THE prospects of a high-speed rail line being extended to Scotland have risen, after the government official in charge of the project said it would be senseless for it to go

A TEACHER was last night charged with attempted murder after an incident in which a 14-year-old pupil was left with serious head injuries.

THE son of one of the most controversial military leaders in British history has died.

IT IS perhaps the clearest example of money for nothing. Jim Hood, the Scots Labour MP, has admitted pocketing £625 a month - in addition to his MP's salary of £64,766 - a

SARAH Brown has twice declined to eat veal during her visit to Italy for the G8 summit, it emerged yesterday.

MPs are given a draft resolution of the VRU on changes introduction into the calendar plan of IV session of the parliament of VI convocation, the ForUm's correspondent informs. According to the given draft resolution, MPs are offered to work

Vice-speaker of the VRU Mykola Tomenko considers that the parliament is "doomed" to pen today its session in order to postpone the date of close of the VRU session. He told parliamentary journalists today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "Today the

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he is critical of the government's environmental policies, according to Interfax-Ukraine. He made the comment at a national council on the development of nature reserves in Ukraine in the village of Hayivka, Shatsk district,

Ukraine as one of the world's leading farm produce makers can make its contribution to a strengthening of the global food security, says Deputy Head of the President's Secretariat Andriy Honcharuk in connection with the start of the G8 summit

PR keeps block the VRU work, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Deputy chairman of the PR faction Oleksandr Yefremov said that demands of the PR had not changed. According to him, the parliamentary factions have not managed to reach compromise. "Parliament

A SCIENCE teacher has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of one of his students.

GORDON Brown was last night forced to defend his strategy in Afghanistan amid a storm of criticism over the growing loss of British servicemen.

THE river is everything in Helmand. It even gave the place its name. For more than 700 miles it flows south from the mountains of the Hindu Kushok to the badlands of the Paki

DAVID Cameron yesterday said that the government's failure to provide enough helicopters for our troops in Afghanistan was a "scandal" at the end of a week that

THE Post Office is expected to introduce new higher mortgage rates tomorrow, amid accusations that lenders are ignoring Government calls for better competition.

THE former head of counter-terrorism at the Metropolitan Police has accused the SNP of "having hissy fits" and "despicable" behaviour in the wake of the attemp

A SENIOR Scottish clergyman has "come out" and launched a campaign for gay couples to be given the right to get married in church.

EIGHT out of ten potential child molesters grooming children on social networking websites are escaping conviction.

IN PERTH, the historic home of the Black Watch regiment, the war in Afghanistan provokes strong views and sombre moods. Many are adamant that the British Government should beg

IF 2009 has been a summer of old rockers and reunions, from Spinal Tap and Springsteen at Glastonbury to AC/DC closer to home at Hampden, then T in the Park this year chose to