- Trio set off on charity bike ride
- Photos 'of Bismarck sinking' emerge
- Warning issued about dangerous gas
- Neighbour rescues woman from fire
- Man held over £85,000 drugs find
- Fund for 'climate justice' launched
- Scorching day for marathon runners
- Anti-independence campaign 'soon'
- Saltire Games ban 'ridiculous'
- Park waterfall death man named
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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.
16 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.
David Cameron ‘chillaxes’ with a ‘Clegger’
DAVID Cameron has the ability to “switch off” from the pressures of high politics in a way that almost no other MP can, according to a new biography of the Prime Minister.
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Discordant note to Jubilee music as composer strives for ‘honesty’ over ‘sweet mood music’
THE Queen’s composer is to court controversy by using the symphony he has written for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations to make a political point about “disastrous” military interventions.
2 commentsIrish teen dies in shooting
A TEENAGE girl was shot dead and her sister seriously injured yesterday in a shooting attack in a small village in Northern Ireland.
G8 summit: David Cameron calls for action on Eurozone meltdown
GREECE should remain in the Eurozone, G8 leaders stressed yesterday as David Cameron warned that a rescue plan for the stricken currency must be put in place “very fast” to avoid its potentially-devastating collapse.
8 commentsThree saved after capsize
THREE children were pulled from the River Avon last night after the boat they were travelling in capsized, but emergency services were carrying out a full-scale search for a missing adult.
Full-time mothers to get state pension
STAY-at-home mothers are to receive a full state pension for the first time under a radical overhaul of the retirement system.
Two people released after death of children
A MAN and a woman who were arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the deaths of five children in a house fire were released without charge last night.
Ed Miliband puts pressure on Jeremy Hunt over hacking revelations
LABOUR yesterday piled further pressure on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to stand down as Ed Miliband said it now “beggars belief” that he remained in his job following fresh revelations in the Leveson Inquiry.
SWRI banned from using Olympic theme
WITH their shared values of fair competition and striving for excellence, the ladies of the Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes (SWRI) felt the Olympics would be an ideal theme for their 27th national conference.
Nine arrested in second child-grooming case in Rochdale
NINE men have been arrested in connection with a second suspected child grooming case in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Local elections: Cameron and Clegg in joint fightback
SENIOR coalition figures will begin their fightback today following dismal election results that have heaped pressure on the already strained partnership.
8 commentsAdele rolling in fans as 730,000 rate her No 1
ADELE has topped a poll of Britain’s most popular acts, with an estimated 730,000 fans rating her their number one artist.
870-mile coastal path is a world first
THE first continuous path in the world which runs the complete length of a country’s coastline officially opened yesterday.
1 commentOliver and Gerrard team up to fight fat
JAMIE Oliver and Steven Gerrard have joined forces with leading figures in health and education to ask the Government to fight obesity through cookery teaching in schools.
May told to sort out chaos in airports
HOME Secretary Theresa May has been ordered to draw up emergency plans to deal with Britain’s border crisis as another airport launched an attack yesterday on her failure to cut queues.
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David Cameron keeps door open for Jeremy Hunt inquiry
DAVID Cameron’s support for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt appeared to weaken yesterday as he opened the door to a full inquiry into the actions of his Culture Secretary over his dealings with News Corporation.
9 commentsNew images released of suspected killer
POLICE hunting for a man suspected of killing two people in their own homes released new CCTV images yesterday.
EastEnders wins best show at soap oscars
CORONATION Street and EastEnders dominated the soap world’s “oscars” last night.
1 commentTwo found shot in head at golf club
POLICE have discovered the bodies of a man and woman who had been shot in the head.
Police blame dissidents for huge van bomb
A MASSIVE bomb found in a van near the Irish border contained 600lbs of homemade explosives and was “ready to go”, senior police officers warned last night as they blamed dissident republicans opposed to the peace process for the failed attack.
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
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