Social Smokers 'In Denial' Over Their Habit

Almost a quarter of smokers believe they only have a social habit despite the fact many smoke six to 20 cigarettes a day, new research reveals. A poll of 2,000 smokers found 24% class themselves as social smokers - but more than one in three of these...

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Bingo Hall Burden: MPs Call For Tax Cuts

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent The UK's bingo hall business will "stagnate" if the Government does not cut tax on it, campaigners say. More than 50 MPs are backing calls to reduce duty and bring levies on the game in line with other...

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Mikaeel's Mum Detained As Body Discovered

Police searching for missing three-year-old Mikaeel Kular have found the body of a young boy. Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham announced the discovery just after 1am at a hastily convened news conference at Police Scotland's Edinburgh HQ. There...

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£85m Secure College For 320 Young Offenders

An £85m secure college is to be built to educate up to 320 young offenders. It will be built on land next to Glen Parva Youth Offenders Institute (YOI) in Leicestershire, and is part of a wider shake-up of youth custody. A team of educational professionals...

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Police 'Cover Up Wrongdoing', Most Britons Say

By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent More than half of Britons believe there is a culture of cover-ups within the police, a Sky News poll has found. A total of 53% of members of the public questioned in the survey agreed that forces try to...

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Miliband Promises 'Reckoning' With Big Banks

Ed Miliband has promised to force the big five banks to give up "significant" numbers of branches to make way for new competitors if Labour wins the next general election. In a keynote speech on the economy at the University of London, Mr Miliband will...

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Cancer: Ageing Population Blamed For Increase

By Hind Hassan, Sky News Reporter Nearly a third of a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year, according to a UK charity. Some 330,000 people were diagnosed with some form of the disease in 2011 - an increase of almost 50,000 per year...

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Food Safety: Worst Councils Named And Shamed

Local councils that are failing to ensure food businesses comply with hygiene regulations have been named and shamed by a consumer watchdog. The investigation into 395 local authorities by Which?, using data obtained from the Food Standards Agency...

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Sam Wanamaker Playhouse To Open Its Doors

By Richard Suchet, Arts And Entertainment Correspondent A new indoor space next to Shakespeare's Globe theatre will be opened officially on Wednesday, fulfilling the dream of the theatre's founder - the late Sam Wanamaker. The newly-built Jacobean...

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N Ireland Child Abuse Inquiry: Hundreds Respond

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent More than 400 people have applied to speak to the state inquiry into historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland, the largest tribunal of its kind anywhere in the UK. Most applications, some 280, were...

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Obesity Crisis 'To Surpass Doomsday Scenario'

The true scale of Britain's obesity crisis may have been seriously underestimated, a report has found. The National Obesity Forum said the UK is in danger of surpassing predictions of a 2007 report which estimated that 50% of the nation would be obese...

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'Fracking' Councils Could Pocket Millions

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent Financial rewards worth more than £1m a year will be given to councils which give permission for fracking projects in their areas. The move, announced by David Cameron, has angered campaign groups...

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Missing 12-Year-Olds: Police Search For Girls

Police are searching for two 12-year-old girls reported missing after a walk to a local bus stop, Scotland Yard has said. Friends Wiktoria Popiel, from Wood Green, and Vitalija Sidlauskaite, from Tottenham, north London, were last seen together on Morley...

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Man Who Saved Two Sons Was 'Amazing Father'

The family of a man who died after rescuing his two children from strong currents at an Australian beach says they are "devastated" by his death. Andrew Priestley, from Leicestershire, died in hospital after getting into difficulty at Burrill Beach,...

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Iraq Torture Claims 'Go Right To The Top'

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The International Criminal Court has been asked to investigate allegations of abuse and torture by British soldiers in Iraq, Sky News has learned. It is understood that a German human rights organisation...

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