A North-South divide over the prescription of high dose opioids and other painkillers has been revealed by Sky News research. The findings are being described as...
Rail passengers are in for more travel chaos as only around one in five trains are set to run today due to another strike. More than...
Liverpool will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has announced. It beat off Glasgow to win the chance to host the show, with the...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says “the world cannot turn a blind eye to Iran” and the UK government “must act” over human rights abuses, as women and girls...
I first met Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shortly after she was released from prison in Iran and reunited with her husband Richard and daughter Gabriella. We met in...
A 15-year-old boy has been detained for life for stabbing to death a father-of-three outside his home. Described in court as an “obnoxious teenage trouble maker”,...
A man with a knife has been shot dead by armed officers after being spotted in the car park of a police station in Derby. Police...
Police have ended a search for Moors murders victim Keith Bennett on Saddleworth Moor after finding no human remains. An author claimed to have found evidence...
A criminal investigation has been launched into six serving police officers and a former officer over “discriminatory” and “derogatory” messages shared in a WhatsApp group, a...
British Superbike rider Chrissy Rouse has died after a crash at Donington Park at the weekend. Organisers said the 26-year-old “passed away peacefully, surrounded by his...
When farmer Ed Lovejoy rounded up his sheep last month, he was left “stunned” and feeling “pretty sick”. A total of 116 ewes had vanished from...
Thirteen days before the man accused of raping her was due to stand trial, Jade McCrossen-Nethercott was told her case was being dropped. After a phone...
Commuters will face another day of travel disruption with more rail strikes planned on 8 October – bringing a halt to many services as a long-running...
JK Rowling has tweeted a picture of herself in a T-shirt that calls Scotland’s first minister a “destroyer of women’s rights”. The author also gave her...
Sexual health providers fear they could be forced to stop seeing vulnerable and at risk patients in some parts of the country unless they receive extra...
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of another boy of the same age in Gateshead. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)...
A “thug” who left a Sikh priest for dead in what has been branded a “racial attack” has been jailed for three years. Claudio Campos, 28,...
A government minister has failed to rule out energy rationing across the UK this winter after warnings three-hour power blackouts could be imposed. Asked on Sky...
The latest snapshot on the UK housing market sees “significant downward pressure” on prices as mortgage costs rise. The monthly report by Halifax showed just a...
The latest information on the risks facing gas and electricity supplies suggests there is an increased risk of blackouts this winter – but they can be...