Sandy: Obama To Visit Storm-Hit US East Coast

Frankenstorm: Why Is Hurricane Sandy So Big? Updated: 3:41pm UK, Monday 29 October 2012 A number of complications have caused Hurricane Sandy to grow into a menacing monster storm which is threatening to become the biggest in US history. Sandy, which...

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Sandy: New Jersey In No Mood For Politics

It was an eerie feeling driving out of New Jersey, no power, no lights - save those flashing on emergency vehicles. A large area of the state is without electricity and will probably remain so for days. Three neighbouring towns are under water. The...

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HMS Bounty Sinks: Captain Still Missing

The Coast Guard has found one of the missing crew members of the stricken HMS Bounty. Lt Mike Patterson said crews have taken 42-year-old Claudene Christian to hospital for treatment. She is described as "unresponsive". They are still searching for...

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Superstorm Sandy Batters US Eastern Coast

Superstorm Sandy has battered parts of the eastern United States, flooding major cities and killing at least 13 people. The National Hurricane Centre, which reclassified the storm as 'post-tropical', said torrential rains and wind made landfall along...

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Hurricane Sandy: Thousands Flee Before Storm

Authorities have ordered the evacuation of 375,000 people on the east coast of the United States ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg launched the mandatory evacuation and said 72 centres had been set up around the...

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Police Poised For More Savile Case Arrests

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky News Reporter Police investigating Jimmy Savile are preparing to make fresh arrests as today marks the anniversary of his death . Yesterday, former pop star Gary Glitter became the first high profile arrest under Scotland...

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Syria: Rebel Fighters Are Becoming Radicalised

By Alex Crawford, Sky News Special Correspondent Sky has seen new evidence that the Syrian uprising is becoming more and more radicalised and being fought by Islamic fundamentalists and extremists. The Syrian rebels have all but given up on military...

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Hurricane Sandy: 60 Million People Warned

Hurricane Sandy is expected to affect up to 60 million people in the US when it meets two other powerful winter storms. The threat has prompted President Barack Obama to cancel campaign events to monitor the storm from the White House. The hurricane...

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US Child Killings: Police Search Nanny's Home

Police are searching the US home of a nanny suspected of murdering two children in her care. Yoselyn Ortega remains in a critical condition in hospital after apparently slitting her own throat, moments after stabbing Leo Krim and his sister, six-year-old...

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Smokers Who Quit 'Live Up To A Decade Longer'

By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent The largest ever study of the hazards of smoking amongst women has revealed that those who give up by middle age can extend their lives by more than a decade. The research, published in the medical journal...

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Trainee Teachers Face Tough New Tests

Prospective teachers will have to sit new tougher tests in English, maths and reasoning before they can start training. The changes will see calculators banned from maths tests, and pass marks in English and maths raised. Education Secretary Michael...

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British Oil Executive Gunned Down In Brussels

A British oil executive - named by Sky sources as Nicholas Mockford - has been shot dead in Brussels. The killing took place on October 14 but Belgian investigators have only just revealed information about his death. Mr Mockford - who worked for ExxonMobil...

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Olympic Medals Stolen: Pair Plead For Return

Two of TeamGB's Olympic heroes had their medals stolen just hours after attending a Buckingham Palace celebration of their success. Rower Alex Partridge and hockey team member Hannah Macleod took to social networking site Twitter to appeal for information...

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GDP Boosted By Olympics But Outlook Gloomy

How GDP Is Compiled Really Matters Updated: 11:12pm UK, Wednesday 24 October 2012 By Ed Conway, Economics Editor I've covered economics for a decade or so, but I confess that until very recently I didn't really know what GDP really is. I mean,...

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Woman 'Set Herself On Fire In Staged KKK Attack'

A Louisiana woman who told police she was subjected to a racist attack in which three men set her alight and scrawled KKK on her car was lying, investigators have said. "The wounds were self-inflicted," Kyle Hanrahan, a spokesman for the FBI's Louisiana...

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Obesity: New Food Labelling System Planned

A new food labelling system that is consistent across all supermarkets will make it easier for shoppers to spot the healthiest foods, the government is to announce. Labels will include information on guideline daily amounts (GDAs), be colour coded with...

