Rolf Harris Spat At During Prison Scuffle

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris who is serving a jail sentence for sex abuse has been spat at in prison. The 84-year-old was targeted during an incident at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire. A source said that there was a scuffle and the artist and musician...

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High Street Revival 'Has Shown Little Impact'

By Frazer Maude, Sky News Correspondent The self-titled "Queen of Shops" has come under fire after her Government-backed bid to revive the High Street has shown little impact. Wolverhampton was one of 12 town centres chosen to pilot retail guru...

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Commonwealth Games Athlete Tested For Ebola

An athlete competing for Sierra Leone at the Commonwealth Games has revealed he spent four days in isolation over fears he had brought the deadly ebola disease into the UK. Moses Sesay, who came to Scotland to compete in the cycling time trial, fell...

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PM Hails £300m Project To Unlock Power Of DNA

UK scientists are to map 100,000 complete DNA code sequences in a "landmark" project that aims to revolutionise medicine, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. Mr Cameron said the 100,000 Genomes Project, funded by a package of deals worth £300m,...

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Ebola: 'Precautions' Taken To Keep UK Safe

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said "precautionary measures" have been put in place to protect Britons from ebola, although it is "most unlikely" it could spread within the UK. Mr Hammond was speaking after a meeting of the Government's emergency...

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NHS Hospital Paid £1,800 A Day For Nurse

By Thomas Moore, Science and Health Correspondent NHS hospitals are so short staffed on public holidays they are paying almost £150 an hour for nurses to work, a Sky News investigation has found. On May Day Bank Holiday this year a locum agency...

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British Doctors Warned To Check For Ebola

British doctors have been told to keep an eye out for anyone displaying the symptoms of Ebola as authorities in Africa fail to contain an outbreak. A second airline stopped its flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone on Tuesday night, hours after a highly...

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Driverless Cars 'On UK Roads By January'

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent The government is today announcing plans to put driverless cars on public roads as early as January 2015. The British Army already uses autonomous vehicles, supplied by automotive design specialist MIRA,...

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Kate's Got A Real Fan At Commonwealth Games

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be hoping the home nations' gold rush continues as they return to the Commonwealth Games in Scotland where they spent a fun-packed day. Kate and William joined Prince Harry and Prince Edward as they saw several...

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House Prices Force Adults To Live With Parents

By Gerard Tubb, North Of England Correspondent Millions of young workers have been dubbed the "clipped wing generation" because they are forced to live with their parents by rising house prices. Housing charity Shelter has published census data...

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Fracking Rules As Push For Drilling Heats Up

Fracking will be only be allowed in national parks and areas of outstanding beauty in "exceptional circumstances", ministers say, as new bidding for shale exploration licences opens. The policy is part of new guidance published today by Government which...

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Domestic Abusers Get Off With 'Slap On Wrist'

By Ashish Joshi, Sky News Correspondent The victims of domestic abuse are being failed by the Government and their abusers getting away with little more than a "slap on the wrist", claims Labour. The Opposition claims more than 10,000 perpetrators...

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Homes Evacuated Over 'Volatile Substance'

Up to 200 people were asked to leave their homes after a "potentially volatile" substance was found in a flat. Police were working with council emergency planners last night to move families from homes within 100m of the find in Newhall, South Derbyshire,...

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Gatwick Passengers Suffer Baggage Delays

Hundreds of people arriving into Gatwick Airport's south terminal have faced long delays in picking up their luggage, with many being told to go home without it. An airport spokesman said the overnight disruption was caused by "resourcing issues" involving...

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