Hundreds Of British Troops To Be Sent To Iraq

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent Hundreds of British soldiers are to be sent to Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State, Sky News understands. They will make up a training mission to assist the Iraqi Army and Kurdish Peshmerga. The...

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Investigation Into Air Traffic Control 'Glitch'

An investigation is under way into why Britain's air traffic control system malfunctioned for the second time in two years, causing transport chaos for thousands of people. The focus of the probe will be hardware and software connected to the flight...

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Murphy Named Scottish Labour Party Leader

Jim Murphy MP is the new leader of the Scottish Labour Party, beating Holyrood health spokesman Neil Finlay and former Scottish Executive minister Sarah Boyack. The East Renfrewshire MP and former Secretary Of State for Scotland had been favourite...

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UK Sought Changes To Senate CIA Torture Report

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent The former Home Office security minister Lord West - in an interview with Sky News - has categorically denied lobbying a US intelligence committee to edit its report on CIA torture. Britain has been dragged...

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Claire Tiltman's Killer Jailed For Life

Colin Ash-Smith has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the murder of schoolgirl Claire Tiltman in 1993. The milkman attacked the 16-year-old from behind as she took a short cut through an alleyway to a friend's house in Greenhithe,...

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Northern Ireland Talks End Without Deal

David Cameron says it has not been possible to reach a deal with Northern Ireland politicians over the future of Stormont. The Prime Minister and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny had presented a financial package and proposals to solve disputes threatening...

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IS-Fighting Britons Held At Heathrow Airport

Two British men who joined Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria have told how they were treated as terrorism suspects on their return to the UK. Former soldiers Jamie Read, 24, and James Hughes, 26, say they were taken to separate interview...

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Ray Teret Jailed For 25 Years For Sex Attacks

Ray Teret, a former DJ and close friend of Jimmy Savile, has been jailed for 25 years for a string of historical sex offences. The 73-year-old was found guilty last week of raping and indecently assaulting a total of 11 victims in the 1960s and 1970s....

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Miliband Sets Out Labour's Stall On Economy

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Ed Miliband is unveiling a new policy to balance Britain's books in an attempt to repair the damage to his credibility when he failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech. In a speech on...

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Mexican Hitmen Held In Vigilantes' Illegal Jail

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Mexico Sky News has gained access to an illegal prison where hitmen for Mexico's drug gangs have been jailed by vigilantes who snatched them off the streets. High in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains our guides...

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Britain Braced As 'Weather Bomb' Closes In

More than 17,000 people have lost power supplies and waves of 52ft have already been recorded as a "weather bomb" begins to hit the country. Freezing winds are expected to peak on Wednesday afternoon, but the first phase of the storm and its effects...

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'Weather Bomb': What Is Happening And Where?

As a huge storm system - known as a "weather bomb" - batters the northern half of the UK, here are the key developments so far: :: More than 17,000 people in the Western Isles have been left without power. :: A Spanish fishing vessel is being escorted...

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Threat Made To Kidnap And Kill Police Officer

Police in the West Midlands were ordered off the streets after a threat was made to kidnap and kill an officer in Birmingham, Sky News has learned. Officers were called back to base by West Midlands Police between 10pm and midnight on Monday after...

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Spotlight On Homosexuality In Asian Community

By Ashish Joshi, Sky News Correspondent The Shrien Dewani case has put a spotlight on a subject Britain's Asian community has struggled to address. Homosexuality is one of the last taboos. The subject is rarely talked about and coming out is extremely...

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Chaotic Scenes As Dewani Leaves Cape Town

Shrien Dewani has boarded a flight out of South Africa after being cleared of plotting his wife's death on their honeymoon. The case against the 34-year-old was thrown out by Judge Jeanette Traverso, who ruled that prosecution arguments fell "far...

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MP Caught Playing Candy Crush In Meeting

An MP has said he was "fully engaged" in a Commons meeting despite admitting he spent part of it playing Candy Crush Saga. The Sun has published pictures of Nigel Mills playing the addictive puzzle game on his iPad, during a Works and Pensions Committee...

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Why Has The Dewani Case Collapsed?

It took the South African authorities four years to get the Anni Dewani case to trial, only for a judge to throw it out after two months. Shrien Dewani has always denied any involvement in the murder of his wife in Cape Town in 2010. Judge Jeanette...

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Dewani Walks Free As Murder Trial Thrown Out

There have been angry scenes outside court after the case against Shrien Dewani, who was accused of plotting to murder his wife Anni on their honeymoon, was dismissed. Judge Jeanette Traverso said prosecution arguments had "fallen far below" the level...

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Archbishop Welby Warns Hunger Stalks The UK

The Archbishop of Canterbury says he was left more shocked at the plight of poor families in the UK being forced to rely on food banks than the suffering in African refugee camps. Hunger "stalks large parts of the country" while the scale of waste...

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David Haines' Widow Brands IS Killers 'Cowards'

By Katie Stallard, in Sisak, Croatia The widow of murdered aid worker David Haines has told Sky News the militants who killed her husband are cowards. Speaking at their home in Sisak, Croatia, in her first television interview, Dragana Haines said: ...

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Alex Salmond Launches His Wesminster Bid

Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, has announced he will stand as an MP at next May's General Election. The ex-SNP leader will join the contest for the seat in the UK parliamentary constituency of Gordon. The seat is currently held...

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