It was "completely inappropriate" to refuse a caesarean section request from a mother whose baby was later stillborn, a coroner's court has heard.

Former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher remains in a “critical” condition in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Researchers have discovered that the size and growth rate of foetuses could act as an indicator of childhood asthma and allergies.

Up to ten people were feared dead and six more were missing after a helicopter ditched in the sea off north-east Scotland today.