Warning to tourists as violence escalates in Thailand
	12:36am Wed 3 Sep 08
	British tourists have been warned to avoid all but essential travel to Thailand after the worst violence seen in Bangkok for 16 years left one person dead and more than 40 injured.

	Latest robbery bears ‘striking similarities’ to previous raids
	12:50am Wed 3 Sep 08
	Scotland's biggest police force is investigating the 16th armed raid in its area in two months following the hold-up of security guards at a bank in West Dunbartonshire and a failed heist at a bookmakers in Glasgow.

Art school’s magnificent seven prepare for catwalk to stardom

12:44am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

They might not be household names quite yet, but Glasgow School of Art's textile graduates are already making designs on the fashion industry.

Airlines put on extra flights as Zoom collapse prompts demand

12:43am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Transatlantic airlines are stepping into the void left by the collapse of Zoom, with extra flights on routes between the UK and Canada.

	Animal welfare activists take to the streets to fight for Lottery funding
	12:18am Wed 3 Sep 08
	Campaigners yesterday chained themselves to railings to highlight a new drive for funding to help animal welfare. (With video footage)

	Welcome for £1.6bn boost to housing markets
	12:30am Wed 3 Sep 08
	Gordon Brown’s £1.6bn emergency housing package received a cautious welcome from estate agents and housebuilders last night.

	Salmond puts local income tax at heart of agenda
	12:24am Wed 3 Sep 08
	Alex Salmond faced down his critics yesterday by putting plans for local income tax at the heart of his legislative programme for the next year.

Man ‘shot family and then set fire to his home’

12:12am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Millionaire businessman Christopher Foster was filmed by his own CCTV cameras firing a rifle at a horsebox shortly after he killed his wife and teenage daughter, detectives said last night.

Hospital parking charges abolished

12:57am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Car parking charges at NHS hospitals in Scotland are to be abolished, the Health Secretary announced yesterday.

McCain campaign says critics want to create scandal to destroy Palin

12:28am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

John McCain's US presidential campaign last night accused America's news media of orchestrating a scandal to destroy the party's first female vice-presidential candidate, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin.

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