'Family Doctors' To Be Restored In New GP Deal

The elderly will be given named doctors in a move aimed at "restoring the ethic of family doctoring", the Health Secretary has said. Under a new GPs contract all over-75s will have a designated doctor who will be responsible for co-ordinating all of...

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Illegal Animal Item Seizures Rise By Millions

By Harriet Hadfield, Sky News Reporter The number of endangered species items seized by the UK Border Force has increased tenfold during the past year. The number of items confiscated has reached an all-time high A total of 2.5 million illegal...

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Birmingham 'Needle' Attacks: Suspect Hunted

Detectives have released a CCTV image of a man suspected of attacking women with a hypodermic needle in Birmingham city centre. It comes after a 30-year-old was stabbed in the thigh. The victim felt a sharp pain, which was later confirmed as a puncture...

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Roy Harper Faces Child Sex Offence Charges

Singer-songwriter Roy Harper, who has performed with the likes of Pink Floyd, is facing charges in relation to a series of historic sex offences against an underage girl. The veteran folk and rock performer is due to appear at Hereford Magistrates'...

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Ella Hysom: Parents Appeal For Safe Return

The parents of a 15-year-old girl who went missing while being treated for depression have appealed for help in finding their "vulnerable" daughter. Ella Hysom, who was last seen at around 1.15pm on Monday in Ilford, east London, had been receiving...

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Floods Warning For Winter After Wet October

Parts of England are facing an "increased likelihood" of flooding this winter following a wet October. The Environment Agency warned that the west of the country was most at risk after "persistent" wet weather had left the ground very wet. A ...

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Cancer Scandal Hospital Put In Special Measures

A hospital trust being investigated for forcing staff to change cancer waiting times information has been put in special measures. Staff at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust told inspectors they were "pressured or bullied" to...

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London Cycling Deaths Prompt Calls For Action

There have been fresh calls to make London's roads safer for cyclists after two fatal accidents in 24 hours. The latest death involved a man who was hit by a double-decker bus at around 11.30pm on Wednesday. It happened at the junction of Whitechapel...

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Straw Admits 'Spectacular' Immigration Mistake

Former home secretary Jack Straw has admitted Labour's decision to drop immigration restrictions on eastern European migrants was a "spectacular mistake". Mr Straw said that the Home Office had wildly underestimated the number of immigrants that would...

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A&E Services: NHS Plans Two-Tier Service

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent Scores of A&E departments could be downgraded under radical plans to create a two-tier emergency health care system proposed by the NHS medical director. The plans would see the country's casualty...

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Mummifed Boy Hamzah 'Let Down' By Systems

The death of a four-year-old boy who was starved by his mother "could not have been predicted", but systems "let Hamzah down both before and following his death", according to a serious case review (SCR). Hamzah Khan's mother Amanda Hutton, 43,...

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Spy In Bag: MI6 Man Probably Locked Himself In

Spy Death: The Evidence Behind The Theories Updated: 11:31am UK, Wednesday 13 November 2013 Three general theories have been put forward to explain the death of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, with evidence to support each one. :: Suicide The theory that...

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Terror Suspects To Be Stripped Of UK Passports

British terror suspects would be stripped of their passports and made "stateless", under plans backed by the Home Secretary. Theresa May wants to amend a clause which means the Government is banned from removing a UK passport if it would effectively...

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Breastfeeding: New Mums To Get Shop Vouchers

Vouchers for Matalan, John Lewis, Mothercare or supermarkets are to be dished out to new mothers if they feed their babies with breast milk. Researchers from the University of Sheffield are examining ways to boost low rates of breastfeeding in parts...

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Trump Battles Scottish Windfarm In Court

Donald Trump's legal challenge to an offshore windfarm project supported by the Scottish Government is getting under way. The US businessman opposes the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre off the Aberdeenshire coast, claiming it will...

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Energy Bills: EDF Confirms 3.9% Average Rise

EDF Energy is to raise its average gas and electricity bills by 3.9% from January 3 - by a lower margin than its competitors - in a move that raises pressure on the Government to help bring down rising household costs. The company - the fifth of the...

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Terror Suspects Face Controversial Mosque Ban

The Home Office is considering banning terror suspects from visiting controversial mosques, Sky sources say. Suspects subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (Tpims) would not be allowed to worship at mosques on a Home Office's list,...

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Funeral Appeal After WWII Veteran Dies Alone

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a funeral of a war veteran they never knew after it emerged he died with no close friends or relatives. Harold Jellicoe Percival served as RAF ground crew and helped with the famous Dambusters raids during the...

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New Mums 'Left Clueless Amid Midwife Crisis'

Nearly half of new mothers say they are not given enough advice on how to recognise if their baby has a life-threatening illness once they have left hospital, according to a survey. The survey by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Netmums also...

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Remembrance Day Services Honour Veterans

War Graves 'Have Enormous Power To Engage' Updated: 1:51am UK, Sunday 10 November 2013 By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Burma Just outside the chaos and the buzz of Burma's largest city, Rangoon, is a place of remarkable peace and tranquility....

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