Badgers Should Be Gassed, Princess Anne Says

The Princess Royal has been criticised by animal rights campaigners after she described the gassing of badgers as a "much nicer way" to control them than shooting them. Gassing has been banned since 1982 and is considered inhumane by animal rights activists. ...

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New Robot Mannequin Is Army's Latest Recruit

A new robotic mannequin - made using Formula 1 technology - will be used to test chemical and biological protective suits for Britain's armed forces. Porton Man can run, walk, march, sit and kneel, allowing scientists to test suits against attacks such...

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Cheers! More Booze-Free Bars For Britain

By Gemma Morris, Sky News Reporter A growing number of alcohol-free bars cropping up across the UK could signal a shift in attitudes towards drinking. Catherine Salway set up a dry bar in London last year after spotting a trend in young people...

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Briton Shot Dead In Rio De Janeiro Carjacking

A British man has been shot and killed in an attempted carjacking in Brazil, where he was working as an oil worker. Peter Campsie, from Montrose, in the Scottish county of Angus, was shot dead after his Lexus was intercepted by two gunmen in Rio...

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Mafia Boss 'The Professor' Back In Court In UK

An alleged Italian mafia boss has been arrested on a fresh international warrant a week after he was told he was free to remain in the UK. Domenico Rancadore had been told by a judge he could return to his home in Uxbridge, west London, after prosecutors...

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Dawlish: Damaged Railway Reopens After Repair

David Cameron has paid tribute to an "orange army" of workmen after they completed a £35m repair project on the badly damaged rail line at Dawlish. The Prime Minister was in Dawlish to deliver on his pledge made in February that he would do "everything...

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Who To Follow In This Year's Grand National

By Nick Powell, Sports Editor, at Aintree There is a noticeably more relaxed air about Aintree than 12 months ago, when the anxiety was palpable after two fatalities in each of the two previous Grand Nationals. Adjustments to fences, the start...

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Triple-Killer Levi Bellfield Wins £4.5k Payout

The killer of schoolgirl Milly Dowler has been awarded £4,500 compensation for a prison attack that left him with only minor injuries. The payout to Levi Bellfield has been branded a "complete disgrace" and has raised questions over prisoners "playing...

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British Man's Body Found On Spanish Beach

A British man believed to have been kidnapped by men posing as police officers in Spain has been found dead. Francis Brennan, 25, from Anfield, fled to Spain ahead of a sentencing date last October for an assault he committed in the Thames Valley area...

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David Cameron Repeats Backing For TV Debates

David Cameron has reiterated he is in favour of having television debates before the next election in 2015. The Prime Minister told Sky News he continued to support the idea he agreed to before the last General Election in 2010. "I think they're very...

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Maria Miller In 30-Second Expenses Apology

Maria Miller has been forced to apologise for her attitude to an investigation into her expenses and pay back £5,800 she wrongly claimed. The Culture Secretary gave a brief apology for her approach to the inquiry in the House of Commons following a...

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New Names Request For Abused Siblings

The local authority at the centre of the Baby P scandal has asked to be allowed to give two children waiting to be adopted new identities after an internet campaign backed by their jailed parents. Haringey Council asked a High Court judge for permission...

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Hillsborough: Tears As Pen Portraits Read Out

By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent There have been emotional scenes at the Hillsborough inquests as relatives presented personality profiles of those who died. Families cried as the first of 96 "pen portraits" were read out to a silent...

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Deported Yashika 'Very Frightened' In Mauritius

Teenage student Yashika Bageerathi has said she is "very frightened" after landing in Mauritius following her deportation from the UK. The 19-year-old spoke to the headteacher at the school she attended in north London after she was interviewed...

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Seven Footballers Arrested Over 'Spot-Fixing'

Seven more players from Football League clubs in the North West have been arrested over alleged spot-fixing. A total of 13 footballers are now being questioned by police after six others were re-arrested as part of an investigation into allegations...

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Air Pollution: 10 Things You Need To Know

By Martin Jefferies, Sky News Online People with lung and heart problems have been warned to avoid strenuous activity as air quality falls to its lowest possible level across parts of the country. We look at what is behind the increase in air pollution...

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Edinburgh School Wall Death: Friends' Tributes

Touching tributes have been paid by family and friends of a schoolgirl who was killed when a changing room wall collapsed. Keane Wallis-Bennett died after the wall fell on her at Liberton High School, Edinburgh, shortly before 10am on Tuesday. Police...

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Smog Shrouds Cities As Desert Sand Blasts UK

Air quality is expected to plummet to its lowest possible level in parts of the UK today, as the country continues to feel the effects of desert sandstorms. The elderly, people with lung problems and adults with heart conditions have been told to avoid...

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Gibraltar: Spain Envoy Summoned Over 'Incursion'

Britain has summoned the Spanish ambassador after Spain sent a ship into Gibraltar's waters in a move that has reignited tensions over the territory. In what is being seen as a clearly inflammatory move Spain sent a state research vessel accompanied...

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PM And Miliband Trade 'Dunce' And 'Muppet' Slurs

Ed Miliband labelled David Cameron the "dunce of Downing Street" over the Government's sell-off of the Royal Mail during Prime Minister's Questions. In turn the Prime Minister responded by calling Mr Miliband and his shadow chancellor Ed Balls "muppets"....

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Patients 'Should Pay £10 NHS Membership Fee'

People should pay a £10-a-month fee to use the NHS and "hotel-style charges" for stays in hospital, according to former Labour health minister Lord Warner. He said the radical measures were needed to help fund the NHS which is struggling to meet the...

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