A NEW traditional music festival for the Highlands is launched today with 36 performances planned for 30 venues throughout the area.

The first prize goes to Jyve

IT COULD be a dream or a nightmare - scientists have created a robotic dog that tells you when it's time for your daily walk.

SEABIRDS have suffered an appalling breeding season around much of Scotland's coast, research from three of the country's leading conservation organisations has shown.

FOR decades, advertisers have used ultra-thin models to sell everything from toiletries to cars, drawing stiff criticism from those who say the images are harming women's health.

OCZ is excited to announce the release of the fastest USB 2.0 Flash Drive on the market. The high performance OCZ Rally Flash Drive implements leading edge Dual Channel Technology to deliver the high-speed data transfer rates that are needed

US President George W Bush has cut short his holiday and returned to Washington to co-ordinate the relief effort following Hurricane Katrina.

The Associated Press is reporting that the landlord of the venerable punk club CBGB announced Wednesday (Aug. 31) that the lease on the 32-year-old landmark will not be renewed. The Bowery Residents' Committee , landlord of the building on the

The VisionTV Group of Channels is launching a new digital channel on Monday, October 3rd, 2005. Please join us in welcoming The Christian Channel, which has been reserved on digital channel 296, for launch in Ontario 860MHz (urban) systems. Stay

FAREWELL the old sporting gods, Henman and Rusedski, and hail the new tennis hero, 18-year-old Andy Murray.

IT IS," declared Sheriff Lindsay Foulis yesterday, "a most unfortunate situation." Well he should say so. He was obliged to allow Steven Grant, a paedophile, to walk free from Perth Sheriff Court because social workers had failed to complete a

THE WAY AHEAD DESPITE concerns over the management and performance of Edinburgh's tourism infrastructure, the results from a new independent survey show that visitors have become more impressed with the city as a global tourist destination.

ON WHAT basis should major transport infrastructure projects be approved? According to a group of academics (including a former government adviser, Professor David Begg), many recent road and rail projects in Scotland have been decided on the basis of...

PLATFORM I READ that Tony Blair is returning refreshed from holiday and about to do things that will be the terror of Gordon Brown, let alone the rest of the Labour Party.

SIMON PIA'S DIARY WITH Ken Clarke throwing his topper into the ring for the Tory leadership, we could not help but recall the famous description of him in the Alan Clark Diaries.

IF KEN Clarke was truly popular, he'd be running the country.

GEORGE KEREVAN THE Conservatives may need a 'Tory Tony' to beat Brown - but is there one?

FOCUS IT WAS always in the wrong place - and this has been the wrong time. But the city they call Big Easy has what it takes to bounce back, writes Richard Luscombe .

We are not sure what this is but there's plenty of nudity involved

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.