Floods: Muchelney Locals Angry As Village Cut Off

By Alex Rossi, Sky News Correspondent Residents stranded in a village in Somerset surrounded by floodwaters are demanding the Environment Agency dredges the nearby river to stop the problem from happening again. For the last eight days Muchelney...

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Thames Homes Flooded As River Bursts Banks

Homeowners along the River Thames face mopping up operations after the River Thames burst its banks on Friday. Parts of the river, stretching from Buscot in Oxfordshire to Bourne End in Buckinghamshire, were under flood warnings as heavy rain over recent...

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Carry On Claiming: MPs' £4.5m Expenses

By Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown, who recently described himself as an "ex-politician", has claimed £1,012.75 for the rent of his constituency office. The former prime minister's large claim for his office - one of the biggest...

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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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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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Cause Of Charles' Chopper Emergency Revealed

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent The cause of a helicopter's "hairy" emergency landing involving Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall has been published by air accident investigators. The incident in May last year occurred as the royal...

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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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NHS 'Bed Blocking' Reaches Three-Year High

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent The number of NHS patients 'bed blocking' has reached its highest level in three years. Statistics show towards the end of 2013 the amount of "delayed transfers of care" were higher than the same period...

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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 that 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 mums giving birth following new evidence that maternity units are under increasing pressure from complex pregnancies. Figures...

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Britain Braced For More Floods And Chaos

A violent storm brewing in the Atlantic is set to bring more flooding and travel chaos tomorrow as Britain returns to work after the Christmas holidays. The weather conditions that brought misery over the festive period continued to prove treacherous...

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Hull 'Explosives' Find: Boy Among Three Held

A 15-year-old boy and two adults have been arrested after suspected explosive substances were found at a house in Hull. Army bomb disposal experts were called to the terraced council property in Kilnsea Grove, in the east of the city, on Sunday along...

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