Flash Floods As Bertha Heads To Britain

Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in parts of the UK - and forecasters are warning of further storms on Sunday as the remnants of Hurricane Bertha hit. The Met Office says Bertha's transition from a tropical to an extra-tropical storm is a "particularly...

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Laughing Gas Craze 'Fuelled By Web Videos'

A laughing gas "craze" sweeping the UK is being fuelled by internet videos which glamorise use of the chemical, council leaders say. "Hauls" of canisters are confiscated from UK streets every night, with one London council - Hackney - seizing 1,200...

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Breast Cancer Drug 'Too Expensive' For NHS

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent A life-extending breast cancer drug has been rejected for routine use by the NHS because it is "too expensive". The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has issued a final draft blaming...

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Lib Dems 'To Stop Drug Users Going To Jail'

By Joanna Simpson, Sky News Reporter The Liberal Democrats are announcing that if they win the next General Election they will stop people found in possession of drugs for personal use being sent to jail. The manifesto pledge will state that if...

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Woman Arrested After Elderly People 'Poisoned'

A woman has been arrested for "administering a noxious substance" after 16 people fell ill at a care home, police have said. The 23-year-old was held after a number of people at Goldfield Court in West Bromwich were taken ill with what police described...

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British Students Stabbed To Death In Borneo

Two British medical students have been stabbed to death after leaving a bar in the Borneo city where they were on a hospital placement. The two men, named by Newcastle University as Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, died after they were attacked...

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Clegg Sides With Warsi Over Israel Arms Exports

PM's Response To Warsi's Resignation In Full Updated: 5:06pm UK, Tuesday 05 August 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron has replied to Baroness Warsi's resignation over the Gaza conflict, saying the Government supports Israel's right to defend itself,...

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PM Defends Gaza Stance After Warsi Resigns

The Prime Minister has set out the UK's position on the conflict in Gaza after Baroness Warsi hit out at the Government's stance in a letter of resignation. Lady Warsi said the Government's "approach and language" during the month-long conflict in Gaza...

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Scotland's Future Up For Debate In TV Contest

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent The two men leading the fight for Scotland's future will go head to head in a TV debate tonight. First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond will face Alistair Darling MP, leader of the Better Together campaign,...

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Ex-William Hill Chief Backs Scottish Yes Vote

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The former boss of Britain's biggest bookmaker will declare his support on Tuesday for an independent Scotland, arguing that pro-union campaigners have been guilty of "political posturing" whose arguments lack economic...

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World War One And The 'Short-War Illusion'

By Professor David Stevenson In August 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II famously promised to his departing troops that they would return before the autumn leaves fell. Yet most of Europe's military chiefs did not, in fact, expect a short war. The...

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Ceremonies To Mark 100 Years Since WW1

World War One And The 'Short-War Illusion' Updated: 3:31am UK, Monday 04 August 2014 By Professor David Stevenson In August 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II famously promised to his departing troops that they would return before the autumn leaves...

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Royal Navy 'To Rescue Britons From Libya'

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The Royal Navy is preparing to rescue British nationals from Libya, Sky News understands. HMS Enterprise is being moved into position off the coast of North Africa ready to be given the order to sail into...

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National Sperm Bank Set To Benefit Thousands

A national sperm bank is to be launched to meet the demands of donor requirements across the UK. It will be based at Birmingham Women's Hospital and will offer "an NHS based fully-integrated donor recruitment, screening and banking centre"....

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