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The best of Abba outsells Beatles

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:51:44 GMT

ABBA’S greatest hits collection has overtaken the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to become the UK’s second-biggest selling album of all time, according to the Official Charts Company.

Relatives demand answers after British child dies

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:51:38 GMT

RELATIVES of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt said yesterday that they are angry and hurt that more was not done to save her.

Scouts told to be prepared for jail over knives

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:45:32 GMT

FOR more than a century its young recruits have been urged to “be prepared”. But now Scouts have been told they can expect to be arrested if they are found carrying a knife, even on a campsite.

David Cameron backs Tory chief over ‘loons’ quip

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:33:01 GMT

DAVID Cameron last night gave his backing to Lord Feldman after the Tory chairman denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”.

G7 countries firm on tax evasion, claims Osborne

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:39:44 GMT

THE G7 group of industrialised nations has agreed that there must be collective action against tax evasion and avoidance, George Osborne has said.

Louis Walsh to form One Direction rivals

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:32:10 GMT

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has announced plans to form a new boy band to rival One Direction.

UK post offices ‘at risk of closure’

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:29:30 GMT

STRUGGLING post offices are facing an “extremely uncertain future” because of falling incomes and a lack of new work, according to a survey.

Independence: Sturgeon - ‘no’ vote is a ‘gamble’

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:23:54 GMT

NICOLA Sturgeon will warn Scottish voters tomorrow that a “no” to independence next year is a “gamble” that will pave the way to a “bleak” future of poorer children, longer working hours and a broken welfare state, as she turns her fire back on those supporting the UK.

SNP MPs to block move for early EU vote

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:08:31 GMT

SNP MPs will reject Eurosceptic Tory moves to introduce an early EU referendum that would take place before Scotland had time to achieve independence from the rest of the UK.

Rod Stewart uses steroids that nearly killed him

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:59:53 GMT

IT WAS an addiction which threatened to bring his half-century of stardom to an abrupt and tragic end. But Rod Stewart has revealed he still relies on the steroids which almost cost him his life.

Timorous Beasties accuse Topshop of ‘rip-off onesie’

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:47:06 GMT

ONE of Scotland’s leading design companies has accused a high-street giant of creating a “rip-off” of one of its most famous patterns.

Independence: Brown urges Scots not to give up on UK

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:41:30 GMT

GORDON Brown will return to front-line political campaigning tomorrow by spearheading Labour’s bid to keep Scotland within the UK, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.

Hall’s home put in wife’s name ‘to avoid costs’

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:44:15 GMT

DISGRACED television presenter Stuart Hall has been accused of avoiding a payout to his child abuse victims by signing over his £1.2 million house to wife, it was reported yesterday.

Major airlines copy no-frills rivals’ charges

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:38:49 GMT

THE days of the all-inclusive air fare are numbered, as traditional airlines move towards the introduction of budget-style extra charges, experts have warned passengers.

One in five households use savings to pay bills

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:28:51 GMT

ONE in five households were forced to use their savings to buy food last month, amid spiralling bills and squeezed household incomes, a report has revealed.

Independence: ‘Voters want clarity on big issues’

Sat, 04 May 2013 22:32:31 GMT

VOTERS want more certainty about how the big issues will be handled by both sides before the independence referendum and want the Scottish and UK governments to hold talks before next year’s poll, according to data published today.

Local elections: Cameron urged to cut Etonian links

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:10:53 GMT

PRIME Minister David Cameron has been urged to ditch his Etonian advisers and honour his pledge to hold a referendum on EU membership to counter the appeal of the UK Independence Party in the aftermath of council elections in England.

Scottish independence: Battle over family finance

Sat, 04 May 2013 20:56:52 GMT

THE UK government is planning a “relentless” offensive on the impact that Scottish independence will have on household finances as the marathon campaign marks 500 days to go until the referendum.

Nigel Evans: Rape accusers were my friends

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:38:19 GMT

Deputy Commons Speaker Nigel Evans has spoken for the first time about his arrest on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, saying the claims are “completely false”.

Coronation Street’s Liz Dawn suffers heart attack

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:32:50 GMT

Coronation Street actress Liz Dawn who became a household name as Vera Duckworth has suffered a heart attack, it has been reported.