Clinton to end bid and endorse Obama

1:04pm Thursday 5th June 2008

Hillary Clinton is ending her historic bid to become the first female president and will back rival Barack Obama on Saturday, capping a 17-month quest that began with the words "I'm in it to win it" with a more humble plea for party unity.

Two women killed in A9 accident

11:00am Thursday 5th June 2008

Two elderly women have died and two others have been seriously injured after a crash on a busy road.

Payment Protection Insurance: Consumers overcharged £1.4bn

1:11pm Thursday 5th June 2008

Consumers are being overcharged for Payment Protection Insurance by £1.4 billion a year due to a lack of competition in the market, the competition watchdog said today.

VIDEO REPORT: The plight of the Isle of May puffins

11:41am Thursday 5th June 2008

Professor Mike Harris from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology highlights the decreasing puffin population on the Isle of May, and the significance of the reasons for this reduction for all marine life.

4x4 sales hammered by fuel price rises

1:10pm Thursday 5th June 2008

High fuel prices and Government legislation appears to be hitting sales of off-road 4x4 vehicles, figures out today showed.

Prince Charles visits new Edinburgh breast cancer centre

1:08pm Thursday 5th June 2008

A pioneering £4.6 million unit devoted to improving treatments for women with the most common type of breast cancer was officially opened today by the Prince of Wales.

Scotland on stand-by to host 2012 Euro football contest

12:20am Thursday 5th June 2008

Exclusive: Scotland is in line to host the European football championships in 2012 if joint hosts Poland and the Ukraine fail to meet Uefa’s criteria.

Now the healing process begins

12:22am Thursday 5th June 2008

Barack Obama focused on unifying a fractured party for the five-month battle for the White House last night and announced a high-profile three-person team to head the search for a running mate.

	Takings were stolen on night Eleni was murdered
	12:25am Thu 5 Jun 08
	A four-figure sum was stolen from a restaurant on the same night a trainee manageress was murdered. Last Thursday night’s takings were missing from Di Maggio’s in Glasgow’s west end. (With video)

Obama triumphs but now real race begins

12:13am Thursday 5th June 2008

“Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another.” And with that, Barack Obama declared victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nominee competition and turned his mind to the race ahead against John McCain, his Republican opponent, for the White House.

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