Cyclone Phailin: Thousands Flee In East India

More than 250,000 villagers have fled their homes as a huge cyclone gathers strength and heads towards India's east coast. Cyclone Phailin - which is already so large it has nearly filled the Bay of Bengal - is expected to be the fiercest storm to hit...

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Hammond Hits Back Over £2bn MoD Underspend

By Vincent McAviney, Sky News Political Producer The Defence Secretary has hit back at criticism of a £2bn underspend by the Government department he oversees, saying the money will be spent on future kit for soldiers. Philip Hammond reacted angrily...

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Malala Tells Obama: 'End The Drone Strikes'

Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yusufzai has told the US President that drone strikes in her country are "fuelling terrorism". The 16-year-old schoolgirl, who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen who attacked her school bus in Pakistan's...

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Haringey 'Regret' Over New Child Abuse Case

Haringey Council has apologised for failing to prevent a toddler from suffering horrific abuse before he was finally taken into care. The boy - named as Child T - was found to have 50 bruises on his body at one stage and spoke of being hit with a belt...

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Royal Mail Shares Soar In First Trades

Shares in Royal Mail have soared in conditional trading, with their value jumping more than 30%. The spike has boosted the value of the company to more than £4.5bn, up from the pre-flotation pricing of £3.3bn. Shares opened at 8am on the London Stock...

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'White Widow' Lewthwaite 'Key' In Al Shabaab

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, In Kenya Sky News has obtained a Kenyan intelligence report which for the first time shows the reach of the al Shabaab terror network - which carried out the Nairobi shopping mall attack - and the extent...

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Energy Bills: SSE To Raise Tariffs By 8.2%

SSE has become the first of the so-called 'big six' energy firms to confirm it is raising prices ahead of winter, sparking a bitter backlash among consumer groups and politicians. The company said household gas and electricity tariffs would rise by...

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Energy Minister In Row Over Cost Of Taxes

Energy Minister Michael Fallon has sparked a row over the impact of Government energy taxes after appearing on Sky News. After SSE became the first firm to hike prices ahead of the winter, Mr Fallon insisted only a "small amount" was added to bills...

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Kidnapped Libya PM Ali Zeidan Is Released

Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been freed several hours after being kidnapped by scores of gunmen in a dawn raid. Mr Zeidan, who was seized from the Tripoli hotel where he had been staying, said in a Tweet he was fine and his captors had wanted...

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MI5 Boss Warns Of Growing UK Terror Threat

By Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs Editor Britain will face at least one attempted major terror attack every year for the next few years, the head of MI5 has warned. In his first speech since taking over the Security Service in April, Andrew Parker...

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Madeleine McCann Police Probe Possible Suspect

By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent Scotland Yard is to appeal for information about a new suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Detectives are to issue an e-fit image of a man seen near the holiday apartment from where the then three-year-old...

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Hospital Trust Admits Failings Over Death

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has admitted breaching health and safety law over the death of a diabetic in-patient. The scandal-plagued hospital trust pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety of Gillian Astbury, who lapsed into a fatal...

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Help To Buy Scheme: First Rates Are Revealed

The first mortgage rates on offer under the latest phase of the Government's Help to Buy scheme have been described by the lender as "fair and competitive." The latest phase of the controversial scheme will see 15% of a property's value guaranteed by...

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EDL: Tommy Robinson 'Quits Far-Right Group'

English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson is quitting the far-right group, an anti-extremism think tank has claimed. Quilliam said in a statement that it was "proud" to reveal that Robinson and his EDL co-founder Kevin Carroll had decided to...

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Paedophile Neil Wilson Gets Two Year Jail Term

A paedophile who walked free from court after his victim was branded "predatory" has been ordered to serve a two-year jail term. Neil Wilson escaped with a 12-month suspended sentence despite pleading guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a child,...

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Lib Dem Scottish Secretary Axed In Reshuffle

Nick Clegg has sacked the Scottish Secretary in the first move of a busy day of reshuffles by all three main party leaders. The Deputy Prime Minister replaced Michael Moore with Alistair Carmichael, saying "different experience" was needed ahead of...

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NZ Businessman Mark Lundy Wins Murder Appeal

A businessman found guilty of murdering his wife and young daughter in New Zealand has won an appeal against his conviction in a British court. The five judges said new evidence in Mark Lundy's case had emerged which cast doubt on the methods prosecutors...

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Egypt: Security Forces 'Targeted' In Attacks

Gunmen have killed an army officer, lieutenant and four soldiers in an attack on a patrol near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, security officials said. The attack took place north of the city, where suspected militants have repeatedly targeted security...

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Key Morecambe Bay Witness Reveals New Life

By Jason Farrell, Sky Correspondent A key witness in the 2004 Morecambe Bay tragedy has told Sky News how he has rebuilt his life on the witness protection programme. It comes as police launch a new national protection scheme, the UK Protected...

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Al Shabaab: US Forces Abort Somalia Terror Raid

US special forces have aborted a mission to capture an al Shabaab leader in Somalia after coming under heavy attack. Their target was Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr, also known as Ahmed Godane, who claimed responsibility for last month's Nairobi shopping mall...

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Al Qaeda: Libya Condemns Leader's 'Kidnapping'

The Libyan government has condemned the capture of an al Qaeda leader linked to the 1998 American Embassy bombings in east Africa and wanted by the FBI for more than a decade. Tripoli said it wanted answers from the US over the "kidnap of a Libyan citizen"...

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