Head in bag female victim ‘may have died only six months ago’

12:52am Saturday 3rd January 2009

A human head found dumped on a footpath is that of a woman who may have died last year, police revealed yesterday.

Last-minute shoppers help lift John Lewis sales to record high

12:39am Saturday 3rd January 2009

Traditional, friendly and convenient were words used by shoppers yesterday to sum up the key to the success of John Lewis after the partnership returned record sales figures over the Christmas period.

Firefighters tackle Lanarkshire farm blaze

10:46am Saturday 3rd January 2009

Five fire engines were called out to a blaze at a farm early on Saturday.

	Sheridan all smiles as he enters the Big Brother stage
	12:58am Sat 3 Jan 09
	He arrived in the Celebrity Big Brother house proclaiming: “The madness begins”. And Tommy Sheridan’s grand entrance has prompted precisely those fears among supporters and opponents.

Credit reigned in as mortgages hit new low

12:36am Saturday 3rd January 2009

The amount of credit available from banks will be further reined in over the next three months as lenders keep a tight grip on the numbers of mortgages, credit cards and loans approved.

Soldier's death on New Year’s Day ‘a hammer blow’

12:01am Saturday 3rd January 2009

A British soldier killed by an explosion on New Year’s Day in southern Afghanistan was named by the Ministry of Defence yesterday as Sergeant Christopher John Reed, a Territorial Army soldier with the 6th Battalion The Rifles.

John Travolta’s 16-year-old son dies following seizure

12:49am Saturday 3rd January 2009

The teenage son of actor John Travolta has died during a family vacation in the Bahamas. Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.

	It’s the end of a Love story … but hopes are high for future
	12:08am Sat 3 Jan 09
	For 25 years, Tommy Docherty has performed the same grass-cutting ritual ahead of the following day’s big game. Yesterday he completed his duties as groundsman for the final time.

New chief’s hard line on soldiers breaking law

12:07am Saturday 3rd January 2009

British troops accused of breaking the law will face "robust" prosecution under a reformed military justice system, the new head of armed forces prosecutions said yesterday.

Potter book that upset Rowling to be sold in UK

12:03am Saturday 3rd January 2009

It was enough to bring Britain’s richest author to the verge of tears during a court appearance earlier this year. However a new version of the Harry Potter encyclopaedia which so upset JK Rowling is about to go on sale in the UK.

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