It was the cows or Scotland, so Valerie chose both.

A British mine worker who was thrown out of Kyrgyzstan for a remark about a local delicacy says police warned him he could have sent the country to war with the UK.

The UK’s oldest tree, thought to be up to 5,000-years-old, is undergoing a ‘sex change’.

A couple have jump-started married life by holding their wedding on a bungee jump platform and then leaping 40 metres on the same cord.

USA: An anonymous donor has offered a $1m (€907,000) reward for credible information leading to the recovery of a pair of Judy Garland’s sequinned, ruby red slippers stolen from a museum in Minnesota.

The Scottish town of Dunblane is preparing to host the wedding of Andy Murray, its famous son.

USA: The whiff of a Whopper made hundreds of customers hungry for a Burger King special — “Flame Grilled” cologne.

ENGLAND: A tough army officer hopes he has put an end to the stigma attached to men sewing after finishing in the top three of a nationwide competition.

GERMANY: This could be Germany’s very own Watergate. The German spy agency’s new headquarters was flooded by water after several taps were removed by thieves on its upper floors, police said.

Wedding tradition often dictates that the nuptials take place in the bride’s home town but not when the groom is Andy Murray.

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Around 45,000 bees have been stolen by thieves – just days after reports of a similar swoop at a farm.

As the vote on Scottish independence moves closer — it’s set for September — the dizzying manifestos proposed in the wine bars off Edinburgh’s beautiful Princes Street, or along the glens and river banks of stately Perthshire, can expect ever more rigorous scrutiny.

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

Torrential rain, thunder and lightning is blighting the first weekend of the school holidays, as thousands set off across the UK for their summer break.

A bankrupt New Zealand coal company has been ordered to pay compensation to the families of 29 miners, including two Britons, killed in a 2010 methane explosion - though they may receive just a fraction of the payout.

OSCAR WILDE collected them and Truman Capote adored their jewel-like mystery. Since the 1851 Great Exhibition in London showcased the charm and beauty of the French paperweights, glass weights have inspired generations of makers of these treasured fancies. The three great names in antique weights are Clichy, Baccarat and St. Louis, all of France, and producing in the golden years 1845-1860. These gems of the glass makers’ art are known for their tiny candy canes of millefiori in tightly packed blossoms, ribbons, ‘stardust’ grounds and intricate lampwork inclusions. Even slightly damaged examples of these tiny formal gardens are expensive investments known the world over, with prices starting in the area of €500 for a piece with a few indents or rubs to the base.

Residents of the village of Dull are celebrating after the US town of Boring reportedly voted to pair the two communities.

Scotland’s Marc Warren has won a World Cup with Colin Montgomerie, two European Tour titles and over £2m, but remarkably has never played in a major.

Always on a diet, prone to catfights and with a name like Fifi Bottomley, you would be forgiven for thinking that this high-profile dieter made her name on 'The Only Way Is Essex'.

Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been booked to play this year’s T in the Park in Scotland this summer.

Six rowers have been rescued from a life raft in the North Atlantic after their boat capsized.

Next year’s European Tour will again include just one event Ireland, two in England, one in Wales and three in Scotland.

Next year’s European Tour has been confirmed with the Irish Open switching from late July to the end of June, but with a venue yet to be announced.

HOWLING winds and torrential rains accompanied yesterday’s date announcement for the 2014 Ryder Cup, but organisers dismissed fears of another weather-disrupted event in Britain.

Ryder Cup officials dismissed concerns about the Scottish weather at today’s date announcement for the 2014 tournament in Gleneagles.

The 2014 Ryder Cup will take place from September 26 to September 28, organisers announced today.

A 47-year-old British man's birth certificate claims he is actually a 57-year-old woman.

A third blast erupted today inside the New Zealand mine where 29 workers were killed in an earlier explosion.

Experts said today it could take weeks or months before the bodies of the victims of New Zealand’s mining disaster were recovered.

New Zealand’s prime minister said today hope was fading for 29 coal miners missing for four days underground after an explosion.

RYDER CUP captain Colin Montgomerie insisted last night that new revelations about his private life would not have any effect on his Ryder Cup captaincy.

Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has issued a statement after newspaper claims he had been seeing a former girlfriend again.

Next season’s European Tour – starting in South Africa on Thursday – will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments, including six new ones, and will once again culminate in the Dubai World Championship.

Stephen Hendry became the oldest player to make a 147 break at a ranking tournament as he landed a £157,000 (€174,000) bonus at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Stephen Hendry was pegged back by Ding Junhui in a terrific middle session of their Betfred.com World Championship second-round clash.

AN IRISH cheese company was presented with a top food award in England last night.

A rally due to have included the late Colin McRae will go ahead this weekend as a tribute to the champion driver, organisers said today.

Thousands of music fans will enjoy the last day of the T in the Park festival today.

Organisers of the T in the Park music festival today said the problems which saw thousands of fans turned away late last night were unavoidable.

THE discovery of a car bomb in central London comes just under two years since devastating suicide attacks rocked the capital.