Smart Glasses For Blind 'In Shops By 2016'

By Gemma Morris, Sky News Reporter Pairs of high-tech smart glasses, designed to help millions of blind and partially sighted people to see, could be in shops in 2016. The specs use a specially adapted 3D camera to maximise a person's remaining...

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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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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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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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Lib 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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Antarctic Researchers Lose Heating At -55.4C

British researchers living on an ice shelf in Antarctica have said they are in "good spirits" after experiencing a 19-hour power outage during record freezing temperatures. The 13 staff members from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been dealing...

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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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Boris Johnson: 'I Will Stand As MP In 2015'

Six People Who Will Not Welcome Boris MP Updated: 3:51pm UK, Wednesday 06 August 2014 By Jason Farrell, Political Correspondent As Boris Johnson finally announces he will try for a return to Parliament, here are six people who will not welcome...

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UK Student Murders: Four Face Death Penalty

Four Malaysian men are facing the death penalty after admitting killing two British medical students in Borneo. Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, were stabbed to death after arguing with a group of men in a bar in Kuching, the capital city of...

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Chicken Bug Retailers Could Be Named

A consumer group is urging food standards bosses to name retailers found selling fresh chickens containing a bug blamed for tens of thousands of cases of food poisoning every year. The bug campylobacter was found in 59% of samples in a survey by the...

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Man Sectioned After UK Plane Bomb Hoax

How Typhoons Scramble When Trouble Flares Updated: 4:43pm UK, Tuesday 05 August 2014 By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The deployment of Typhoon fighter jets on short notice is known as QRA - Quick Response Alert. It is something the...

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Daily Aspirin Pill 'Helps Prevent Cancer'

Taking a daily dose of aspirin could help ward off some types of cancer, according to a new study. Researchers say that long-term use of the drug can significantly cut the chance of dying from gastrointestinal illnesses such as bowel and stomach cancer....

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Referendum TV Debate Could Be A Game-Changer

When Hollywood gets its hands on the Scottish referendum, maybe in a few hundred years, it'll be a smash hit. A swashbuckling adventure in which a boisterous, William Wallacey guy wages war against the swotty nemesis who can inflict death by grey hair...

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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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Foreign Office Minister Resigns Over Gaza

Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi has resigned saying she can no longer support the Government's stance on Gaza. Lady Warsi, who is also Minister for Faith and Communities, announced her departure on Twitter, where she has been increasingly...

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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 WWI

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The centenary of Britain's entry into World War One will be commemorated in a series of events across Europe today. :: 9.10am - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend a service at L'Abbaye Saint-Laurent...

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World War One Centenary: Britain Remembers

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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Royal Navy 'To Rescue Britons From Libya'

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The Royal Navy is preparing to rescue British nationals from Libya, Sky News understands. HMS Enterprise is being moved into position off the coast of North Africa ready to be given the order to sail into...

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British Woman 'Murdered' At Safari Lodge

A British woman thought to have been murdered in South Africa has been described as a "wonderful lady" and "very kind". Christine Robinson, 59, who had been living in the country for about 10 years, is believed to have been found stabbed to death and...

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National Sperm Bank Launched To Meet Demand

A national sperm bank is to be launched to meet increasing demand and shorten waiting times. The service will start in October in conjunction with the National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) and Birmingham Women's Hospital. The Department of Health says...

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