A Royal Navy submariner who criticised safety and security procedures around the Trident nuclear programme has said he will hand himself over to the authorities.

Victims of the Glasgow bin lorry crash have been remembered at Christmas services across the city.

The bodies of nine people killed when a police helicopter crashed into the roof of a busy pub have been recovered, as investigators revealed that no mayday call was made from the aircraft.

A police helicopter has crashed into the roof of a Glasgow pub.

Billy Connolly will continue to perform on stage and screen despite undergoing surgery for prostate cancer and being treated for the “initial symptoms” of Parkinson’s disease.

Billy Connolly will continue to perform on stage and screen despite undergoing surgery for prostate cancer and being treated for the “initial symptoms” of Parkinson’s Disease.

Comic and actor Billy Connolly has undergone surgery for prostate cancer and is being treated for the “initial symptoms” of Parkinson’s Disease.

A letter in which Moors Murderer Ian Brady claims to have killed four more people has been published for the first time.

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

A health board in Scotland has ordered a review after a reindeer was taken round a number of wards at a children’s hospital.

Most of the English-speaking world’s view of the 20th century is neatly enough book-ended by two entirely avoidable human tragedies.

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A British nuclear-powered submarine that ran aground off the coast of Scotland was making its way back to base for further checks today.

A nuclear-powered submarine which ran aground on a shingle bank earlier today has been towed free tonight, the Royal Navy said.

Comedian Billy Connolly said he was “completely blown away” to be given the Freedom of Glasgow today.

Comedian Billy Connolly will be honoured by his home city today.

More details are expected to emerge today about the first UK death of a patient suffering from swine flu.

Britain’s first two confirmed victims of swine flu left hospital today as it emerged they may have passed the virus on to someone they know.

A group of Scottish fishermen who took on the Brussels bureaucracy won their battle today over a clerical error which cost them vital fishing catches.

SCOTTISH & Southern Energy, Britain’s second-biggest energy provider, got consent from Scottish ministers to develop Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.

The Royal Navy has appointed two women to control shipping in one of the UK’s busiest ports for the first time in 814 years.

HEALTH bosses apologised yesterday after a teenager was left with a 4in metal bar inside his head following an operation.

Health officials in the UK today confirmed a new case of e.coli O157 in an outbreak that has claimed the life of one woman and left her husband seriously ill.

A schoolboy, his father and six other crewmen were presumed dead tonight after rescuers called off the search for survivors of a capsized oil rig vessel.

BAE Systems and VT Group were today reported to be close to completing a £1bn (€1.48bn) merger of their shipbuilding assets.

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.

Celtic midfielder Stephen Pearson is prepared to bide his time for his next first-team start.

Roy Keane will make his Celtic debut in the Tennent’s Scottish Cup third-round tie at Clyde on Sunday.

Former Celtic manager Lou Macari believes Roy Keane will have no problems adapting to Scottish football.

Roy Keane will not make his Celtic debut at Hearts on New Year’s Day if, as expected, he completes his move to the Glasgow giants today.

A Royal Marine from Northern Ireland has been accused of stealing two guns from a Scottish naval base, it was revealed today.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has revealed his anger at supporters who have booed contract rebel Rio Ferdinand in the club’s last two friendlies.

SOUTH Korean international Park Ji-Sung has been cleared to join Manchester United.

Paul Lambert has warned that if Borussia Dortmund go into bankruptcy, then it can happen to any club.

Further details of the fire which crippled a Canadian submarine and claimed the life of one of its seamen, as well as the heroic rescue effort to return the vessel and its crew safely to shore, were expected to emerge today.

TUGS last night connected towlines to the stricken Canadian submarine drifting for the past three days in waters off the west coast.

After a day shortened to just one race due to the lack of breeze on Thursday, the fleet racing for the Cork 1720 European Championship on the Clyde off Largs found no shortage of wind yesterday as squally gusts to 30 knots taxed boat handling skills to a maximum.

Although only one race was sailed yesterday before the breeze disappeared at the Old Pulteney 1720 European Championships on the Clyde off Largs, it was just enough for the Dublin Bay boat, Wow, to take the overall lead.

Big Brother’s Jason Cowan has had an emotional reunion with his mother after almost three decades of separation, it emerged today.

THE BBC will sell £130 million (€195 million) of asset-backed bonds to fund the development of its new Scottish headquarters in Glasgow, said Fitch Ratings, which is rating the debt.

Britain, France and Norway have placed a £47m (€39m) order with Rolls Royce for a high-tech international rescue system to help crews escape from sunken submarines.