Labour Badly Bruised By UKIP In Stronghold

Why The Only Way For Essex Is UKIP Updated: 8:12pm UK, Friday 23 May 2014 By Jason Farrell, Political Correspondent Standing by the roadside in their purple rosettes are two retired Essex men, Malcolm Elliott and Dave Morrish. They are brothers-in-law,...

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Sex Offenders Face Lie Detector Tests

By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs and Education Editor A thousand of the UK's most high-risk sex offenders are to undergo mandatory lie detector tests, under new measures announced by the ministry for justice today. Probation officers are being trained...

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Parties Reel From UKIP Election Success

UKIP's haul of seats in the council elections is up to 184 with the main parties now mulling the prospect of four-party politics in next year's general election. Nigel Farage has said his anti-EU party is a "serious player" for 2015 after they added...

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Missing Yacht: Life Raft Discovered Unused

The life raft on the missing yacht Cheeki Rafiki has been found unused in its storage space, the US Coast Guard has said. The search for the missing British sailors ended at 3am UK time after a search of the capsized boat found the only realistic means...

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Richard III's Burial Place Decided By Court

Judges have ruled King Richard III should be buried in Leicester after distant relatives lost their High Court battle over the monarch's final resting place. The bones of the king, killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, were found under a council...

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Natasha McShane's Attacker Jailed For 90 Years

A man convicted of the attempted murder of UK exchange student Natasha McShane in Chicago four years ago has been jailed for 90 years. Ms McShane, from Silverbridge, Co Armagh, and her American friend Stacy Jurich, 24, were left bleeding and unconscious...

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Fracking: Billions Of Barrels Of Oil In UK

Large reserves of shale oil are expected to be revealed as a new report today highlights the possibility of fracking across southern England. The long-awaited survey by the British Geological Survey (BGS) is likely to confirm substantial reserves in...

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Stuart Hall Jailed For Sex Assaults On Girl

Ex-broadcaster Stuart Hall has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail for indecently assaulting an underage girl. The former It's A Knockout presenter had been convicted of carrying out an attack on the youngster by a jury at Preston Crown...

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Patients Discharged At Night: 'It's Sickening'

Sky News viewers have reacted with anger at our investigation that shows the number of patients leaving hospital in England between 11pm and 6am has risen. Health Correspondent Thomas Moore's report comes despite NHS bosses ordering a crackdown on the...

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Hundreds Discharged From Hospitals Every Night

By Thomas Moore, Health Correspondent Thousands of NHS patients are being discharged from hospitals every year in the middle of the night despite bosses ordering a crackdown on the practice, a Sky News investigation has found. The number of patients...

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Missing Yachtsmen Search: Floating Debris Found

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Debris has been found by a vessel searching for the missing yacht that is thought to have capsized with four Britons on board. The US Coast Guard told Sky News a catamaran, Malisi, had discovered random...

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Madeleine Investigation 'Enters Major Phase'

Madeleine: Key Events Timeline Updated: 12:46pm UK, Tuesday 06 May 2014 Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance. 2007 :: May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment...

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Missing Yachtsmen: Coastguard Steps Up Search

The sister of one of the four sailors missing after their yacht capsized in the Atlantic Ocean believes there is every chance he will be found alive. Kay Coombes, the sister of Steve Warren, also spoke of her relief that the search for the crew of the...

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'Legal Aid' Fraud Trial Ruling Is Overturned

By Mark White, Home Affairs Correspondent, Court of Appeal A legal move by the Prime Minister's barrister brother to halt a multimillion-pound fraud trial because of legal aid cuts has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. Three Appeal Court...

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Met Police Officer Sacked Over Plebgate Affair

Police officer Susan Johnson has been sacked from the Met Police for gross misconduct because of her role in the Plebgate affair. The officer, who serves on the diplomatic protection squad, was dismissed following a misconduct hearing which found her...

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Home Secretary Cuts Police Federation Funding

The Home Secretary has said the public can no longer continue to fund the Police Federation when it has vast reserves of its own. Theresa May told the Police Federation annual conference that funding would be cut from August because it was "not acceptable"...

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SAS Sniper Nightingale Loses Gun Case Appeal

A former SAS sniper has lost his latest battle against his conviction for illegally keeping a gun and ammunition. Sergeant Danny Nightingale's application to appeal was turned down by three judges at the Court Martial Appeal Court in London. The...

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Missing Yachtsmen: 150,000 Call For New Search

More than 150,000 people have signed an online petition, demanding the US Coastguard resume its search for a yacht which is thought to have capsized with four Britons on board. An air and search for the missing Cheeki Rafiki, which ran into difficulties...

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Joss Stone Murder Plot Pair Have Sentences Cut

Two men who were convicted of plotting to rob and kill the singer Joss Stone have won appeals against the length of their prison sentences. Junior Bradshaw, 33, had his 18-year sentence cut to 10 years by three Court of Appeal judges in London. ...

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House Prices Up As PM Mulls Help To Buy Future

House prices have risen 8% in the year to March, figures have shown, as David Cameron said he would "consider" changes to the Help To Buy scheme if advised to do so by the Bank of England. While the increase is down on the 9.2% rise announced in February,...

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Hunt For Killer On Run From Jail For Third Time

Police are hunting a convicted murderer who has gone on the run from prison for the third time. Arnold Pickering, 44, and armed robber Thomas Moffett, 51, walked out of HMP Kennet in Liverpool at 9.30am on Saturday morning. The pair were due back at...

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Labour Wants To Link Minimum Wage To Earnings

Ed Miliband is to commit a Labour government to significantly increasing the national minimum wage over the course of the next Parliament by linking it to average earnings. In a speech to party activists in the West Midlands, the Labour leader is expected...

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Woman Killed, Four Children Hurt In Stabbing

Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was killed and four children injured in a stabbing attack. Officers called to a domestic incident in Huddersfield found a 37-year-old woman with a "serious stab injury" and a nine-year-old...

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AstraZeneca Rejects Pfizer's 'Final Offer'

AstraZeneca Rejects Pfizer: Full Statement Updated: 8:09am UK, Monday 19 May 2014 The Board of AstraZeneca PLC ("AstraZeneca" or the "Company") notes the announcement by Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer") of its final proposal (the "Final Proposal"), comprising...

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Carney: 'House Prices Biggest Risk To Economy'

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor The British housing market has "deep, deep" problems, according to the Governor of the Bank of England. In an interview with Sky's Murnaghan show to be broadcast in full later this morning, Mark Carney warns that...

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Voice Coaches In Demand To Tone Down 'Toffs'

By Gemma Morris, Sky News Reporter Speaking like the Queen could be losing its status as a desirable accent as a growing number of people are paying voice coaches to help them sound "less posh". The Tutor Pages, one of the most extensive directories...

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Britain's Richest 1,000 People Now Worth £519bn

Billionaire Britain: Rise Of The Super-Rich Updated: 7:07am UK, Sunday 11 May 2014 More than 100 billionaires are now living in Britain - the first time the milestone has been reached. According to this year's Sunday Times Rich List, 104 billionaires...

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Pig Hearts For Humans 'A Step Closer'

By Gerard Tubb, Sky News Correspondent Doctors have made a breakthrough in research that could lead to animal organs being transplanted into humans within the next 20 years, according to a leading British scientist. Experiments in America have...

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