UK

Zoe Ball is leaving her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show after six years.Read More

A former vicar who raped a six-year-old boy in his church has been sentenced to life in prison.Read More

A man accused of murdering his brother-in-law claimed an attack on him by the alleged victim nine years earlier was the beginning of all his "problems".Read More

A woman whose body was found in the boot of a car last week died from strangulation, according to a post-mortem examination.Read More

Almost 400 short-term prisoners in Scotland could be released early in the new year under Scottish government plans to ease pressure on the country's prisons.Read More

Scottish Labour have promised to go against the national party and reintroduce the universal winter fuel payment for pensioners.Read More

Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to a tower block in South Lanarkshire after two postal workers were reportedly threatened by a tenant with a dog.Read More

The boss of Harrods is to step down next year from the group which represents Britain's luxury goods industry - one of a number of roles he will have relinquished since allegations emerged about years of abuse perpetrated by the Knightsbridge department store's former owner.Read More

The government is exploring the option of a subsided jobs programme to help get young people into work, Sky News understands.Read More