Heart Stutter Condition Affects One Million

By Hind Hassan, Sky News Reporter A condition that causes the heart to stutter, leading to strokes and heart attacks, now afflicts more than a million people in the UK, campaigners say. Those with atrial fibrillation often experience irregular...

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Flood Warnings As River Levels Set To Rise

Homeowners in southern England have been warned to prepare for further flooding today after heavy rainfall caused the River Thames to burst its banks. The Environment Agency (EA) has warned people living along the lower reaches of the Thames to be aware...

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Armed Forces Launch New Recruitment Drive

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The British Armed Forces have launched a new recruitment campaign in an attempt to reverse the dwindling number of new entrants, particularly to the Army Reserve. Television, radio, cinema and print adverts...

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Teachers 'Should Face Regular Classroom MOTs'

Teachers should be made to have licences and will face the sack if they fail to pass checks on their abilities, the Labour party has said. Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said he wants teachers to be reviewed every few years to improve standards...

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Duggan Vigil: Police Fear Disorder In Tottenham

Protesters plan to "provoke disorder" at a vigil for Mark Duggan in London, police have warned. Scotland Yard said it had extra officers on standby and would be ready to "intervene immediately" if trouble broke out. Relatives and supporters of the...

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British Woman Dies In Canada Snowmobile Crash

A British woman has died in a snowmobile accident in Canada. Charlotte Mei Ling Lee, 31, from Bristol, was with her boyfriend, Domynique Tamaire, who was also injured in the incident in Quebec. According to reports, her snow vehicle smashed into a...

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Myleene Klass' Death Wish For Family Mugger

TV presenter Myleene Klass has wished a slow death on the person who mugged her mother and sister. The singer vented her anger in comments on Twitter but gave no details about where or when the attack took place, or whether her family were hurt. The...

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Parking Tickets: Five-Minute Grace Period Plan

By Tadhg Enright, Sky News Reporter A five-minute grace period for motorists who overstay their parking is on a list of proposals being considered by the Government to make parking enforcement fairer. Many councils say they already allow motorists...

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Costa Concordia May Be Towed To Middlesbrough

The team leading the Costa Concordia salvage operation has revealed they will begin removing the stricken cruise liner from near the Italian island of Giglio in June - before it is demolished later this year. Exactly where the wreck will be towed to...

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Benefits Asylum Seekers Have TVs And iPads

Asylum seekers given homes and benefits were found to have iPads, mobile phones and flat screen televisions despite claiming they were "destitute", a report has found. The National Audit Office found migrants seeking permanent asylum in Britain were...

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Man Jailed Over Stun Gun Disguised As Phone

A drug dealer has been jailed for five years for possessing a 50,000-volt stun gun disguised as a mobile phone, Hampshire Police have said. Wesley Walters, 26, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court after pleading guilty to possessing the firearm....

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Third Of Drivers Admit To Nodding Off At Wheel

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent Almost a third of drivers admit to "nodding off" behind the wheel, according to a survey. A poll by road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line has found that nearly half of men (45%) say...

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Online Driving Licences To Cut Insurance Costs

Drivers could see their insurance premiums drop £15 from March as driving licences go online. Insurers will be able to check a digital database for drivers' licence details, including endorsements for speeding offences. Firms are at present unable...

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Chris Smalling 'Sorry' For Suicide Bomber Costume

A Premier League footballer has apologised for his "ill-thought out and insensitive" decision to host a fancy dress party wearing a suicide bomber costume. Manchester United defender Chris Smalling sought to make a "comedy play" on the popular Jagerbomb...

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Duggan: PM Calls For Calm As Vigil Announced

David Cameron has appealed for a calm response to the inquest verdict that Mark Duggan was lawfully killed by a police marksman despite being unarmed. The Prime Minister said he hoped people would respect the "proper judicial process" and welcomed the...

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England's Matt Prior Rescues Suicide Bid Man

Cricketer Stuart Broad has said he is proud of friend and England colleague Matt Prior after he pulled a suicidal man to safety from a bridge near their hotel in Sydney. Prior reportedly pulled the man away from the edge of the bridge in Darling...

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Suspected Child Sex Offender Hunted By Police

Police are hunting a suspected child sex offender who poses a "significant risk to children". Saber Haldari, who is believed to be in the country illegally, is wanted in connection with child sex offences in Bristol. The offences are alleged to have...

