Laughing Gas Craze 'Fuelled By Web Videos'

A laughing gas "craze" sweeping the UK is being fuelled by internet videos which glamorise use of the chemical, council leaders say. "Hauls" of canisters are confiscated from UK streets every night, with one London council - Hackney - seizing 1,200...

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Flash Floods As Bertha Heads To Britain

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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Libs 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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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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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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British Students Stabbed To Death In Borneo

Two British medical students have been stabbed to death after leaving a bar in the Borneo city where they were on a hospital placement. The two men, named by Newcastle University as Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, died after they were attacked...

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Plane Scare: Man Held Over Hoax Bomb Threat

Manchester Police have arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after a plane was escorted into the city's airport by an RAF fighter jet. The emergency came when the pilot of Qatar Airways flight QR23 from Doha to Manchester reported...

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Boris Johnson: UK Should Not Fear EU Exit

By Joey Jones, Deputy Political Editor Boris Johnson is to argue the UK should not be afraid of life outside the EU if a better deal cannot be negotiated with other European countries. In a major speech responding to a report the London mayor commissioned...

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Ex-William Hill Chief Backs Scottish Yes Vote

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The former boss of Britain's biggest bookmaker will declare his support on Tuesday for an independent Scotland, arguing that pro-union campaigners have been guilty of "political posturing" whose arguments lack economic...

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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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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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Ceremonies To Mark 100 Years Since WW1

World War One And The 'Short-War Illusion' Updated: 3:31am UK, Monday 04 August 2014 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...

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Former Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith Dies Aged 59

Former Radio 1 presenter Mike Smith has died in hospital at the age of 59. The broadcaster and qualified helicopter pilot had complications connected to recent major heart surgery. He was married to fellow television personality Sarah Greene for 25...

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National Sperm Bank Set To Benefit Thousands

A national sperm bank is to be launched to meet the demands of donor requirements across the UK. It will be based at Birmingham Women's Hospital and will offer "an NHS based fully-integrated donor recruitment, screening and banking centre"....

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