Parcel bombs have been sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon, a lawyer and a politician, it was revealed last night.

Party leaders were engaged in frenzied last-ditch campaigning today with just 24 hours to go until the British general election.

Andy Murray has withdrawn from Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie against Ukraine after failing to shake off a virus that ended his run at last week’s Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.

One of the British sailors held captive by Somali pirates on a hijacked oil tanker made light of his ordeal and said the hostages’ families “don’t have too much to worry about”.

Hero baggage handler John Smeaton has arrived in the US to take part in the ceremony marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Terror attack hero John Smeaton sets off for the US today to take part in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

A hero baggage handler in Glasgow, who tackled an airport terrorist said today that he would not be changed by his new fame, as he returned to work for the first time.

Scott Mackenzie completed a 9-0 whitewash of hapless Michael Holt in the Maplin UK Championship and revealed he had smelled blood as early as the fifth frame.

Scott Mackenzie was just one frame away from a meeting with world champion Graeme Dott after whitewashing Michael Holt in the opening session of their Maplin UK Championship first-round clash in York.

UK supermarket chain Somerfield was told today it must sell 12 stores to prevent a "substantial lessening" of competition in the local area.

Passengers on a ferry forced aground by hurricane-force winds today remained stranded on board their stricken vessel.

Bath back-row forward Scott Gray will earn his first cap for Scotland in the Staffware Challenge match against the Barbarians on Saturday.

Workers at computer giant Hewlett-Packard, which employs thousands of people in Ireland, faced an uncertain future today after it emerged that the company planned to shed 1,400 jobs in Britain.