The British Labour Party is going to block Boris Johnson's attempt to seek a general election in the UK.

It seems Britain will fall into what Tony Blair described as Boris Johnson’s early election “elephant trap”.

Boris Johnson could face cross-examination at Scotland’s highest civil court to explain his reasons for suspending Parliament, according to a legal expert.

In the coming week the Public Health (Alcohol Bill) will go to committee stage in the Seanad.

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Campaigners in Ireland have welcomed the decision by Scottish judges to reject an appeal against minimum unit pricing.

The UK’s highest court has overturned a ruling made in favour of two Catholic midwives who object to any involvement in abortion procedures.

A group of female school employees have won a Supreme Court victory in their equal pay fight against a local authority.

Hearts are to go into administration, the club confirmed last night.

Hearts are to go into administration, the club has confirmed.

Hearts are to go into administration, it is understood.

Two Catholic midwives have won an appeal over the right to avoid any involvement in abortion procedures.

Hearts have warned fans the club might not survive until the end of the month after being hit with a winding-up order over a tax bill of almost £450,000 (€562,000).

A former editor of the News of the World Scotland has been detained by police over allegations he attempted to pervert the course of justice.

Charles Green will today bid to persuade the Scottish Football Association to drop demands to accept a transfer embargo as he looks to assume Rangers’ membership of the governing body.

Newco Rangers chief executive Charles Green faces a fresh blow in his battle to hold on to the the club’s wantaway players as his purchase of their contracts is not valid, according to an employment law expert.

Rangers today took their battle against a 12-month transfer embargo to the law courts.

Rangers chairman Craig Whyte will not attend the club’s first match since going into administration today, which is expected to see fans pack Ibrox to capacity.

Rangers owner Craig Whyte is “100% confident” administrators will prove that all money that has come in and gone out of the club during his tenure has been properly accounted for.

Rangers’ administrators have expressed concerns about the running of the club since Craig Whyte’s takeover in May last year.

Rangers’ administrators today said they have received “several expressions of interest from parties not connected to the club” since taking over the running of the Scottish league champions.

One of the administrators appointed by Rangers claims the process can clear the financial uncertainty that has dogged the club in recent years.

Rangers were forced into administration yesterday over an unpaid tax bill of £9 million (€10.7m) — accrued since Craig Whyte’s takeover.

Rangers have today appointed administrators Duff and Phelps after a court battle with Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.

Peter Lawwell claims Celtic do not need Rangers and he believes the rest of Scottish football could also survive without the Ibrox club.

Rangers have lodged legal papers signalling their intention to enter administration at lunchtime today.

Hearts could be on the verge of losing another player with Ryan Stevenson understood to have made himself unavailable for the Christmas Eve clash with Motherwell.

'X Factor' reject Gamu Nhengu is set to fight her deportation from the UK.

Environmental activists swam in front of an oil drill ship today in a fresh attempt to halt its operations.

The formation of a UK “super bank” was rubber-stamped today with a court giving its approval for Lloyds TSB’s takeover of HBOS.

MAX MOSLEY is not the first celebrity whose court battles have forced him to reveal embarrassing personal details.

Gretna have begun formal proceedings to move into administration, the club have announced.

FORMER socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan was last night charged with perjury.

Edinburgh have made a fresh bid to enter into mediation with the Scottish Rugby Union to avoid their bitter financial dispute ending up in court.

A POLITICIAN’S wife yesterday told a jury she would have been in court on a murder charge if her husband had cheated on her, visited a swingers’ club and had taken part in orgies.

Windfalls averaging £1,700 (€2,500) were today dangled in front of members of Standard Life after the life insurer rejected several approaches from rivals.

Standard Life members are to be offered cut-price shares as part of the insurance giant’s planned flotation, sources said today.

Dundee chairman Bob Brannan insists the Tayside club will continue discussions before making any further legal plans after the Scottish Football Association upheld the decision of the Scottish Premier League to fine Livingston over the Hassan Kachloul affair.

London shares returned from the holiday weekend in lacklustre form today despite gains by tobacco stocks.

Imperial Tobacco shares rose 2% today after the cigarette maker won a landmark case at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Former Celtic chief executive Fergus McCann and Paolo di Canio have settled a legal dispute over comments made in the player’s book, it emerged today.

A PRISON inmate yesterday won a landmark court case over the practice of slopping out, in a move which could cost the taxpayer millions of pounds in future compensation pay-outs.

An anticipated courtroom battle between football hero Ally McCoist and his estranged wife is to be continued until Thursday, it was decided at the Court of Session today.

The inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover Dodi Fayed were finally opening today.

British and American security services were monitoring Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed in the month leading up the car crash in which they died, a Scottish court heard today.

Mohammed Al Fayed today insisted there was evidence that his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales were murdered by “the British intelligence”.

Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed will tomorrow take his case for a public inquiry into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and his son Dodi before a Scottish court.

Dundee have been placed in administration, financial consultants Ernst & Young have confirmed.