Stephen Sutton's Teen Cancer Appeal Tops £2.5m

A terminally-ill teenager has smashed all records on fundraising website JustGiving, as donations to his charity appeal surged past £2.5m. Stephen Sutton originally set out to raise £10,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust but soon upped his target to £1m,...

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Anti-Depressants Use Rising At Record Rate

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent The use of anti-depressants is rising at a record rate as struggling patients seek help from their doctors. In the past three years, the number of prescriptions has risen by close to 25%. But there...

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British Teenager Dies After Tribal Drug Ritual

By Alex Watts, Online Producer A British backpacker has died after taking a hallucinogenic drug during a tribal ritual in Colombia. Henry Miller, 19, was in a remote rainforest area, near the town of Mocoa, with other tourists when he drank yage...

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The Challenges Of Raising A Disabled Child

By Hannah Stott, Sky News Digital Presenter I have a beautiful six-year-old son named Curtis who lights up any room the minute he walks into it. Born on Valentine's Day a seemingly normal baby boy, he was a younger brother to Phoebe. We settled...

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Health Atlas Reveals Patterns Of Illness

By Thomas Moore, Science and Health Correspondent A new health "atlas" has for the first time revealed extraordinary patterns in disease across the country. The series of high resolution maps covering England and Wales show striking variations...

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Paedophile Abused Up To 60 Pupils At School

Child Predator: Husband And 'Popular Teacher' Updated: 11:44am UK, Thursday 24 April 2014 The serial child predator at the centre of an FBI investigation had a wife and two adult children and was a popular teacher among his students, officials have...

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Mother Held As Three 'Disabled' Children Dead

A mother has been arrested on suspicion of murdering three young children at a house in southwest London. Tania Clarence, 42, cared full-time for the three children - a four-year-old girl and two three-year-old boys - who are understood to have been...

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RAF Jet Chases Russian Planes Away From UK

Two Russian bombers which flew close to UK airspace have been chased away by an RAF jet fighter. The aircraft, believed to be Tupolev Tu-95 Bears, were spotted off the coast of northeast Scotland. They were turned away from Britain when a Typhoon...

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Gym Fees 'Could Stop Mortgage Approvals'

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor Homebuyers could find themselves turned down for a mortgage because of their gym memberships, phone bills and pension payments, under new rules introduced this weekend, experts have warned. Mortgage advisers said...

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1,000 Pupils Caught With Weapons In Schools

By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs and Education Editor Almost 1,000 pupils were caught with weapons including guns, axes and a meat cleaver in schools in the last three years, a Sky News investigation has found. New figures show 981 children have...

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Dying Teen Stephen Sutton's Wish Goes Viral

A terminally ill 19-year-old's online fundraising page has gone viral, helping him raise nearly £1m for a cancer charity. Stephen Sutton, from Burntwood in Staffordshire, was diagnosed with incurable colorectal cancer at the age of 15. Last year...

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Bodies Of Three Children Found In London Home

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead at a house in southwest London. Officers discovered the bodies when they were called to a large, semi-detached home in Thetford Road, New Malden, at around 9.30pm...

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Skin Cancer Rise Linked To Package Holidays

The rise of package holidays and sunbed use have been blamed for a five-fold increase in rates of the deadliest form of skin cancer since the 1970s. Experts say the quest for a "healthy" tan has contributed to an increase in cases of malignant melanoma....

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Flying High: Crook Uses Drone To Spot Pot Farms

Criminals are using drones fitted with heat-seeking cameras to spot cannabis farms that can be raided, it has been claimed. Crooks are fitting the flying remote-controlled devices with equipment to spot the heat given off by farms' hydroponic lights,...

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Leeds Firefighters Tackle Industrial Blaze

More than 80 firefighters have been battling a huge blaze on an industrial estate in Leeds that sent plumes of thick black smoke across the city. Exploding cylinders made for a "challenging" situation for crews called to the fire at Tradpak, a packaging...

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Teachers Warn Of 'Constant' CCTV Surveillance

Teachers say they are being subjected to constant surveillance by CCTV schools supposed to keep pupils safe. A poll conducted by the NASUWT union has revealed 8% of 7,500 members questioned said classroom cameras record their lessons and their...

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Teen Thrown Around Ride Like A 'Rag Doll'

A teenager is recovering in hospital after falling 15ft from a fairground ride in Worthing, Sussex. Beth Thorpe, 18, suffered bruises, head and neck injuries after slipping from the Rocker ride on Marine Parade on Thursday night. A witness to the incident...

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Nurse 'Lost Her Job Over Christian Beliefs'

A nursery nurse has said she lost her job after telling a gay colleague her beliefs on homosexuality as a Christian. Sarah Mbuyi said she made the comment after she was asked about her Christian beliefs by a co-worker at New Park Childcare in Highbury,...

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