SHE loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah," sang Paul McCartney back in his days with The Beatles. And Paul - or Sir Paul, to give him his correct title - loves Heather Mills,

OHEAR us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea." The words of the old seafarers' hymn resounded strongly again last week when lifeboat coxswain Gary

TODAY we report a significant breakthrough in the understanding of the causes of breast cancer, with special relevance to the women who are most at risk. A Europe-wide survey

A CERTAIN SOMETHING HANGING IN THE AIRCLAN chiefs had their first meeting in the Scottish Parliament interrupted by a fire alarm on Friday.

WE HAD an electrifying experience close to home a few days ago. Too close in fact, as St Swithin's Day promised 40 successive days of rain to come in spectacular style.

THERE is a direct causal link between low self-esteem and fast food. If someone's ego is destroyed they will fill the void that has opened in their life with vast quantit

MR TURNER was having a whispered conversation in the kitchen. "Of course," I heard him say, "we'd love to. Please don't give it a second thought. It

IN this city's family courts, a mechanical whine regularly interrupts the hushed, anxious conversations.

HOMECOMING is a word that evokes comforting images of a return to one's roots, to a place where a warm welcome is assured.

FIVE Turn Left at Cambridge' is the Blytonesque title one might give to the careers of Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross, th

Only a fool would believe that children in Govan are somehow less intelligent

DID you know that within two decades the average age of the Scottish population will be 45?

THE first indication I might be suffering from PFB (that's precious first-born syndrome for those unfamiliar with Mumsnet lingo) came as I was taking my 14-day-ol

WHAT'S in a name? I was wandering through London town with my daughter the other day and we happened upon a new shop selling frozen yoghurt. My lassie loves frozen yoghurt

ALI Ahmed Aslam, known to generations of Glaswegian scarfers and scranners, guzzlers and gannets as "Mr Ali", is holding court in his restaurant, the Shish Mahal, and

PROFILE: BRYAN FERRY

SHE went down, her crew said, like a stone. The Radiant, less than a year old and bristling with the latest safety gadgets, plunged to the bottom of the Atlantic in minutes, d

AT least Matt Smith, the 26-year-old stripling who plays Dr Who, has an excuse.

CHLOE Gibbons might count herself as one of the lucky ones. The 22-year-old Adelaide resident was one of the first in the queue last week to receive the world's first swin

U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan may hire a private contractorto provide around-the-clock security at dozens of bases and protectvehicle convoys moving throughout the country.