THE brother-in-law of former First Minister Jack McConnell has been fined for a foul-mouthed rant at airport staff. Robert McLuckie was drinking white wine while waiting for his delayed Globespan flight from Edinburgh Airport before losing his temper with ground staff and police.

By LOUISE GRAY THE songs ringing from the corrugated iron roof sound melodic enough, but the message is deadly serious. These women at a health clinic in Malawi are singing about the dangers of unprotected sex in a country suffering an AIDS epidemic.

By NO BYLINE THE old Chinese curse of "living in interesting times" is set to befall Scottish education in the aftermath of the Holyrood election. But the 12 months leading up to 3 May were also significant and reflected growing worries about the performance of the state education sector.

By BRIAN CURRIE Political Editor HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon was accused today of not caring about health facilities for people in Motherwell and Wishaw.

By Murdo MacLeod IN THE battle for minds and votes, the main parties in the Holyrood election are locked in a tussle to dominate cyberspace. Nationalist and Labour supporters have been deluging internet video sites and have even turned into computer hackers.