A surfer who had been missing since Sunday has been traced safe and well.

Archaeologists have discovered dozens of shipwrecks during a three-year project working with communities along Scotland's west coast.

A project to reintroduce white-tailed sea eagles to Ireland looks like being successful, with a viable breeding population being established.

Around a million Britons can claim direct descent from Vikings, according to a new DNA study.

British Prime Minister David Cameron wants the use of premium rate telephone helplines for flooding victims to be ended “as quickly as it possibly can be”, Downing Street has said.

A lorry driver has died and more than 130,000 homes have been left without power as gale force winds battered Scotland.

Some of the biggest stars from the James Bond films are to take part in a golden anniversary celebration of the series.

Rescue teams are expected this morning to resume the search for two RAF airmen who went missing after two Tornado jets crashed off the north coast of Scotland, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.

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A nine-year-old blogger in Britain has raised more than £60,000 (€75,000) for charity after a council overturned a ban on her taking photos of her school meals.

FIVE women living on the same street suffered six miscarriages within seven months, it has emerged.

Three people died after being caught up in avalanches and three others were killed in a crash on a snowy stretch of motorway as the cold snap continued to grip Britain today.

US buy-out firm Carlyle today confirmed it had approached UK waste management group Shanks with a potential takeover offer.

Two RAF crew died today when their Tornado fighter jet crashed near a Scottish beauty spot, Britain's Ministry of Defence confirmed.

An RAF Tornado jet crashed in remote countryside in Scotland today.

Police searching for four men missing in a Scottish loch have recovered two bodies, it was confirmed today.

A former QC taking legal action against the Royal Bank of Scotland said today that he hoped the battle will answer questions about the financial giant’s downfall.

A SERIES of vigils in support of the kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston were held yesterday amid unconfirmed claims he had been killed.

The takeover of Allied Domecq will see a number of the most historic scotch whiskies coming under French ownership.

Heart-throb George Clooney is coming to Scotland to film a Hollywood blockbuster, it was to be confirmed today.

The British academic jailed for five months in Indonesia is going on hunger strike in protest over the treatment of her co-accused.