Ethiopian and Somali troops have captured a key Islamist militant stronghold in Somalia.

TV PRESENTER Lorraine Kelly said yesterday that she suffered a “real fright” when she fell from a horse, which then stamped on her leg.

THE owners of a five-star hotel that closed suddenly have called in another hotel chain to help out brides let down just weeks before their weddings.

A MUSIC teacher faces losing her job after she drove on a motorway when she was more than four times the legal drink drive limit with two girls in the back of the car.

SCOTTISH researchers are to lead a major UK study into one of the world’s most devastating but least understood killer infections.

SCOTLAND’S main train operator is seeking a new supplier to deliver 48 million litres of diesel a year – by road.

The £31 million ScotRail contract, involving some 1,500 tanker movements, comes despite ministers urging further reductions in the environmental impact of railways.

FOOD scientists are to discuss the future of what goes on our plates at a festival in Edinburgh.

A SENIOR police officer has warned that staff may bear the brunt of a potential £22 million annual VAT bill through the creation of the new Scottish national force.

Dumfries is one of the UK’s broadband blackspots, according to research by uSwitch.com.

THEY call it the widows’ basement. Crammed amid makeshift beds and scattered belongings are frightened women and children trapped in the horror of Homs, the Syrian city shaken by two weeks of relentless bombardment.