Yes campaign for Scottish independence launches today

A campaign aiming for the people of Scottland to support Scottish independence with a 'yes' vote is to begin today. Being launched in Edinburgh the campaign will be lead by the Scottish National Party. The vote on Scotland's future in the United Kingdom may not happen...

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is dead

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person who has been convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died at his home in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Megrahi, 60 was serving time in a Scottish prison before he was released on compassionate grounds in 2009 for killing 270 people...

Pope apologises for church sex abuse in letter to the Irish

For many it's been a long time coming but at long last Pope Benedict XVI, the head of the Catholic church has released a letter where he openly apologises to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic...

Mark Owen of Take That checks into rehab

Mark Owen, a member of the boyband Take That has went in to rehab. Owen has domanited British media headlines this week after admitting to at least 10 affairs before his marriage of 5 years. The...

Birds in North America are 'shrinking' because of climate change

Studies have shown that the size of birds in North America have changed over the years and that they may have become smaller - and scientists are blaming it on climate change. A larger study has begun on this by Dr...

Fans riot at Metallica gig In Colombia, over 160 arrested

A riot has broken out in Bogota, Colombia during and after a Metallica concert. The police presencse was massive with at least 1500 police officers, four tanks and some police trucks at the gig. Police arrested 120...

Spoof Jay-Z video about 'dorks' is taking the internet by storm

A video titled 'Entrepreneur State of Mind' is quickly becoming an internet hit with geeks all over the world. It's a spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song 'Empire State of Mind' and the song is all about...

World Vision aid agency attacked in Pakistan, At least five dead

At least five aid workers have been killed by 'Islamist militants' after they broke in to a World Vision agency in the Mansehra district of Pakistan. The World Vision five workers are expected to be announced as...

Pope attacks Scotland's 'sectarianism' problems and suicide bill

 The pope addressed Scotland's bishops yesterday and told them that Scotland was in trouble with sectarianism as a result of a "great rupture" with its Catholic past. Speaking in Rome he also attacked MSP...

Seven-year-old girl to be Rio de Janeiro Carnival 'queen'

Children's rights groups in Brazil have voiced concerns that a seven-year-old girl will take the role of 'queen' in the Rio de Janeiro Carnival. The groups says this is traditionally a "sexy" role and not the...

'Eta bomb-making cache' found in Portugal

Police in Portugal have said they have found a cache of explosives and bomb-making equipment in the town of Obidos. They believe it belongs to Basque separatist group Eta. The house had half a tonne of explosives, bomb-making equipment, Fake licence plates, detonators and...

US Black Hawk crashes in Germany police report two dead

A US military Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in Germany killing at least two. The aircraft went down in woods near the A67 highway between Viernheim and Lorsch in the West, south of Frankfurt. At this time it...

Campaign group stage 'mass overdose' homeopathy protest

A campaign group called 10:23 have took part on in a 'mass overdose' around various UK cities to put accross their claim that homeopathy remedies do not work. 10:23 said that over...

Susan Boyle disturbs home intruder after trip to London

Police arrested a man that was believed to have broke into Susan Boyle's home in Scotland yesterday. Susan had returned from London recording a Haiti earthquake charity single when she opened a door and a man...

Court says McDonald's is wrong to fire worker over cheese slice

A worker of a Dutch McDonald's has been awarded €4,200 (£3,600, $5,900) by a court after being sacked for putting on an extra cheese slice on a hamburger. She gave a colleague on a break a...
 

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