IT HAS been a rollercoaster of a season but, in as little as a week's time, tennis sensation Andy Murray will hang up his racket and start to plan his riches.

I DON'T know anything about it," said Tory leadership candidate David Davis. Scotland's political village may be agog with the affair, but it seems that the continuing furore over Scots Conservative leader David McLetchie's taxi receipts is still yet...

A BRITISH soldier has been killed and five others injured during a gunfight in Afghanistan.

FORMER Manchester United star George Best was "continuing to make slow but steady improvement", a hospital spokesman said yesterday.

FREEZING temperatures this winter are set to take a devastating human toll and could leave the country paralysed by energy shortages and gridlock on the roads.

A LEAKED report into expenses at the Department of Trade and Industry has condemned a "culture of excess" among officials.

PASSENGERS could be banned from drinking alcohol on all public transport under plans drawn up by the government.

TROUBLED high street giant Marks & Spencer is aiming to put a spark into its sales by moving into the home electronics market and launching a range of mobile phones.

AN inquiry was continuing last night into whether a car which crashed killing five teenagers was being chased by police.

GEORGE Galloway is under criminal investigation over allegations that he lied to the US Senate about his role in the Saddam Hussein oil-for-food bribery scandal, American prosecutors have disclosed.

SCOTLAND'S top surgeons have warned against closing down hospital units in the rush to implement the Scottish Executive's radical shake-up of the NHS.

SCOTLAND is to become the first part of the UK to offer controversial 'live' liver transplants to adults when ministers give the green light to the lifesaving procedure next month.

MINISTERS are to come under attack this week over evidence that their failure to fill nursing posts in Scotland has led to a massive increase in the number of staff from Third World countries.

POULTRY sales in China's biggest cities have plummeted by 80% as anxiety over a bird flu epidemic has reached new heights in the Far East.

WHAT began more than 20 years ago as one woman's nightmare is about to bring hope to millions of women across the globe.

SCOTTISH hospitals are making secret multi-million pound payments to the victims of medical negligence, an investigation has revealed.

The acquisition of AT&T by SBC will result in, among other things, the retirement of one of Saul Bass's most well-known logos. Does anyone care?

WASHINGTON The government is looking into whether eBay sellers in Gulf Coast states are trying to profit from military foodstuffs handed out for free following hurricanes...

TURFTALK I WATCHED a jockey give a completely shambolic performance in the saddle recently, but I am inhibited from revealing his name.

EUROPEAN horses filled all four first places in the $2m Breeders' Cup Turf event at Belmont in New York last night, making up for a host of other failures from this side of the pond in the world's most prestigious