Natalie Harvey from Nottingham suffers online verbal abuse over Little Orphan Annie red hair jibes More »Mother reveals Facebook torment over bullies mocking ginger afro childhood pictures
Self-confessed cocaine addict and nightclub bouncer Carl Whant has been found guilty of the rape and murder of heavily-pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender. More »Bouncer Guilty Of Murdering Pregnant Teenager
A Lancashire town has banned charity collectors who employ 'aggressive tactics' towards shoppers. More »'Aggressive' charity collectors banned from town centre
MP Eric Joyce has been suspended by the Labour Party after being arrested on suspicion of assault after an alleged fight in a bar in the House of Commons. More »MP Arrested Over 'Headbutting' Suspended
Britain is getting an early taste of summer as the mercury rises to a balmy 18°C. More »T-shirt Thursday: UK hotter than North Africa as temperatures soar to 18°C
An investigation into claims that some doctors are granting women illegal abortions based on the sex of their unborn baby has been launched by the Department of Health. More »Sex Selection Abortion Claims Investigated
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland has announced a full year loss of nearly £2bn - further fuelling the debate about bankers' pay and bonuses. More »RBS Posts £2bn Loss Amid Bank Bonus Anger
A teenage girl told police she was being repeatedly raped by a group of men who plied her with alcohol and demanded sex, a court has heard. More »Court Hears Teen Girl's Gang Rape Claim
Hundreds of illegal immigrants from India are sleeping rough in appalling conditions in west London, a Sky News investigation can reveal. More »'Trapped' Illegal Immigrants Sleep On Streets
A father has told how the UK’s most dangerous spider bit him ten times while shopping for toys with his daughter. More »Father collapses in Toys R Us after UK’s most poisonous spider bites him ten times
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to act swiftly to crush any return of racism in football, after several high-profile cases, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday. Cameron said Britain should be proud of the achievements of the campaign to rid the sport of racism over the past two decades, adding that other countries had failed to take similar action. "But we have some problems still today," Cameron said at the opening of an anti-discrimination summit with former players and football officials. "We need to act quickly to make sure those problems do not creep back in. ... More »Britain can crush racism in sport, Cameron says
Tributes have been paid to comedian Frank Carson, best known for his catchphrase "It's a cracker", who has died aged of 85 after losing a battle with stomach cancer. More »Tributes Paid To Comedy Legend Frank Carson
Eleven men have gone on trial accused of sexually exploiting underage girls who had been plied with drugs and alcohol. More »Grooming Trial: Girls 'Plied With Drugs'
LONDON (Reuters) - The newly appointed managing director of Argos, the catalogue and store chain, said he has been given a free rein to examine all options for the struggling business, including closing some of its 750 shops. John Walden, a 52-year-old American who started his job at the Home Retail owned business three days ago, told Reuters on Thursday: "They've certainly given me really a complete blank piece of paper and asked me to bring a new perspective to the business without constraints. ... More »New Argos boss has free rein for change
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of emergency workers and government staff began a two-day exercise on Wednesday to practise dealing with a major terrorism incident during the 2012 London Olympics. Volunteers posing as dazed travellers emerged from a London underground station, some coughing, some covered in fake blood and some on stretchers as police and emergency workers swarmed outside. ... More »London practises for underground terror attack
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned global leaders that the world will "pay a price" if it fails to help Somalia tackle terrorism, piracy and hunger. More »PM: World Must Not Ignore Plight Of Somalia
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Adele had the tabloid press up in arms on Wednesday and TV executives running for cover over a middle finger gesture after her moment in the sun at British pop's biggest awards was cut short for programming reasons. The 23-year-old was midway through an acceptance speech at the packed O2 Arena in her native London after picking up the big prize -- best British album for her chart-conquering "21". But because the show was running late, and being broadcast live on ITV, presenter James Corden stepped in to cut Adele short, prompting the "one finger salute". ... More »Adele turns tables on TV execs with finger gesture
LONDON (Reuters) - State-funded National Health Service (NHS) could save up to 2 billion pounds by taking better control of its underused and empty properties, which represent 264 soccer pitches worth of space, a report said. The NHS could raise 1 billion pounds by selling half of this 1.9 million square metres of space and could save a further 1 billion pounds through more efficient procurement of goods and services, property consultancy EC Harris said on Thursday. ... More »NHS could save £2 billion on empty property - report
Swift action is needed to "crush" any return of racism to football before it impacts on wider society, according to David Cameron. More »PM: We Must Stamp Out Racism In Football
A 47-year-old man has been charged with the murders of a vicar in Gloucestershire and an elderly woman in Worcestershire. More »Vicar And Pensioner Murders: Man Charged