New armed forces awards for medical heroes launched

10:24am Monday 12th May 2008

New awards which recognise the "medical heroes" who support Britain's armed forces will be launched today.

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Fewer Scots mothers are choosing to breastfeed

12:05am Tuesday 13th May 2008

Fewer mothers are breastfeeding in Scotland despite years of initiatives to encourage the practice, with latest figures showing the lowest take-up for six years.

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By HELEN PUTTICK, Health Correspondent

Scottish Gas warns of major increase in energy bills

12:09am Tuesday 13th May 2008

Scottish Gas owner Centrica yesterday warned customers to prepare for a second major rise in energy bills, with analysts predicting increases of more than 15%.

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By CAROLYN CHURCHILL

Tributes paid to award-winning writer Jeff Torrington

12:48am Tuesday 13th May 2008

One of Scotland's unique literary voices, the writer Jeff Torrington, has died aged 72. The author of the award winning novel, Swing Hammer Swing!, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in 1992, had long suffered from Parkinson's Disease.

By PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent

Blocking of cancer drug called ‘death by finance’

12:56am Tuesday 13th May 2008

A drug that extends the life of patients suffering from an unusual form of cancer was rejected for use by the NHS in Scotland yesterday, because it costs too much.

By HELEN PUTTICK, Health Correspondent

Loyalist ‘planned to kill Sinn Fein chiefs’

12:54am Tuesday 13th May 2008

Loyalist killer Michael Stone planned to slit the throats of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness in an assassination inside the Northern Ireland Assembly Chamber when he stormed Stormont in 2006, a court heard yesterday.

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Judge condemns Crown decision to try knife attacker at sheriff court

12:05am Tuesday 13th May 2008

A high Court judge yesterday said he was "appalled" that prosecutors had brought a case against a teenager for a brutal knife attack to a sheriff court, where the maximum sentence available was five years.

By ALISON CAMPSIE

Thousands feared dead after earthquake hits China

12:55pm Monday 12th May 2008

A powerful earthquake in southwest China has killed at least 3,000 people and buried 900 teenagers in a collapsed school.

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Scottish Gas owner Centrica issues price warning

11:46am Monday 12th May 2008

Scottish Gas owner Centrica warned today of potential further bill hikes for customers after revealing that continued high wholesale gas prices would hit results this year.

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Dundee policeman faces jail for drug dealer tip off

12:49pm Monday 12th May 2008

A policeman caught tipping off a drug dealing friend faces a stiff sentence after his case was sent to Scotland's highest court today.

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