THE Scottish Executive must act to stop a new brain drain of talented young people fleeing south in the wake of UK government plans to build thousands of low-cost homes, housebuilders, academics and politicians have said.
A MAN who sent hoax e-mails to family and friends of people missing in the tsunami disaster falsely confirming their deaths has been jailed for six months.
PUB landlady Kate Knight was found not guilty yesterday of the manslaughter of her two sons and a pub regular who tried to save them after a fire broke out at the Prince of Wales pub in north London.
CAROLE Caplin, the controversial former confidante of Cherie Blair, will return to 10 Downing Street today - to present a petition against the European Union's restrictions on vitamins and supplements.
MPS ARE set to vote for a return to late-night sittings of the House of Commons tomorrow, resurrecting the spectacle of votes cast in the dead of night by honourable members rushing back from bars and dining rooms.
THE three British soldiers accused of meting out horrific abuse to Iraqi looters were yesterday painted as "sacrificial lambs" who are on trial because of the illegal orders of their officer.
THE Conservative party is considering offering Scotland its own immigration quota system, in what would be a landmark proposal to address the problem of depopulation.
A NURSERY nurse stopped by a traffic policeman because she was holding an apple was subjected to a "nonsensical" prosecution in which aerial photographs, a video shot from a police aircraft and a film recording from a patrol car were
A DOCTOR accused of failing to reveal vital test results at the trial of a mother wrongly convicted of murdering her baby sons yesterday denied serious professional misconduct.
A LAW lecturer who destroyed the Madame Tussauds nativity scene featuring David and Victoria Beckham escaped a jail sentence yesterday, saying he had nothing against the couple but was outraged that they should be used to represent religious figures.
