CIA Director Petraeus Quits Over Affair

CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned over an extramarital affair - which officials say was uncovered by an FBI investigation. According to his letter of resignation, General Petraeus asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to allow him to resign,...

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Turkey Helicopter Crash: 17 Troops Killed

Seventeen Turkish soldiers have died after their helicopter crashed in southeastern Turkey in bad weather, an official has said. The Sikorsky aircraft came down on Herekol mountain, in the Pervari district of Siirt province, according to Siirt governor...

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Babies To Be Vaccinated Against Stomach Bug

Babies are to be vaccinated against a highly infectious bug that is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea in children. From September 2013, infants aged between two and four months will be immunised against rotavirus, which causes diarrhoea, vomiting,...

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BBC Boss 'Was Unaware' Of Child Abuse Slur

Lord McAlpine: Full Statement Updated: 10:45am UK, Friday 09 November 2012 Tory peer Lord McAlpine today described reports linking him to the North Wales child abuse allegations as "wholly false and seriously defamatory". Here is his full statement....

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Lord McAlpine Denies Sex Abuse Allegations

Lord McAlpine: Full Statement Updated: 10:45am UK, Friday 09 November 2012 Tory peer Lord McAlpine today described reports linking him to the North Wales child abuse allegations as "wholly false and seriously defamatory". Here is his full statement....

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Coronation Street Star Bill Tarmey Dies

Former Coronation Street star Bill Tarmey, who played loveable rogue Jack Duckworth in the show, has died. A spokeswoman for the soap opera said Tarmey, who featured as the long-suffering husband of Vera, died this morning in Tenerife. The 71-year-old...

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Britain To End Financial Aid To India In 2015

Britain's controversial £280m-a-year aid programme for India will end in 2015, the Government has announced. The UK will reduce its support to the fast-developing country over the next three years, saving around £200m ahead of the cut-off. International...

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Child Sex Abuse Victim Recalls Horror

By Tom Parmenter, Sky Correspondent A man who was abused in North Wales care homes has told how he was routinely taken to London and forced to take part in sex parties. He alleges he was regularly abused as a 12-year-old boy by members of the establishment...

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Sandy Victims Suffer As New Storm Hits US Coast

By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent, in New York City A second storm has battered the northeast coast of the United States adding to the misery felt by many after superstorm Sandy. Heavy snow and strong winds have hit parts of New York and New...

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Bradley Wiggins In Hospital After Bike Crash

Police are to speak to a van driver who was involved a crash with Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins, 32, was thrown from his bike in the accident at a petrol station near to his home in Lancashire on Thursday...

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Essex Fatal Fire: 'House Was Burgled'

A house in Essex where a doctor and her five children died in a fire may have been burgled, police say. Sabah Usmani and her five children died after a fire at their home in Barn Mead, Harlow, in the early hours of October 15. Her husband, Dr Abdul...

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Derby Fire Deaths: Parents Deny Murder

The parents of six children who died during a house fire in Derby have pleaded not guilty to six counts of murder. Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, 31, made the plea at Nottingham Crown Court. Jade, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, eight,...

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US Election: How Romney Lost And Obama Won

"We are not as divided as our politics suggest," newly re-elected President Barack Obama insisted as he addressed thousands of his supporters at his victory party in Chicago. His inclusive message - white or black , straight or gay, red state or blue...

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Republican Rape Remark Candidates Defeated

Two Republican candidates who made controversial remarks about rape and abortion during the US election campaign have both been defeated in their campaign to join the Senate. Richard Mourdock in Indiana lost to Democrat Joe Donnelly while Congressman...

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Obama Tells US: 'The Best Is Yet To Come'

Barack Obama has promised that the "best is yet to come" for the US after winning another four years at the White House. Following a bitter and costly election campaign, the president easily overcame his Republican challenger Mitt Romney - taking seven...

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April Jones: Man Sentenced For Facebook Posts

An 18-year-old man has been given a six-week suspended sentence for making offensive comments on Facebook about missing girl April Jones. Sam Busby was arrested by police after posting grossly offensive remarks on the social networking site just days...

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Brent Cross Jewellery Shop Targeted In Raid

Four people on three motorbikes - armed with axes and bats - have raided a jewellers at a popular London shopping centre. The suspects entered Brent Cross Shopping Centre in London shortly after 10.15am on Tuesday, fleeing with "a quantity of watches...

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Obama: Key States May Swing It For President

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent Barack Obama looks on course to secure a second term in the White House as Americans cast their votes following the most expensive and negative election campaign in history. The president appears to have the narrowest...

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Syria: Assad Could Leave, Says David Cameron

David Cameron has suggested that Syria's president Bashar al Assad could be allowed safe passage out of the country if it would guarantee an end to the nation's civil war. In an interview with Sky News Arabia, the Prime Minister said the international...

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Home Sec: New Wales Child Abuse Inquiry

The director general of the National Crime Agency will investigate historic allegations of child abuse at North Wales care homes, Home Secretary Theresa May has told the Commons. Keith Bristow will lead investigations into new claims of sex offences...

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Obama And Romney In Final White House Push

Who Will Win The Presidency? Updated: 11:01am UK, Monday 05 November 2012 By Adam Boulton, Political Editor In predicting who is going to be the next US president, all we have to go on are the opinion polls - the rest comes down to hunches and...

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Savile's Freeman Honour Set To Be Revoked

Jimmy Savile's name is set to be wiped from Scarborough's list of Freemen of the Borough. Councillors will debate a motion to take his name from the roll of honour as a gesture of support to the 300 people he allegedly abused over six decades. The...

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Predatory Paedophile Kidnapper Is Jailed

A predatory paedophile whose "truly horrific" abduction of a 10-year-old boy sparked mass street protests has been jailed indefinitely for public protection. Michael Jackson tied up and repeatedly threatened to kill the terrified victim, who was held...

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Cregan Denies Murdering Two Policewomen

Dale Cregan has denied murdering policewomen Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in a gun and grenade attack. Cregan, 29, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to the murders of the Greater Manchester Police constables. The officers...

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US Presidential Race Goes Down To The Wire

The US presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have entered the last two days before voting, with polls still indicating no clear winner. After an intensive Saturday criss-crossing key battleground states, the American president is targeting...

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Cosy Texts Between PM And Brooks Revealed

Text messages exchanged by David Cameron and former News International boss Rebekah Brooks are likely to cause fresh embarrassment for the Prime Minister. In one message, Mr Cameron thanked Mrs Brooks for letting him ride one of her horses, joking it...

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Teenager Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash In Bury

Greater Manchester Police have named the victim of a hit-and-run crash in Bury as 16-year-old Callum Hilton. The boy, who was out with friends, was crossing Stand Lane in Radcliffe when he was hit by a silver Peugeot which did not stop, Greater Manchester...

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British Soldier Stabbed To Death In Cyprus

A British soldier has been stabbed to death during a fight with UK tourists in a Cyprus nightclub, police have said. Cypriot police said four off-duty soldiers stationed on the island got involved in an altercation with three tourists in the early hours...

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