National Headlines

A foreign sex offender freed in error from Wandsworth prison has been arrested - as Sky News filmed the moment he was detained.

"It's him, it's him, it's him", the man told me urgently.

The proposed £1.6bn takeover of a big chunk of ITV by Sky would be the biggest consolidation in British broadcasting in more than 20 years, and reflects fundamental changes in viewing habits and commercial realities.

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at the age of 97.

A teenager has been sentenced to five years in a young offenders institution for causing the death of a 17-year-old by dangerous driving - just one day after he had passed his test.

Joey Barton has been found guilty of posting grossly offensive messages on social media.

Six police officers will face disciplinary proceedings after a crash in which three people died.

The parents of Madeleine McCann have said "we take no pleasure in the result" after a woman who claimed to be their missing daughter was found guilty of harassing them.

Soldiers had to go to hospital this summer because of hearing and other issues after trialling the British Army's Ajax armoured vehicle, raising fresh fears about the problem-plagued platform.

A city worker who "dreamt about being like James Bond" but volunteered to spy for Russia when he ran out of money has been jailed for seven years.