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• Too few prisons, too many prisoners

  Oct 12 2008:

  It only needs an incident such as a fire and Scotland's overcrowded jails will reach crisis point, says Jim Wallace

• Smeaton's fiancée flies to his hospital bed

  Oct 12 2008:

  Baggage handler who became a hero after Glasgow airport attack in recovery after severe asthma attack

• IRA 'gave its consent' to murder of Billy Wright

  Oct 12 2008:

  Wright's family allege prison authorities and security forces 'turned a blind eye' to INLA danger

• Boom in self-catering holidays as crunch bites

  Oct 12 2008:

  Overseas breaks shunned as hard-up families make half-term bookings

• Crofters angry as windsurfers 'tear up island'

  Oct 12 2008:

  Annual Wave Classic championships threatens to damage environmentally fragile areas of Inner Hebrides

• Omagh lawyer calls for GCHQ secrets

  Oct 12 2008:

  Intercepts of the calls between bomb plotters are 'absolutely central' to civil case against Real IRA

• ID cards plan in crisis as the 'guinea pigs' revolt

  Oct 12 2008:

  Airline pilots vow to take legal action as opposition sweeps through Britain's universities and councils

• WI battles for right to send aid to soldiers

  Oct 12 2008:

  Defence chiefs say cutting off supply of home comforts will avoid a postal logjam at Christmas

• Why John longed to be Jock Lennon

  Oct 12 2008:

  He never forgot his childhood holidays in the Scottish village of Durness. Now it is remembering him

• Met quizzed over leaks in Dizaei probe

  Oct 12 2008:

  Corruption inquiry into allegations officers passed 'unauthorised' data concerning Ali Dizaei, to Daily Mail

• Trains, water and power may be next in line for a bail-out

  Oct 12 2008:

  Peter Hain urges government to draw up reserve powers to be used in the event of a major utility collapse

• GM crops have fallen into the wrong hands

  Oct 12 2008:

  Letters, the big issue: GM is firmly in the hands of the type of people who gave us tobacco lies, asbestos lies and weapons-of-mass destruction lies

• So teachers must be spies - now that really is a bit extreme

  Oct 12 2008:

  Catherine Bennett: Where are school staff to learn their anti-terrorist techniques? Turn to the pages of a John le Carré novel

• Canoeing star's eggs frozen for babies after 2012 Olympics

  Oct 12 2008:

  Helen Barnes believes operation will allow her to train for games without sacrificing motherhood

• News in brief

  Oct 12 2008:

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