Movember: Call For Men's Cancer Support Groups

Campaigners have told Sky News they hope the record number of people supporting an annual cancer awareness appeal will help get more men starting their own support networks. More than 160,000 men are diagnosed with cancer every year, including 40,000...

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PM Faces Tory Rebellion Over Gay Marriage

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky Reporter David Cameron could be facing the biggest Conservative rebellion of his premiership over plans to introduce gay marriage. Some 118 Tory MPs - more than a third of the party's representatives- have indicated to...

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Thousands Lose Power As Rain Batters Britain

Thousands of people have been left without power and scores evacuated from their homes after heavy rain battered Britain for a second day. Up to 60mm (5ins) of rain fell in some areas as winds gusted up to 70mph, leaving vast swathes of the country...

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Electricity Bills: Green Power Adds Extra £75

Green power could add £75 a year to electricity bills by 2020 under new government plans. The coalition's long-awaited green energy strategy will treble the costs levied on bills from £2.35bn a year to £7.6bn. And the drive for clean energy could add...

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House Fire: Murder Probe Into Family Deaths

A house fire that killed a mother and her five children in Essex last month is now being treated as a murder investigation. Sabah Usmani, a 44-year-old doctor, and the children died after a fire at their home in Barn Mead, Harlow, in the early hours...

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UK Border Agency's '100,000 Unopened Letters'

UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff dealt with a backlog of immigration cases so inefficiently that at one point 100,000 items of post were unopened, says a report. Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine found security checks were not carried...

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Report: Thousands Of Children Raped And Abused

By Richard Suchet, Sky News Reporter At least 2,409 children were raped or abused by gangs or groups in England between August 2010 and October 2011, according to the Office of the Children's Commissioner. Their interim report - the most in-depth...

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Lorries Targeted In New Smuggling Crackdown

Lorry drivers involved in the smuggling of illegal goods such as drugs and guns into the UK are being targeted in a new police campaign. Operation Hedgehunter is a year-long crackdown on contraband material being taken to the North West from overseas...

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Photos Of Unidentified Bodies Posted Online

Pictures of unidentified bodies have been uploaded to a new police website in the hope of finding out who they are. The website features images of some of the 1,000 people the Missing Persons Bureau has on file. As a precaution any thought to...

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All Homes 'To Be Given Cheapest Energy Deal'

Energy Secretary Ed Davey will flesh out proposals later to ensure all households are on the cheapest gas and electricity tariffs available. After weeks of confusion about the Government's plans to simplify the market and reduce bills for hard-pressed...

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Paralysed Dogs Cured By Scientists

A study of pet dogs with severe spinal injuries suffered in accidents offers new hope for paralysed human patients. Scientists restored movement to the dogs' hind legs by bridging breaks in the spinal cord using olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) taken...

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Report: Young Brits More Likely To Get Drunk

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent Young people in the UK are more likely to have been drunk by the age of 13 than those in almost any other country. A report has also found that 15 and 16-year-olds are more likely to have been drunk...

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Benefits Cap 'Immoral And Socially Divisive'

Plans for a £500-a-week cap on household benefits have been criticised in an savage attack by the former coalition minister for children and families. Sarah Teather accused ministers of seeking to "gain popularity at the expense of children's lives"...

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Energy Bill: The Plan To Keep UK's Lights On

By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent Crucial plans to ensure the UK's lights stay on for the next twenty years are due to be published shortly by the Government. The energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey, has to balance the need to create new...

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