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Sailor Charged With Murder in Nuclear Sub Shooting

LONDON -- Police charged a Royal Navy sailor on Sunday with murdering an officer aboard a British nuclear-powered submarine. Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, is also charged with the attempted murder of three other crew members on HMS Astute. Lt. Cmdr. Ian Molyneux, the sub's weapons engineer, was shot dead Friday while the...

1 Dead After Shooting Aboard UK Nuclear Sub

LONDON -- A British sailor aboard a nuclear-powered submarine allegedly shot dead a crew member and seriously wounded another Friday while the vessel was on a goodwill visit to an English port, officials said. A sailor was detained aboard HMS Astute and arrested on suspicion of murder. Police and military officials said...

Prince William's Cousin Zara Phillips Sets Wedding Date

All the talk is about Prince William and Kate Middleton, but theirs isn't the only royal wedding in the works. William's cousin Zara Phillips and her fiance, Mike Tindall, will tie the knot on July 30 in Scotland, Buckingham Palace announced today. Phillips, 29, and rugby star Tindall, 32, will trade vows at Canongate...

William and Kate Surprise Crowd With Visit to Belfast

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- She flipped a pancake on Shrove Tuesday - and somehow it even landed back in the pan. Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton traveled to Belfast on Tuesday, delighting a surprised but enthusiastic crowd with their first official visit to Northern Ireland before their April 29...

Mom Admits Fatally Stabbing Her 3 Kids

An American woman admitted today in a Scottish court that she stabbed her three young children to death while embroiled in a custody dispute with their father. Theresa Riggi, 47, appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh, where she pleaded guilty to charges of culpable homicide, the Scottish equivalent of manslaughter, on...

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What Is Kevin McKidd Doing With Harry Potter's Hagrid in Scotland? (PHOTO)

However, all three of these stars are playing characters in Disney Pixar's upcoming movie, Brave , which is an animated film about a young princess who's trying to undo a family curse.

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UK Weather: Summer Arrives With Hot And Sunny Week After Washout

Sun worshippers will finally be able to strip off their winter woollies and bask in some warming rays after weeks of grey skies and rain.

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Sue Akers, Scotland Yard's Phone Hacking Inquiry Chief, To Retire

The senior policewoman leading Scotland's Yard investigation into illegal newsgathering is to retire after the Olympics, the Met has confirmed.

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World's First Tidal Turbines Turn Off Islay

An underwater turbine destined to form part of a major green energy project is already using tidal power to produce electricity for homes on a remote Scottish island.

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Scotland And Wales Consider Joint Bid For 2020 European Championship

Scotland and Wales are considering launching a joint bid to stage the 2020 European Championship.

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06/04/12 'Deprived' student figures 'awful' Source: Forfar Dispatch - Forfar - UK Figures which show that only a fraction of students at some of Scotland's top universities come from the most disadvantaged backgrounds have been described as shocking by students' leaders.
06/04/12 SNP independence campaign chief taking message to... Source: The Courier - Dundee - UK Scottish independence would offer "a genuine alternative" to years of Westminster austerity, a conference in Vienna will hear today.
06/04/12 The Prince's Trust Scotland awarded Â£750,000 of EU... Source: STV The Scottish branch of a youth charity helping to get young people into work has been awarded Â£750,000 of European Union funding.
06/04/12 Council backs âcopter call Source: Ballymoney & Moyle Times - Ballymoney - County Antrim - UK BALLYCASTLE SDLP councillor DÃ³nal Cunningham has welcomed Moyle Council's decision to lobby for a search and rescue helicopter to be based permanently in the North.
06/04/12 That place off the M6 before Scotland Source: NewsNow: Scotland Dr Joe Hendry, the new leader of Carlisle City Council, and the city's MP John Stevenson agree that this slogan is outdated and should go.

Background on scotland

Scotland ( ( )) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest.

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