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Jimmy Savile: BBC Boss Faces MPs Over Scandal

Why Child Abuse Goes Unchallenged Updated: 4:38am UK, Tuesday 23 October 2012 By Peter Saunders, Chief Executive, NAPAC I founded and am now privileged to work for NAPAC, the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. We run the UK's...

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Hacking: Mirror Papers Face Legal Claims

By David Bowden, Senior Correspondent Newspapers belonging to Trinity Mirror are for the first time to face legal claims for phone hacking, Sky News has learned. Until now the only company to be sued for illegally snooping on voicemail messages...

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Man Charged With Hit-And-Run Murder

A 31-year-old man will appear in court charged with the murder of a mother of three who died in a hit-and-run attack in Cardiff. The man, whom police have not named, has also been charged with 13 counts of attempted murder and four counts of assault,...

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BBC 'In Crisis' Over Jimmy Savile Scandal

The BBC is said to be facing "its worst crisis for 50 years", as a documentary lifts the lid on the extent to which senior managers of the corporation were aware of the Jimmy Savile abuse claims. A special edition of Panorama reveals fresh evidence...

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Tebbit: 'PM Incompetent Over Mitchell Row'

David Cameron has been criticised by Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit following Andrew Mitchell's resignation as chief whip. He said the Prime Minister had allowed "this dog of a coalition Government" to look incompetent. Accused of calling police...

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Prayers For Hit-And-Run Dead And Injured

A special church service will be held today for the 14 victims of a series of hit-and-run attacks in Cardiff, which left a mother of three dead and 13 others injured. Karina Menzies, 32, was killed after she was knocked down during one of the collisions...

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Cardiff Hit-And-Runs: Tributes To Dead Mother

Tributes have been paid to a mother of three who died in a series of hit-and-run crashes in Cardiff, which also left seven children injured. The woman was named locally as 32-year-old mother Karina Menzies, who died after she was knocked down outside...

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Woman And Two Children Die In House Fire

Three people have died following a fire at a property in Maes Y Groes, Prestatyn, North Wales, police have said. A  20-year-old woman, a boy aged four and a girl aged two were pronounced dead at the scene by firefighters. Two other people - a...

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Nick Griffin: Gay Couple Tweets Investigated

Police are investigating comments allegedly made on Twitter by BNP leader Nick Griffin about a gay couple at the centre of a landmark legal ruling. The MEP is alleged to have published the address of Michael Black and John Morgan on the social networking...

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Perversion Files: Decades of Scout Abuse Revealed

Confidential papers showing US scout leaders covered up generations of alleged sexual abuse inflicted on their young members have been published. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has released decades worth of so-called "perversion files", showing how...

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MP Expenses: Attempt To Block New Rent Details

The House of Commons Speaker John Bercow is trying to block the publication of details of MPs' expenses which could show if they are renting their taxpayer-funded homes to each other, it has been reported. Mr Bercow has written to the regulator urging...

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New York Bank Bomb Plot Foiled In FBI Sting

FBI Terror Stings Key To Security Updated: 5:53am UK, Thursday 18 October 2012 By Hannah Thomas-Peter, New York Correspondent The FBI sting operation against Quazi Mohammad Nafis reads like something out of a James Bond plot, but it is not uncommon...

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England Fans Furious As Poland Game Rained Off

England's World Cup qualifying match against Poland has been called off after torrential rain left the pitch unplayable. The rescheduled game in Warsaw will now be played at 4pm this afternoon. Kick-off had been delayed by 45 minutes to allow for two...

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US Presidential Race: Obama And Romney Clash

President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney have clashed over both foreign and domestic policy in a feisty live TV presidential debate. One of the standout moments in the second of three head-to-heads between the candidates came when...

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Jimmy Savile: Labour Demands New Abuse Probe

Labour has called for the Government to set up an independent inquiry into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal to "do right by the victims". On Monday, Culture Secretary Maria Miller dismissed demands for an independent inquiry, saying she was "confident"...

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House Fire: Motive Sought Over Family Deaths

Police say a doctor who lost his wife and four children in a suspected arson attack on their home in Essex "fought hard" to save them. Four of the victims - Sabah Usmani, who was also a doctor, and her sons Sohaib, 13, and Rayyan, six, and 11-year-old...

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