Helicopter Fell 'Like A Stone Out Of The Sky'

Eyewitnesses have described the "terrifying" moment when a police helicopter spun out of control and plunged into a bar which was hosting a live music gig. Grace MacLean was in The Clutha in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, and said people only became aware...

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Police Helicopter Crashes Into Glasgow Pub Roof

A police helicopter has crashed into a pub roof on the banks of the River Clyde in central Glasgow. The aircraft came down on The Clutha in Stockwell Street at 10.25pm which was packed with more than 100 people at the time. Police Scotland said...

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Mairead Philpott's Appeal Hearing Televised

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands Correspondent The father of Mairead Philpott has told Sky News she should not be appealing against her sentence for killing her six children. The court hearing is due to be televised later. It will be the most high-profile...

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Energy Bills: Govt Wants Price Freeze Until 2015

The Energy Secretary has written to the big six energy providers asking them to freeze their prices until after the 2015 general election, according to Sky sources. The call, barring any big increase in wholesale fuel costs, is to try to avoid another...

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'Bedroom Tax' Leaves Disabled Fearing Eviction

By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent Thousands of disabled people are cutting back on food and heating to pay for the so-called "bedroom tax" according to a group of leading charities. The chief executives of leading groups including Disability...

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Migrant Benefit Rules Tightened By Cameron

EU migrants are to be barred from claiming out-of-work benefits, such as Jobseeker's Allowance, for their first three months in the UK. Those who do go on to claim the benefits will now only be able to get payments for a maximum of six months. Prime...

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Sandy Hook Gunman Obsessed With Columbine

The gunman who carried out last year's Connecticut school shooting was obsessed with mass killings, investigators have said. Twenty children and six adults were killed by Adam Lanza on December 14 but his motive may never be known conclusively....

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Children Being 'Failed' Over Gang Sex Abuse

By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent Children are suffering "sadistic levels" of sexual abuse by gangs, but services designed to protect them are still woefully inadequate, a new study has found. The research for the Children's Commissioner...

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Iran Nuclear Deal Reached At Talks In Geneva

An agreement has been reached between Iran and six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief. The deal, announced by European Union policy chief Catherine Ashton, is a first step towards resolving a decade-old...

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Domestic Violence: 'Clare's Law' Set To Widen

A scheme that gives people the right to ask police if their partner has a history of domestic violence is expected to be widened. 'Clare's Law' has been trialled by four police forces and is named after Clare Wood, who was strangled and set on fire...

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Former Co-op Chairman Released On Police Bail

Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans for an independent inquiry into the Co-operative Bank's near collapse, as its former chairman was released by police. The review uses new powers under the Financial Services Act and follows calls from Prime...

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Grieve Warns Of 'Ethnic Corruption' In UK

Politicians need to "wake up" to the problem of corruption in ethnic minority communities, the Government's senior law officer has warned. Attorney General Dominic Grieve said he was referring "mainly to the Pakistani community" in his comments. In...

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Women Were 'Kept As Slaves For Over 30 Years'

Two people have been released on bail as part of an investigation into slavery and domestic servitude at a house in London sparked by a report on Sky News. The inquiry was launched after one of three alleged victims told a charity she had been held...

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Latvia Supermarket Collapse: 12 Killed

Rescue teams are searching among the rubble of a Latvian supermarket which collapsed and killed at least 12 people. Fire trucks and ambulances remain at the scene of the Maxima shopping centre, and rescue workers are using mechanical cutters to clear...

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Paris Shootings: Suspect's DNA Is A Match

DNA collected at one of the scenes of the Paris shootings is a match to a suspect arrested on Wednesday evening. The man, named by police as Abdelhakim Dekhar, was detained at around 7pm local time (6pm GMT) in a vehicle in an underground  car...

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Hundreds Of Brits Jailed Abroad On Drug Charges

By Tadhg Enright, Sky News Correspondent More than 850 Britons are locked up in prisons overseas for drugs-related offences - with some facing the death penalty or sentences of up to 39 years. The figures have been released by the Foreign &...

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Stafford Inquiry: 'Nurse Count' To Boost Safety

By Thomas Moore, Health & Science Correspondent Hospitals will have to make public the number of nurses on their wards under a series of measures to improve patient safety. The Department of Health said the monthly reports will be mandatory...

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Knocks Over Councillor

Toronto's city council has voted to strip its scandal-plagued mayor Rob Ford of many of his powers after a heated debate where he knocked over a female councillor. The council voted to cut his office budget by 60% and allow mayoral staff to join the...

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Google Agrees To Block Child Abuse Images

Google has agreed to introduce measures backed by Prime Minister David Cameron to block child sex abuse content across its search engines. The groundbreaking move will soon prevent illegal images and videos from appearing in more than 100,000 search...

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US Midwest Hit By Severe Tornadoes: Three Dead

At least five people have been killed as powerful tornadoes sweep through the US Midwest, tearing through communities and destroying homes. An elderly man and his sister were killed when a tornado hit their farmhouse in the town of New Minden, in rural...

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Age Of Consent 'Should Be Dropped To 15'

The age of consent should be lowered to 15, a leading public health expert has said. Professor John Ashton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, has called for a national debate, saying that society sends "confused" signals about when sex is permitted....

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