- Fund for 'climate justice' launched
- Former RAF Machrihanish sold for £1
- Loach film takes Cannes Jury Prize
- Scorching day for marathon runners
- Five held over £600,000 drugs haul
- Anti-independence campaign 'soon'
- Half of female refugees 'raped'
- Call by MPs to scrap fuel duty rise
- Saltire Games ban 'ridiculous'
- Scottish drink-drive plans welcomed
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Syria: ‘Sickened’ William Hague summons diplomat over massacre
FOREIGN Secretary William Hague said he was “absolutely sickened” by the recent deaths in Syria as he prepared to issue a diplomatic dressing-down to the country’s chargé d’affaires over the “stomach-churning” massacre of more than 100 civilians, including dozens of children.
Migrant alert over euro crisis
THE Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday that the government is looking at imposing emergency immigration controls to deal with a possible influx of migrants from Greece and other European Union countries in response to the crisis in the euro.
17 commentsMan shot dead as gunman opens fire at party
A MAN celebrating at a 60th birthday party has been shot dead by a gunman.
Minister in apology over rent
CONSERVATIVE Party chairman Baroness Warsi has admitted failing to declare thousands of pounds in rental income in the register of interests for members of the House of Lords.
3 commentsAnti-austerity party descends on Clegg’s street
HUNDREDS of anti-cuts protesters have held an “alternative street party” in the road where Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg lives.
2 commentsSinn Fein reaches out to dissidents
NORTHERN Ireland’s deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, has offered to hold talks with dissident republicans.
Patriotic potatoes mark the Jubilee
WE’VE all seen the doilies, the flags and the biscuit tins – and the latest figures suggest Brits will be spending £823m celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Lloyds security chief charged with conning own bank out of £2.5m
A FORMER security chief at Lloyds Banking Group is to be prosecuted over an alleged £2.5 million fraud.
2 commentsWedding Klaxons sound for Keira Knightley
BRITISH actress Keira Knightley is to marry her rock star boyfriend, James Righton who performs with the Klaxons.
Second case is tested for rabies in UK
A SECOND possible British case of rabies is being investigated, disease control experts said.
Footballer fined for hotel assault
A FOOTBALLER has been fined after admitting assaulting a woman at a hotel.
Tracey Emin is ‘nervous as hell’ over home town show
Tracey Emin has spoken of her nerves on the eve of the opening of a major exhibition in her home town which provided the inspiration for many of her famous artworks.
1 commentHMRC loses football creditor battle
A HIGH Court judge in London yesterday declined to show the red card to a football industry debt rule described as revealing “the ugly side of the beautiful game”.
Two Britons feared killed by crocodiles
One British man is dead and another missing after reportedly being attacked by crocodiles on a river trip in India.
Elderly Britons lonelier and poorer than Europeans
ELDERLY Britons are lonelier and poorer than their counterparts in similar European countries, a major study has found.
5 comments£6.5m of cocaine is found on fruit ship
Cocaine with a street value of £6.5 million has been found on a ship bringing bananas and pineapples to the UK.
Baby P social work staff lose appeal
Two of Baby P’s social workers have lost an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.
Royal Mail exceeds delivery targets
Royal Mail has produced its best quarterly figures for first- and second-class deliveries for almost two years.
Britain hotter than parts of Africa
temperatures in Britain have soared to higher levels than parts of Europe and Africa in the latest heatwave.
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Jubilee jamboree set to lift recession gloom
IT MAY already have triggered doom-laden predictions of a setback to Britain’s efforts to shrug off the recession.
Engelbert Humperdinck’s good luck charm came from the King
Engelbert Humperdinck will be carrying a prized gift from Elvis Presley to bring him luck as he performs in the Eurovision Song Contest tonight.
Two years for millionaire’s daughter who drove rioters
A MILLIONAIRE’S daughter has been jailed for two years for driving looters on a late-night crime spree at the height of last summer’s riots.
Look on the bright side… to live longer
PEOPLE who are happy, outgoing and optimistic live the longest, according to new research.
1 commentDavid Cameron honours Falklands fallen
DAVID Cameron has paid a personal tribute to the 255 soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to liberate the Falkland Islands.
Libya leader lays wreath at site of WPC’s murder
Libya’s prime minister has made a historic visit to the spot where policewoman Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead outside the country’s London embassy in 1984.
60-stone teenager cut free from home
A CHRONICALLY obese teenager cut free from her home by workmen after she grew too big to go outside remains in hospital.
