TWO CLOSE TO MISS:

Debut Scotland striker Chris Iwelumo smashed a nation's dreams after missing a goal from two yards during Saturday's Scotland v Norway World Cup qualifier.

Fragments of bone are found at Jersey home

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

Police investigating decades of child abuse at a former Jersey children’s home said yesterday they found a sixth tooth in an underground chamber.

Police concerned over ‘infatuated’ teenage runaway

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

Police yesterday said they had “concerns” after a 16-year-old schoolgirl was believed to have run away with a grandfather nearly three times her age.

Power failure disrupts west coast train services

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

Thousands of rail passengers endured travel misery yesterday when a power supply problem closed part of a main London-to-Scotland route.

Dead parrot is a 55 million-year-old find

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

A researcher claims to have set a new record for the oldest known parrot fossil, and at the same time helped to rewrite natural history.

Tenants set to buy out Harris crofts from government

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

Hopes are rising that the first ever sale of a government-owned crofting estate will proceed under legislation that was introduced by the last Tory Secretary of State.

Teenager in court over the death of schoolboy

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

A 19-year-old man was yesterday remanded in custody and charged with the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Jimmy Mizen.

New service to help keep track of Britons abroad

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

The Foreign Office yesterday launched a new service to help track down Britons caught in emergencies abroad.

Burmese people step in amid chaos to help cyclone victims

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

Ordinary Burmese are increasingly stepping in to help the country’s cyclone victims in the face of the chaotic efforts of their government.

The unfinished business of Scotland’s 1706 parliament

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

An unfinished document from the 18th century which reveals insights into Scotland’s parliamentary past has been discovered.

China fears number of earthquake victims could increase to 50,000

12:01am Friday 16th May 2008

More than 12,300 are still buried in the rubble China has warned that the death toll from this week’s earthquake could soar to 50,000.

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