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Lockerbie bomber's family join vigil after 'justice walk'

Published Date: 05 December 2008 THE wife and children of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber yesterday pleaded for compassion from the people of Scotland during an unprecedented "walk for justice" in Edinburgh. After marching...

Army called out as snow takes a grip of the north

by MILES ERWIN - Thursday, December 4, 2008 Thick snow caused road chaos and power blackouts yesterday, prompting an SOS call to the Army. On the move: Three deer trot through the grounds of Harewood House near Leeds yesterday...

JK Rowling stung by image of boy in cage to create a wizard charity

Published Date: 05 December 2008 FOUR years ago JK Rowling was so shocked by a newspaper photograph of a small boy staring from his caged bed in a Czech care home that her first reaction was to turn the page. But, haunted by...

Good pet guides offered to owners

Animal cruelty cases increased to just under 140,000 per year in 2007 Wales has become the first country in the UK to publish official guidance to help animal owners take care of their dogs, cats and horses. The Welsh Assembly...

Jurassic tree dating back 200 million years is back for Christmas

Families wanting an old-fashioned Christmas can now decorate their home with the world's oldest species of tree - dating back 200 million years. Dinosaur Christmas tree: Jonathan Barnicoat carries a Wollemi Pine at Tregothnan...

Attorney urged to hand over torture evidence

The attorney general, Lady Scotland, must hand over to the director of public prosecutions detailed allegations of criminal wrongdoing by MI5 and the CIA concerning the treatment of a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay,...

Watkinson accepts new Lancs role

Watkinson has been cricket manager at Old Trafford for seven years Lancashire have confirmed they are hunting for a new first team coach after moving Mike Watkinson to a new role as director of cricket. Watkinson, an old-style...

We're freezing at night, say prisoners

Lags at one Victorian jail say they are being treated worse than dogs during the cold spell. Inmates of HM Prison Preston claim some prisoners with circulation problems could lose "limbs or even lives" through cold.

Yacht firm changes work practices

The firm hopes that changing its staff hours will help safeguard its future New working hours are to be implemented at a luxury boat building company in Devon to try to help it ride out the global credit crunch. Plymouth-based...

Scarlets and Brew opt for split

Nathan Brew has found himself surplus to requirements at the Scarlets The Scarlets have parted company with once-capped Wales three-quarter Nathan Brew by "mutual agreement", before the end of his two-year contract. The...