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Breaking News for 18 December 2009

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Darren Day on drink-driving charge Dec 18 2009

Entertainer Darren Day has appeared in court charged with drink-driving following an alleged accident in the early hours.Read

Anthrax woman still in hospital Dec 18 2009

A woman who doctors believe may have injected heroin contaminated with anthrax is being treated in hospital.Read

Winter vomit bug shuts nine wards Dec 18 2009

Nine wards at a hospital in Greenock have stopped admitting patients because of an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.Read

Flyglobespan passengers head home Dec 18 2009

Holidaymakers hit by the collapse of the airline Flyglobespan have been returning home as a probe began into what happened to £34 million the firm was due.Read

Radio presenter death: Man held Dec 18 2009

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a radio presenter at her home, police have said.Read

Drink-drive man has vehicle seized Dec 18 2009

A drink driver has become the first in Scotland to lose his car in a crackdown on repeat offenders, it has been revealed.Read

Fire at power station investigated Dec 18 2009

An investigation is under way to find the cause of a fire at the UK's second biggest power station.Read

Minister announces crime cash funds Dec 18 2009

About £1 million of cash seized from crooks is to be distributed to hundreds of youth groups around the country, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has said.Read

Baby food 'may have caused vCJD' Dec 18 2009

The first victim of a variant strain of CJD could have caught the disease from eating infected baby food as a child, his father has said.Read

Defra criticised over policy talks Dec 18 2009

It is "unacceptable" that Scotland does not have responsibility for funding animal health and welfare, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.Read

Failed airline 'badly let down' Dec 18 2009

Failed airline Flyglobespan would have had a better chance of survival if it had been paid the tens of millions of pounds it was due, Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has said.Read