A combative Theresa May said it is "high time" MPs make a decision on Brexit in a Downing Street address to the nation.

Theresa May is to ask Brussels for only a short delay to Brexit - expected to be around three months - Sky News understands.

A head teacher in Birmingham is calling on the education secretary to intervene as her school faces a backlash for teaching students about gay relationships.

The shadow care minister has called on Health Secretary Matt Hancock to address concerns over the deaths of people with a learning disability or autism…

A man who murdered a convicted child killer has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years.

British Airways has apologised after a flight to Dusseldorf landed in Edinburgh by mistake.

Cardiff City will tell world football's governing body FIFA that the contract to sign Emiliano Sala from Nantes was not legally binding.

A body has been recovered from the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park. 

A Brexit supporter who egged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn while shouting "respect the vote" has been jailed for 28 days.

An inquest into the death of University of Hull student Libby Squire has heard that her body was identified by her fingerprints.

The jury in the Hillsborough trial has retired to consider its verdicts of police match commander David Duckenfield.

At least seven people attacked by crocodiles or alligators were treated in hospitals in England in a year, NHS figures show.

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is unlikely to fight extradition and could return to the UK as early as this week, according to his lawyer.

An 11-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman have been injured after a suspected pellet gun was fired in southwest London.

A murder investigation is under way after a shop worker was stabbed to death during a "violent robbery" at a newsagent's - one of six people to be…

Two people had to be rescued after the van they were in became submerged as they tried to cross a causeway at high tide.

A desperate mother has pleaded with thieves to return a stolen lock of blonde hair that belonged to her two-year-old daughter who died suddenly six…

A police call handler has been praised for saving the life of a distressed woman while on her way home from work.

A woman has been left with life-changing burns after a gas explosion destroyed a house in a small Devon town.

The number of people arrested for drink-driving has nearly halved in almost 10 years, figures obtained by Sky News reveal.

Theresa May has days left in Downing Street amid a cabinet coup to oust her, according to several reports.

An RAF aircraft is to deliver 20 tonnes of UK aid supplies to countries devastated by Cyclone Idai.

More than a million people have marched through London to demand a second EU referendum, organisers have said.

British murder suspect Shane O'Brien, who is on the "world's most wanted" list, has been detained in Romania.

A sixth mosque has been attacked in Birmingham.

One side of the main motorway to the Port of Dover will be shut to non-freight traffic from Monday morning as part of testing for a possible no-deal…

Libby Squire's mum has said she has lost "one of the most precious things" and apologised for "not keeping her safe" in an emotional tribute.

A 13-year-old girl died from an overdose of ecstasy after falling ill at home, police have revealed.

Witnesses have described seeing a 17-year-old boy, who was stabbed and killed in London, being attacked by a masked man.

The family of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked riots across England in 2011, are suing the Metropolitan Police for damages.

The building dubbed the UK's Sistine Chapel reopens today after a two-year, £8.5m restoration.

Two men found electrocuted on train tracks had been on top of a moving freight train before hitting overhead power cables.

The family of missing teenager Liam Smith have been told that a male body has been found in a remote wooded area in Aberdeenshire.

Police have arrested a man after five mosques had their windows smashed in Birmingham on Thursday.

A 50-year-old man has been charged with attempting to murder a teenager in Surrey.

Paris Saint-Germain has stood by fans accused by British police of violence and transporting weapons on a bus ahead of Thursday's Women's Champions…

President Donald Trump's visit to the UK left taxpayers with a bill of nearly £300,000 in entertainment and hosting costs. 

A teenager has been jailed for his role in the murder of a young father who had stood up to gangs.

The death of student Libby Squire is being treated as a "potential homicide", police have said.

The mother of Alesha MacPhail, the six-year-old girl who was murdered on the Isle of Bute last summer, has described her daughter's killer as "inhuman".

Irish police say a parcel found in a sorting office in Limerick "appears to be identical" to the parcel bombs sent to UK transport hubs earlier in…

A man has been fined £385 after he was filmed swallowing a live goldfish that he won at a funfair.

A former British soldier detained in the United Arab Emirates for nearly six months has been charged with supplying drugs, a Foreign Office minister…

An anonymous IRA witness in the Birmingham pub bombing inquests has named four men he says were responsible for the attacks.

A priest has described the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone as "needless".

All trains to and from London's Waterloo were cancelled for two hours on Friday morning, causing major disruption for commuters.

Peter Beardsley has been charged with using racist and abusive language towards youth team players during his time in charge of Newcastle Under-23s.

A 17-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of Jodie Chesney, who was stabbed in the back in an east London park on 1 March.

One hundred and fifty therapists who claim to be able to "cure" autism have been served an enforcement notice over warnings their claims have no scientific…

IVF treatment is not being monitored or regulated well enough and it's putting women's health at risk, according to campaigners pushing for a new law.

A body recovered from close to Grimsby Docks in the Humber Estuary is that of missing student Libby Squire, Humberside Police has said.

Three men have been convicted of attempting to smuggle over £100m worth of cocaine into the UK hidden in a yacht. 

