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

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.

It took more than 120 hours but a stricken Canadian submarine was today towed ashore as a royal navy diver told of how a crewman almost drowned in the rescue operation.

A stricken Canadian sub was today continuing its slow progress towards a naval base on the west coast of Scotland, four days after a fire left it paralysed in the mid-Atlantic.

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

A rescue operation to tow a stricken Canadian submarine to safety started tonight, as a second crewman remained in a critical condition.

A stricken Canadian submarine that was among a second-hand fleet sold by Britain's royal navy was not defective, a defence expert claimed today.

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

ROYAL Marine Commando Eric Walderman has a reason to smile.

THE most experienced of the five Catholic Worker members, who entered Shannon Airport damaging a US military plane on Monday morning, has already spent more than 18 months in prison for similar actions on two different continents.

Police today began removing peace protesters gathering for a mass demonstration outside the home of Britain’s Trident fleet.