Car insurance costs being driven down
CAR insurance costs are going down but home insurance premiums are rising, it was revealed yesterday. Taking an average of the cheapest five premiums, fully-comprehensive car insurance fell 2.9 per...
View ArticleWarning over free pro–smoking apps
Pro-smoking apps that are free to download could increase teenagers’ risk of starting smoking, researchers have warned.App store bosses need to explore ways to regulate content, they said, after...
View ArticleHigh blood pressure raises cancer risk
HIGH blood pressure increases a man’s risk of dying from prostate cancer.Researchers found that men with the highest blood pressure levels were 62 per cent more likely to die from the disease than...
View ArticleFruit–growing fears over bee woes
SCOTLAND’S multi-million pound fruit growing industry is at risk unless ministers ban key pesticides that are threatening to wipe out bees, wildlife experts warned yesterday. The Scottish Wildlife...
View ArticleNorth Sea helicopters: History of tragedies and heroic rescues
THE ditching of a Super Puma off Fair Isle is the latest in a series of incidents involving helicopters serving Scotland’s oil industry. The most recent tragedy resulting in loss of life was on 1...
View ArticleSuper Puma helicopters: Workhorse of the offshore oil industry
SUPER Puma helicopters are regarded as the workhorses of the offshore oil industry. However, they have been involved in a number of incidents in recent years, raising concerns about safety.The...
View ArticleThe coastguard: Closures will put lives at risk, MPs told
THE GOVERNMENT’S Coastguard station planned reforms, including some closures, do not address the public’s very real and serious concerns about safety, MPs were told yesterday.They are not thought to...
View ArticleDavid Cameron fights back after Plebgate and Great Train Snobbery
PRIME Minister David Cameron desperately tried to draw a line under recent government setbacks yesterday by issuing pronouncements on Europe and law and order in a bid to get his government back on...
View ArticleMerkel threat over budget
GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel is threatening to warn Downing Street that she will have the November summit called off unless the Prime Minister is ready to show flexibility over the EU budget,...
View Article30 years on, Gove tells his teacher he’s sorry for his ‘pathetic showing-off’
It MAY be 30 years too late, but Michael Gove has issued a heartfelt apology to his former French teacher for misbehaving in class.In an open letter, the education secretary said he cringes when he...
View ArticleMore than 1,400 officers named in list handed to Hillsborough inquiry
THE police watchdog has been given the names of more than 1,400 officers as it investigates South Yorkshire Police’s role in the Hillsborough tragedy, MPs have been told.Home affairs select committee...
View ArticleSuspects ‘plotted’ atrocities worse than 7/7’
TERRORIST plotters planned to detonate a series of suicide bombs in an attack that could have been bigger than the 7 July atrocities, a court has heard.Irfan Naseer, 31, and Irfan Khalid, 27, travelled...
View ArticleDriver in court charged with hit-and-run murder
A VAN driver has appeared in court accused of murdering a mother-of-three and attempting to murder 13 other pedestrians, including seven children, in a hit-and-run rampage.Matthew Tvrdon, 31, was led...
View ArticleNew 3D scanners set to reduce risks of screening suspected malign growths
A THREE-dimensional breast scanning technique that uses 25 times less radiation and produces better quality images has been developed by scientists.The improved method produces X-ray images with a...
View ArticleBabies could suffer ill-health if mum eats too many chips in pregnancy
EATING chips during pregnancy can lead to significant health problems for newborn babies, research suggests.Consuming a vast quantity of chips, crisps and biscuits during pregnancy can lead to babies...
View ArticleHealthy life in middle age reduces disease later
Healthy behaviour in middle age significantly increases the chances of staying disease-free later in life, a study has shown.Scientists assessed four aspects of healthy behaviour – not smoking,...
View ArticleJailed: Thug who binged on vodka, lager and cider before goalie attack
A FOOTBALL fan was jailed for 16 weeks yesterday after he admitted attacking a goalkeeper during a televised football match.Aaron Cawley, 21, from Cheltenham, pleaded guilty to assault and invading the...
View ArticleMan charged with murder
A MAN has appeared in court charged with murdering a frail pensioner.Robert Simpson was found dead in his flat in Mayfield Drive, Armadale, West Lothian at 9pm on Saturday 6 October. The 67-year-old...
View ArticleOfficer tried to climb on me, colleague tells court
A POLICE officer was indecently assaulted by a colleague as she sat drunk in his car, a court has heard.The female officer said Gary Cryans, a constable with Strathclyde Police, drove her home from a...
View ArticleGrampian targets bikers over safety
GRAMPIAN Police has begun a road safety offensive involving motorcyclists in the area following an upsurge in serious accidents involving bikers in recent months.The force yesterday revealed that there...
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