Lee McCulloch nets a first-half hat-trick as Rangers ease to victory over Airdrieonians to clinch the League One title.

Same-sex couples in England and Wales who want to marry on the day gay unions become legal on 29 March can register to do so from Thursday.

The charity StepChange reports a 77% rise in the number of households wanting help with council tax arrears.

Fracking has the potential to devastate wildlife habitats across the UK, says research commissioned by leading wildlife and countryside groups.

Manager Ally McCoist heaps praise on his squad after Rangers become League One champions with eight games of the campaign still remaining.

A woman who killed her pet kitten by cooking it in a microwave because she thought it had attacked her goldfish is jailed for 14 weeks.

Former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona is arrested in north London and cautioned by police for common assault.

Business leaders have said a growing shortage of skills in the hi-tech sector is threatening Britain's economic recovery.