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				GORDON BROWN WEDS TODAY: Exclusive CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown will today end his long bachelor years and wed long -time girlfriend Sarah Macaulay. The man who has made prudence his by-word has finally decided to throw caution to the wind amid amazing secrecy. But he finally came clean last night after the Record discovered the banns posted at his local registrar's office. August 3, 2000
				The sisters who took on the IRA and won THE men's toilet in Magennis's bar in central Belfast is not a large room. There is a small sink to the right of the door on the way in, a single stall to the rear of the room containing a WC, and a stainless steel trough on the same wall as the sink, with room for two people. There are a couple of adverts on the wall above the trough; below it is the obligatory puddle of urine on the floor. In the chipped brown varnish on the back of the door, the initials PIRA - standing for Provisional Irish Republican Army - have been scratched.
				The 2005 London bombings Four bombs in 56 minutes that brought terror to London TERRORISTS struck at the heart of London yesterday, detonating a series of bombs in a long-threatened attack which killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more. There was no warning before the four bombs exploded, hitting three packed Underground trains and a double decker bus within the space of an hour that forced Britain to confront the menace of al-Qaeda terror.
				The Hutton Inquiry As the casualty list mounts, the stage is set for the 'dark actors' DAVID Kelly's last e-mail spoke of "many dark actors playing games". The Hutton Inquiry has begun to shed light on the identity of those actors and the games they played. After just four days of evidence, the cast already includes the Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary and one of Britain's most senior intelligence figures. Alastair Campbell would not have written this script.
				Andrey told us, 'That's where my grandmother tried to sell my organs' ANDREY should be dead, and he knows it. Ask Andrey what was meant to happen to him and he will gesture at his legs, making a cutting motion. He mimes a knife slicing open his chest and his heart being pulled out, and then he draws his finger across his throat. September 6, 2003
				Hain to move against UVF over role in riots By Gethin Chamberlain Chief News Correspondent ONE of two loyalist paramilitary organisations blamed for orchestrating the worst rioting in Northern Ireland for a decade has breached its ceasefire, the government will rule this week. Sources in the Northern Ireland office said he had been minded to declare the UVF ceasefire over after reading the IMC report - which detailed the UVF's murderous feud with the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force - but the weekend violence was the final straw. September 13, 2005
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				Army chiefs fear all Scots regiments may vanish MAJOR cuts in defence spending demanded by the Treasury have forced army commanders to consider for the first time the possibility that all of Scotland's regiments may have to be replaced by one "super-regiment". July 5, 2004
				Killer was able to stay but Darfur doctor faces deportation A SUDANESE doctor who fled Darfur to escape the genocide has been refused asylum in the UK and told he must return to his home country, despite threats to his life and Britain's acceptance that black Africans in the region are victims of war crimes. The case of Dr Musa Saadeldin - who was detained and tortured by Sudanese security police - exposes the chaos in Britain's asylum system that was exploited by the convicted ricin plotter Kamel Bourgass.
				Revealed: the face of the rich recluse masterminding Britain's New party WEALTHY, opinionated and with an axe to grind, the man bankrolling the launch of what is billed as Britain's newest political party is hardly the sort of person to keep his views to himself. Outspoken on Europe, an avowed enemy of environmentalists, an opponent of "witchhunts" against drink-drivers and an advocate of letting the army sort out schools, hospitals, and roads, Robert Wilson Menzies Durward, 51, has a track record of putting his money where his mouth is when he wants to get his political point across. January 22, 2004
				British arms dealer defends attempts to supply Sudan A BRITISH arms dealer yesterday tried to defend his attempts to sell weapons to the Sudanese government on the grounds that people had supplied weapons to Hitler and "he was the biggest tyrant of the lot". John Knight admitted that, while the ethnic cleansing in Sudan was at its height he had been involved in negotiations to sell large quantities of weapons to the Khartoum regime. One of his business associates insisted the deals would not have breached any United Nations restrictions, although a European Union embargo on arms deals with Sudan was in place. 18-11-2004 Scotsman
				UK 'can search' US rendition aircraft THE United States has said that British police can board and search rendition flights carrying terrorist suspects if the authorities can produce evidence of a crime and officers turn up with a search warrant. The US has been criticised for not allowing routine inspections of aircraft at UK airports amid allegations it is flying suspects to be tortured. But yesterday Cecile Shea, the US consul in Scotland, told The Scotsman that if UK authorities had evidence that a crime had been committed then under British law police could seek a search warrant and if succesful board the aircraft.
				Galloway bluster fails to convince Senate GEORGE Galloway yesterday failed in his attempt to convince a sceptical US Senate investigative committee that he had not profited from oil dealings with Iraq under the UN's controversial oil-for-food programme. Despite a typically barnstorming performance full of bluster and rhetorical flourishes, the former Glasgow Kelvin MP was pinned down by persistent questioning over his business relationship with Fawaz Zureikat, the chairman of the Mariam Appeal - set up to assist a four-year-old Iraqi girl suffering from leukaemia. 18-05-2005 The Scotsman
				Get used to officers with guns, police chief warns Scots THE London bomb attacks will mean fewer policemen on Scotland's streets because they are needed for counter-terrorist operations, one of Scotland's most senior officers warned yesterday. Paddy Tomkins, chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police, said the public would have to accept that priorities had changed. 20-08-2005 Scotsman
				Missing girls may have been abducted by a woman A WOMAN may have been involved in the abduction of missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, one of Britain's leading criminal psychologists claimed yesterday. Ian Stephen said the girls could have been targeted by a group of people, who they may well have known, and are almost certainly still together. 12-8-2002 Scotsman
				Greer's message to the PM: 'Stop acting like a gorilla and leave Cherie alone' GERMAINE Greer launched an extraordinary attack on Tony Blair's marriage yesterday, accusing him of behaving like a dominant male gorilla and urging him to give up his sex life for the good of his wife. 14-8-2002 Scotsman
				Terrorists could 'destroy London' A TOP United States security official has warned that terrorists are close to being able to destroy a major city - with London identified as a potential target in the run-up to the general election. The US State Department's counter-terrorism experts are convinced that terrorists are actively attempting to acquire weapons of mass destruction. 26-03-2005 The Scotsman
				Attack on brigadier damaged marines' morale A CAMPAIGN of criticism and backstabbing aimed at the commander of British troops in Afghanistan had a damaging effect on the morale of the men serving under him, it is claimed today. One of the chaplains who accompanied the Royal Marines on their operations says they were frustrated and disgusted by apparent attempts by unnamed Ministry of Defence officials and some newspapers to undermine and replace their commanding officer, Brigadier Roger Lane. 12-8-2002 Scotsman
				UN accuses Galloway and the Weir Group THE controversial MP George Galloway and one of Scotland's leading companies were last night facing the threat of prosecution after they were named in a devastating United Nations report into the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. 28-10-2005 Scotsman
				The senseless murder of a smiling schoolboy that shamed a nation SKIPPING from stone to stone in his silver jacket, Damilola Taylor appeared to be a boy lost in a happy world. With his arms stretched out to aid his balance, he was playing some sort of private game, the rules known only to him. Then, there he was there again, running through a nearby square, and again, this time walking, outside Peckham library. The last time we saw him he was alone, waiting in a lift, apparently smiling. April 26, 2002
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