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The Met Office issues a weather warning for a band of rain and snow moving across Scotland.

Victims of an "energy saving" device scam are being targeted for a second time with bogus offers of compensation.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos is in Syria to try to get aid into devastated cities, as the Red Cross remains blocked from the Baba Amr district of Homs.

Jean-Claude Mas, the head of the French implant supplier at the heart of a global health scare, is jailed for not paying his bail.

There is "no real evidence" that releasing private documents would stop civil servants giving candid advice to ministers, a tribunal has heard.

Six soldiers are killed in the single worst enemy attack on UK troops in Afghanistan since operations began 11 years ago.

Rangers director Dave King fears liquidation of the club is "inevitable", a view not shared by owner Craig Whyte or former director Paul Murray.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Jenson Button is the biggest threat this season, but Sebastian Vettel's best is yet to come.

The John Lewis Partnership reports a fall in annual profits and cuts its staff bonus for the first time in three years.

A monitoring group set up by protesters in Russia refuses to recognise the results of the presidential election which returned Vladimir Putin to power.

The bone of a large flying reptile has been found in the gut of a Velociraptor, sparking fresh discussion among palaeontologists.

With Apple widely expected to announce the iPad 3 - could tablet computers replace PCs in our everyday lives?

Tens of thousands of South Africans have marched in protest over new tolls on roads in what unions says is "the first warning shot" to government.

The remaining members of the Monkees are unlikely to attend Davy Jones's funeral this week out of respect for his family, his former bandmate Micky Dolenz reveals.

A Chinese official says self-immolations in Tibet will not disrupt regional development, as state media confirms the death of a woman in Gansu province.

You would think Downing Street might be named after a British national hero. But an incident 350 years ago makes Sir George Downing look more like a villain.

Researchers say there has been a 10% drop in Scotland's premature birth rate since the country introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006.

US scientists report seeing tentative evidence of the Higgs boson, at a mass similar to the hints seen at the Large Hadron Collider.

Insurance group Admiral announces record annual pre-tax profits of nearly £300m, an increase of 13%, for 2011.

Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood are grouped together for the opening round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami.