http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=7071 Get the latest breaking UK news headlines and video from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Irealnd including updates on swine flu and the UK economy en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk NS http://news.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=7071&format=rss Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:02:14 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://news.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/NS_rss.gif http://news.scotsman.com 281 70 http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-was-our-daughter-never.5887744.jp THE family of the murdered British student, Meredith Kercher, yesterday welcomed the convictions of her killers, but refused to celebrate. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-was-our-daughter-never.5887744.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Builder39s-prefabs-will-be-ultimate.5887736.jp IMPORTED self-assembly furniture has become the norm in millions of households throughout the UK. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Builder39s-prefabs-will-be-ultimate.5887736.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Cameron-in-warning-on-troop.5887753.jp BRITISH troop withdrawals from Afghanistan are unlikely to begin next year, David Cameron warned yesterday on a visit to the country. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Cameron-in-warning-on-troop.5887753.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Lady-Scotland-never-came-close.5887702.jp ATTORNEY General Baroness Scotland never considered resigning amid the row over her housekeeper, she says in an interview broadcast today. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Lady-Scotland-never-came-close.5887702.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Brown39s-Eton-jibe-is-spiteful.5887742.jp OPPOSITION leader David Cameron yesterday accused Gordon Brown of being "petty" and "spiteful" by criticising the Eton background of senior Tory figures. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Brown39s-Eton-jibe-is-spiteful.5887742.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Michael-drug-use-and-casual.5887761.jp GEORGE Michael has spoken candidly of his drug use and cruising for sex with strangers, saying: "It's just who I am." http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Michael-drug-use-and-casual.5887761.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Police-hunt-strangled-woman39s-husband.5887754.jp DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a woman whose husband has vanished said yesterday that she was strangled to death. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Police-hunt-strangled-woman39s-husband.5887754.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/PC-hurt-as-11-held.5887868.jp A POLICE officer required hospital treatment after a demonstration by the far-right English Defence League turned violent yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/PC-hurt-as-11-held.5887868.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Prison-governor-resigns-after-just.5887746.jp THE governor of Northern Ireland's main high security prison has resigned less than five months after taking up the post. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Prison-governor-resigns-after-just.5887746.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Police-question-man-over-fatal.5887720.jp A MAN was being questioned yesterday over the murder of a postgraduate student who was shot dead as he left a money transfer shop where he worked part-time with £10,000 taking http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Police-question-man-over-fatal.5887720.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Imposter-mars-Remembrance-event.5887703.jp ORGANISERS of a Remembrance Day parade responded angrily yesterday to news it had been targeted by an imposter wearing 17 military medals that he did not win. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Imposter-mars-Remembrance-event.5887703.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Singing-soldiers39-uniform-ban.5887714.jp SINGING servicemen The Soldiers have been told they will not be able to wear their military uniforms when they appear at the Royal Variety Performance. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Singing-soldiers39-uniform-ban.5887714.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Cameron-on-track-to-win.5887865.jp DAVID Cameron remains on course to secure a Commons majority at the next general election, according to two polls published last night. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Cameron-on-track-to-win.5887865.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Football-fans39-ovation-for-Afghanistan.5887755.jp SOLDIERS recently returned from service in Afghanistan were given a standing ovation by a sell-out football crowd yesterday as they collected their medals from a former Scotti http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Football-fans39-ovation-for-Afghanistan.5887755.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-Kercher-verdict-Amanda-Knox.5886956.jp AMANDA Knox was found guilty last night of the brutal sex murder of British student Meredith Kercher and sentenced to 26 years in prison by an Italian court. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-Kercher-verdict-Amanda-Knox.5886956.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/UN-asks-Did-British-experts.5886722.jp THE "Climategate" row threatening to overshadow next week's international global warming summit has taken a dramatic new twist. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/UN-asks-Did-British-experts.5886722.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Spiders-to-be-39sucked-up.5887210.jp AN unusual colony of large spiders, normally seen only in caves and tunnels, is to be "sucked up the spout" and re-housed after taking up residence in a disused Nation http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Spiders-to-be-39sucked-up.5887210.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Police-hunt-newly-wed-man.5887172.jp A MANHUNT for a newlywed husband was under way today after the body of his wife was found at their home. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Police-hunt-newly-wed-man.5887172.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Stars-get-in-on-awards.5887198.jp JUDE Law, Rachel Weisz, Dame Helen Mirren and The Wire's Dominic West will battle it out for awards celebrating the cream of the theatre world. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Stars-get-in-on-awards.5887198.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Gino--can-taste-.5887167.jp CHEF Gino D'Acampo says he is looking forward to life back in civilisation after being crowned King of the Jungle in the final of I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of H http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Gino--can-taste-.5887167.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Teachers-seek-jobs-abroad.5887171.jp MANY teachers are searching for jobs abroad in the hope of finding better working conditions, a survey suggests today. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Teachers-seek-jobs-abroad.5887171.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Farewell-to-a-reallife-war.5886775.jp ACTOR Richard Todd, best known for his roles in war films The Dam Busters and The Longest Day, has died at the age of 90. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Farewell-to-a-reallife-war.5886775.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Iraq-Treasury-refused-to-fund.5886787.jp THE Treasury refused to release additional funds for the reconstruction of Basra following the invasion of Iraq, the official inquiry into the war has been told. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Iraq-Treasury-refused-to-fund.5886787.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Afghanistan-France-and-Germany-are.5886738.jp FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband has challenged Nato allies to do "the maximum possible" to support efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, as 25 out of 43 countries co http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Afghanistan-France-and-Germany-are.5886738.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Even-if-ET-phones-there39ll.5886724.jp FOR decades, thousands of people have made frantic reports of strange objects and lights in the skies above Britain, convinced we are not alone. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Even-if-ET-phones-there39ll.5886724.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Sorry-Mum-says-sheepish-sailor.5886768.jp THE British sailors freed after a week in Iranian custody apologised to their families as they were reunited yesterday, for the first time since their ordeal. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Sorry-Mum-says-sheepish-sailor.5886768.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-Kercher-verdict-A-39sentimental39.5886953.jp AMANDA Knox, a University of Washington student, was on a year out in Perugia to study when she met Raffaele Sollecito, an IT undergraduate from a middle-class Italian family. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-Kercher-verdict-A-39sentimental39.5886953.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Civil-service-to-save-by.5886739.jp PAY-OFFS for civil servants are to be slashed in an effort to save up to £500million over the next three years, it was confirmed yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Civil-service-to-save-by.5886739.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Dame-Helen-wants-more-women.5886729.jp DAME Helen Mirren called for more women to get behind the camera as she collected a lifetime achievement award yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Dame-Helen-wants-more-women.5886729.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-Kercher-verdict-Seemingly-innocuous.5886952.jp AN INNOCUOUS message card pinned to an Italian university notice board led British student Meredith Kercher to her pointless and savage death. http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Meredith-Kercher-verdict-Seemingly-innocuous.5886952.jp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT