Parents 'Unaware' Of Shared Leave Rules

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent New rules allowing working couples to share parental leave after the birth or adoption of their child have come into force. Mothers and fathers can split 50 weeks of parental leave between them, in any combination,...

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Tories Pledge 1980s-Style Housing Revolution

A 1980s-style housing "revolution" doubling the number of first-time buyers by 2020 has been pledged by the Tories, if they are elected. The plan would mean half a million people a year getting their feet on the housing ladder, George Osborne said....

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Craig Has Knee Surgery After Bond Film Injury

James Bond star Daniel Craig has had knee surgery after sustaining an injury while filming action scenes for the latest instalment of the spy series. Craig had what was described by Eon Productions as a "minor procedure" during the Easter filming...

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Two Dead As Wreckage Of Missing Plane Found

The wreckage of a light aircraft which went missing in western Scotland has been found by search teams, police say. The remains of two people who were on board the plane have also been discovered. The wreckage was found in the Glen Kinglass area...

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Sturgeon: Help Me Lock Cameron Out Of No 10

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has offered Ed Miliband a new deal to help him take power and "lock David Cameron out of Downing Street". Writing in the Observer, Ms Sturgeon challenged him to take his party into an anti-austerity alliance...

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Police Get More Time To Question Syria Suspects

Police have been given more time to question six people arrested in Dover on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. The five men and one woman were detained around 8am on Friday in the port's departure area. Officers now have until 8am next...

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CCTV Appeal As Woman, 93, Hurt In Hit-And-Run

Police are hunting for a driver who left a 93-year-old woman lying in the middle of the road after a hit-and-run crash. They have issued a CCTV image of the silver Chrysler Voyager thought to have struck Isobel Rawes in Shirley, West Midlands. The...

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Osborne Refuses To Rule Out Top-Rate Tax Cut

Chancellor George Osborne has repeatedly refused to rule out a tax cut for Britain's highest earners if the Conservatives win the election. Mr Osborne told Sky News' Murnaghan programme his party had "no plans" to further reduce the top rate of tax...

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PM's Wife: Ivan Brought Us To 'Breaking Point'

David Cameron's wife Samantha has told how the couple's struggle to cope with their disabled son brought them to "breaking point". Mrs Cameron said the couple were physically and mentally "shattered" by the strain of looking after Ivan - who died...

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Boy, 14, And Girl, 16, Held By Anti-Terror Police

A 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl have been arrested on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism. The boy was held after officers from the North West Counter-Terrorism Unit and Lancashire Constabulary executed a warrant at a home in Blackburn,...

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