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A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease has described the moment she realised her husband had it.Joy Milne told Sky's The UK Tonight With Sarah-Jane Mee about how her rare condition of hyperosmia, an incredibly sensitive sense of smell, helped her sniff out the disease in her late husband, Les. She said: "Well, when you know, you're saying to your husband 'well you're smelling, you're not having enough showers and […]

A body representing more than 90 airlines using Heathrow Airport has threatened to take legal action if a settlement over the costs they incurred from Friday's day-long closure is not reached. The chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee Nigel Wicking told Sky News he hoped the matter could be "amicably settled at some point in time" but said, "if we don't get good enough recourse and repayment in terms […]

Global financial markets are giving a cautious welcome to reports the Trump administration is to row back on elements of its threatened trade war escalation.Separate US news organisations said over the weekend that sector-specific tariffs, which the president had warned would come into effect on 2 April, were now unlikely. If true, it would mean tariffs of up to 25% on cars, semiconductors and pharmaceutical goods would not take effect.Money […]

The chief executive of National Grid has claimed that Heathrow Airport had enough power from other substations despite Friday's shutdown.Around 1,300 flights were affected after a fire knocked out an electricity substation in Hayes on Thursday evening. Operations were not able to resume until Friday evening. John Pettigrew from National Grid said there were two other substations "always available for the distribution network companies and Heathrow to take power". Image: […]

A third teenage boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of 15-year-old Amen Teklay on a street in Glasgow.Amen, who was an Eritrean refugee, was seriously injured in the city's Clarendon Street at about 10.30pm on Wednesday 5 March, and died at the scene shortly afterwards. Two Glasgow boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested and charged that weekend in connection with the incident after a […]

Fraud experts are set to investigate suspicions thousands of students are fraudulently claiming hundreds of millions of pounds in student loans with no plans to study - or pay the money back.The Public Sector Fraud Authority has been directed by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to start work immediately to halt the "growing threat" and support investigations that are already under way. It follows a Sunday Times investigation which reports students […]

Campaigners say a new 100% council tax premium on second homes in England will do little to ease the housing crisis, with one group describing it as a "naked cash grab".Exclusive Sky News data shows around 75% of councils in England will introduce the discretionary charge from April - essentially doubling the council tax on properties classed as second homes. England follows in the footsteps of Wales, which already charges […]

The average family could be £1,400 a year worse off by the end of the decade, new analysis suggests.Frozen tax thresholds, rising mortgage and rent costs, and falling real earnings are all predicted to take their toll. But living standards for the poorest third are forecast to drop twice as much compared with middle and high earners.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) believes the government will miss one of its stated […]

The bomb squad has carried out a controlled burn of explosive chemicals found at a seafront home in Sussex.A major incident was declared and 73 people evacuated from their homes after explosives and 500 canisters containing more unknown chemicals were discovered at a house in St Leonards, near Hastings. The additional 500 canisters are not thought to be explosive, although they will be tested by specialists.The Hastings Half Marathon, which […]