BBC journalist on a disease which plagues Scotland

Gordon Brown calls for the release of five British hostages in Iraq after claims one of them has taken his own life.

The families of two backpackers, who were among 89 people killed in a plane crash in Thailand, plan to sue the airline.

Bishops attending the Lambeth Conference hear a claim that the gay clergy row has left Anglicans a 'wounded community'.

Nick Higham at the Anglicans' Lambeth conference

Two divers, who had been exploring shipwrecks, are rescued by helicopter off the Antrim coast.

England have a massive task on their hands to save the second Test at Headingley after South Africa hit 522.

Anti-HLS campaigners this week have gained another major victory in closing down Europe's largest and most exposed vivisection laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences, known also as Life Sciences Research, ticker symbol LSR.The labs largest investor, Eagle Asset Finance, has sold all

Dear Editor, It is little wonder eh? For example, the Police won't attend a garage break in; one wonders what else is no longer serious (?) enough to be considered a crime worth their time attending. Presumably these incidents get

Following the deaths of two seamen aboard a ship travelling through the English Channel on 18 January 2008 and another four seafarers on ships in separate incidents during the past twelve months, urgent safety recommendations have been issued by the

So, there's this group of men from all over the world, and they're having a fortnight away together. They like to wear long, flowing robes and are very fond of the colour purple. Some have ostentatious rings, others go for

Sue Moisey looks in dismay over the building site that was once her family home. It is exactly a year since gallons of flood water poured into her house in Tewkesbury, leaving a trail of destruction.

David Cameron has upset members of his frontbench team by preparing to promote more women to the Shadow Cabinet in a reshuffle expected this week.

The PM meets UK troops stationed in Iraq

More than 200 pigeons are killed in what police have described as a suspicious fire at a loft in County Down.

New TUC research reveals today (Monday) that 86 per cent of pension scheme boards now have one-third of their trustees nominated by members and many are moving towards 50 per cent representation.

New play areas costing hundreds of thousands of pounds have been launched this week in Pencester Gardens in Dover and Marke Wood in Walmer following work by Dover District Council and a successful bid to the Big Lottery Fund’s Children’s

She is 49 years old, a reluctant third-choice candidate at best, and reduced to careering around the mean streets of Labour's third-safest seat in Scotland in a desperate attempt to prevent the "earthquake" that would follow if it slipped out