The family of Irish student Karen Buckley face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home for burial.

The 270 people who lost their lives in the Lockerbie bombing 26 years ago were remembered at a memorial service in the US yesterday.

The 270 people who lost their lives in the Lockerbie bombing exactly 26 years ago will be remembered at a memorial service in the United States today.

A father and son have been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after being found guilty of the “barbaric” practice of badger baiting.

Wreckage from the jumbo jet blown up over Lockerbie has been returned to Scotland almost 25 years after the terrorist atrocity.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader has written to the Lord Advocate to seek assurances that the Lockerbie bombing is still being “rigorously and actively investigated”.

The Crown Office has ordered a criminal investigation into Craig Whyte’s takeover of Rangers and the subsequent financial management of the club.

Scotland’s top prosecutor has met the interim Libyan Prime Minister to discuss the continuing investigation into the Lockerbie bombing.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist admits he was “shocked but not surprised” by revelations that owner Craig Whyte used the Ticketus money to complete his takeover of the club.

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.

A woman in Scotland who murdered her toddler son and concealed his body was today jailed for life and told she must serve a minimum of 15 years.

TWO men have appeared in court charged with dispatching explosive substances and hoax bombs after suspect packages were sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and high-profile supporters of the club.

Seven people appeared in court today charged with possessing an imitation firearm after they were arrested outside Celtic’s training ground.

SCOTTISH police and prosecutors are to meet Foreign Office officials to discuss Libyan defector Musa Kusa.

THE chief constable of the police force investigating the Lockerbie atrocity said yesterday they would continue to search for the convicted bomber’s accomplices.

The Lockerbie bomber today backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.

The British Foreign Office is strongly denying claims that the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi was linked to trade agreements between Britain and Libya.

The man charged with murdering schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton remained in hospital today after a jail attack which caused him to miss a court appearance.

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl taken to Pakistan by her father without her mother’s knowledge said yesterday that she went of her own free will.

The parents of a 12-year-old British girl at the centre of an abduction row were today on course for a legal battle after she revealed she had gone to Pakistan voluntarily.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has been cautioned after blessing himself during an Old Firm match, it emerged tonight.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc could face court action over allegations that he taunted rival fans by blessing himself during an Old Firm match.

A man was today charged with the murder of a former loyalist gunrunner.

Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook died of hypertensive heart disease, the Crown Office said today.

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.

HOSPITAL staff were today monitoring a multiple sclerosis sufferer who is thought to have taken an overdose after her controversial trial collapsed.

Police hunting a convicted murderer and rapist who disappeared after being released on bail appealed today for him to give himself up following a confirmed sighting in the Brighton area.

A woman was today appearing in court charged with murder after the skeletal remains of three children were discovered in a flat.

Police have been asked by the Scotland's prosecution service if they intend to look at Colin Hendry's actions in the closing moments of the match against San Marino.