Margo MacDonald bids to change Scotish law on aiding suicide

Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...

Blow for Brown as cabinet minister quits

UK prime minister Gordon Brown is facing more defection as one of his minister quits his government. Calls for Brown's resignation are growing louder and louder going into the party conference, and there is...

After shock resignation, three names in Lib Dem leadership battle

In a shock resignation, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in Scotland, Nicol Stephen, resigned last night. He said he was doing so to "spend more time with his family." Stephen was just elected leader of...

Police rescue 15 'sex slaves' in crackdown on trafficking in Scotland

After a 15-month investigation a massive sting has resulted in the arrest of 35 people on sex trafficking charges in Scotland, identifying 15 women from Southeast Asia who were duped into coming to the UK and then forced into prostitution."FIFTEEN "sex slaves" from south-east...

Masked Leeds gunman hunted after homeowner blasted

Lots of gun crime in Leeds these days."Masked Leeds gunman hunted after homeowner blasted ...

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