Smart Glasses For Blind 'In Shops By 2016'

By Gemma Morris, Sky News Reporter Pairs of high-tech smart glasses, designed to help millions of blind and partially sighted people to see, could be in shops in 2016. The specs use a specially adapted 3D camera to maximise a person's remaining...

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Laughing Gas Crackdown Amid 'Disturbing' Craze

A "deeply disturbing" laughing gas craze sweeping the country is being fuelled by internet videos that glamorise use of the substance, council leaders say. Hauls of canisters are confiscated from UK streets every night, with one London council - Hackney...

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Don't Drink Two Days In A Row, Government Says

People should only drink alcohol every other day to avoid health problems like cancer, heart attacks and liver disease, government officials are warning. The new guidelines drawn up by Public Health England, a government quango promoting healthy living,...

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Britain Braced For Flash Floods From Bertha

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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Caroline Graham: Man Held Over 1989 Murder

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering a young woman who disappeared 25 years ago. Caroline Graham, 19, was living in Portadown, County Armagh when she went missing in 1989....

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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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Antarctic Researchers Lose Heating At -55.4C

British researchers living on an ice shelf in Antarctica have said they are in "good spirits" after experiencing a 19-hour power outage during record freezing temperatures. The 13 staff members from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been dealing...

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Chicken Bug Retailers Could Be Named

A consumer group is urging food standards bosses to name retailers found selling fresh chickens containing a bug blamed for tens of thousands of cases of food poisoning every year. The bug campylobacter was found in 59% of samples in a survey by the...

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Daily Aspirin Pill 'Helps Prevent Cancer'

Taking a daily dose of aspirin could help ward off some types of cancer, according to a new study. Researchers say that long-term use of the drug can significantly cut the chance of dying from gastrointestinal illnesses such as bowel and stomach cancer....

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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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Walgreens Confirms Full Takeover of Boots

US pharmacy chain Walgreens has confirmed it is to take full control of Boots. In a deal worth £5.6bn worth of cash and shares, the drugs giant will acquire the remaining 55% of Alliance Boots that it does not already own. The transaction is expected...

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Royals Plant Poppies At WWI Installation

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined Prince Harry at an art installation symbolising those killed during World War One. The Royals will each plant a ceramic poppy at the Tower of London exhibition, entitled Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red,...

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Referendum TV Debate Could Be A Game-Changer

When Hollywood gets its hands on the Scottish referendum, maybe in a few hundred years, it'll be a smash hit. A swashbuckling adventure in which a boisterous, William Wallacey guy wages war against the swotty nemesis who can inflict death by grey hair...

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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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Tropical Storm Threatens UK's Sizzling Summer

A tropical storm heading along the US east coast could move across the Atlantic, threatening a dramatic break in the UK's sizzling summer weather. Hurricane Bertha, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, is expected to weaken as it heads...

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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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Tourists Left On Drips After Sickness Bug

British holidaymakers have told how they needed intravenous drips after contracting a sickness bug while at a four-star Egyptian resort. Tourists took to the TripAdvisor review website to express their anger after suffering from diarrhoea,...

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Ceremonies To Mark 100 Years Since WWI

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The centenary of Britain's entry into World War One will be commemorated in a series of events across Europe today. :: 9.10am - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend a service at L'Abbaye Saint-Laurent...

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World War One Centenary: Britain Remembers

Commemorations are taking place across Europe to mark the centenary of the day Britain entered the First World War. An estimated 37 million people were killed or injured in the conflict which lasted from 1914 until 1918. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge...

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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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Fugitive UK Drug Dealer Found In South Africa

One of the UK's most wanted men has been captured in South Africa, Sky News has learned. Drug trafficker Martin Evans, 52, a former Welsh businessman of the year, went on the run from prison in August 2011 after a home visit. He had been serving 21...

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Woman Charged With Murder Of Girl, 7

A woman has been charged with murdering a seven-year-old girl in Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Police said Kay-Ann Morris, 23, would appear before magistrates tomorrow accused of killing the girl, who has yet to be formally identified. The girl's body...

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Indian Olympics Officials Arrested In Glasgow

Two Indian Olympics officials have been arrested on suspicion of assault in Glasgow, say Sky sources. One of the officials held is believed to be the Indian Olympics Association secretary general Rajeev Mehta who is part of the Indian contingent...

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