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‘Shockingly poor’: What needs to change in maternity care?

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16 minutes | Monday, 13 May 2024
A landmark parliamentary inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity services after finding poor care is "all-too-frequently tolerated as normal".   The report calls for a new maternity commissioner who will...
21 minutes | Friday, 10 May 2024
Across the UK anger is brewing among farmers.   Protests have already been held in London, Dover and Wales, with more on the way - mirroring similar tensions seen across Europe in the last six months.      Their anger is focused on cheap foreign...
20 minutes | Thursday, 9 May 2024
On this episode, Niall speaks to one of the doctors who worked to restore the hearing of an 18-month-old girl – who was born deaf.        Medics at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge have used gene therapy to help a rare condition, auditory...
18 minutes | Wednesday, 8 May 2024
The UK media regulator has set out new rules for social media companies designed to keep children safe online.    The new Ofcom rules include age verification and reformulating algorithms to keep children away from "toxic" content. But parents whose...
21 minutes | Tuesday, 7 May 2024
The Israeli Defense Force says it has taken 'operational control' of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, the main entry point for aid into the region. It comes less than 24 hours after Hamas said they would accept a ceasefire deal drawn up by...
25 minutes | Friday, 3 May 2024
Labour are celebrating big wins in the Blackpool South by-election, in the local elections and in most of the mayoral races that have declared so far.     The Conservatives could lose up to 500 councillors, though their candidate Ben Houchen did hold...
21 minutes | Thursday, 2 May 2024
Thousands of fans have been left frustrated after Manchester’s newest venue delayed its launch again after a string of technical problems. The Co-op Live arena will be the UK’s largest indoor arena accommodating 23,500 people at a cost of £365m - but...
19 minutes | Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Violent protests over the Israel-Hamas war have reached boiling point across university campuses in the United States. Pro-Palestinian protesters are demanding their universities cut ties with Israel or any companies that support its ongoing war in...
21 minutes | Tuesday, 30 April 2024
The King has returned to official public duties for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer. Alongside the Queen, he visited a cancer treatment centre to meet staff and patients as part of his new role as patron of Cancer Research UK....
19 minutes | Monday, 29 April 2024
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned – days after he cut the SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens.     It followed a bitter row over the SNP's climbdown on climate targets as he said the agreement between the parties had...
18 minutes | Friday, 26 April 2024
The 2 May local elections will have more than 2,600 seats are at stake across 107 English councils. Labour’s Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham are among the 10 city mayors up for re-election.   Those in Blackpool South will also be voting for their next MP...
27 minutes | Thursday, 25 April 2024
Labour have promised to renationalise nearly all passenger railways within their first term if they win the next election. But will it leave the railways better off?   On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Sky's political correspondent Sam...
21 minutes | Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Only two months ago Joe Biden joined the social media platform TikTok with a video captioned "lol hey guys". Now, the US president is poised to sign a bill that could ban the popular app - unless its parent company sells it.      The country is...
21 minutes | Tuesday, 23 April 2024
After months of parliamentary ping-pong between the House of Commons and the Lords, Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill has passed. The prime minister called it a "landmark" law, saying that "nothing will stand in our way" of getting flights off the ground...
21 minutes | Monday, 22 April 2024
As the first of Donald Trump's four criminal trials begins this week, will it have any effect on his chances of re-election in November?     The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to $130,000 paid to porn...
19 minutes | Friday, 19 April 2024
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, in response to the unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend by the Iranians.   It seems an airfield outside of the city of Isfahan was targeted, but Tehran has played down the incident and...
21 minutes | Thursday, 18 April 2024
Conservative MP Mark Menzies has been suspended from the parliamentary party in light of allegations he abused local Tory party funds to pay off "bad people".    Mark Menzies strongly disputes the claims which also allege he used campaign funds to...
22 minutes | Wednesday, 17 April 2024
The price of everyday things - mainly food - is now rising at the lowest level since 2021.   Official data shows inflation eased last month to 3.2% - down from 3.4% - but the fall was slightly less than economists expected.   On the Daily, Niall...
24 minutes | Tuesday, 16 April 2024
'Absolutely nuts' was how former Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually phase out smoking – banning anyone born since the start of 2009 from ever being able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products like vapes.      Liz...
23 minutes | Monday, 15 April 2024
Military experts have called Iran's ariel attack on Israel on Saturday night 'ambitious' and warn it could push an already fragile region into a dangerous new phase.   On the Sky News Daily, host Matt Barbet examines how Iran and Israel's 'shadow war'...
19 minutes | Sunday, 14 April 2024
On Saturday night Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack against Israel, which Tehran has claimed is in retaliation for an attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus by Israel on 1 April.      Some 170 explosive...
20 minutes | Friday, 12 April 2024
Ex-armed forces minister James Heappey has told Sky's defence and security editor Deborah Haynes the UK should consider sending its forces to Ukraine to train troops.   On the Sky News Daily, host Tom Cheshire talks to her and Sky's military analyst...
24 minutes | Thursday, 11 April 2024
The death of arguably one of America’s most talked about names in the 1990s has re-ignited conversations about who OJ Simpson was and how he will be remembered.   The former NFL star was tried and acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown...
23 minutes | Thursday, 11 April 2024
President Biden has stated US support for Israel is 'ironclad' after reports an Iranian attack is imminent. Iran had promised to retaliate after Israel killed a top Iranian commander in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month.  It has led to fears the...
25 minutes | Wednesday, 10 April 2024
More than 55,000 asylum seekers - whose applications have been refused since 2011 - may not have left the UK. The analysis of Home Office data doesn’t include partners or children so could be even higher.    On the Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to our...
23 minutes | Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Yemen is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster after nearly a decade of civil war between the Saudi and Western-backed government, and the Iranian-backed Houthi militia.  As Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford has found, war in Gaza is...
19 minutes | Monday, 8 April 2024
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is facing questions about whether she paid enough tax on a house sale, almost a decade ago.       She denies any wrongdoing and has been backed by the party's leader Sir Keir Starmer, with some colleagues claiming...
19 minutes | Friday, 5 April 2024
Next week, millions of people across North America will be able to see a total solar eclipse, a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many.  A total solar eclipse - where the moon moves in front of the sun - happens about every 18 months. However, it...
20 minutes | Thursday, 4 April 2024
Three former Supreme Court justices have warned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the UK is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel.     They are among over 600 lawyers and academics who are signatories of a 17-page letter, which also...
22 minutes | Wednesday, 3 April 2024
The UK spends more than £50bn a year - 2.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - on defence, but government documents shared with Sky News show the country has no preparations for a nuclear war.     In January, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned the...
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‘Shockingly poor’: What needs to change in maternity care?
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