Shetland: Three Missing After Helicopter Crash

Three people are still missing after a helicopter carrying 18 workers from an oil rig ditched in the North Sea off Shetland. The Super Puma L2 aircraft went down at 6.20pm on Friday around two miles west of Sumburgh airport as it was returning to Shetland...

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Legal Highs: Ban At Reading Leeds Festival

By Frazer Maude, North of England Correspondent The parents of a man who died after taking a "legal high" drug have welcomed a decision by the organisers of a music festival to ban the products from their sites. Christopher Scott, 23, from Swindon,...

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One In 10 Five-Year-Olds Has A Mobile Phone

Nearly one in 10 children has a mobile phone by the time they are five-years-old, according to a new study. On average, youngsters are bought their first handset at the age of 11, soon after starting secondary school. However, some 9% of parents said...

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Northern Ireland: Man Charged With Two Murders

A man arrested over the suspicious deaths of three women in the same town has been charged with murdering two of them. The 66-year-old suspect is accused in connection with the two deaths in Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland. He has been charged...

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David Miranda: Lawyers Seek Court Injunction

Lawyers acting for the partner of a journalist held for nine hours under anti-terror laws will take his case to the High Court later. They have applied for an injunction preventing the police or government using, copying and sharing data from electronic...

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Half Of Seven-Year-Olds Not Exercising Enough

Half of all seven-year-olds do not get enough exercise - with girls far less active than boys according to new research. Only 51% of all seven-year-olds in the UK achieve the recommended hour of exercise every day. That figure is broken down to just...

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Walthamstow Shooting: Man Fired On By Police

A man is in hospital after being shot by police in east London, Scotland Yard has said. Police were called out to Hale End Road in Walthamstow just after 8.15pm after receiving reports that a man had been seen with a handgun. The Scotland Yard spokesman...

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Skin Cancer Death Rates 70% Higher Among Men

Hundreds more men die from the most serious form of skin cancer than women - despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease each year. Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show death rates from malignant melanoma are 3.4 per 100,000 men...

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Anti-Fracking Protesters Cleared By Police

Police have been forcibly clearing protesters from a road outside a potential site for fracking in Balcombe, West Sussex. Activists are taking part in a six-day Reclaim The Power demonstration after Cuadrilla began carrying out exploratory drilling...

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Ed Miliband Snubbed By A Third Of Labour Voters

A third of Labour voters believe Ed Miliband should not lead the party into the next General Election. According to a new poll only two out of every ten voters are satisfied with the Labour leader's performance. Of those who voted for Labour in 2010,...

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British Military HQ Moves To Camp Bastion

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The headquarters of the British military operation in Afghanistan has moved from Lashkar Gah to Camp Bastion. It marks a major milestone in the conflict. For seven years, Lashkar Gah has been the location...

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Medical Chief Admits Having Taken Cannabis

England's chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, has revealed she experimented with cannabis while she was studying at university. She admitted eating hash cookies several times while studying medicine at Manchester University but stopped...

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Prince Harry 'Irritated' By Landmine Failings

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent Prince Harry is "irritated" by the reluctance of some countries to assist financially with clearing landmines in countries like Angola, one of his charities has revealed. The Prince is following in the footsteps...

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Drug Mule Lindsay Sandiford's Bali Jail Ordeal

By Jonathan Samuels, Sky News Correspondent British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford is on death row in Bali, Indonesia, and Sky News is the first UK broadcaster to have been given rare access behind the walls of the notorious prison since her sentencing...

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