Two recycling centre workers in West Dunbartonshire in the UK spent more than two hours digging through rubbish after a woman realised she had thrown away her mother's life savings by accident.

People either love them or hate them, but it appears the anti-Brussels sprouts brigade might now even have science on their side — too many sprouts can be dangerous and may prove fatal.

Schools in many parts of Scotland were shut today as the country braced itself for hurricane-force winds.

An explosion in a remote forest area of Scotland was being investigated by counter-terrorism officers today.

The man appointed as a temporary replacement to Cardinal Thomas Winning has been named as Monsignor James Clancy.