WRAPPED in bulky shawl-collared woollen coats that make them look twice their size, the women brace themselves against the cold wind which comes blowing down Shandwick Place and into their faces as they line up around the corner of Binns waiting for the doors to open.

The department store's name may be different, and their clothing is a giveaway, but the one thing that seems not to have ...

SCHOOLBOY Blair McNeill sat on top of the brick wall and eased himself over to the other side, blissfully unaware that his next step could be fatal.

Ignoring his friends' pleas, the 14-year-old stood within the electricity substation, scanning the maze of boxes and tangle of pipework for what someone had told him was a lost football.

"My pals were shouting at me to get off, and I t...

Kidnap fears after girl, four, goes missing during custody visit

A MOTHER and her daughter at the centre of a custody battle have gone missing.

The child, Daniella Topple, was taken by her mother Ogonna Topple, 29, after an access visit on Saturday afternoon in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh.

Police fear that the Nigerian national may attempt to take the four-year-old out ...

Consumers, we're told, are more affluent these days. They require something for the weekend, something special, an indulgence at a respectably jacked up price.

And boy do they get it. Over 25,640 new food products were launched in the UK last year, with a staggering 4,365 of them claiming to be premium. That's nearly a fifth.

In the UK, food manufacturers have really gone to town....

It's not good for Fairbanks, where the borough government estimates that Fairbanks International Airport would lose a few hundred thousand dollars in landing fees since Alaska Airlines--one of three bypass mail carriers on the Barrow run, along with Northern Air Cargo and Everts Air--would likely reduce the number of Barrow-bound flights out of Fairbanks if the bypass change is approved. The m...

CANCUN, Mexico - Hurricane Wilma drifted northward away from the Yucatan peninsula Sunday morning but furious winds and rain were still punishing Mexico's Caribbean coastline, where the storm killed at least seven people.

At 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, Wilma was a Category 2 hurricane with winds near 100 mph. The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicted the storm would significantly pick up s...

REDONDO BEACH - On a break from her retail job, Laurel Heard slurped a green tea shake through a straw and resolutely declared she neither knew nor cared about the Nov. 8 election.

Melen McBride, a 67-year-old retiree shopping at the same mall, said she plans to vote but knows little about the eight initiatives on the ballot.

Grace Joo, eating lunch in downtown Los Angeles, was brie...

BATTAGRAM, 22 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Ghani Muhammad, 34, is concerned his son, Faraaz, may not survive the injuries he suffered when their house caved in during the quake on 8 October.

Faraaz, 6, did not suffer serious injuries. Ghani, and other villagers in their home area close to the town of Battagram, pulled him out from under the debris within 45 minutes. The only injuries inflicted were ...

For 14-month-old Jeremy Celentano, nearly every day of life was a struggle.

Born addicted to cocaine and heroin, he was cared for in foster homes for the first year of his life as he recovered from the drugs. Friends hoped his fortunes would change for the better after his father won custody in July.

Instead, Jeremy is dead - beaten so brutally his skull was split. And charged with ...

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