SOLDIERS who lost their lives in one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War were honoured yesterday by the Scottish Government.

A MOVE by Labour rebels to help 1.1 million low-paid people who lost out from the scrapping of the 10p tax band and have not yet been compensated was dropped last night.

THE Ministry of Defence was yesterday accused of dragging its heels over safety improvements to the ageing fleet of Nimrod spy-planes.

LABOUR Party managers are so concerned at the prospect of losing the crucial Glasgow East by-election later this month that they are preparing to postpone the contest to repl

SHE sings in English and dreams in Italian, while his roots reach to Hungary and Greece. Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla, could be a metaphor for a harmonious, borderless

A TORY task force's plans to restrict the ability of Scots MPs to vote on "English-only" laws have split senior Conservatives and drawn scorn from other political

CHERIE Blair said yesterday she feared for her children when they went out in the street and warned that knife and gun crime among teenagers could be more common than official

RAIL passengers face huge rises in fares in the new year because of the current high level of inflation, it was revealed yesterday.

CHILDREN as young as 11 are being given debit cards which allow them to buy goods such as cigarettes and Viagra over the internet, without their parents' permission.

THE internet auction house eBay has been ordered to pay £31 million in damages for selling fakes over the internet, in a ruling that could have important implications for on

WIMBLEDON organisers have come under fire from three of the most senior players in women's tennis amid accusations male players have been favoured in the tournament draw.

NINE protesters were arrested in Edinburgh yesterday following a demonstration at government plans to introduce ID cards.

THOUSANDS of Scottish Government civil servants were yesterday balloted on proposed strike action.

THE eagerly awaited signing of a contract for the building of two aircraft super-carriers will take place today, securing thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in

THE future of emergency admissions at a hospital will be scrutinised in an independent review, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday.

SCOTLAND's most senior UK cabinet minister has come under attack after claiming that Scots have "never had it so good" under more than a decade of Labour rule at W

MORE than a dozen killers and nearly 140 sex offenders have been deported from Britain since the start of the year, the Home Office said yesterday.

THE race to succeed Wendy Alexander as Scottish Labour leader took a fresh twist last night when it emerged that the early favourite has not decided if he will contest the el

THE Conservatives' long-awaited response to the discrepancy between English and Scottish MPs' voting rights will be laid bare today, when Kenneth Clarke, the former c

MSPs yesterday said lax record-keeping in the Scottish Government had hindered investigations into a failed attempt to bring a £1 billion energy institute north of the Border.