LABOUR yesterday said the Scottish Government had chosen "spin over action" after Alex Salmond, the First Minister, announced last month that around £100 million coul

A QUARTER of Scots would be more likely to vote for independence if the Conservatives win power in Westminster, a poll suggested yesterday.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a 90-year-old widow three years ago yesterday released a picture of the make of trainers believed to have been worn by the killer.

ACTRESS Leslie Ash has said she would "never say never" about having more cosmetic surgery despite her botched "lip job" in 2002.

A LOST computer disk containing details about thousands of justice staff is not thought to have fallen into the wrong hands, a government minister said yesterday.

A FORMER Commonwealth Games cyclist is to try to set the record for the world's highest skydive.

THE BBC wants viewers to comment on whether "heavy-handed" tactics are being used to collect the licence fee.

DAVID Cameron hinted yesterday at the possibility of tax cuts under a Conservative government, saying that it was right for those who "put their backs into the British eco

PASSENGER groups cautiously welcomed the second stage of a simpler train ticketing system which came into force yesterday.

IF YOU fancy someone â€" let them know, scientists have advised.

A GOVERNMENT minister has apologised unreservedly to a civil servant who asked to be moved from his office because of his behaviour towards her, it was revealed yesterday.

HOLYROOD should be given complete control over income tax, the Liberal Democrats are expected to demand as part of the review of devolution.

THE number of immigrants to the UK must be balanced with those leaving the country to prevent Britain's population soaring by 20 million in the next 50 years, leading poli

THE compromise offered by the Liberal Democrats will force the SNP to show if it is serious about abolishing council tax.

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported ye

BRITAIN'S pubs are in such a decline that beer sales in bars will be overtaken by those in shops within the next 12 months, reversing centuries of tradition.

GORDON Brown, the Prime Minister, will tell ministers today that Britain will come through the current period of economic difficulty a "stronger, more secure and faire