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The Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

MPs are in line for a dramatic pay rise of up to £20,000 in a move that could spark public fury.

UNTIL now, it has been impossible to know how spending on schools, roads, care for the elderly and museums in each of Scotland's vastly differing 32 local authorities compares.

BONNIE Tyler's attempt to win Europe's pop crown for Britain came to a shuddering halt at the Eurovision Song Contest last night, but at least she avoided the ignominy of the dreaded nul points tally.

THE family of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have spoken of their anger that more was not done to save her.

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis wore a winning smile today - as she married her long-term partner at a church in Derbyshire's Peak District.

SCOTLAND'S major new music venue under construction on the River Clyde is up to two months behind schedule and faces the prospect of headline concerts by some of the world's top rock and pop acts being cancelled.

SCOTLAND'S mountaineering body is warning Highland councillors they will be on the wrong side of a crucial environmental debate if they fail to oppose two controversial wind farms next week.

A SOLICITOR whose 30-year legal career lay in tatters after he was caught trying to smuggle mobile phones and drugs into Edinburgh's Saughton Prison was jailed for four years yesterday.

POLICE have said they cannot take action on a complaint against a Scottish Government minister for breach of controversial football laws because the teams involved were not from Scotland.

THE Church of Scotland is planning a radical shake-up of the way it tackles controversial issues such as homosexuality as it gears up for the General Assembly.

Culinary television star Paul Hollywood has cancelled a book-signing appearance after splitting from his wife of 15 years

An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth this month.

A SPARK from a tool has set fire to an ice-cream van, leaving a mechanic who was working on it in hospital.