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SOUTH Africans have been praying for the health of former president Nelson Mandela after he was admitted to hospital.

JAMES Arthur has been crowned winner of the X Factor 2012.

A fund of £1.8 million is being made available to support research into hospital superbugs.

TERRY Waite, who was kidnapped and tortured 25 years ago by associates of the militant group Hezbollah, has returned to Lebanon to meet representatives of the organisation responsible for his capture.

The first laser-scanned images of the final resting place of some of China's best-known emperors have been revealed.

KEEP Scotland Beautiful (KSB), the publicly funded green group facing nepotism allegations, will be probed by the charity watchdog.

A new radio series to help the blind and partially-sighted engage with the arts will be launched today.A £20,000 Lottery grant will see Insight Radio broadcast the first in a weekly series of The Arts Gallery from Glasgow, showcasing art therapy, touch-tour, audio-described shows and talking books.

They are images of Soviet Russia that its secret service did not want the world to see.

A couple who were crushed against a wall by a reversing car are still fighting for their lives in hospital.

Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore died today aged 89, a group of his friends and staff said.

A quarter of Scotland has been opened up for drilling as part of Chancellor George Osborne's new dash for underground gas.

TWO of the world's best-known egos – the billionaires Donald Trump and Lord Alan Sugar – are engaged in a no-holds-barred Twitter spat that began as a dispute over Scottish wind farms.

THE family of nurse Jacintha Saldanha who died in a suspected suicide following a prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge have spoken of their heartbreak at her death.

SINGER and multi-instrumentalist Julie Fowlis was among a host of stars honoured at last night's Trad Music Awards in Fort William.