Man Arrested Over Fireworks Warehouse Blaze

A man has been arrested over a blaze at a fireworks warehouse in Staffordshire where two people remain unaccounted for. An investigation has been launched into what caused the explosion at the SP Plastics building at an industrial unit in Stafford...

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Sex Abuse Inquiry Head Under Pressure To Quit

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent A lawyer representing 50 victims of child abuse has said the Home Office must "start again" if it wants its inquiry into historical allegations to win public confidence. Alison Millar, a partner at Leigh...

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UK Begins Paying Back First World War Debt

The Government has announced it will pay off part of the UK's First World War debt - the first such payment for 67 years. The Treasury will repay £218m of the £2bn still owed from the 1914 to 1918 war, as part of a redemption of bonds stretching...

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Child Abuse Inquiry Controversy At-A-Glance

The head of the inquiry into historical child sex abuse allegations is under mounting pressure to resign - in the latest in a string of controversies that have dogged the investigation before it has even started. Here is an at-a-glance background...

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Asylum: 29,000 Cases Unresolved Since 2007

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Failings in the UK's asylum system have led to an "extremely concerning" backlog of cases - with the Home Office accused of being in chaos over immigration. Some 11,000 asylum seekers have been waiting since...

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Man Guilty Of Murdering Women On Puppy Farm

A dog breeder has been found guilty of murdering his partner and her daughter at his puppy farm. John Lowe, 82, opened fire on 66-year-old Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy Lee, 40, with a shotgun he normally used for killing rats. Christine's...

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Tesco Faces Criminal Probe Over Profits Crisis

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is poised to launch a formal criminal probe into the accounting crisis at Tesco that led the UK's biggest retailer to overstate profits by £263m. Sky News has learnt that the agency could...

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Tech And Staff Failures Behind Case Backlog

The failure of two major IT projects and "ill-judged" staffing decisions have led to the loss of more than 50,000 people who cannot be found in Britain, according to a report by MPs. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report reveals the Home Office...

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Energy Crunch: Don't Expect Return To 1970s

Are you ready for winter? This question is at the heart of today's National Grid Winter Outlook report. The weather is predicted to reach around 20 degrees in some parts of the UK on the final day of October this year so it's no wonder consumers...

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Leeds Kids' Care Report Slams Whistleblowers

By Gerard Tubb, North of England Correspondent An independent investigation into the temporary closure of children's heart surgery in Leeds last year has blamed a badly-compiled dossier of complaints and poorly-managed medics. The strongest criticism...

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Energy Crunch: Plan To Keep The Lights On

National Grid has warned the UK may be forced to resort to emergency measures to keep the lights on if bad weather strikes this winter, with households picking up the bill. Its annual Winter Outlook report looking at the capacity margin - the gap...

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Lloyds Cuts 9,000 Jobs And 200 Branches

Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed 9,000 job losses and 200 branch closures as it moves to bolster its digital banking offering through a £1bn investment over three years. The bank - 25%-owned by the taxpayer - said the job and branch cuts would take...

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US Ebola Nurse Slams Quarantine Process

An American nurse who has been treating Ebola patients in Africa has criticised quarantine rules that keep her isolated despite testing negative. Doctors Without Borders worker Kaci Hickox returned to the US from Sierra Leone on Friday and was taken...

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Afghanistan: Britain Never Had Enough Soldiers

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent It is hot. Hot as hell. Driving a Jackal long-distance reconnaissance truck and dragging another broken one behind. My cameraman Jim Foster is at the wheel as we career across the desert on the outskirts of an...

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Afghan Fighting Was 'Fruitless And Expensive'

By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors. One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth. The first to conduct...

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Britain's War In Afghanistan Comes To An End

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent Britain's war in Afghanistan is officially over. In a symbolic ceremony at Camp Bastion, the Union Flag was lowered for the last time, marking the formal handover of power to Afghan Forces. That simple...

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