The Lib Dems say ministers are not being honest about the hard slog facing the economy after Alistair Darling unveiled a number of tax rises.Reacting to the pre-Budget report, the party's Treasury spokesman Vince Cable said Labour had postponed de
CSKA Moscow's celebrations having qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League have been cut short, with the news that they face the threat of being thrown out of the competition.Aleksei Berezutsky and Sergei Ignashevich were suspended for the
Spy chief Sir John Scarlett is being questioned about intelligence on Iraq after claims a taxi driver was the source for the most infamous claim.The man who drew up the September 2002 dossier, which said Iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction
CAPE TOWN, Dec 4 - France coach Raymond Domenechsaid on Friday that playing against hosts South Africa in nextyear's World Cup finals would not be easy.France were drawn in Group A of the 32-nation tournamentwith South Africa, Mexico and Uruguay.
Aberdeen City Council has published a programme of proposed savings totalling more than £26m.The education and social work departments could face cuts to their budgets in the plan. Councillors on the local authority will discuss the options at
Scotland's new education secretary is to face opposition parties at Holyrood amid on-going concerns over the future of schooling.Fiona Hyslop was demoted from the post on Tuesday, with her job taken on by Culture Minister Mike Russell. The governmen
BP, the UK oil company, has uncovered a spill on a pipeline in Alaska, which, following major corrosion and resulting spills revealed in 2006 at the field, is likely to raise the ire of regulators.While BP has yet to determine the cause or release t
WASHINGTON Barack Obama has begun one of the toughest sales jobs of his presidency, launching the much-awaited rollout of his new Afghan war strategy by informing top military and civilian advisers in Washington and Kabul and telephoning key allies
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