When Lee Cowden wanted to start a family at the age of 25 she knew she would need fertility treatment because she had been diagnosed with polycystic…

Three sailors who became stranded on Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel after leaving a ship to go drinking have been found safe.

A Labour MP has claimed he was attacked and called a "traitor" about delays to Brexit while out talking to his constituents.

Commuters trying to get home were left in a flap when traffic came to a standstill after a suspected ostrich wandered on to the road.

A neo-Nazi terror suspect who entered a "Miss Hitler" beauty contest was obsessed with "ethnic cleansing", a court has heard.

The number of parents being fined for their children's poor attendance in school has risen by 74.7%, new figures have revealed.

A group of 21 men are facing prison sentences after pleading guilty to affray following a mass bar brawl in Leeds. 

A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for life with a minimum of 27 years for the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail.

A body recovered from the Humber Estuary near Grimsby Docks has been confirmed to be a woman.

A tattooist known as 'Dr Evil' has been sentenced to three years and four months after he removed ears and nipples and split the tongues of willing…

Counter-terrorism police in the West Midlands are investigating attacks on five mosques in Birmingham overnight.

A cat has died after being shot with an air rifle in a "deliberate and brutal act of cruelty".

Two people have died after being electrocuted at different points on the same stretch of railway line in east London.

A man is due to appear in court on Thursday charged with the murder of a French woman found buried in a shallow grave in a London garden.

Using a handheld phone while driving is "rocketing" among some age groups, despite harsher penalties for offenders, a study has found.

The Home Office has "utterly failed" in its management of immigration detention, according to a parliamentary report which calls for a 28-day…

The NHS could be short of 70,000 nurses and 7,000 GPs within five years unless urgent action is taken to address a growing staffing crisis, according…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 45-year-old woman went missing in Lancashire two months ago. 

A body has been found in the Humber Estuary, according to Humberside Police. 

A student is thought to be the first person in the UK to face trial for allegedly making two guns using a 3D printer.

The body of a man wearing handcuffs - who had been detained by police more than two months ago - has been discovered in a river in Southampton.

Weather presenter Alex Beresford has said "it can literally happen to anybody" after his cousin was stabbed to death in west London.

A month after Instagram promised to remove graphic images of self-harm from its platform, Sky News has found numerous disturbing videos and pictures…

A teenage boy has been arrested after police said he tried to slash another pupil's face with a meat cleaver.

Very hot drinks may be linked to a 90% higher risk of getting cancer of the oesophagus, a large study suggests.

A coroner has ruled that three British tourists who plunged to their deaths in a Vietnam waterfall were not properly warned of the dangers they faced.

Children's TV shows Peppa Pig and Fireman Sam have been accused of sexism by the London Fire Brigade.

County lines drug gangs are fuelling a rise in the number of British children being forced into modern slavery, with cases more than doubling in a…

Theresa May is preparing to formally ask the EU to delay Brexit, 1,000 days since Britons voted to leave the EU.

A woman has mocked her husband on Twitter after he "drunkenly" ordered £600 worth of items in preparation for a no-deal Brexit. 

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a hotel.

A court hearing into allegations that self-styled "yellow vest" protester James Goddard harassed an MP had to be suspended after it descended into…

The Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge met a robot and visited a roof terrace overlooking London on their first joint engagement outside Buckingham…

The government has doubled the amount of money available to provide security infrastructure at places of worship following the Christchurch mosque…

Hospitals are already facing drugs shortages as a consequence of Brexit, with an "information vacuum" hampering their ability to plan for no deal,…

Police have urged young people who saw a crush that killed three teenagers outside a disco to come forward, insisting they will not be punished for…

England will face water shortages within 25 years unless action is taken now, according to the chief executive of the Environment Agency.

Speaker John Bercow has warned Theresa May he will veto a third vote on her Brexit deal unless it is "substantially" different from the previous two…

A shortage of cancer specialists could be putting patients at risk, according to a new report.

Senior teachers across England are calling on the government to scrap SATs for Key Stage 2 students and look at alternative methods of testing 10 and…

A body has been found in the search for a 30-year-old mother who went missing while at a hen party.

The government's recent announcement of additional money to help fight knife crime is "nowhere near enough" and only a "short-term fix" according to…

Tributes have been paid to three teenagers who died in a crush outside a hotel in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, on St Patrick's Day.

Parts of England and Wales remain at risk of flooding after heavy rain over the weekend. 

The mother of missing Claudia Lawrence has said she will "never give up hope" that the case will be solved.

David Beckham has admitted driving his Bentley while using a mobile phone, police have revealed.

CCTV footage has been released by police investigating a violent robbery that led to the death of a 98-year-old man, as a fresh appeal is launched…

White Hart Lane railway station - near Spurs' new stadium in north London - is reportedly set to be renamed Tottenham Hotspur.

Three teenagers have died following a party in a hotel in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has said.

A mother who woke her three-year-old daughter up in the middle of the night for a bath and then drowned her has been jailed for at least 18 years.

A cyclist is in a critical condition after he was kicked off his bike by another rider and crashed into a car.

Britain must "stand together" after a series of suspected hate crimes in the wake of the New Zealand terror attack, the home secretary has said.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence believe the case is being hampered by the withholding of "key and vital information".