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Sheffield: Family Jailed Over 'Slave' Beatings

Three members of a family have been jailed for keeping a vulnerable man as a "slave" and subjecting him to daily beatings. Ice cream man David Rooke, 44, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after admitting falsely imprisoning and assaulting...

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PC David Rathband Took His Own Life - Coroner

The policeman shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat took his own life, a coroner has ruled. Police Constable David Rathband was found hanged at his home in Blyth, Northumberland, in February 2012.  The 44-year-old was out on patrol when Moat,...

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Mark Duggan Inquest Jury Reaches Decision

The jury in the Mark Duggan inquest has reached a conclusion into his death, which will be announced at 3.30pm. Mr Duggan was was shot dead by armed police in Tottenham in August 2011, sparking rioting in London. Police intelligence suggested Mr Duggan...

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Hundreds Of NHS Direct Staff Face Job Losses

Hundreds of people working for NHS Direct, a failed provider to the NHS helpline, have been told they face losing their jobs. NHS Direct announced in July that it was planning to pull out of its contracts due to severe financial problems. In October...

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Obese Pregnant Women 'Putting Strain On NHS'

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent NHS chiefs have ordered the first official survey of older and fatter women giving birth following new evidence that maternity units are under increasing pressure from complex pregnancies. Figures...

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Missing Nida: Teenager 'Upset At Studies Ban'

A teenager who has been missing for more than a week was upset because she had been told she could not go to university as her family were asylum seekers. Nida Ul-Naseer, 18, of Newport, South Wales, vanished while taking out the rubbish on December...

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Benefits Street: Police To Probe 'Criminality'

Police are considering launching an investigation following claims a documentary about benefits claimants showed elements of criminal activity. The first episode of Benefits Street was shown on Channel 4 on Monday night and prompted hundreds of comments...

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Twitter Abuse: Pair Admit 'Menacing' Messages

A man and a woman have admitted sending "menacing" tweets to a feminist campaigner who wanted a female face on the new £10 banknote. Isabella Sorley, 23, and John Nimmo, 25, both pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to sending the messages...

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Parliamentary Sketch Writer Simon Hoggart Dies

Simon Hoggart, the broadcaster and Guardian parliamentary sketch writer, has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 67. The journalist, who had written for the newspaper for 45 years, was diagnosed with the illness three and a half years ago but...

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Jailed Ex-Marine Challenges Murder Conviction

A former Royal Marine jailed for life last year for murdering an injured insurgent in Afghanistan is seeking to appeal his conviction. Alexander Blackman, who was found guilty of the killing and dismissed from the Marines when he was sentenced in December,...

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Jimmy Savile Victims Call For Single Inquiry

By Enda Brady, Sky News Correspondent A single, judge-led inquiry should replace the multiple investigations currently taking place into Jimmy Savile, according to the lawyer representing some of the people abused by the late BBC presenter. There...

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NHS 'Needs £1bn' For Longer GP Opening Hours

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent More than 20,000 extra GPs, nurses and other NHS staff are needed if the Prime Minister wants his plan for longer surgery opening hours to work, the head of the Royal College of GPs has warned. ...

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Amina Agboola: Mum Charged Over Toddler Death

A mother has been charged with causing the death of her two-year-old daughter after she died in hospital. Amina Agboola died in November after being taken to Peterborough City Hospital with serious injuries. Mum Sarah Raqueman, of Scott Drive in Yaxley,...

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CJD: Call For Widespread Test To Detect Disease

By Stephen Douglas, Sky News Reporter MPS have launched an inquiry to check the safety of donor blood after hearing new evidence on the human form of mad cow disease. The Commons Science and Technology Committee was responding to a study that revealed...

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Cameron's Pledge To Guarantee State Pensions

David Cameron has fired the starting gun for the next general election by promising a cash boost to taxpayers and the elderly. In an interview with the Sunday Times, the Conservative leader has pledged to raise pensions by a minimum of 2.5% each year...

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WW1 Cemetery At Heart Of Commemorations

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent, in Mons In an immaculately kept cemetery, a few miles east of the town of Mons in Belgium, two graves face each other only yards apart. They mark the final resting place of two Privates: John Parr, of...

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Wind Warning Prompts New Coastal Flood Fear

Gust of up to 70mph are set to hit the west coast of Britain and Ireland on Monday, prompting fears of further coastal flooding. More than 200 homes have already been flooded along the west of the UK from Cornwall to Scotland, with miles of coastline...

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