FILM star Christian Bale today faced questioning by police over claims that he assaulted two family members.

SCOTTISH National Party campaigners claimed to be making up ground today as the Glasgow East by-election reached its closing stages.

A MAN who was killed at a busy railway station died when he reportedly urinated on the track, police said today.

SSP candidate for Glasgow East - Frances Curran - has moved to dispel any confusion between her and the Labour candidate who shares the same surname.

A STUDENT has refused to pay bank charges in excess of £500 as she claims they were incurred for going just 8p into her overdraft.

A CHANNEL 4 documentary about global warming misrepresented the views of the government's former chief scientist, Ofcom ruled yesterday.

A LOT of motorists are mystified by satnav systems, with drivers losing concentration while using them and even crashing, a survey shows.

THE number of experiments on animals rose by 6 per cent to just over 3.2 million from 2006 to 2007, the Home Office said yesterday.

THE public are being urged to give their views on a revised management scheme for the Moray Firth to protect a colony of bottlenose dolphins. Part of the firth is a Special Ar

MANCHESTER United footballer Wes Brown's pregnant half-sister has died.

THE alleged killer of Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando will not be giving evidence at his trial, jurors were told yesterday.

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy died after his motorcycle hit a wire suspended between two trees.

A BRITISH children's author who drowned in the Philippines was "a born artist" whose daughters "were everything to him", his family said.

KATE and Gerry McCann vowed to continue the search for their daughter Madeleine last night after the Portuguese authorities shelved their investigation into the child's di

JK ROWLING and Kiera Knightley have helped the British film industry enjoy its best year, earning a record £1.65 billion around the world.

AN OBSESSED stalker sent a deluge of gifts, letters and e-mails to Little Britain star David Walliams, a court heard yesterday.

A BRITISH woman was facing a charge of murder last night after allegedly strangling her newborn son in a hotel room in Crete.

THE supermarket chain Asda yesterday appeared to have started a petrol price war after announcing it was cutting the cost of unleaded fuel and diesel by 3p a litre.

AMY Winehouse stayed away from court yesterday as her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was sentenced to 27 months in jail for beating up a pub landlord and attempting to perver

One of the Humanist Society of Scotland's youngest celebrants explains why the movement is growing following yesterday's report in The Scotsman that humanist weddings