BBC Scotland News

Heroin warning after two deaths

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:40:51 GMT
Drug users in the Inverness area are warned of possible contaminated heroin, after two sudden deaths at the weekend. more >>

Death crash man named by police

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:18:50 GMT
Police in Ayrshire name a 23-year-old man who died in a two car crash near Ardrossan on Saturday morning. more >>

Scots scoop medals on opening day

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:15:06 GMT
A Glaswegian cyclist wins a gold medal and a swimmer from Fife scoops silver on the first day of the Paralympics. more >>

'Action needed' to tackle C.diff

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:04:31 GMT
Labour calls for "urgent action" to tackle C.difficile in Scottish hospitals, after an outbreak at the Royal Alexandra in Paisley. more >>

Scots fans turned away from game

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:54:38 GMT
Hundreds of football fans are refused entry to the stadium for Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia. more >>

BBC World News

US takes over key mortgage firms

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:55:10 GMT
The US government announces plans for the takeover of failing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. more >>

Caribbean lashed by Hurricane Ike

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:17:28 GMT
Thousands of people hunker down across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ike pounds the region, on course for Cuba. more >>

Israeli PM 'should be indicted'

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:54:18 GMT
Israeli police formally recommend to prosecutors that PM Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation. more >>

Canadian PM calls snap election

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:22:17 GMT
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an early election in a bid to strengthen his minority government. more >>

Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:00:37 GMT
Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say. more >>

Edinburgh Airport Weather

Edinburgh Airport, UNITED KINGDOM Weather :: 12C Mostly cloudy

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:00 GMT
12C Mostly cloudy more >>