Heatwave Causing Rise In Child Sunburn Cases

Hospitals across the UK say they have seen a rise in the number of severe sunburn cases among children, as Britain continues to bask in its longest heatwave for seven years. Of the 14 hospitals with specialist burns units contacted by Sky News, almost...

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Costa Concordia: Five Guilty Of Manslaughter

Five people have been found guilty of manslaughter over the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster which left 32 people dead. The court in Grosseto in Italy handed down the highest sentence to the crisis co-ordinator for the Italian cruise company Costa...

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Beijing Airport Blast: Smoke In Arrivals Hall

Chinese media report that there has been an explosion in an arrivals hall at Beijing airport. ...

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Woolwich: Prison Staff Deny Adebolajo Assault

Prison officers "strenuously deny any wrongdoing" after Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo reportedly lost two teeth while being restrained in jail. The 28-year-old was injured at high security Belmarsh prison in south east London on Wednesday,...

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Alan Greaves: Church Organist Killers Jailed

Two men who attacked and killed a church organist as he walked to Midnight Mass have been sentenced to a total of 34 years in prison. Jonathan Bowling, 22, was jailed for life and must serve a minimum term of 25 years after admitting last month that...

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Nigeria Kidnapping: British National Taken

A British national has been kidnapped shortly after landing at Lagos International Airport in Nigeria, the British High Commission has revealed. Gunmen targeted a four-wheel drive car at around 8.30pm on Tuesday after it left the airport's international...

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Man Guilty Of Church Organist Killing

A man accused of killing Sheffield church organist Alan Greaves has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. Ashley Foster had been charged with murdering Mr Greaves, 68, but a court decided he was not responsible for his death....

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New Crime Stats Show Lowest Total On Record

The estimated number of crimes fell to 8.6 million in England and Wales in the year up to March 2013, the lowest figure since records began in 1981. It was a 9% decrease compared with last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Overall...

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Michael Cope: Fugitive Murder Suspect On CCTV

Detectives have released CCTV images of what they believe is a recent sighting of fugitive murder suspect Michael Cope. Cope, 28, is wanted in connection with the "sustained and vicious" killing of mother-of-two Linzi Ashton, who was found at her home...

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Cory Monteith: Heroin And Alcohol Killed Star

Glee star Cory Monteith died from a heroin and alcohol overdose, according to a coroner. The 31-year-old actor was found dead in his hotel room in the Canadian city of Vancouver on Saturday. Barbara McLintock, from the British Columbia coroner's...

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Primary School Pupils May Be Nationally Ranked

Primary schoolchildren will be ranked against their peers across the country under Government proposals. Eleven-year-olds would sit tests and be put into 10% ability bands, with parents then being updated on their child's ranking. The move is one of...

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India: 21 Children Die After Eating School Meal

Some 21 children, aged between eight and 11, have died after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India. At least another 35 children remain in hospital in Patna, the Bihar state capital. Ten of the youngsters are in a critical condition. ...

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BBC Savile Sex Scandal Reviews Cost £4.9m

Three reviews set up by the BBC in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex scandal have so far cost licence fee payers almost £5m, the corporation's annual report has revealed. The largest of the inquiries - the Pollard Review - which looked into whether the...

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Tameside Hospital Slammed In Death Rate Probe

Staff at a hospital being investigated by the NHS medical director for having a high death rate put targets ahead of patient care, according to a report seen by Sky News. Tameside General Hospital in Greater Manchester is one of 14 of the worst trusts...

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Army Reservist Died 'In Pursuit Of His Dream'

A TA soldier who died alongside a colleague during an assessment to become an SAS reservist on the hottest day of the year was pursuing his dream, his family have said. Lance Corporal Craig Roberts and another soldier who has not been named died during...

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Murder Victim 'Tried To Help Paedophile'

CCTV images have been released as police hunt an "extremely dangerous man" over the murder of a pensioner. Graham Buck may have died trying to help his neighbour, believed to be convicted paedophile Francis Cory-Wright, who was apparently being attacked...

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British Woman Dies Swimming English Channel

A British woman has died while attempting to swim the English Channel, French authorities have said. French maritime and coast guard officials say Susan Taylor was north-east of Cape Gris-Nez in Wissant Bay, Pas-de-Calais, when emergency services were...

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Stuart Hall: Further Sex Abuse Allegations

Lancashire Police have received further sexual abuse allegations against the former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall. The 83-year-old was jailed last month after admitting 14 counts of indecent assault against girls as young as nine between 1967 and 1987....

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'Up To 13,000 Needless Deaths' In NHS Hospitals

By Sophy Ridge, Political Correspondent Up to 13,000 people may have died needlessly in NHS hospitals since 2005, according to a report to be published in the coming days. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS's medical director, will expose failings...

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Cory Monteith: Glee Star Found Dead In Hotel

Glee star Cory Monteith has been found dead in a hotel room in Canada, Vancouver Police have confirmed. The 31-year-old's body was discovered at Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel just after noon on Saturday after he failed to check out. Police...

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Manchester Firefighter Death: Girls Arrested

Greater Manchester Police have arrested two 15-year-old girls in connection with the death of firefighter Stephen Hunt, who was killed tackling a blaze in the city centre. The 38-year-old father-of-two was part of a team responding to a fire at Paul's...

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