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Leveson: Jeremy Hunt went for drink with adviser then sacked him next day
CULTURE Secretary Jeremy Hunt told his special adviser to quit after highly damaging emails revealing the close relationship between his department and the Murdoch empire were released, the former aide said.
Leveson Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt and Tony Blair to give evidence next week
CULTURE secretary Jeremy Hunt and former prime minister Tony Blair will be among those appearing before the Leveson Inquiry into press standards next week, it was announced today.
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Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt backed Rupert Murdoch in note to No10
CULTURE Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under renewed pressure following the publication by the Leveson Inquiry of a memo in which he made private representations to the Prime Minister supporting News Corporation’s bid to take over BSkyB.
3 commentsIzzard calls off run challenge
Eddie Izzard has had to abandon his gruelling challenge to run a marathon each day for 27 days in South Africa due to “medical complications”.
Holiday cash exchange rates differ depending on where you live
AN INVESTIGATION into foreign currency exchange has found customers are getting a different deal depending on where in the UK they buy their cash.
Jubilee slump fears scorned
Travel chiefs have dismissed fears that the long Jubilee bank holiday weekend will harm the UK economy.
Thieves advertise iPhones for sale on eBay then steal to meet demand
APPLE products such as iPads and iPhones are the top targets for housebreakers and are often stolen to order, according to research.
Death of the bus ticket as Stagecoach passengers to pay by smartphone
PASSENGERS will be able to use smartphones instead of bus and train tickets for the first time if a trial is successful, transport giant Stagecoach announces today.
2 commentsWomen beat men in identifying smells
A NEW study appears to confirm that women have a significantly better sense of smell than men while older people can identify more garden scents than those half their age.
Beetroot boost for breathing
Beetroot juice can improve your puff, potentially benefiting swimmers, singers, and mountaineers, research has shown.
Sickness sidelines Sir Elton once again
SIR Elton John is in hospital with a respiratory infection and has cancelled three nights of performances in Las Vegas at the weekend.
April was boom time for cash Isas
Frustration over low savings rates fuelled a 50 per cent surge in deposits into cash Isas last month, as savers looked for better returns.
It was relief to tell police, says sister
The sister of Shafilea Ahmed has told a jury it was a “relief” to tell police after seven years that her parents had murdered the teenager.
Fred Goodwin ‘not lynch mob victim’
THE Cabinet Secretary has defended the decision to strip former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, after Tory MPs claimed the disgraced banker had been the victim of a lynch mob.
5 commentsSpeaker raps missing Cable
BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable has been rebuked by Speaker John Bercow for going on a trip to Germany instead of appearing in the Commons to answer questions about his department.
UK economy: Clamour grows for Plan B with recession worse than expected
THE UK economy shrank more than expected in the first three months of the year, newly revised figures have shown, piling pressure on Chancellor George Osborne to come up with a “Plan B”.
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Red letter days: Jubilee stamps show key moments from Queen’s 60-year reign
THIS set of stamps showing portraits of the Queen is to be issued to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Rapper in court over garage bust–up
N-Dubz rapper Dappy has appeared in court charged over his alleged role in a fight at a petrol station that left three men with facial injuries.
Plea to public over fire death rumours
The senior police officer investigating the deaths of six children in an arson attack has asked the public to show patience as the inquiry continues.
Solar power subsidy cut is postponed
Cuts to solar power subsidies will be delayed until August, the government said yesterday.
10 commentsCoalition reveals immigration dip
Net immigration to the UK remains above 250,000 a year despite a small fall since the coalition government took over, according to the latest independent figures.
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Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
THE formal campaign for independence will kick off today with a central message that people living in Scotland are the best at running the country, not those elsewhere in the UK.
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Chris Huhne’s bisexual lover vows to appeal after losing privacy case
MP CHRIS Huhne’s partner Carina Trimingham has vowed to fight on in her High Court privacy and harassment action, after losing her claim against Associated Newspapers.
- Scottish independence: I don’t want ‘separatism’ says Sir Tom Farmer
- Rangers administration: End game nears for fallen icon
- Vatican poised to make more arrests in papal leaks scandal
- USA 5 - 1 Scotland: Donovan grabs hattrick as Scots routed in Florida
- Rangers administration: Duff & Phelps ‘hopeful’ that Taxman will agree to CVA
- Scottish independence: I don’t want ‘separatism’ says Sir Tom Farmer
- Scottish independence: Labour voters ‘will deliver independence’
- Rangers administration: End game nears for fallen icon
- Leaders: Blurred vision on independence
- Rangers administration: Duff & Phelps ‘hopeful’ that Taxman will agree to CVA
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