The search for the eight missing crew members of a sunken cargo ship has been suspended.

Lifeboats involved in the search for the crew of an overturned cargo vessel have been stood down for the night.

A major rescue operation has been launched after a cargo vessel believed to be carrying eight people overturned off the north of Scotland.

An oil platform has been evacuated off the coast of Scotland after a cargo vessel carrying radioactive waste from Scotland to Belgium began drifting towards it.

Residents of sheltered housing in Scotland were among those evacuated after coastal flooding.

Rescue teams are expected this morning to resume the search for two RAF airmen who went missing after two Tornado jets crashed off the north coast of Scotland, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.

A search was launched today for a pilot whose light aircraft crashed into the sea during a flight to Scotland in stormy weather.

Rugby star Gavin Henson will deny behaving in a disorderly manner when he is summoned to appear in court next month, his club said today.

Supermarket giant Tesco today said it would run three-quarters of its distribution fleet on biodiesel from next month.

Tesco launched the greenest supermarket in the UK today using wind turbines to power the checkouts and rainwater to wash the home-delivery vans.

Health and beauty firm Superdrug today said it was on track to bring a store “to every UK high street”.

THE policeman who ran away with a 15-year-old girl to Scotland was yesterday arrested on suspicion of the abduction, West Mercia Police said.

A former music teacher was hoping to enter the record books today as the first solo woman pilot to circumnavigate the world via Australia and the Pacific in the smallest aircraft.

A 17-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after she plunged 80ft over the top of a cliff in the Scottish Highlands.