Reserve. Television, radio, cinema and print adverts...

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Flood Warnings As River Levels Set To Rise

Homeowners in southern England have been warned to prepare for further flooding today after heavy rainfall caused the River Thames to burst its banks. The Environment Agency (EA) has warned people living along the lower reaches of the Thames to be aware...

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PCSO In Custody On Rape And Blackmail Charges

A police community support officer has been charged with rape, blackmail and misconduct in a public office. Kabeer Yousaf, 30, a PCSO based in the London Borough of Newham, was charged on Saturday, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said. He was...

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Parking Tickets: Five-Minute Grace Period Plan

By Tadhg Enright, Sky News Reporter A five-minute grace period for motorists who overstay their parking is on a list of proposals being considered by the Government to make parking enforcement fairer. Many councils say they already allow motorists...

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Record Online Xmas Sales Boost Festive Figures

Increasing use of tablets and smartphones and speedy delivery times are the major factors behind a sharp rise in online shopping before Christmas. Web sales growth accelerated to 19.2% compared with the same month in 2012 - the fastest rate for more...

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Heathrow Slams Price Cap Put On Airline Fees

The operator of Heathrow airport has slammed a price cap limiting how much it can charge airlines to use the west London site. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has imposed a far greater price cap on the amount it can charge airlines than it originally...

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Experts Demand Drastic Cuts In Added Sugar

A group of health experts want to see a significant reduction in the amount of sugar added to food and soft drinks. They hope that a cut of up to 30% could help the UK's obesity problem. Action on Sugar – which is modelled on the Consensus Action on...

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Third Of Drivers Admit To Nodding Off At Wheel

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent Almost a third of drivers admit to "nodding off" behind the wheel, according to a survey. A poll by road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line has found that nearly half of men (45%) say...

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Duggan Killing: Armed Police To Wear Cameras

Firearms officers will trial the use of body-worn video cameras to improve public confidence in the wake of the Mark Duggan killing. Mr Duggan, whose death sparked protests that led to riots and looting across the country, was shot and killed when police...

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NHS 'Bed Blocking' Reaches Three-Year High

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent The number of NHS patients 'bed blocking' has reached its highest level in three years. Statistics show towards the end of 2013 the amount of "delayed transfers of care" were higher than the same period...

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Sheffield: Family Jailed Over 'Slave' Beatings

Three members of a family have been jailed for keeping a vulnerable man as a "slave" and subjecting him to daily beatings. Ice cream man David Rooke, 44, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after admitting falsely imprisoning and assaulting...

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Suicide And Bullying Calls To Child Helpline Rise

Calls about cyberbullying, suicidal thoughts and self harm have surged in the last year, according to a children's counselling service. ChildLine reported an 87% rise in contacts about online bullying in 2012/13 compared to the previous year and a 41%...

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Hundreds Of NHS Direct Staff Face Job Losses

Hundreds of people working for NHS Direct, a failed provider to the NHS helpline, have been told they face losing their jobs. NHS Direct announced in July that it was planning to pull out of its contracts due to severe financial problems. In October...

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Obese Pregnant Women 'Putting Strain On NHS'

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent NHS chiefs have ordered the first official survey of older and fatter women giving birth following new evidence that maternity units are under increasing pressure from complex pregnancies. Figures...

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Drivers Warned Of 60mph Motorway Speed Limit

Drivers are being warned 60mph limits could be imposed on all motorways after an announcement of plans to restrict speeds on a section of the M1. The Highways Agency has disclosed a 34-mile section of the motorway will see reduced speed limits in a...

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NHS 'Unsustainable' Without Extra £1bn Funding

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent More than 20,000 extra GPs, nurses and other NHS staff are needed if the Prime Minister wants his plan for longer surgery opening hours to work, the head of the Royal College of GPs has warned. ...

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Hull 'Explosives' Find: Boy Among Three Held

A 15-year-old boy and two adults have been arrested after suspected explosive substances were found at a house in Hull. Army bomb disposal experts were called to the terraced council property in Kilnsea Grove, in the east of the city, on Sunday along...

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Storms: Britain Braced For More Floods And Chaos

A violent storm brewing in the Atlantic is set to bring more flooding and travel chaos today as Britain returns to work after the Christmas holidays. The weather conditions that brought misery over the festive period continued to prove treacherous at...

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Weather: Risk Of Flooding As More Rain Arrives

The UK is bracing for more storms, high tides and gale-force winds on Sunday as communities already hit by a trail of devastation begin to assess the damage. More than 200 homes have been flooded along the west of the UK from Cornwall to Scotland, with...

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Tory Peer's Poll Shows Voters Abandoning Party

More than a third of people who voted Conservative in the last general election say they would not vote for the party in the next election, according to a poll carried out by Lord Ashcroft. The former Tory Party deputy chairman's findings revealed around...

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Cameron's Pledge To Guarantee State Pensions

Voters 'Won't Back Tories' In 2015 Updated: 1:13am UK, Sunday 05 January 2014 More than a third of people who voted Conservative in the last general election say they would not vote for the party in the next election, according to a poll carried out...

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