A freight train transporting oil and diesel has derailed and caught fire in Scotland. The accident happened at around 6.15am near Stewarton in Ayrshire. One carriage is alight but no-one was injured in the incident, Strathclyde Police said. Read more...

A study by the British Geriatrics Society said out of 201 doctors asked 47 per cent believe the NHS discriminates against older people. Two-thirds said they are less likely to have their symptoms fully investigated and nearly three-quarters think they are less likely to be referred for essential treatment. And 55 per cent said they were worried themselves about how the NHS would treat them in old age. Age discrimination in the workplace has been illegal since 2006, but the new Equality Bill is intended to tackle more widespread forms. Read more...

The influence of lobbyists in the House of Lords will come under increasing scrutiny as official inquiries continue into the cash-for-influence row engulfing four Labour peers. Lobbyists under scrutiny in peers probe Lords Leader Baroness Royall has pledged to toughen the upper chamber's anti-sleaze rules as she launched two parliamentary probes into claims Labour members were ready to change legislation in return for money. Lord Truscott, Lord Moonie, Lord Taylor of Blackburn and Lord Snape are accused of entering into negotiations, involving fees of up to £120,000, with Sunday Times reporters posing as lobbyists for a foreign firm. All four strenuously deny any wrongdoing but they face the possibility of a police probe after the Liberal Democrats filed a complaint with Scotland Yard. Read more...

Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he gets hate mail from viewers for not crediting God in his documentaries. The veteran broadcaster, who is presenting a new series on Charles Darwin, said that he has received letters telling him to burn in hell because of his views on evolution. He told Radio Times that he is often asked why he does not credit God when talking about some of the creatures featured on his shows: "They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. Read more...

Former world number one Roger Federer produced some magical moments, but that wasn't enough to prevent a fourth loss in his last five matches to the fast-improving Andy Murray here on Friday. In the semi-finals of the Capitala World Tennis Championship, an exhibition shootout being played at the Zayed Sports City tennis stadium, Scotsman Murray prevailed in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6). The world number four next takes on the top-ranked player in the world, Rafael Nadal in the final after the Spaniard's explosive powerplay proved to hot for Russian world number five Nikolay Davydenko to handle. Nadal won 6-2, 6-3. Read more...