Parties Reel From UKIP Election Success

UKIP's haul of seats in the council elections is up to 184 with the main parties now mulling the prospect of four-party politics in next year's general election. Nigel Farage has said his anti-EU party is a "serious player" for 2015 after they added...

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Labour Badly Bruised By UKIP In Stronghold

Why The Only Way For Essex Is UKIP Updated: 8:12pm UK, Friday 23 May 2014 By Jason Farrell, Political Correspondent Standing by the roadside in their purple rosettes are two retired Essex men, Malcolm Elliott and Dave Morrish. They are brothers-in-law,...

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Missing Yacht: Life Raft Discovered Unused

The life raft on the missing yacht Cheeki Rafiki has been found unused in its storage space, the US Coast Guard has said. The search for the missing British sailors ended at 3am UK time after a search of the capsized boat found the only realistic means...

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Natasha McShane's Attacker Jailed For 90 Years

A man convicted of the attempted murder of UK exchange student Natasha McShane in Chicago four years ago has been jailed for 90 years. Ms McShane, from Silverbridge, Co Armagh, and her American friend Stacy Jurich, 24, were left bleeding and unconscious...

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Fracking: Billions Of Barrels Of Oil In UK

Large reserves of shale oil are expected to be revealed as a new report today highlights the possibility of fracking across southern England. The long-awaited survey by the British Geological Survey (BGS) is likely to confirm substantial reserves in...

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Barclays Fined £26m Over Gold Fixing Attempts

Barclays Bank has been fined more than £26m by the City watchdog over attempted gold price manipulation, it has been confirmed. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the bank failed to adequately manage conflicts of interest between itself and...

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Patients Discharged At Night: 'It's Sickening'

Sky News viewers have reacted with anger at our investigation that shows the number of patients leaving hospital in England between 11pm and 6am has risen. Health Correspondent Thomas Moore's report comes despite NHS bosses ordering a crackdown on the...

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Marine Loses Appeal Over Afghanistan Murder

A Royal Marine serving 10 years for murdering an injured fighter in Afghanistan has lost an appeal against his conviction. Sergeant Blackman was convicted of murder in November 2013 and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 10 years. He...

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Hundreds Discharged From Hospitals Every Night

By Thomas Moore, Health Correspondent Thousands of NHS patients are being discharged from hospitals every year in the middle of the night despite bosses ordering a crackdown on the practice, a Sky News investigation has found. The number of patients...

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Food Worth £1bn Wasted Every Year Across UK

By Poppy Trowbridge, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Food worth £1bn is wasted in the UK every year before it even reaches our fridges, according to figures obtained by Sky News. Damage, flawed appearance and the cost of recycling are just some...

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Royal Mail Launches Sunday Parcel Deliveries

Royal Mail is to start delivering parcels and opening delivery offices on Sundays, in response to the rapid growth of online shopping. The recently-privatised firm says parcels will be delivered on Sundays later this summer to addresses within the M25. ...

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Prince Charles 'Compares Putin To Hitler'

Prince Charles has reportedly compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler over his actions in Ukraine. The Prince of Wales' alleged remark about Mr Putin came during a four-day tour of Canada when he spoke to a woman...

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Biker Simon Andrews Dies After Race Crash

A "superb" biker has died after crashing during a top competition in Northern Ireland. Simon Andrews was injured on Saturday as he approached a corner on the fourth lap of the Superstock race at North West 200. The 31-year-old, from Evesham, Worcestershire,...

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Hillsborough Jurors To Examine The Stadium

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent A fresh stage in the Hillsborough Inquests begins today in which jurors will examine the layout of the Sheffield stadium. After hearing what are described as "uncontroversial facts" and seeing a...

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House Prices Up As PM Signals On Help To Buy

House prices rose in the year to March by 8% official figures show, as David Cameron said he will "consider" changes to the Help To Buy scheme if advised to do so by the Bank of England. While the increase is down on the 9.2% rise in February, according...

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Hunt For Killer On Run From Jail For Third Time

Police are hunting a convicted murderer who has gone on the run from prison for the third time. Arnold Pickering, 44, and armed robber Thomas Moffett, 51, walked out of HMP Kennet in Liverpool at 9.30am on Saturday morning. The pair were due back at...

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Labour Wants To Link Minimum Wage To Earnings

Ed Miliband is to commit a Labour government to significantly increasing the national minimum wage over the course of the next Parliament by linking it to average earnings. In a speech to party activists in the West Midlands, the Labour leader is expected...

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Huddersfield Stabbing: Probe As Woman Killed

Police have launched a murder probe after a woman was killed and four children injured in a stabbing attack. Officers called to a domestic incident in Huddersfield found a 37-year-old woman with a "serious stab injury" and a nine-year-old boy outside...

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Pig Hearts For Humans 'A Step Closer'

By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent Doctors have made a breakthrough in research that could lead to animal organs being transplanted into humans within the next 20 years, according to a leading British scientist. Experiments in America have...

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Britain's Richest 1,000 People Now Worth £519bn

Billionaire Britain: Rise Of The Super-Rich Updated: 7:07am UK, Sunday 11 May 2014 More than 100 billionaires are now living in Britain - the first time the milestone has been reached. According to this year's Sunday Times Rich List, 104 billionaires...

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Carney: 'House Prices Biggest Risk To Economy'

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor The British housing market has "deep, deep" problems, according to the Governor of the Bank of England. In an interview with Sky's Murnaghan show to be broadcast in full later this morning, Mark Carney warns that...

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