A FORMER British soldier sentenced to death by firing squad is still waiting to hear if judges have decided to grant his appeal.

MORE than 1,000 unemployed young people from all over the UK marched through London yesterday to demand jobs and condemn the government.

A POSTMORTEM examination was carried out yesterday on a woman found dead in a bedsit hours after a man was shot by officers in a supermarket stand-off.

THE Prince of Wales yesterday met the widow of PC Bill Barker who was swept away in flood waters when a bridge collapsed as he directed motorists away from danger in Cumbria.

DETECTIVES refused to rule out arson last night after a mother and her three-year-old girl perished in a flat blaze.

LARGE areas of Scotland were last night on flood alert as near record rains showed no sign of abating.

THE BBC's Children in Need coffers passed the £20 million mark early yesterday after a galaxy of stars turned out for the television extravaganza.

IT IS the sound of a crustacean clinging by its claws to life. The noise a lobster makes as it is boiled alive may put budding chefs off serving the dish at a dinner party, bu

TAXPAYERS are subsidising festive cut-price alcohol promotions in supermarkets as a result of a VAT loophole that undermines government attempts to reduce excessive drinking.

THEY were the darkest days of her reign, when she feared the monarchy was in peril. The Queen, a TV series on Her Majesty's life, will reveal the monarch spent much of the

CONSULTANTS are earning £1 million a month - or up to £500 an hour - while selling off the assets of Scotland's former leading building society, leaked papers have reveal

DENTISTS are to join the fight against Scotland's alcohol crisis - by quizzing patients about their drinking habits.

BRITISH troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the general election.

NEW regulations on whisky will help protect one of Scotland's "most cherished" products, Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy said yesterday.

PRINCE William and Prince Harry have set up their own charitable foundation with a focus on assisting the war wounded, it was announced yesterday.

REPUBLIC of Ireland and Cardiff City footballer Stephen McPhail has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a statement yesterday on the Cardiff City FC website.

GORDON Brown and David Cameron apologised after suggestions that they competed for photo opportunities at a Remembrance Day service attended by the Queen, it was revealed last

A MAN has died in hospital and another man was being treated for gunshot wounds last night after a shooting at a nightclub.

NORTHERN Ireland first minister Peter Robinson yesterday admitted he cannot guarantee the future of the legislative assembly, but pledged his Democratic Unionist Party would

TEN British servicewomen have been sent home from Afghanistan in the past six months after falling pregnant.