Connors Family Found Guilty Of Forced Labour

Five members of the same traveller family who made their staff perform humiliating tasks have been found guilty of forced labour. William Connors, 52, his wife Mary, 48, their sons John, 29, and James, 20, and their son-in-law Miles Connors, 24, were...

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Witches Coven: Child Sex Abuse Pair Jailed

Two men have been jailed for a total of 32 years after sexually abusing several children as part of a witches' coven in Cornwall during the 1970s. Peter Petrauske, 72, and Jack Kemp, 69, were said to have donned ceremonial robes and pagan paraphernalia...

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Savile Revelations Spark NSPCC Abuse Campaign

The NSPCC has launched a campaign in a bid to prevent people thinking sexual abuse is a problem from the past following the Jimmy Savile abuse revelations. The children's charity is worried that due to many of Savile's victims being abused in the 1970s...

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Kids At Risk Of Rickets Due To Lack Of Vitamin D

Doctors fear a return of the 19th century disease rickets as the number of children suffering from vitamin D deficiencies increases. There has been a four-fold increase in the bone disease - which has been relatively uncommon in the UK since the 19th...

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Victims 'To Get Voice' As Asbos Scrapped

By Gerard Tubb, North of England Correspondent Victims of anti-social behaviour will get to have a say in how offenders are punished under plans put forward by the Government. The so-called Community Remedy forms part of draft legislation that...

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Royal Prank Call Nurse's Inquest Set To Open

Timeline: Nurse Prank Call Tragedy Updated: 2:04am UK, Thursday 13 December 2012 Here are some of the key developments surrounding the death of hospital nurse Jacintha Saldanha following a hoax phone call by two Australian radio hosts. Monday, December...

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Finucane Murder Report Due To Be Published

By Vicki Hawthorne, Ireland Correspondent A report investigating allegations of collusion in the murder of a prominent solicitor in Northern Ireland will be published later. The killing of Pat Finucane is one of the most controversial in Northern...

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Weather: Travel Delays As Fog Cancels Flights

Freezing fog has descended on parts of the UK, forcing airports to cancel flights - and more delays are expected. Heathrow Airport has said more than 20 flights due to take off on Wednesday have been scrapped. A spokesman said further cancellations...

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Gay Marriage A 'Disaster' For Tories, Says MP

By Enda Brady, Sky News Correspondent Pushing ahead with legislation for gay marriage in church would be "a disaster" for the Conservative party, an MP has warned. Stewart Jackson, MP for Peterborough, spoke out ahead of Government plans to pave...

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Radio Prank Nurse: Post-Mortem Examination Due

A post-mortem examination is due to be held later on the nurse who apparently took her own life after she fell victim to a prank call made to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge. Tributes have been paid to Jacintha Saldanha, who was found...

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HMS Audacious: New Super Submarine For Navy

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent A £1.2bn contract has been agreed to build a new submarine for the Royal Navy. The deal, awarded by the Ministry of Defence to BAE Systems, will safeguard 3,000 jobs at the company's Barrow shipyard in...

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DNA Database: £100m Bid To Cut Cancer Deaths

David Cameron is to unveil plans for a DNA database that could one day hold the genetic details of every person in Britain. A £100m project will see 100,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases having their DNA fully mapped as part of a drive to revolutionise...

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Suffolk Light Aircraft Crash: One Person Dead

One person has died after a light aircraft crashed into a tree in a Suffolk village. Police said the aircraft came down in Aldham, near Hadleigh, where it collided with a tree and became submerged in a pond. At around the same time as the crash, homes...

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NI Police On Alert Amid Union Flag Tensions

Police are on alert in Belfast after a week of protests over new restrictions on flying the Union flag at City Hall. Up to 2,000 people took part in a loyalist protest in the city centre on Saturday, which passed off peacefully. But pockets of violence...

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