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The environment secretary writes to the UK government voicing concerns over the removal of an emergency towing vessel from Stornoway.

The Scottish government is moving ahead with plans for a rural parliament, in order to give rural communities "a greater voice".

The SNP says it will propose a Budget amendment at Westminster which will freeze future rises in fuel duty.

Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas resigns after a secretly-filmed video shows him apparently selling access to the PM for £250,000.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an up-close look at the nuclear front lines along the heavily militarized border with volatile North Korea....

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney is recovering well following heart transplant surgery in Virginia, his office says.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Cuba for radiotherapy following a recurrence of his cancer first treated last year.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Alisha Carter-Camp had a new job, a wedding to plan and a 26th birthday to celebrate with a family cookout and toasts to the birthday girl in a yard full of children. By the end of the night, she was among eight dead, including six children, in one of the city's deadliest house fires in decades....

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 71, was recovering Saturday evening after undergoing heart transplant surgery, his office said. He had been on the transplant list for more than 20 months, his office said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital, his office said.

An aide to Cheney disclosed that the 71-year-old, who has had a long history of cardiovascular trouble including numerous heart attacks, had been waiting for a transplant ...

US President Barack Obama visits the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the Koreas, amid rising tensions over a planned rocket launch by the North.

British number one Andy Murray admits he is better equipped to deal with a "bad loss" under new coach Ivan Lendl, as he prepares to face Canada's Milos Raonic on Sunday in Miami.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said Saturday....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said Saturday....

MIAMI (AP) -- Attorneys for the family of Trayvon Martin and the Florida neighborhood watch captain who fatally shot the unarmed teen offered different perspectives Saturday on the federal investigation of the death....

A coach driver has been arrested after a crash on the M5 in the West Midlands in which one man died and dozens were injured.

Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has resigned with immediate effect after a newspaper claimed he was prepared to arrange access to the prime minister and chancellor for £250,000.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an up-close look at the nuclear front lines along the heavily militarized border with volatile North Korea....

Tiger Woods fires a one-under 71 to edge into a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said Saturday....