Badgers Should Be Gassed, Princess Anne Says

The Princess Royal has been criticised by animal rights campaigners after she described the gassing of badgers as a "much nicer way" to control them than shooting them. Gassing has been banned since 1982 and is considered inhumane by animal rights activists. ...

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Mafia Boss 'The Professor' Arrested Again In UK

An alleged Italian mafia boss has been arrested on a fresh international warrant a week after he was told he was free to remain in the UK. Domenico Rancadore had been told by a judge he could return to his home in Uxbridge, west London, after prosecutors...

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Dawlish: Damaged Railway Reopens After Repair

David Cameron has paid tribute to workmen after they completed repair work on the badly-damaged rail line at Dawlish. A 300-strong team has spent weeks repairing the line, which was badly damaged on February 4 when the sea wall was breached during storms....

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UK Smog Set To Ease As Cleaner Winds Move In

Air pollution levels will drop towards the weekend as cleaner winds move in from the Atlantic, Defra has said. Ambulance services in the UK have reported a spike in the number of emergency calls from people suffering with asthma, lung problems and heart...

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Teenage Student Yashika Bageerathi Deported

A teenager at the centre of a deportation battle has left the UK on a plane to Mauritius. The removal of student Yashika Bageerathi has gone ahead after a last-minute attempt to secure an emergency injunction failed. The 19-year-old is being flown...

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Air Pollution: UK Braced For Third Day Of Smog

A health warning remains in force for millions of vulnerable people as the country prepares for a third day of record air pollution levels. High levels of smog are forecast today for East Anglia, the Midlands, Lincolnshire, the Wirral and the north...

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Defra: Air Pollution Levels To Top The Scale

Air pollution will reach "very high" or "high" levels across much of England on Wednesday, the UK's Environment Department has warned. The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said air pollution will worsen, reaching the top level...

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Clegg And Farage Set For Debate Round Two

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent EU foreign policy in relation to Ukraine and Syria is likely to dominate when Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage clash tonight in their second televised debate. The Lib Dem and UKIP leaders have already started...

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UK Prisons 'Are Revolving Door For Offenders'

By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent More than one in three offenders sentenced in the year up to September 2013 had 10 or more previous convictions, Sky News can reveal. Figures released by the Ministry of Justice lay bare the scale of...

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Royal Mail Sell-Off 'Cost Taxpayer Millions'

Taxpayers lost out due to the Government's low valuation of Royal Mail shares during its privatisation, the National Audit Office has found. The public spending watchdog concluded ministers showed "deep caution" when pricing the shares last year. The...

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Patients 'Should Pay £10 NHS Membership Fee'

People should pay a £10-a-month fee to use the NHS and "hotel-style charges" for stays in hospital, according to former Labour health minister Lord Warner. He said the radical measures were needed to help fund the NHS which is struggling to meet the...

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'Somersault' Plane Crash: Essex Victim Named

A passenger who died when the light aircraft he was flying in burst into flames as it crashed into a field in Essex has been named. Simon Chamberlain, a 29-year-old father-of-one from Harlow, died along with the pilot when their Yak 52 aircraft got...

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School's Bid To Stop Student Being Deported

Student Yashika Bageerathi's school is making a last-ditch appeal to stop her being deported from Britain to Mauritius later today. The 19-year-old has been told she will fly back to the Indian Ocean island at 5pm on Mother's Day without her family....

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Death Rate Down After Warm Winter Weather

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent The mild winter dramatically reduced the number of deaths, particularly among the elderly, research by Sky News has shown. Between the start of December and mid-March, 10,881 fewer people died in...

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